The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-09-20

the regiment, and MOST bravely did he
command it. Great Napplause. He
continued in the servicS fighting gal
lantly, not only fighting egiments but
battaliions; and for his br! very in bat
tie he was awarded brevet 8eneral, and
| that commi sion was continued by the
| Senate of the United States. So that
| that man, whom this remarkable con
vention has placed before us, has from
his early infancy affirmed his bravery
and courage, and he bears the approval
OF presidents, of nations and OF the
Union. So that he is beyond the power
of being displaced by any sort OF polltl-
cal intrigue or malignment that may
be conceived of.
"After the close of the war-and he
came only after the last rebel had sur
rendered-he resumed the practice of
his profession, was elected district at
torney, and was afterward appointed
assessor of the internal revenue. Grant
was president and a cousin of his
claimed to have been to. Washington
and seen Grant and addressed Gen.
Weaver a letter suggesting whom he
should appoint as deputies. What did
| Gen. Weaver do9 He forwarded the
letter to the president, repudiated any
such claim, and wrote that he (the
cousin) was not dictator and that such
conduct did not meet with his ap-
prevail.
"Gen. Weaver was after ward elected
to Congress and then he was elected
again, and then again, and In every
term he was bold in his presentation
of what was right, and God gave him
to see the right, and equally firm and
steadfast in resisting the wrong. You
-o-oa~oL1- 49, Io 144A1 010nn %hnpo IN
Congress and fought for the people
| Congress day after day and under
their rule defeated the entire program.
Great applause.) I am getting into
detail. Voices, Go ont Go on!O
"He was twelve years ago a candi-
date for President by a party that de-
clared that money should be issued
only by the government; that there
should be free coinage of silver as we'll
as gold; denouncing monopolies and
advocating various propositions which
are necessary for the public good.
Well, they say he did not get many
votes. Didn't he9 Have you looked
over the list9 Do you know that in
West Virginia he got one fifth as many
votes as Garfield, in Michigan one
fourth as many as Hancock In Mis-
souri, o%ne-fourth as many as Garfield,
in Iowa one fourth as many as Han
cock, in Kansas one-third as many as
Hancock, in Texas one-half as many
as Garf1eld9 He received three mil
lion or more votes.
"Now then, l ask you to come with
me and see why we should expect our
fellow citizen to become President of
the United States. Well, there was
much cause for complaint then, and |
feel q little Inundated in being COM
yelled to confess l, myself, have been
the victim of that which so many of
my fellow citizens have been a victim
of-party spirit. Party spirit was
then the bane of the American people
as it is now; party spirit was stronger
then than it is now; and during the
twelve ears which have interviewed,
there have been multiplied repetitions
of wrongs of which Gen. Weaver and
his party complain; lev leases have
been given to monopolies. Continued
legislation against the public good,
ignoring the claims of the masses, and,
it would SEEM, working for wealthy,
making them more wealthy, the rich
richer and the poor poorer, and very
little the parties have since done that
tends to make us devoted to them be-
cause of what they have done.
Take if you please, Garfield's ad-
mi~nistration; it commenced twelve
years ago. Mr.. Garfield had but a
short administration by reason of the
assassin's bullet; but that administra-
ton developed a quarrel in the party
which drove Conkling and Platt from
the Senate. President Arthur followed
Garfield's administration, but while it
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received at it's conclusion the rejection
of his party. We then had an admin
istration by Mr.. Cleveland, who was
SO jealous after his election and before
his Inauguration against silver that he
addressed a letter to the Democratic
members of Congress insisting that
then and there they should repeal the
legislation against silver circulation or
bimetalism, which is coin made of silver
and gold. We know what that admin
istration of his was, and how in the
four years of that administration he
conducted himself in the interest of
WaIlstreet, carrying out their financial
views. 1t has been said by an ex-
Senator that it matters not whichparty
has control. Wall street always CON
trolls the financial policy, whether the
administration be Democratic or Re
publican. (Applause.) But we will
dismiss Mr.. Cleveland, for he is a large
subject. Great laughter.) In four
years the people excused him hoping
to find a better, They took Mr., Har-
rison; but Mr.. Harrison after his adj
ministration began, developed a dispo
sition which made him more or less
odious with a large portion of his party.
Although the Senate had passed its bill
for the free coinage of silver, MI. Har-
rison went on to say in the way presi-
dents do these things, that if the House
should pass this bill he would veto it.
80 we know what Mr.. Cleveland