The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-06-14

the Peninsula Farmer.
- Wanted Suggestions and origi-
nal ideas as " to the way out" Apply at
headquarters of both &. o. p's. The
right man can make a fortune.
At the Peoples party territorial
convention in Oklahoma, held May IA,
to elect delegates to Omaha, every
|countyin the territory was represented.
An article is going the rounds
headed "Third party Duplicity." 1t
is but a moIehill to the mountain of
Republican and Democratic duplicity
The Georgia Democratic conven
ton declared for free coinage of silver,
and sent a Cleveland delegation to
Chicago. There's a spectacle for Gods
and Men.
= The man who breaches overprO-
sduction has no more real idea of the
condition of the country than a dead
monkey-that is if he believes what he
breaches.
~ Powderly reports the increase of
membership of the Knights of Labor
during the past three months at 5000
and says it is unprecedented in the
history of the order,
~ Alliance speakers, Alliance writ
ers have urged and urged the Alliance
men to stand together. What is the
use of standing together and then vot,
ling against each other?
~ The ten Peoples party Congress-
men are succeeding in forcing both old
parties to put themselves on record,
and in every instance they go with the
splutes and against the people.
~ Within the coming week a great
many people in the State will be called
upon to practice what they have
prea ;hed. How many of them will re-
nounce their doctrine when the time
comes?
- The Inter National Silver Confer
fence and the talk of a monetary con
svention is all fraud. The object is to
gstave off he inevitable. All the dele
gates appointed were bankers and
money lenders.
* The government could operate the
5railroads at a saving of four hundred
aand fifty million of dollars annual y.
This would be a very handsome sum
to save the people, says the Southern
2AUiance Farmer.
] The biggest chump we know of
lis the man who imagines he can ride
the Alliance steed and the 6. 0. p. mule
TAT one and the same time, without in
Turing his straddle, says the Custer,
sNeb., Independent.
~ The people are aroused and the
battle for a better government is on.
He that is for ~plutocracy is bowling
through the tomtit press and the de
:luded politician who like Clemetrius
fears lest his craft is ruined.
The story that comes up from
colorado about a man who was lost for
six weeks in an alkali desert, during
which time he lived exclusively on
hope and cactus plants, is perhaps the
biggest alkali of the season.
1t seems that DR.. A. B. Mobiles is
chairman of the Peoples party in the
Second district and has called the meet
ing at Rocky Mount. Mr.. Swinson had
called the meeting for Kinston. Rocky
Mount is the place, and June 10Th the
date.
We have had a number of long
articles to publish recently. Hence
our regular correspondence has been
crowded out. But don't feel sighted.
We would like to publish several times
as much as we have room for, but can
not do it.
~ The death of Bro. D. E. Stevens,
President of Wayne County Alliance,
has already been published in col
sumns At a meeting of Salem Ali
ance, No. 513, Wayne county, a suit
able preamble and resolution were
adopted.
~ The Baltimore Free Press, which
was an able literary paper for some
years, has changed its name to ALI
Gnce Free Press, and is hitting blows
straight from the shoulder. This is
another proof that we are getting
there, Ely"
Tom Watson is amusing himself
skinning Senator Gordon in Georgia.
And in publishing Gordon'5 legislative
record he is showing that a great repu-
tation may hide an exceedingly sorry
man. 1t is a great thing to have the
light turned on occasionally.
~ The Republicans re-nominated
President Harrison last week and