The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-09-23
LETTER FROM ROWAN COUNTY
MILL BRIDGE, n. @.

ranks of the Alliance AMI Democratic
party of our State, and l will com
mencs by saying that l am an Alliance
man, am Secretary of Mill Bridge
Alliance, No. 424 of Rowan county;
also am a Democrat to the backbone,
am a member of the Democratic
County Executive Committee OF
Rowan county, and on July 26th,
1890, a more harmonious Democratic
County Convention was never held, IN
my opinion, than was held by the
Democrats and Alliance men of
Ro van county to nominate candidates
tor the Upper and Lower House of
our S ate Legislature, with candidates
to fill the various county Offices. All
was peace and harmony. The ALI
ance named all the candidates in the
convention except three, viz: Treas
urer, Coroner and Register of Deeds,
after which all departed, feeling that
they had again placed the banner Of
the democracy of old Rowan in safe
hands. Next, one week later, the
Democratic Congressional Convention
convened in the city of Salisbury
with the same class of delegates.
Again the same harmony prevailed,
and the Hon. John s. Henderson was
nominated on first ballot. Suffice it
t. say that one needed only to hear
the speech of Hon. A. Leaaar, his
competitor, a gentleman whose star of
fidelity and patriotism to the D9mo-
cratic party and to the cause of the
upbuilding of the agricultural, indus
trial and educational interests of his
country never sets, pleding himself
to stand by the action Of the c0nven.
ton and John S. Henderson, and
leaving no stone unturned to send
him back to Congress from the 9Th
district by an increased majority.
Such, Mr.. Editor, is the kind of
Democrats and Alliance men in con
vention assembled, it takes to win a
grand Democratic victory, but what
next? Not one month afterwards
some demagogues and third rate
editors raised the war cry that the
Alliance had gone into politics and
they won't do to trust; that
Col. Polk was putting in for the
Hon. Z. B. Vance's place, and the
Democratic party would be ruined;
that the Alliance had met and gotten
up a lot of questions to present to the
members of the State and National
Legislature to answer, AMI the gap
was down for the Radicals to come III
and run North Carolin&, etc etc.
Now let US see if all this fusilade is
true. To the first charge thai the Al
lance had gone into politics is cot
true, and why ? Because the Score.
taries of the Sub Alliances have not
oeen notified of any such step taken
by the State Alliance, and our Cousti-
tuition plainly states that We are
political. The second charge, that we
won't do to trust, we ask why will we
not do to trust? There are IS, 900
voters who ara members in good
standing in the Alliance Of North
Carolina, 1000 Of them are as good
Democrats as the sun ever sho wn
upon. Then are we not a part and
parcel OF this great Democratic parry?
| think so, and we, the laborers and
tillers of the soil, deserve to be recog-
nized by our demands for Legislative
relief SO that We may get from under
the thumb of these monOpolies, trusts
and combines aud be enabled to pro
mote the agricultural, industrial and
educational interests of this grand
country of ours.
The various Democratic conventions
that have met throughout the State,
have Endorsed all the demands made
by the Alliance which, are purely
Democratic in their broadest sense
save one-the SUB Treasury bIIl-and
as soon as that is amended and modi-
fed it ought to pass, for il is a step in
the right direction.
Now as to Col. Polk. If he is seek
ing Senator Vsnce's position, who
said SOP Has Col. Folk SAID so,
either by word or &C ION? think
not. Does The PROGRESSIVE FARMER,
the organ of the Alliauce, say So? 1
think not, if I can read light. Let US
see what it does say. In the issue
of September I'd, on the second page,
and at the bottom of the =. cond col
umn, you will find this, L. L. Polk
is not a candidate for Congress, for
Governor, for the United States Sen
ate nor for any political or other
Office" Now what say you, Mr.. side
show quilldrivers .? Shall we, the
farmers, believe you or Q IT own val
liable paper? We prefer The Pro
GREssIvE FARMER, for we have a con.
tract with u organ to tell US the
truth six days in the week and to go
to meeting Sunday, and with such a
bond as the Constitution of the ALI.
ance order and the ritual for security,
we fear no evil.
N W Mr. E6i+Or IN NV oo;o;o-