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? r Read on vol.. xvr. EDITORIAL. i'MII. ! I I l yi'l1 IONH AM) MTAU- .i.i;i AN.itt hi; iiriwi. Wby is it that silver , rs who cr.-opira.ttd two years h.o km! rarritd the H ate for liryau ) y twenty thousand majority are r : co-op rating todaT Answer, JJtcau.'O men who are ()j.ii!-nl to liryan and his principle turd the last Democratic Sta.e r v ti' ion. ( j. Who aro those mm who re jL. i .itid Urj anVi i I i :i f r co-ope; R !i i ttgtin t "I ! nn 1 in iop.ly, and i i , i ti:tr f i d uui: hukdroj t hoi1.-am' iicrro -ilvr D iu-crato in tbn St it '.' A. Th' y are thu men who nomi riid Gi-.-vtr Clbvtltod ia 1'JJ iv'ui u tbi-ykrc w tuat l.e ws a if hi 1 1 if k r-d h t u . 1 o t I'Vfiy tru.-t in the C iUutry. Thy nro the m n who C'mImI the Mtplo into voting for 'l-v.inrd by tilling th rn t at he wad a good tilytr miu atd an entni to trust?; tiny arj the Uausornitf-t-:i ml the (Jlv l&U'lites aud the hiied attorneys of the goldbug railroads attorn, yi who are hired by the rail ro'd.s to tiiani(iuliite noiiiica nun than th-y are hired for their Icg-il ability. Aud last but not least in this Htfgrpgation of gold bug agonts nr S 'cri't Circular Htruarim and his brigado of ballot-box stutters and l)j.iirs. All if Ihito urn au of p sod to the print'ii'lt'H oJ Thomas J IT rsoa. All of thest uir n would prefer to bio Cleveland rather than Jirjau President. All of these meu wanted to fee Hryan defeated for President in the last uampiugu. U I) j the.-io men and their hired lift lers and hangers-on mki up a tin j r it v of the Democrati:; part? A. o. I hey conipcso liumt-ri- cally but t small i art of the party Thy do not ieiiresert more than tt n or twtlve thousand voters in the party. Iheioareteu vottrsin tin luim ratio party who are opposed t theru, tLeir priiuip'es and in- th Oils, for every oae vuli-r who f.tverj t h m . Then how did this truill nnui ber of cold iiM-n, who ?sie oi-oos d ! eviry riaeileof houcst Jeff -rsorian Democracy, manage to capture the Democratic State cotivtu'iou and betray Pryan and thfi citustt of sil ver au'i corporation reluriusT A. Tliey laiu their plans over one year g and have b en secretly at work ever s'.nno to take map j ulg mtut oa the tilver Dtuvcra's who compose a lirgo n.nj rity of the party. Oerono year ago the develaudites and the l'.iluier-Bui-k-ntrites aid the McKinlty Democrats put their headj together and made deal with the railroads of thu S:ate the eotdbuf railroads that support d M K nby and tho gold standard against Pryan aud frve silver in thf last campaign. Thero goldbug railroad i th.vt contributed such a vast mm oi moity to elect McKtuley, were to furn usti money and free passes to help the Clevelanditts and the othr gold and monopoly conspirators iu the Democratic pnrty to capture the D-mocratiT Slate convention. Eveiy newspaper that tho railroads and tie gold syndicate cuuld control was taken into the deal. Their plan was to siJetiack Iiryaa and silver and monopoly reform que stions, and ey capturing the niacbitry of the Democratic party to force tho silver Democrats to he lp them to fight a campaign on side ifsues in cider to sidetrack the real isues. Tcey determined to divide the silver forces and to force the campaign to bo foueht on sonao other issue. A similar irraugt ra nt was planned in every State ia tho Uuion. The Clove1audits and tho railroad at torneys ia every State bf gan work over a year a.o to cipturo the D. m ocratic Srato convention. Las spring Mr. Pry an atd Senator Jones the chairman of the De-iiocratic na tional committee, wrota open letter to the Democratic voters of the country warning the m f this dee and widelaid couspiracy and calling upon the true silver Democratic vot ers to rally to the rescue in eac . ... oiaie, to go to their couvention and control tho machinery of th party, not only in favor of filvrar against intaood, bat in fvor ReUiQij a CO OPHiatl n of tti uilr. purtiosand making a united fi r ti agiinst the combiacd f jrct's of gold and monopoly. O Uw is it tha-t tic silver Dem ocrats of the country failed to heed tho bold, ringing and urgent appeals