Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-12-08
MINOR MENTION.

The Raleigh correspondent OF
the Charlotte Observer writes that
paper that Marion Butler, Presi
dent of the State Alliance, DIR. j.
L. Mott and Loge Harris had a
consultation in Raleigh last week
and the report was that they Lad
agreed to pull together, to keep up
the Third party organization. The
better to play the racket Mott and
Loge are going to do their level
best to have the Republican party
formally disbanG, which it nigh,
as we'll do after its experience for
the last dozen years or 80. We
don't know whether there is any>
thing in this or not and it doesn't
make anv difference any way, for
while Dr.. Mott and Loge Harris
may create some disturbance in
the Republican party the effects
of their opposition to the Demo-
cratic party would amount to
about as much MS the blows OF q
tack BANNER on an anvil, little
ring, that's al. This alleged cons
ference and agreement, however,
suggests something. Marion Butler
is President of the Farmers Alli-
ance. AS such he was at the late
meeting OF the Alliance and Indus-
trial Union at Mem his, where
there was such a hot fight over the
course the Alliance should take in
the future in reference to politics.
The wrangle resulted in the seces-
sion of DR.. Macune and large
number of these who insisted that
the Alliance should withdraw from
politics, and Mr.. Loncks, Who re-
presented the fact on that insisted
on its sticking to politics, was elec>
ted President. Marion Butler was
elected viceopresident on the pars
tisan ticket. This tact and the
further fact that he proposes to
keep up the Third party organiza-
.tion and continue the fight might
make it quite IS proper for II e
executive committee ct this State
to make the same i, qniry of Ma
rion But er that they recently did
of the manager ard editor IF the
Pr0gresssUe Farmer. If G proposes
to rnn the Third 9'arty racket in
coliusion with DR.. Mott and Loge
Harris and others, or on his own
hook, prorriety and hecency would
suggest that he resign lis ttfice az
President of II non.parti-an organi-
cation, and then run his Third
party business under his own proper
coos.
The executive con, mit,ee Of the
Farmmers' Alliance met last week
in Raleigh and sent rote TO the
Progressive Fdrmatr to the tffe;t
that as the Farmers Alliance i, a
non-partisap organization the "rgs
an OF the Alliance should a -, be
non-partisan, and asking what the
policy of the organ would be in
future, The intimation in this was,
of course, that if the Proqressa0e
Farmer prope sed to continue on
the partisan track, the Alliance
would look out for IN nother organ.
In reply the business manager and
editor stated substantially that
the paper was done with politics
and would hencefor!h sti:k TO the
Alliance and let politics alone. Ii
will be remembered that when
some time ago the executive com
mittee addressed similar note to
the la.e Col. Polk, who was then
the editor sin.chief and proprietor
he promptly resigned the organ
ship rather than abandon the pol.
itics which tie paper had espous~
ed. That was the manly
course TO pursue, but it was
4 mistake; for man without
half the brains that ClI. Polk
had might have seen that maxi
ing the paper partisan
paper could only result in
damaging the Alliance. and
in imparing, if not destroying the
usefulness and influence of the pa
per. The managers with the
light of experience have realized
this and have wisely concluded to
change tactics and get within the
Alliance lines where they can
carry out the legitimate work of
an Alliance organ WSl. Star