The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-09-27
THIRD PARTY HYPOCRISY.

THIRD PARTY HYPOCRISY.
The GOLD LEAF is the friend of
temperance reform, and it has moth
ing to say against the honest prohi-
Litionists; bit the Third party it does
assaiI. The movement at this time IS
unfortunate, and can accomplish no
good. The advocates of the Third
party have rishtiully been styled the
assassins of temperance reform and
the allies of the Republican party.
Whether unthinking men whose zeal
for the temperance cause think SO or
not, at this time dragging the ques-
ton into politics as they have done,
this is all there is in it. White men
of North Carolina, before you deter
mine to cast your vote for W. l..
Walker, stop and reflect. You may
thus help to weaken the vote for Fowle
and elect Dockery. What would you
think of such a condition of things
then? How would you feel to think
that you had voted to turn the State
over to Republican rule !? And that
means negro supremacy in the East
Can you afford to do so? We think
not. Would you thus be advancing
the cause of temperance? Certainly
not. Then think upon these things
before it is too late. The Sanford
Express has the following timely edi-
torial on the "Hypocrisy of the Third
Party" Read it carefully. It says ::
The more we study the Third party
and the acts of Its leaders the more we
are convinced that it is a dangerous
hypocrite. 1t is giving itself away as
the canvass wears on and the intel
ligent man, who votes for this party
on election day, will knowingly help
Dockery to become Governor ofNorth
Carolina. To-day there are some
good men in this party, They have
Joined it with honest motives, but how
can they remain wnern they see it in
its true light as they must see it.
Every one of Mr.. Walkers followers
admits that he cannot be elected Gov
ernor of North Carolina. Then what
is he running for? What is his OBJ
jet? Do men generally canvass the
State for this high office without some
show of success? What can he hope
for? Whose money is he spending
travelling over the State? Is it his
own? Whose money is defaying
the expenses of the Py0hlb1tlonist ?
Its patronage at the rate Mr.. Walker
sells it, is not sufficient. Why was
Col. Dockery so anxious that Mr..
Walker join the canvass with him and
Judge Fowle when Mr.. Walker met
them at Graham for that purpose
some days ago? Why did Col.
Dockery ask Mr.. Whitaker to have
Mr.. Walker invited to participate in
the JOINT canvass? Why did the Raj
eigh Signal, Dockery's organ, call
DR.. Abernethy, good man, a traitor
and a Benedict Arnold because he
left the Third party? And again why
did the Signal pat Mr.. Burkhead on
the shoulders, when he left the Demo
Gratis and joined this Third party !?
Who is the chairman of the Executive
Committee Of this Third party in the
State and who is the Secretary and
the editor of the party organ? Who
are the leaders of this party in most
counties where it is organized? Who
is the man that has the call for con-
vention published in this county?
Now, intelligent Democrats will
you let Oliver Dockery and his party
put up such job as this on you2
viii reading and rejecting white men
IN North Carolina permit Dockery to
play such scheme? Some of Dock
ery's friends are openly Boosting of
this job and if the State has many such
Third party clubs as the one in this
county, Dockery will be elected Gov
ernor. Our friends who have been
Democrats, but who have joined the
Third party recently, certainly can
not wish to see Dockery Governor.
He has as little use for prohibition as
any bar keeper in the State. He was
the liquor dealers candidate in 1881.
He is a-known and avowed anti-pro-
hibitionist and he represents party
that is on record against prohibition.
A vote fol Walker is a vote for Dock
cry.