The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-11-03
Corruption Funds.

! The Peoples party leaders of thi.
county being pushed to the wall by the
overwhelming weight Of public sent
rlent and seeing beforehand the defea
If their candidates are beginning tC
| edge. Plummer Cheatham. the col
cred member of Congress, has ever
=: cen heard to say what everybod,
lnew before that whatever may have
cen practiced elsewhere elections in
Tance were always fair. No Repub.
can has ever asserted the contrary
ijut it remains for these ''latter day
tints' of the Peoples party to charge
8 an apology for their abject failure
t nat the Democracy Of Vance county
i'll carry this election by fraud and
{ eruption. Its an evil bird that be-
t'uls its own nest Why not at once
knowledge that your defeat is for
ant of merit in your cause? 1t, a
very proper thing for them to spend all
t1e money they can rake and scrape in
wing to get votes but its very i'm
roper one for Democrats to detray the
L Ultimate expenses Of their campaign.
The populists who engage hangers on
With money are patriots. Democrats
W no do such a thing are corruptionists.
The story is very nice one they think
t. hold the ignorant and deluded but
honest followers of the Gideon Band
bat they will claim credit after the
election from the Democrats for having
advertised their campaign fund. By
the way Stree the eXtravagant false
h bod published in the Vance Farmer
and the Third party orators as to the
amount of the Democratic campaign
find, we learn there have been large
accessions to the Democratic ranks Of
a certain kind of followers who having
gotten all the pickings in the populuist
patch are now seeking" pastures new"
Il this be true we owe something at
least to the Third party people after
all.
Most CT our ailments come from a dis
ordered liver which Simmons Liver Re-
gnlatOr cures.
Another Convert to Democracy.
Mr.. JOHN T. GREGORY, who has been
Clerk of the Superior Court of Halifax
county, for twelve or sixteen years, and
who is known to be the most influential
Republican in the black district, has join
ed the Democratic party. He has been
Chairman OF the Republican Executive
Committee of that county, and in tender
ing his resignation in letter dated Oct.
22nd, Mr.. Gregory says:
have this day, after mature thought,
r, search and study, severed my connec-
ton with the Republican party, and will
not longer advocate, support or MAINTAIN
its principles, but expect in the future to
support, maintain and defend the prln-
cinles of the National Jeffersonian DEM
oyracy as laid down, embodied and enun-
GATED in the platform and principles of
tie Democratic party.
Am actuated in taking this step, be-
ca use | am lead to believe that the ten
doncy of the Republican party once
national, powerful and great, is dWlnd-
ling down into Capitalization and section
a1ism, arraying one section of the country
IL against the other in bitter breast of
tt e citizen a spirit of antagonism and
Bad feeling which is at once repugnant,
ard should be condemned and discOun-
te1anced by every elector, whatsoever his
pC litical faith, having the welfare OF his
{, lntry at heart. And further, because
l believe the perpetuity and welfare OF
o. free institutions will be safer and in
be tier keeping when under the control
AID guidance of the National Democracy
Il IN with any other country; this con-
q sion is inevitable when we recall the
r. ,kless and revolutionary policy of the
la House of Representatives.
For my part, am quite content and
re adv to follow the illustrious example OF
ST oh noble patriots and statesmen as
! dge Gresham, Judge Cooley and Wayne
NJ acVeagh, and | believe thousands OF
thoughtful men all over the country, who
III We heretofore belonged to and acted
with the Republican party, will do the
same.