The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-05-24

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annual salary of Congressmen is SIS, 600.
Twenty years ago SO bales of cotton
would have paid it; now it will take
about III bales, ard yet Congress
seems resolved to reduce the currency,
demonetize silver, and keep up the
salaries. This is a very hopeful view
of the promised reform, and a desire
that justice be done the people is con
spicuously prominent in congressional
movements"
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER wishes
it could publish the names of the
numerous friends who kindly favored
us with their visits last week. Many
thanks for their generous manifesto
ton of appreciation. 1t greatly
courages us in our labors.
~ Col. DR.. Kingsbury, of the Wi
mington Messenger, declares that no
honest man can endorse much of the
State platform. Now what are you
going to do about it, We hope Col.
Kingsbury will get up what he thinks
would be a proper platform. We want
to see it.
There is some doubt about all of
the State ticket nominated last week
endorsing the platform upon which
they are to make the fight. Some of
them are known to have bitterly OPP
posed much of it heretofore. But, of
course, platforms are simply "made
to get in on"
~ Ninety six counties in the State
ninety-fve were represented in the
Conference-ninety one endorsed the
st. Louis platform and the remainder
the Ocala platform. Do you doubt the
strength of the st. Louis platform in
our State? If so, wait till November
and you will be convinced.
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER has a
pile of evidence of dark, un~principled
trickery and fraud and outrageous
methods for depriving the Alliance of
proper representation in The recent
convention. We wan! it all. Send it
in, gentlemen. 1t may become neces-
sary to publish it one of these days.
Let us have it.
* It is expected that at least one
hundred North Carolinians will attend
the Omaha Convention in addition TO
the delegates. We note that the con-
vention will be called to order on Sat,
urday, the 2nd day of July, for organ
~ization, and that the platform and
nominations will be considered on
Monday the 4th Of July.
We learn from the NeWs and o.
serUer and other sources, that when
the State Convention finished up the
State ticket, most of the farmer dele
gates quietly withdrew. Some of the
delegates refused to 60 in after they
got here, others withdrew at different
stages during the two days the conven
ton held forth.
~ Mr.. Lester @. Hubbard, who was
deposed by the owners of the Voice, !
at Chicago, because he insisted on run
ming it as a reform paper, has just
started The Vanguard at Chicago. The
editors and proprietors are Hubbard &
Stevens. We hope the plutocrats will
have nothing to do with this new pa
per. No doubt it will be a good one.
We have been informed on good
authority that it is the purpose of the
opponents of our Railroad Commission
to elect a legislature that will repeal
the law or greatly modify it. Let the
friends of the law be on the alert and
know just where candidates for the
legislature stand before they nominate
or vote for them. Be not deceived on
this matter.
Bro. T. L. Owen, a member of
White Alliance, No. 333, Sampson
county, made us a pleasant call last
week. 1t has been reported around
that his Alliance has been in a dying
condition. Ee says this is untrue.
They are stroo GER now than they ever
were before. they endorse every word
of the st. Louis platform and will vote
for no man who will not stand on that
platform.
~ The Asheville Citizen and Gazette
disagreed about the wording of a mort
gage Or deed recorded in that city.
The Gazette agreed to pay the Citizen
$50 if it could show that there was an
error. The Citizen did show it and
the Gazette says accepted our check
for the amount" No doubt the Citizen
accepted the check, but will the banks
cash a newspaper mans check9 Tnat
is the burning question.
~ 1t is being claimed by many
papers of the old parties that Kansas