The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-11-03
CAST YOUR Vote FOR bow Err
This is the Advice Of a Third Party
Chairman.
DR.. WILCOX MUST BE DEFEATED,

Il
ance, Says Peoples Party Chairman
Luther, of Ashe County The Only
Way to do it is to Vote for Bower
Patton Should sCome Down
w. L. Luther, chairman of the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Peoples,
party in Ashe county, has issued a
circular to Alliancemen and Peoples
party men in the Eighth Congress
siOnal District, urging them to drop
the support of Patton, their own Con-
gressional candidate, and support W.
III. Bower, the Democratic candidate,
which is the only means to defeat
Wilcox, the Republican candidate and
inveterate enemy OF the Alliance.
i he following are extracts from the
circular:
''To the Brethren of the Peoples
party of the Eighth Congressional
district we of AShe county of the same
political faith do hereby set forth our
objections to DR.. J. o. Wilcox. AS
Brother Patton will not withdraw,
we prayerfully call on you to hear US
for the following reasons:
wilcox is not a.reliable man. He
has done more in this country than a
hundred other enemies. He has
abused us with more effect than all
our opposers. Two years ago we ran
an Alliance ticket in this county, and
every man was beaten but one by
WilcoX's money and abuse. Out Of
five or six hundred Republicans that
belonged to the Alliance in this coun-
ty, Wilcox cursed every one of them
out of the Alliance but about %.
'He, Wilcox, SWOre that he would
beat our Alliance ticket if il cost him
half of what he was worth, and he did
so by all unfair means. He called us
fools, calamity howlers, and scoun-
drels for demanding the repeal of the
National Banking System. Wilcox
that we would deprive him of all the
profit of his money that is invested in
bonds.
she says that the farmers and la
borers should not dictate to the law
making bodies, that they know better
what we need than we know and that
no set of men but bowling fools, led
by L. L. Polk, and others would
do it.
"Wilcox has been indicted in this
county for false swearing, and has not,
as yet been acquitted.
Taking all these things into con-
support brother Patton, as the race is
between Bower and Wilcox. If it was
Patton and Wilcox, the Democrats of
this county would support Patton, but
as it is not, let US all fall in line land
vote for Bower, that we may defeat
Wilcox, our worst enemy.
1--WE have nothing to- say against
Brother Patton. We are sorry he is
out, unless there was some chance for
his election.
GAS there is not the least chance of
the worst of management for us to
support him and allow our worst enc
my to be elected. t would be the
worst downfall to us as a party that
could befall us. Our party is in it's
infancy yet and to allow our zeal for
the cause, to cause us to make such a
mistake, would not be judicious.
''By supporting Patton and divid-
ing the vote between him and Bower
be our final ruin to this Congressional
district"
The circular goes on to advocate the
candidacy of Weaver and Field, and
in further denouncing Wilcox, says:
''He said at Winston that he thank
ed his God that there were not many
of his party (Republicans) that be-
lOnged to the Peoples party
Let us look into these things be-
fore we vote. Weigh them candidly
and without spite or ambition toward
any party. 1t is the man we object
to. If Wilcox was fair man we
would have nothing to say. His polit-
ical party is the only God The serves.
Any law that would give him and his
party the advantage of us, he would
advocate. 1t would not make any
difference with him whether we were
allowed to vote any more or not.
81 am, with respect, your brother in
the cause of reform.
"W. n. LUTHER.
chairman of Executive Committee
of Peoples party
Jefferson, N. c., Oct. IA, 1922
IN. B. We have in our possession
a letter from Brother Patton that
came to hand since the above was
written stating that he, Patton, Dor
rOwed money of one Samuel Huffman
Republican, to make the canvas on
and we are informed that said HUFF
| man is candidate in Burke county
on the Republican ticket for treasurer
IN. B. We have nothing to say fol
W. II. Bower moreo than that he ha
always advocated the causes of tn,
| Alliance in his public speeches ant
| private talks, and says that our de
mands are Just. ''W. n. L."