The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-07-10
FORSYTH DEMOCRATS
The Convention Last Saturday Showed
Perfect HARMONY

ton was held in Winston last Satur
day for the pnpoee of naming dele
gates to the State congressional an;
judicial conventions. n
Mr.. W. Nj. Hinshaw was made
chairman of the meeting and Messrs
III. T.. Fulton, q f. Webb and the
members of the Democratic press
| were requested to .actas secretaries
The roll call of townships found
delegates present from each.
Mr.. {. b. Watson moved that &
! recess of ten minutes be taken for the
purpose of choosing delegates ;lno
the motion prevailed.
On reassembling, the delegates were
announced from each township, and
! then the convention called on Hon.
C. B. Watson for a speech.
He walked upon the stage amid
applause, and within half an hour he
made the best address he has made
in Il long time.
He said that the Union Republican
had predicted a split in the conven-
ton, had said that there would be
"chin music" and the editor of the
Republican had come there to see the
fight. But there was no fight and
there will be none between the Dem
ocrats. f
This very day he was informed by
Il leading Alliance man and staunch
Democrat that "a certain Republican
peeped out at him from a govern
ment Office window and invited him
back for a chat, in his blandest and
most oily manner. Hewas surprised,
but accepted the invitation, and then
the aforesaid Republican began to
praise the Alliance The farmer led
him on and on, until finally he told
him that when Ellis Hauser was
nominated for the Legislature two
years ago the lawyers of Winston
knitted him and voted for John Rey-
nolds because he was lawyer! II
Mr. Watson said that any man
who makes that declaratian is IL
LIAR. The lawyers canvassed every
township in the county and Hauser
simply went down in the general
wreck of the party. a
For himself, he wanted to say that
he was heartily in sympathy with
most of the principles of the Alliance.
There were some of it's demands that
he did not approve of and at the
proper time he would tell them so
frankly. In the main, however, he
was heartily in sympathy with them.
They demanded low tariff and so did
the Democratic party; they were in
favor of free coinage and SO were the
Democrats. The principles of the
Farmers Alliance and of the Demo-
cratic party are almost the same,
and he warned them not to be led
away from the party which had been
true to their interests by demagogues
and politicians who sought to use
them by turning their strength into
the radical camp.
Mr.. Watson then entered upon ma
tional politics He showed that the
Republicans had promised to repeal
the internal revenue but had not
done it. Furthermore, when a DEM
to take up a bill which removed the
burdens of the revenue, he could not
get recognition by the Republican
Speaker.
He wanted every farmer present to
go home and ask himself ''who is re-
sponsible for the present lack of mon
ey? Who made the laws in the interest
of the Wall street millionaires?' If
he would look into the history of
legislation, he would find the Repub-
leans did it ALL
He then touched upon the nation
al election law which had just passed
the House. 1t was intended to dis
grace the South and rob her of fair
in the halls of Con-
gress. To prove it, it was only nee
essary to state that a Northern Con-
gresham, who was opposed to the
bill Congressman Lehlbach) offered
an amendment which required the
law to operate in all States alike.
The amendment was killed. This
showed that it was sectional, par
tisan measure, and he appealed to
those men who had stood elbow to
elbow for the last quarter of cen
fury to stand together now and-vote
solidly for the party which was their
friend
Rev. Henry Fulton was next called
on and he came forward and made
an earnest address. He said that he
was an Alliance man, and he was a
Democrat. He did not believe there
was single true Alliance man in the
county which desired a split in the
Democratic party. He said that
there were but few of the principles
of the Alliance which the Democratic
party did not endorse. He was GER
tain that when the Alliance was bet
ter understood that it would have
more friends. slit 'siLl i aSs4
Mr.. Fulton is an earnest speaker.
He is strong He is eloquent. His
loyalty to the Alliance is unquestion-
ed and his Democracy is above re-
With such leaders in the
Alliance, the Democratic party ned
not be afraid that it will become an
to the Republicans. All the
sly work that such fellows as Willard
Mastan. Eli Mullican, Buck Davis
and Jodie Bodenhamer can do will
avail nothing if the Alliance win but.
follow such wise leaders as. Henry
Fulton and the other true Alliance
men who were in the convention last
s saaes osss Ss11E
Speaking for itself, The SENTINEL
has no fears of the Democratic party
from the Alliance in Forsyth county.
1t knows it's enemies and itknoWssits
friends. 1t knows that the Democrat
ic party has been it's friend and the
party is a wolf in sleeps
Therefore, we believe that
the radicals will have poor success in
trying to make tool oft. u
: After the address OF Mr.. Fulton,
he announced Alliance speakings, as