The state chronicle., 1892-05-07
Political Currents.

Political Currents
The Durham SIN learns that Gov.
St. John, the apostle of prohibition,
will visit Durham some time this sum-
mer and address the followers of that
party.
The Asheville Citizen says: In
Cleveland county some third party men
went into the democratic convention,
but they went out again without doing
any damage except to their own repu-
tations as honest men.
The Concord Times says: The
Progressive Farmer is desperate this
week. 1t sees that its little game to
capture the primaries and cram the
st. Louis third party platform down
the throats of democrats is going to
fail
The Red Springs Comet says: If
the democratic party is right, follow
it. If the third party is right, follow
it. If the radical party is right, fol-
low it. But for the sake Of your man
hood come out from the bushes and
"show your colors.'
The Mecklenburg Times says: The
ProgreSsire Farmer says II Holt is
nominated that paper will oppose him.
Yes, so will all other republican
heets. I he Progressive Fdrmers opin-
ion of the democratic party is abou,
the same as The opinion held by the
average republican.
The Kinston Free Press SAYS: All
democrats, whether alliancpmen or not.
have an equal right to 90 in demo-
cratic conventions, but third party
people and republicans have no more
right to participate in democratic
convention than a Methodist has tc
! participate in Baptist convention.
The fifth district republican conven
ton met at Greensboro Thursday anC
elected to the National convention r
B Keoeh, Of Guilford and James II
Cheek, of Orange; with two coorec
men as alternates. viz: f. +. Pa, ham
of Rockingham, and w. H. Crews, o
Granville. They 90 instructed fol
Harrison
The Kinston Free Press says: Ir
Vance township, Lenoir county, abou
twenty democrats left the primary be
: cause the St. Louis resolutions were
;, introduced. There is also bad feelin.
existing between democrats in that
township, and some OF it originates
from republican source This viii
7 not do. The democrats must ac,
g harmoniously together There mus
be no division. The conf. election
next November will prove who are
true democrats. All true democrat
will support the nominees of the demo
cratic party, national as we'll as State
The Charlotte Observer says: n,
d true North Carolina democrat car
c read or hear unmoved the expires
y sions and manifestations of interes
from friends in all parts of th
Union as to his party's probable
action at the coming state con,en
J tion and the issue of its struggl
{ in the State and national campaigns
o nor can he endure with patience tn
ring of triumph in the tone of the ma
q tional republican press, the note of ex
Il ultation with which it heralds the on
II portunity for republicansm in the di
e visions and dissensions of the democ
racy of the Old North State
J. The Davidson Dispatch says: 9Th
farmer, the manufacturer, the patriot
, the true Carolinian, is Thomas NJ
'e Holt. His magnificent farms, the prid
y OF farmers, are run by well paid supe,
o intendents and laborers. His factorie
" are conducted by we'll paid superinte1
. dents, and his numerous well paid en-
ployees, numbering into the hundreds
L. are fed by his bounteous bands. Farmer
n laborer, write to Haw river postoffic
al and enquire of the hundreds of poo
ID people, employed and fed by him, whs
they think of him. Write to his super
A' intendents and laborers, ahite and CO
TO ored, at Linwood post-otfice. and er
Id quire what they think of him. Th
universal response will be that Choms
of M. Holt is an honest man, a true D;
triot, a benefactor of his race, a tru
20 &c North Carolinian, aud man eminen
d. ly fit to be the governor Of the gres
is State of North Carolina,