Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-10-06

would be to coin lie aud stamp
the eagle on it. He believes that a
dollar of silver ought to be worth a
dollar in gold. On this basis he is
in favor of the free coinage of silver.
Mr.. Glenn told of a converse
tirn he had with a Third partyite,
who said that "his folks" had told
him if he voted for Weaver he
would get $50 apiece for himself
and each member of his family.
The government was going to
'sprint" it and send it to the clerks
of the court to distribute. This
was a delusion worse than the
forty acres and q mule. Mr.. Bell
told me that he asked Butles why
he left the Democratic party, and
Butler replied: "Becaute they
voted against the free coinage bil."
Bell asked how mach would that
bill have added to the circulation,
and Butler replied: "About 33
cents per capita" If that is 80,
you sOld out for 33 cents and you
are worse than Judas Tscariot. He
received thirty pieces of silver as
Il prize of his treachery. Judas
Iscariot went ont and hanged him
self and I advise you to do the
same (Mr. Butler denied laying
tod MIR. Bell thi.) Mr.. Bell says
that you said it, and a number OF
other gentlemen told me they
heard you say 1t, aud [ will as soon
believe them as Marion Butler. In
1888 you supported Mr.. Cleveland,
both in your paper and on the
stuulp. My friend, you studied law
once. and you know what estoppel
is. You told the people then that
Cleveland wss worthy of their sup
port. Were you telling the truth
then, or are you telling it now!
The idea of Mr.. Butler criticisipg
Mr.. Cleveland! What d, you sup~
pose Grover would do if he knew
you were down here criticising him?
Who is Grover Cleveland!
A Third party voice: A rascal!
The man who says that is a
greater rascal than Grover Cleve-.
land ever was.
Third party voice: Didn't he
put a niger in powers
"Yes. he did. Do You complain
of thats But l saw a sight to-day
never. before witnessed in North
Carolina. saw your white men
riding side By side, cheek by jowl,
with the blacklist negroes in the
county. And / saw in that process
sion an old white horse never seen
in any sort OF procession before
(This was DR.. Motifs white horse,
bestrode by a Republican,
Butler and the Weaverites say to
the government. "Issue money
issue money ="
They think the government can
print in any quantity and give it
to the people. Did you ever hear
such nonsense?
Butler says the Force bill is a
email issue; that the Dem ,crats are
keeping it before the people in
order to delude them and blind
their eyes to the true issues.
L it a dead issne 2 Reid says it is
not dead. The Republican plat
form, in which the party is solemn
ly pledged to it's passage and enc
forcement, says it is not dead.
President Harrison says it is not
dead. The Ocala convention, OF
which Mr.. Butler was a member,
took the trouble to denounce it in
unmistakable terms. They did not
think there was no danger in it.
And yet you have the effrontery to
stand up before a God-fearing peo-
pie and say there is no danger in
il; tn At il is a mere dclusion and a
blind.
What is Weaver's record on this
matter? He was in favor of more
Infamous force bill than that which
now threatens the liberties of the
South. In the Forty-s;xth Con-
gresa, when an amendment was
introduced to take away the sol-
diers from the polls. Mr.. Garfield
stood shoulder to shoulder with the
Democrats in this just fight, and
helped them with his voice and
vote. But there was one man who
did everything in his power to de-
feat the amendment. He made
speeches against it, and said "Let
the soldiers remain at the polls"
That man was j. B. Weaver. Tell
the people, Mr.. Butler, whether
you endorse his course.
Why should we have change in
the State government? Is not Elias
Carr an honest man2 Has not the
Democratic administration of State
affairs been pure, honest, able and
unohjectionablea | put this ques-
ton to Mr.. Butler and ask him
to answer il: Are You not, deep
down in your heart, ashamed of
your candidate, Exums Will you
giye the people an answer to that
simple question: A hundred men
stand around me who heard Mai.
Robbins ask you if you would sup
port the Democratic State ticket,
and you said you would. He ask.
ed you if you would support Cleve-
land, and you replied, if the DEM
oclatic State Convention said so