The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-07-21
WHY NOT ?
A FEW PLAIN QUESTIONS
ASKED.
What Objection Can any Democrat
or Allanceman Have to Elias Carr,
an Honest Man and Friend OF the
People?
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Why should not every Democrat
and every member of the Alliance in
North Carolina vote for Elias Carr !?
Why should the Third party people
nominate a State ticket in North Car
olina9 How can they thereby help
themselves or benefit their State? On
the contrary, instead Of benefting
their State, do they not run great
risk of turning over our State govern
ment to the Republicans? While
there will be no chance for the Third
party candidates to be elected, if they
are nominated, yet enough Democrats
may throw away their votes on them
to elect the Republican candidates.
But some one may say that the Re
publiCans will not run State ticket
DO not trust to that. Watch and wait,
and on the day of election the Repub-
licans of North Carolina will vote for
their own party candidates!
We repeat, why should not every
Democrat in North Carolina vote for
Elias Carr? He is the regular nomi-
nee of the party, nominated fairly and
squarely, and is true and consistent
Democrat, never having voted for any
bur a straight Democrat ticket. Why
then, should not every man who has
heretofore professed to be Democrat
heartily support him? And especially,
why should not every Democrat ALI
anCeman vote for him?
No man in this State is now, or has
been, more identified with the farmers
of North Carolina than Elias Carr
Nor is there any one more entitled to
their confidence and support. Born
and reared on a farm, he has devoted
bis entire life to the cultivation of a
farm and all his interests are identical
with those of all other farmers Long
before the organization Ofthe Farmers
Alliance he was prominent leader in
every movement to improve the con-
dition of the farmers and advance the
agricultural interests of our State. On
the organization of the Alliance he
promptly joined that order, and SO
highly was he esteemed that he was
twice elected President of the State
Alliance, and discharged the duties oI
that high office to the complete salts
faction of everybody. And is he now
any the less worthy OF the esteem and
confidence of Alliancemen than he
was when their honored President? II
SO, why2
He still supports and endorses the
platform and principles of the ALI
ance as declared at their last national
meeting. Let all Alliancemen re-
member this
He has expressed his dissent only
to certain demands made by a con-
venlion held at St. Louis, last Feb
ruary, a large majority of whose mem
bers were not Alliancemen, and which
can not be binding on any Alliance
man. He does not agree to the de-
mands for government ownership of
railroads and the payment of untold
millions to the Union soldiers.
And because Elias Carr does not
agree with two such monstrous de-
mands, will Democratic Alliancemen
refuse to vote for him and help to turn
over the control of their State to Re-
publlcans and negroes
Why should any member of the
Alliance wish to overthrow and break
up the Democratic party in North
Carolina ? And especially why should
they wish to DO this when thereby
they would turn over the control o
our State to the Republicans
The Democratic party in this State
has shown itself, in every way possible
friendly and favorable to the Alliance
and the Alliance leaders and papers
until recently, have repeatedly declar
ed that they had no cause of complain
as to the administration of our State
government by the Democratic party
Bat now some of the Alliance paper
have changed and are demanding tha
the Third party nominate a straigh
State ticket, and defeat Elias Car
and the other Democratic nominees
Why is this?
The Democrats of North Carolin
elected large majority of their las
Legislature from the Alliance, ant
gave them full power to repeal an
Dad laws or enact any good laws tha
they might wish. SO that if our Stat
laws are not all right, it is the fault Q
our last Alliance Legislature
But our State laws are all right, an
there was really nothing for our las
Legislature to do, which could satisf
the demands, of the people for finau
clal relief. Then why wage war 0
the Democratic government of Mort
Carolina And why try to brea
up that party in this State?
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