The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-11-03
REPUBLICAN SIDE SHOW
That is What Davidson Farmer
Calls the Third Party.

A SENTINELreporter met up with
prominent farmer from Arcadia town
ship, Davidson county, last week.
After discussing other matters the
conversation drifted into politics.
"What is the polical outlook in your
county 2"
''That is question hard to answer"
replied the farmer. SIN some sectins
the Third party is pretty strong"
''What do you think of the new
party?"
"Well sir, to tell you the truth
about it, l consider it nothing more
nor less than a Republican side-shOw.
l am member of the Farmers Ali
ance and for some time | thought |
would vote with and for the new
party; but my eyes have been opened
and no longer than yesterday did l
determine to vote for Grover Cleve-
land and the remaining Democratic
ticket"
"What caused you to changer"
'Well l attended my first public
speaking this campaign yesterday.
Nearly all of the candidates of the
three parties were present. | did not
get there in time to hear the first
speeches but heard enough to convince
me l was on the wrong road. Rev.
George E. Hunt, who is running with
Rev. Virgil Wilson for the Legisla-
ture was not present. He was off
holdg a revival meeting, so it was
told. But he was represented by a
Republican speaker the name of whom
| don't remember just now. Howev-
er, he talked Third party doctrine for
a few minutes and then drifted off
and plead with his hearers to vote the
straight Republican ticket. That is
what did the work for me. Right
here I was convinced that this Third
party was nothing more than a Re
publican side-show, gotten up to de-
feat the Democratic party. That Re
publican speech not only convinced
me but it opened the eyes of several
more farmers who had been lead a
stray"
'.There is something else I have
discovered" continued the Davidson
| farmer, ''the men running the Third
party are composed of disappointed
office-seekers and farmers who want
| to make living without work. Of
course, / am convinced of the fact
| that the farmers need and should
| have more encouragement; but this
| new party is demanding too much-it
| is asking for impossibilities. / am a
member of the Alliance but there are
some Objectionable features about
| that organization. For instance,
they want law passed by which peo-
| pie can borrow money on two per
cent interest. Such thing is absurd.
l myself would invest my money in
| real estate or something else if /
could not loan it out for more that
/ that.
/ The Davidson man is a well-to-do
| farmer. He is hard worker and
raises nearly everything he eats. He
reads the papers and keeps posted on
| the political affairs. He has no love
for the Progressive farmer. II read a
| few copies of that paper and it salts
| fed me. Whenever any man tries to
make out that he knows all las the
the editor of the Farmer does) don't
care to read what he writes. The
paper, it is true, has lead many farm
| ers in North Carolina aStray, pO-
litically.
/ The farmer concluded his conversa-
tion by saying: 81 cannot vote fol
Exum and Weaver. Grover Cleveland
and Elias Carr, the latter nominated
by the Alliance, will get my vote this
/ time"