Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-02
"eREEN-eooosD SCHEME LEADER.
Pr.ncipai-Third Party Criticised.
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Pr.ncipaf-Third Party Criticised.
Especial telegram TO the Dispatch.I
RALEIGH, N. O., June Information
was received here to-day Of the arrest in
Warren county of William Henry Robin
son, the notorious green-goodsn man
who escaped arrest in Johnston county at
the time Reid and Ellington were arrested.
Robinson will be brought here tomorrow
from WaTreDton jail. Reid to-day made a
confession in which he said Robinson was
the leader in the scheme. He received let
tiers from the post-oflce ut Lemay and
took them TO Robinson, who was in the
woods near by. Robinson opened them
and took the money. Reid said that up 70
the time of their capture he did not get
muHh money. Judgment will be prayed
at once on Robinson and he will go to the
penitentiary for eighteen months. He was
convicted Of the same offence last summer
and Judgment was suspended.
The United States Circuit Court here
opens tomorrow. Judge Seymour arrived
Revenue-C Collector White has reports Of
the capture of Illicit distilleries near
Casey's. Rockingham county, and Dunn,
on the Wilson and Fayetteville railway.
DEATHS ANNOUNCED.
News was received by bis relatives hero
to-day of tho death Of Edward Graham
Haywood, a native Of Raleigh, but for o
number Of years resident OF Washington,
where for long time he held good posi-
ton in the Treasury Department. News
was also received of the death Of James
II. Harris, one OF the best-known negro
politicians in the State. He also was a
clerk in one of tho departments. Harris
possessed to remarkable degree the gift
of oratory.
Governor Holt leaves tomorrow after
noon for the University to attend the COM
mencement. The indications are that the
attendance this year will be larger than
last year, when 1t was very small.
JOURNALISTIC CHANGES.
The daily morning papers here make q
new departure tomorrow, the Chronicle
appearing In eight-page form the NetCS
and Obser-UeT with Mossrs. Ashe and Jernigan
as editors.
THE THIRD PARTY.
The leading editorial in to-morrow's
Progressive Faruser, the Alliance organ for
Virginia and North Carolina will say some
very important things as follows;
THE question, What will the Alliance
do with the new party? Is on the lips of
tens of thousands Of anxious people to-day.
Well, it ought not to take much wisdom to
answer that question. The new party has
adopted the Alliance demands into its plat
form. Does any one suppose that intelll-
gent Alliance men will vote against party
that adopts those demands and in favor of
a sparty that not only fails to adopt
but resists those demands? The west
ern Alliance States have already
gone into the new party. Will not
the necessity for Alliance unity force
the other Alliance States to goiuto the new
party also2 We see no way TO prevent the
new party from sweeping the country, ex-
cept the simple one of cheerfully conced-
ing TO the people every one of their just
demands. If the Alliance men are to be
blamed for going into the new party, then
a hungry child can be blamed for going to
some one who can and will furnish him food.
Gentlemen of the old parties. if the time
comes when your ranks shall be broken,
your leaders overthrow, and your heri-
tage taken from you, do not blame the
represented by the Farmers Alliance
have petitioned and begged and
pleaded and prayed for relief all
these years: and the naughty minions
of political power have spurned both
them and their petitions and prayers. Do
not blame them for your overthrow, but
blame your own blind and miserable folly.
We want to say that If the new party
formed at Cincinnati the other day shall
sweep the country like tornado there
will come from such sweeping no harm TO
Democratic principles. There may come
harm to Democratic organizations. But
there can come no harm to Democratic
principles. With one single unimportant
exception the principles laid down by the
conference at Cincinnati are Democratic
TO tho core. We want this to be distinctly
understood. Any real peoples party is
Democratic party. Let this simple fact be
kent in mlndn