made by Bryan and Jouet! A. The patriotic masses of the Democratic party never knew or heard of these letters and appeals sent out by Bryan and Jones. The Populists and f r. e silver Repub lican papers published their letters, oat not over one half ddzn Demo aic papers in North Carolina pub "shed them. Every paper that the railroads and Clevelandites could vumroi refu3(d to publish them. A Part of the conspiracy was to keep the truth away from the people. uevuetermined to keep the peo- plain ignorance of th ininni'rPT mat was formed, and to call their convention early so as to take snap . - f - j juugamt. If the so-called Demo decod Page Open Letter froui Senator busier ior Silver anu cratie n wspapers hd published the letters of Bryan and J . nes. atd the people could have read what thev lid, tie masses of the silver Demo crats would have rallied and con trolled tL Drmoeratic 8. ate con vention in North Carolina ar.d in ev ry State in the Union except such Sutes as New York and a few New England St&'et, whre the gold Drm ocrats are in the noj'jm'y. This ia why Mr. Bryan's Utter was sur passed and the tilver Democrats kept in ignorance of it. Mr. Bryai iu hia le.t r wnrned the people that in States where gold was strong (like New York) that there the gold li mocrats would openly ignore the Chicago latform and repudiate til ver; but that in States where silver whs strong (iko North Ctrolita) that tho (.liveldr.di'es would pre tend to be for silver in order to tool the people into letting them go as delegates to conventions, but that such men when they got to conven tions, while professing to be for sti ver, and while agreeing to the pas sige of ttrong resolutions, yet they would every time "refuse to do what was necessary to win a victory for tilver.'' If the people of this State could have read that warning issued by Bryan and Jones last spring aud been made to realiza the danger, it is safe to say that three 'ourihs of the men who went to the 'ast Democratic State convention he delegates would never have gotteD here. In their place would have I T ft --. a oeen true iryan Democrats in a largo majority. In order to male it certaiu that their plans would sue ceed, the Clevelandites who cot trolled the Democratic State Com mittee ia this State called the con veution early last spring before the masses of the people had begun to think about politics. They tricked he people and packed the conven non with men who did not represent ono tomb, of the Democratic party Of course that convention repudi tted Mr. Bryan's policy for winning a victory for silver aud the people O:' course thry d.d everything ih heir per to prevent the silver voters who j inid baudi and carneo the S an foi Brjan by twenty thou saua majority iu the last cam- aign lrum j nuius hands and wi:ining such a victory for the peo le in this campaign. Having tbut- betryed one hundrtd thousand sin cere silver Ddmocrats in the State by deliberately dividing the silver orces of the State in the interest o gold and monopoly, it was necessary or them to do something to try to all attention from their conspiracy find to try to frighten the honest silver Democrats into submitting to heir traitorous leadership. For this purpose they decided that the cry o negro domination and an appeal to raco pr j ;dice was their most tffec ive weapon u. it these (Jlcvelandites were hwiitstly frightened at the danger o negio d minahon, which they say threatens the State, and if they hon estly thought that such a threatened danger was greater and more to be feared than the threatened danger (is they consider it) of the triumph f silver, could they not at their State Convention have pursued a course that would have made it ab solutely certain that the negro would be eliminated as apolitical factor in tho coming campaign f A. Certainly they could. If they feared the negro more than they feat d the triumph of silver they could have agreed for co-operation of the white silver forces and carried the S ae for Bryan by twenty thousand tun j rity as it was carried the last election. If they are honest in their pretended fear of negro domination, then, goldbugs