on the manufactured articles of the
State, but to propose and offer
A REWARD OR BRIBE
to a portion of those who mould and
shape political opinion in the State, to
secure such information as would ap
pear to be in the interest of the "gold
bug" doctrine, and to make a favorable
report of the same to the citizens of
North Carolina. Further, he throws
himself to the front in political mat
ters, having had encouragement to do
so fro n citizens of the State, who claim
to be professors of the religion of Jesus
i vuimi, ...U.S.UB)
(Contfnued on fourth
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1895.
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.
Tha Madlay aaa Mm Wale taa OU Par
tlaa aro Maklac af "Prlactpta.-
Some weeks ago Hon. Mr. Crisp,
of Georgia, who was Speaker of the
last Democratic House of Represen
tatives, declared himself pquarely in
favor of free silver.
Bat Mr. Crisp has bn to Euro.
He returned a few days ago, and thia
is what we see:
"New Yoax 8ept. 7. Ex-Speaker Crisp
was surround! by newspaper men as aoon
as the steamer Sew York, on which he was
a passenger, arrived at the dock. On the
silver question he was not disponed to peak,
and would not commit himself on financial
subjects any further than to a that Eng
lish capitalists were fast baying np Ameri
can bonds.
Mr. Crisp expressed himself in favor of
the nomination of William C Whitneyas
the Democratic nominee for President. "His
record as Secretary of the Navy was good,
and showed him to be not only a capable
but a most desirable candidate at the present
juncture," said Mr. Crisp."
Now, Mr. Whitney is a big gold
bug and a Standard Oil trust man.
