The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-05-10


Change and Wise Men with
Them. but q Hog Would Root In
Parior.
Hickory Times Mercury
There was never a truer saying
uttered than "wise men change, but
fools never" Those of Us who
changed from Democrats TO Popu-
lists have learned not TO believe men
when they say those who change
now are after Office, or are mean,
and got no sense. This very thing
was said about ell Populists.
When a man goes from the Popu-
lists or Republicans to the Demo-
Gratis, Democratic papers call him
patriot and commend him for chang
ing. But let Populist or Demo
crat go to the Republican party,
then they begin to squall at him
and call him an Office seeker, mean,
and all such things.
The negroes were taken out of
politics, the Democrats said, so that
white men could divide up between
the two great parties, without hav-
ing their motives questioned, or
having themselves and their fami-
lies slandered. But they did not
mean it. They do not practice now
what they preached then.
They said they wanted "white
man rule" in the State. But that
is not true. For when the white
men carry a county Republican,
these very same fellows will send
lawyers to the legislature and APP
point officers and take from these
same "white men" the right Of To-
cal self:government, and give them
a despotic government by appoint
ment.
Such things as this, together with
|legislating for the town negro
against the country whites, in the
way of education, is causing men OF
sense and self-respect to think, and
when they go to thinking, they will,
as natural result, leave the party
And they are doing it, too. The
poor man will not remain with a
party that is governed by little two.
by-four cross-road lawyer, who do
not hesitate to disfranchise a white
man who refuses to vote as he says.
Two men have left the Democrats
in Henderson county. One is Chas'
F. looms, a lawyer, and who was
Senator in the last General AS
sembly. He said no one could ex'
pect any reforms from that party,
for it was too divided. y
In the same county, j. N. Rus
sell also leaves. He has been hon
ored by his party, and therefore i:
not disgruntled. he, too, give:
good reasons for changing.
The above is not all the changes
that are being made everywhere
That little fuss between Hons. Hol
ton and Blackburn and Bynum and
Linney is not hurting as badly al
the Democrats had hoped. 1t seems
to prove that Republicans will try
their men when they are charged
with crime, while another party
will actually arrange to take the
children's school money to defend
their men who are charged with
crime. For a Congressman to ap
pear before the departments and
take fee for it, is a crime, YET
the taking of a mans right of fran
chise under law from him, is 6
greater crime.
Then some kick at the course But
Ter has taken. They dread him, ano
we'll they may. They say they
can't see how he could oppose Pritch
ard and now 60 to the Republican
party. He and Pritchard believed
| in free silver and both were frs
elected as such. Pritchard's party
afterwards declared for the golt
standard, and Pritchard went will
his party, thus leaving Butler ant
the Populists. On this ground only
did Butler oppose him. He reasoned
that so long as Populists believed iz
free silver, they could not consist
emily vote for gold STANDARD Sena
tor. This was all there was of it
No one now-not single party
makes free silver 16 to leading
issue as conditions have changed ant
wise men with them.
Some say it was mean for Butte
to fight the Republicans and now g
over to them. If this makes meal
men, then he is not alone. Vanc
was Wing and fought the Demo
Gratis, and he became leading Dem
ocrat. Mr.. Linney was Democra
and fought the Republicans bitterly
and he changed and went to the Re
publicans. Mr.. Mebane was Flu
sionist and fought the Democrats
and he, for one, changed and went t.
the Democrats. Besides, Paul killer
Christians, and then afterwards be
came the apostle Of the Christians
It is too soon to begin to squall
friends. Remember con ditioni
change, and wise men with them.