as they are, they would have taken the lesser of two evils and have agreed to the triumph of silver ia order to secure white su premacy. Q Then why did they pursue a different course when this certain means of victory for the white su premacy they pretended to desire was at hand 1 A Because the supreme and over shadowing question with the men who controlled the Democratic State Convention was the triumph of the void standard and the domination of the S'ate by the railroads and otbe monopolies. Tuete men are th ftgeuts and hirelings of these m nnpoliws. Th-y were running tb Democratic State Convection in tl inteiestof these monopolies. The;- were ready to resort to anything 1 divide and fool the people in orde that these monopolists might win the election and proceed to bleec and rob the people. So their refn sl to let the rhite silver voters (who make a majority) get together wa in the interest of gold and monopo ly, and the cry of negro domination is raised as a cover behind which they are trying to carry out their in famous treachery. This negro cam paign is a part of their deliberate scheme and programme. It is a cam paign of their own selection and choosing. They hate tha Peoples Party and its principles just as they hate Bryan and his principles. They had rather have negro dom ination than let the people break up monopoly domination. They know that a co-operation of the silver for- THE RALK1HH. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 189S. Scene on the Road Where There are a Number of Connties Kegro Road Overr Have Great In. nlns fTader Democratic Bute. FATBTTKVILtK. N. C, Sept. 17, 1S98. The Democratic papers in North Carolina have been raising consider able dust about a neirro in Craven county being appointed road overseer, and white men having to work under mm. We have had a case of the same kind in Cumberland under Democratic man agement. Here in Cross Creek town ship the Board of Road Supervisors are all Democrat. Ac a meeting of said Democratic Board, or.e C. B. McMillan, a Demo crat and a white man. moved to ap point a nirro, by the name of Wil liams, overseer on a certain section nf ri id. tdtua'ed in Cross Creek. C. P. Overby, a white man and a Dmncrar. leconded the n mina'iori and h Dem ocratic chairman put the qiie-tton to lie Democratic Board and ir was ear ned; the negro was appointed. He has worked the road several tini"s and white men have worked undtr him. At a recent meeting of tb same Democratic Board, the negro's term b-ing out. he was reappointed to suc ceed himelf. Now these are absolute facts, and cannot, and I take it will not be, de nied, as they can easily be provn. H. E. Kino. Negro Road Overseers in Robeson Counter Democratic regime appointed ne groes as mad overseers in Robeson county, among them being Needham McEachern, in Blue Springs town ship, and white men had to work un der them or hire substitutes. Negro Road Oversrs In Warren County The Democratic machine always ap pointed negrces as road overseers in Warren county. Among them were Gustin Alston, Hanson Wlilliams, Ed. Lewis and others, and white men had to work under them. Chatham Conntr, Too. Thos. Leach, Adam Brooks, and Geo Taylor, all negroes, were road over seers in Centre township, Chatham county, under Democratic rule, and each ore's section of road joined the imits or the town or Pittsboro. Thos. Leach bad unler him T. B. Womack, Democratic Judge, and R. B. Clegg, Democratic County Surveyor. Adams Secret The Democratic This represents 'Ballpen" before'rail-. This shows ;the outelde of ing or wall is pat np. See thelittte hole that the ballots are to be stuck CAUCASIAI NEGRO ROAD White Men are Working the Public roads Under Negro Overseers. t eft r v in North Carolina Under Democratic Government, Where Negro Road Overseers Have Been Appointed Over Brooks also had white men under him, but there was then no wild cry of '-negro domination," because bis particu lar negro domination was established by the Democratic machine. Randolph County In LJne. North Carolina. Randolph Co I, James M. Hill, colored, being duly j sworn, aepose anu say: l was ap pointed road overseer over the hands that worked the road leading from j Ashboro to Franklinsville by John Hill, ft l)imn(pt.in rhirmn nf tho road supervisors for Ashboro town- chin Af r fnvia nonaiotfid t(A 1 lowing white men: John Chricco, Conner Chrisco and Ziniri Jarretl. Aiso the following: colored men: Atlas Btldwin and George II. McCain. I was nvereeer of this road for two years. George H McCain, colored, was atter ward appointed overseer of this road, and worked under him with i-he above named white men. Jamks M. Hill. