The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-10-09
The Farmers Alliance has declared

lie schools. Through the farmers or
ganization the masses of the agricul-
tural people thus come to the aid of the
Democratic party in the struggle it
has made, for twenty past years, in
behalf Of the common schools. Every
Alliance man and every non Alliance
man in the State knows. or ought to
know, that twenty years ago, under the
rule of the Republican party, there
was not tree school house in the
State open; that Republican misrule
had destroyed our common school sys-
TEN from one end of the State to the
other, and that whatever the school
system now is, the restoration of the
Democracy to power has made it.
Every real friend of common schools
will vote TO retain that ~rarty in con-
troll of State affairs.
The Farmers Alliance, speaking
through its chosen and authorized or
gan, secretary Bedding6eld, declares
that there is no point of friction or
cause of conflict between the masses
of the farmers of North Carolina and
the Democratic party; and he urges
all patrons of husbandry in the great
field of agricultural industry to lay
aside political and old war.worn pref
udices and partisan predictions, and
sustain and support the party which,
in every emergency, on all occasions
and throughout the past twenty years
has stood the faithful friend of the
struggling masses. This appeal comes
at an opportune moment in the affairs
of our common country, when. as
they must, all men see that the legis-
lation of the national party in power
is dangerously sectional, and that it
behooves North Carolinians to stand
together for the common good Of our
State and section, and for the general
welfare OF one another.
The Democratic party has CONTROL
ed the Legislature of North Carolina
for twenty years. 1t restored peace
and good order throughout the State .
It gave the people good, honest, econ
omical government. 1t steadily re-
duced taxes. 1t restored the free
school system; re-opened the old school
houses and built new ones for every
1t has sent men to
Congress who stood up for their Sec
tions and labored for the good Of their
people, 1t has selected able and up
right judges. 1t has chosen faithful,
wise and painstaking State
officers. 1t is the peoples party, the
party of the people; the party for the
masses of the people; the friend alike of
the rich aud the poor; the champion
Of the rights of the high and the low;
the security Of the strong, the shield
Of the weak; the sheet anchor of the
public hope, now, and for all time to
,3me.
TX
Alliancemen who have any doubts |
as to how they should cast their votes
FOR Congressman should read the let
Ter of Col. L. l. Polk, whom they
nave honored to an extraordinary de-
gree, and who appears to possess the
confidence Of the farmers Of the whole
Nortr, South and West. He
.eIls them that "the Democrats must
carry every district possible" He al
80 says: "The men who would cause
discussion in the party ranks to day, or
bring abou. split or division, are
allies Of the Republicans, co operating
with Reeds Congress to Cypress aud
njure the South"
Democrats cannot be too much on |
The alert or too industrious in the
this year. The future hope
IF the State and the welfare of all our
people lie in the Democracy. The pre-
of a perfectly invincible or
ganization of the Democratic party,
and the constant maintenance of party
discipline are absolutely essential to |
The good of the whole people of North |
Carolina
~
In paying just tribute to the ju-
licial character and private worth of |
chief justice Merrimon, Secretary Bed
lingfeld declared that. in nominating
Hon. Charles Price, the Republicans
have selected the paid attorney and
subsidized counsel of the Richmond and |
Danville Railroad Company to pass up
IN the lives, liberties and properties of
The people of North Carolina.
~
Secretary Bedding6eld, of the State
Farmers Alliance. says that the Dem
ocratic party. in State convention, in
in its platform every meas
IRE deemed BY the farmers essential to
their great agricultural interests, while |
The Repuhl;con NO ro;octoJ ,,,o-x, .,><.~.