The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-04

presence of raSZaUay men in the Legislative
lobby" Please explain to the jury
what you meant by that.
Again, on the Ist day of February,
1889, in speaking of the hardness OF
the legislature in establishing the rail
way commission, you asked the fol
lowing significant questions: CHOW
is this to be explained? How has
the apparent fact been brought aboutf
Can any influence have been at work
and have wrought the seeming change
of disposition?" Will the NeOs and
Observer please explain to the jury
what he meant by these questions?
Again, on the same day you admon-
ish the Legislature as follows: "Let
not the Legislature falter in its pur.
pose. Let it not &c led away by the
plea of the eloquent lobbyist. Let it
turn a deaf ear TO the argument of the
pass an the pocket" Will the Neags and
Observer please explain to the jury
what it meant by these dark insinua-
tons?
Has The PROGRESSIVE FARMER ever
gone so far in impeaching the honor
of railroad men and legislators? Don't
sqirm, don't evade, don't dodge, don't
garble, don't twist, but stand up now
ike a little man and answer these
questions squarely and fairly.
The readers of The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER will remember that we ex.
pressed the determination some weeks
ago to shell the woods and force some
people into the field that the people
might recognize their colors. We
have succeeded. The YeaOs and OF.
server stands before the people OF
North Carolina with colors in hand on
which the following inscription may
be read:
January %, 1890.
I'VE DO NOT THINK THAT A"
"RAILROAD COMMISSION BILL WILL"
ACCOMPLISH ANY GREAT RESULT"
"FOR THE FARMERS IN THIS"
estate. WI DO NOT KNOW OF"
"ANY GREAT REASON FOR PASS"
"ING A BILL TAKING THE CONTROL"
"oF RAILROAD PROPERTY OUT OF"
"THE HANDS OF THE OWNERS.
This great and Immaculate leader,
&" the organ" the great self appointed
"executioner," this party boss whip
cracker, this over boasting friend OF
the farmer, has performed a double
summersault on the railroad question
since last winter. He then stood be.
fore the people of North Carolina, col.
ors in hand, on which was the follow.
ing inscription:
Feb. l, 1889.
"THE News AND OBSERVER HAS"
"ALWAYs FAVORED A COMMISSION"
"AND FAVORs ONE NOW. IT BE-"
"LIEvEs THAT COMPOSED OF MEN"
"oF SUCH CHARACTER AND CAPAC-"
CITY AS ALEXANDER, JARVIS"
"AND WADDELL, FOR EXAMPLE"
GIT WOULD BE AN INSTITUTION OF"
"GREAT PRACTICAL BENEFIT To-"
GALL CLASSES OF THE PEOPLE,
AMI ~ 4nE nail AS WGLLs
In the pungent and pointed ques
tions of the NeGOs and Observer itself
to the Legislature, we ask that paper
Chow is this to be explained" "How
has the apparent fact been brought
about2 "Can any influences have been
at work and have wrought the seem,
ing change of disposition2" Has the
NeaOS and Observer itself been "led
away by the plea of the eloquent lob:
byist?". Or was it unable to "turn a
deaf a to the argument of the pass
in the pocket?"
We have repeatedly told the farm
ers and tax payers of the State thai
the railroads and combines would OWL
and operate papers in their interest
that these papers would claim to be
the friends, par excellence, of the farm.
ers-that they would attempt to de-
ceive the people. We again warn
the people to be on the alert. The
NeaOs and Observer claims, in a stand.
ing advertisement, that cit is the
leading Democratic paper in the
State" and yet it plants itself fat.
footed and solidly against a railroad
commission. How will this accord
with the views of the great mass OF
farmers and tax payers of the State2
We shall see In conclusion, we ask,
what constitutes a party in this coun.
try? Is it the great mass of voters
who compose it, or is it a handful OF
self-constituted bosses? We shall