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 23d day of September, 1S'J8. B. F. Xswir, J. P. North Carolina. Randolph Co. 1 t I, George H. McCain, colored, b?lng f duly sworn, depose and say, that John ; Hill, a Democratic chairman of the ) ooara or roaa supervisors ot Ashboro i townsmp, appointed me road overseer, and on the order given roe by Mr. Hill, were the names of John CbrHco, Coooer Chrisco and Zimri Jarrell, all white men, and Atlas Boldwin, color ed, Jim Hill, colored, and Joe Nickolg, colored. My force consisted of three white men and three negroes. The road that was worked was a part of"' the road leading from Asheboro to Franklinville. We worked from wherf the stock-law gate now stands to the township line, near Tyson Trogdor.'s. I was overseer on this road for rwelve months. Georok II. McCaik. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 23d day of September, 1893. B. F.Nkwbt, J. l Sampson County Dams. Right In tb Van. The Democrats in this county struck a buzz-saw when thsy began to bowl about negro domination under th ad ministration of the Populist part v. We take from the records of ti e coun ty an instance of negro domination un der Democratic administration rvd that, too, this time of a negro tlomina- Circular Simmons' BullPens. Method of Stuffing Ballot-Boxes and Stealing Elections in square election. The wall has been in at. pen' bo that .only one voter can squeeze through" at a time. Heidoes not know what becomes of his ballot after he hands it iu. OVERSEERS. White Men. tirg over white men, as follows I "Ordered that Isham Butler (color ; ed) be appointed overseer on Bear Skin j, f rum the mouth np to the old Stage , Road, and work the following hands: !. lilackman Royal (white), Frank Un- derwood (colored), Ned Culbreth (col- Ruysl (white), Needham Faircloth (white), C. II. Faircloth (white), Allen Culbreth, (colored), George Culbreth (colored), and all the hands on the west s de of th road, from Parker' Bridrt to the Currie place, and all the tiAnf't on the old I,. Underwood place that Hre not on the road Miles P. Owkns, Ch'ai. O. Fesmll, J. C. Willi ms, J. C Hiiaa, J. H. Tuklingtow. Page 75 on Minute B 10k ot Commis sioners of Sampson county iu the year oflS75" Of eourse the Democrats appointed thii regro over white met to catch the negn- vote, which at the time was con- I sidrrd well enough. They raise a f great howl now because the Populists eimpty let a negro remain where tiey put him where there i3 no negro doml natron over white men in question, Of all great humbugs to hoodwink the j eople nothing can compare with the Democratic party. Clinton Cauca sian. Statk ok North Carolina, Duplia county. I t.m a citizen of Duplin county, Fai son township, and I wish every person to know how white men have been treated in our county while thare is so much being said in favor of the white mar's pirty by the Democrats. And to tneir shame they do Juat the reverse of what they profess to be. There is a negro, whose name is Simon Loftin, who has been appointed an overseer or. the public roads in our township, ind received his appointment from A. D. flicks, one of the men who is now saying so much about negro overseers iu Eastern North Carolina. J. D. Bill. Personally appeared before me this ;3aj J. D. Bell, who, being duly sworn, savs that tbe above certificate is true. September 12th, 1893. I. F. Shine, J. P. Whitakbrs, N. C , Sept. 12, S. notice in Mr. (Secret Circular) the East. "Ballpen" on the day of pat up close to the "Bull stealer window cratic cratic Simmon's campaign ptper a cartoon, representing a negro road overseer working white men on the public roads in Craven county. 1 think it said : "Something never before Bmu in North Carolina." North Wbitakera townh!p, (ttl immediate section) Nash county, hat had nn many as four negro overseer within the past few years, and in the days of "jfood government," when Nash county was Democratic from towship constable up. Who appointed them? The Dems say the Pops are breaking ranks and going hark to theui, hu they call's spot thtr men. Avery ft-w are bring fml-d ir.to th -white g veri ni-nt uoioi ." Soiu seein t think it kind of a while-cap clan, why th- j .ln-d. Yours truly, C. Office of Board of Supervisors of Pub lic Roads, Randolph county. Back Creek Township, Aug. 4. 1SH4: To Sam Riu-h (colored): You are hereby appointed overseer of the pub lie road leading from ford of Bark Creek to County H'.nie, and known as the Stage Road. The following hand living on the same are ordered to work under you : Haywood Iloskins.ll.il. Duugan and Milton Hunt. By order of tbe board. C. L. Robbiks, Clerk. Office of Board or Supervisors of Pub lic Roads, Randolph county, Back Creek Township, Aug. 6, Ib'M : To Bis Winslow (colored) You are hereby appointed overseer of the pub lic road leading Ironi ford of Bick Creek, near William Lowe's to town ship line,near Ezra Pool's. The follow ing hands are ordered to work under you: Frank Phillips, John Winslow, Moses Hill and Julius lielpler. By order of the board. LI con McCain, Chairman. Office of Board of Supervisors of Pub lic Roads of Randolph couLtj, Back Creek Township : To John Fuller (colored) You are hereby appointed overseer of tbe pub lic road leading from the forks of tbe road, near A. M. Bulla's, to the town ship line, near Henry Minora, and known as tbe Moore's Road. Tbe bands living npon tbe eaii road are under you: A. M. Bulla. Milton Bell (col.) By order of the board, Mar. 29. 1894. (Signed) Jmks Miller. This shows the inside of "Ball Pen" from the back end. These two colored men have been appointed poll-holders by the Commissioners, either because they could not read or because they were "Democratic nigeera." See the vote taking a Peoples Party vote in at the with one hand, while he tikes a Demo vote from his side pocket. The Demo vote goes into the box. White oupremacy ? wcnM tt a atajmtv of th white jxolU for silver anJ agaiast monopoly, and that inch a reopera tion would trash oat monopoly dota ication acd g ire to Lb fol th best white trai'a govttc' ' Stat bat vrr bad. -- ' Q. Datareaot tte CUvelaw . nnder the Iraderabi? cf oc T. M. Simmons, turcrtdtcg ia fooliog torn good nea who have failed to ralix the purpose bt bind all cf tbir vi hu mect and ix.itiog cry abmt the threatened horror o! vrgro domina tion f A. Y. Thy have, ty diibrraU faliehvcnl ad by mtgLifyicg mol hills into moantaiss, by indecent ear toons and inr ndiary and itflamma tory p?ecbes, managed to get the naisioci and pr jaliecs of good men aroused be for the- facts could b gotte n to th m and reason could as tertitielf. They have succeeded in fooling many crtdalons and excit able people, and even in adcition, some solid and levl beadd men. but they are not fooling themselves They are not in the least afraid of tbe negro or of the impossible con tingency of negro domination. If they were even half as scared of the negro as they pretend they are they would have readily and eagtrly ac cepted Rryan't advice las much as they hate him) and permitted tbe sil ver Democrats to co-operate with the other silver forces as represented Jy the Peoples Party in North Carolina, all of whom are white men. If we had had 'negro domination cr there had been tbe least possible danger of negro domination and they bad been the leat frightened about it, they wonld gladly have jumped at any means or proposed help to have got ten lid of it. This fact is so self ev ident that further elaboration is not necessary. Oj. Wonld not a co-operation this year of all who supported Bryan in 1S9C have given tbe State a white iuj rity of more than twenty thou sand, as it did then. V ould it ni nave miJa white Fuiremtcy as wt-1 the s-ipn mtcy of lb people ove monopoly aud truU domination cer ain beoad the shadow vt a doubt? A. Y-s; absolutely certain. Q. Then wby did the Cleveland ites, who controlled the Democratic State Convention, refuse to accept such co-operation whicn wai effcred by the Peoples Party but on the oth er hand did everything in their pow er to divide and separate the white men and silver forces f A. Became they are Cleveland ites. B. cause tbry lore gold and monopoly, and love attorney fees more than tbe interests of the pe pie. Because they fear the rule of the people more than they fear n gro domination. Q. Then are they sincere when they cry negro domination f A. How can they be f Recent his tory has proven that they are not be yond question, tney had a sure chanco to remove the least shadow of possible contingency of negro domination. They refused to accept the means for a certain victory for white supremacy and a triumph over gold standard and monopoly domi nation. They refused because they wanted to put tbe necks of the peo ple under monopoly domination, and because they lore monopoly more than they fear the negro. Tbe mo nopolies are paying them to do this to yell negro to try to frighten the people into submitting to such rob bery. They are determined, if possi ble to capture the next legislature. The Caucasian watted to see the silver forces get together. It fought hard for it in this campaign and will fight haid for it in tbe next, but the only way under high heaven by which the silver forces can ever be gotten together and the people can crash monopolies and trusts and re establish god government and re store prosperity, is by defeating tbe crowd of goldbugs and ballot-box suffers nnder the leadership of Sim mons and A. B. Acdrews, who are now in charge of tbe machinery of the Democratic party. If that can be done, and it most be done, then the one hundred thousand honest sil ver Democrats will take charge of tbe machinery of their party in VjOO, and the silver voters wbo supported Bryan in 1S9G will j in bands and carry tbe8ate by over twen'j thou snd maj irity for a-lver and corp- ration reforms. . This will give to tbe State not only a wbite man' govern ment, bnt the best white man's gov eminent the r-eople of North Caro lina have ever had. SPEECH AT V1IXE. FATimX- On the 21st of October, Senator B. R. Tillman, of South Carolina, spoke t over four thousand people in Fayette- ville. Tbe report cf tbe speech sent out to the goldbug and negro calam Ity bowling Democratic papers was rather meagre. Ik was evident to any close observer that Tillman said much that did not suit them and that tbey did not dare report. A few strsy senten ces of bis speeches were quoted and a labored effort made to make It appear that Tillman advised the Popallsts and true silver men to belp pot tbe Ransom machine and tbe Simmons ballot-box staffers back In power. Tbe trntb about bis speech, however, is lost beginning to come to light. Thb CArcasiAJi has received number of letter- rcfU:s wre f eat H7g p It rprtatteat f t Iwarratic jrr ac4 tltieg what TtUaasa i4 a; . f Wm Ih t era frtm Jmh a Mr!f? fV l'bJ ia tb tal ! f Te Catc- TillBfiSO lxlllj tM ti a4ar tbat tb Miter cf all rrtl la North Carolina wgtt t tat gotua toftbrr. II brew list tb Uvv vo?rwh Jia4 ba4s la tt laat rata pall a le carry II Sut fwr It'jaa by tety lha4 majority r14 sad 1m1J bat Jlo4 fea4 tbt fear and earned tb Mat bf b aa or an ierra4 najartij; tbat tbat a a wbite tnajgrily a4 a saaj1ty for silver ao4 agaieat moaopvty tm boot. If taid tbat b 4 4 t tie wbd wa to t!in for tbt lailar af tb iltr aa to g tfffibr,bt Ibal whoever an to tliat 4rv4 tbe Mtereat coedrmBatloB. Tbt trtu( bt oud cbeera from tb IopwliU a4 earoet silver Wmorrat ia lb au4i tow, but ga tb 4ry fries I tte leraocratlc mar tie wbirb baJ la- vil4 bl-n tbr to pak. II said Ibat be bad bn tol4 tbat tbe 1'opulUta wer to btaw tbla far n tbat tbj 4man44 tbat tbe ocrats abould agr to a form of ror.- tr goveremot which woul4 f-at a few eattern couotiea uedrr tb control of b negro. W da not heew wbo gave henator Tillman tbia pic ef ia formation, but wbotr b l b baty and malirioutly nitated and mis represented tl fa-ta. lb Teople Party State contention 4i4 not asa. and did not want anjtbirg Ibat would put any county or township in tb 4tat under nefra rul. Tb language of tb Teoples l'arty Slat contention with ref ere nee to county government was a follows: -We desire th election of a legisla tor in fator of a sjstem of ttxal self government wbirb will enact L'N'DtU I'llOI'KH SAKi:;UAUIS aufflrleol legialation to guarantee to tbeoouo ties the right to eh ct local t fl-iats." This declaration iv tb broadest latitude as to what bind of proper sefe cuardsar ne-eary( and certainly It here had been co oration between tbe i'tipulist and silver Itemorrata, terj lemx-rat cou'd bate Iru.led tnuielf ti bate tin d si.d vwld In fa ta r of a bill that auM bateroatalned what be consider r-r and i-eces--srt safecuard. lUcides, the Iesno- rratlo Mitt Convention, kt-ew or at leatt a number of tb leading spinu in it wbo claim to favor ro--pratlon knew, tbat tbe I'eoples l'arty was in favor of acting on tbe recent decision of Ibe Supreme Court in tb rase of Harris vs. Wright, reported la 131 X. C. Report, 172. In wbicb lb court, for Ibe first time, look tb position tbat It would be constitutional for tbe lejls- lature to provide one system of county government for one county or num ber of counties, and a different system for another county rr number of counties. Tbe Deoiorat'c Conven tion knowiog this, not only refused the I'eoples l'arty proposition for a co-operation of all tbe silver forces.but refused to even appoint a committee of conference to confer in detail as to this matter andtjtber matters of sup posed difference or controversy. Tbe Clevelandites who captured Ibe Dem ocratic State Conteotlon, repudiated Urjan and ailver and betrayed one hundred thousand silver Democrats, oould not Justify their course to Sena tor Tillman, and therefore tbey stoop ed to downright ljiog to find some pretext behind which to bide tbelr treachery. Senator Tillman, continuing bis speech, said tbat even if tbe I'sopiee Tarty was to blame in this particular tbat still if tbe old Ransom machine and tbe Clevelandites were in charge of tbe machinery of tbe Democratic party tbat be could not and 414 cot advise Populists and silver men to vote for tbem and torn over tbe con trol of North Carolina to them. This statement of Senator Tillman's was greeted with such applause by tbe ropulista and true silver men, and met with sncb silence by tbe Democratic machine, that bad invited hint to coo to speak, that be expressed astonish ment tbat tbe utterance be bad made was cheered more by Populists than it was by Democrats. Senator Tillman did not know bow many silver Demo- crata Jo.ned th ropulista in cheeing biro. He simply knew tbe faces of a lot of machine Democrats who bad In vited bim there, and wbo bad met bias at tbe depot and at tbe hotel, and be knew be bad bit tbat class of fellows bard for tbey did not cheer. Senator Tillman raid-la bis speech at Richmond, Va,t weds j a before tbe Fayetteville speech tbat tbe best way to help Br rn and serve tbe cause of silver in the state of New York was to defat tbe goldbug lniocraOe ticket. He said it was better for lb case of silver foe tbe golJbog Republic to carry New Y--k tr-ao fr nn call! eg theuiselres Ueojoca'a wbo bad reiadi aled Bryan and silver to carry is. If Sonator Tillman bad known tbe trot situation In North Carolina be would have unhesitatingly have said fa bis . Fayetteville speech tbat tbe way ts help Bryan and tbe cause of silver la North Carolina was to defeat tbe Ran eom machine which has captured tbe Democratic party, and to crush forev er tbe political conspiracy beaded bj A. B. Andrews and ballot-box staffer Simmons. CAUSE FuR GRATITUDE. "I cannot speak too hlghlj of Hood'a Harsap&rilla. It baa cared me of a bad cough and given me a good appetite. Hjr little girl tad a stomach trouble and did not see a well day op to the time ah began taking Hood'a Barsa pari 11a. Tbla medicine cured her." lias. T. IL Sutlkb, Stephen's Qty, Va. HOOD'8 PILLS core a!l liver Ills. Hailed for 15c by C. I. Hood A Co., Lowell Mas. f V fl V ; I i 'it'- . 1 a ,JU i-.r It! 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