The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-07-26

terrible COnOlGlOLS muSG O6
changed."-Gen. J. B. Weaver. II
have noticed the degraded tendency in
politics for years. We must change"
Jas. G. Field. Take your choice.
The Republican party has no
principles except that of protection,
which is a fraud. The Democratic
party has had good principles, but has
lost them since the Wall street crowd
took charge. Good principles are moth
ing if the party is managed by corrupt
men.
~ You should not oppose a man for
working and voting for self-prescrva-
ton, if he does his work honestly. The
trouble with the farmers and a good
many others is that they have been
voting in the interest of someb ody else
all the time. Now vote for your own
pocket.
~ When a man is up to his waist
in quicksand he would be foolish if he
didn't try to get out. Then which is
the wisest thing to do, rush into a new
party "blindly" or stay in the old
ones "blindly" and sink deeper9
Friends try to get on solid ground.
1t is your duty.
* The Concord Standard says seven
Of the Democratic delegates to the
recent convention in Raleigh, from
Cabarrus county have come out for
the Peoples party. All, or nearly all,
of the delegates from Franklin county
are now Peoples party men. Wait
for November.
~ 1.-The passage of sixty-four pen
sion bills by the House means more
taxes for the Southern taxpayer"
says the Wilmington Messenger. Yes,
it means more tax. But where is the
Democratic party. Amt it opposed to
pensions? Why don't you censure your
148 Democratic majority?
The Washington Gazette says a
preacher got lost in that county re
Gently and failed to reach an appoint
ment all because there are no guide
boards on the county roads. In our
opinion the road supervisors ought to
be arrested and fined for disturbing re-
ligious worship. 1t is a plain case.
"They say " there is no chance
to elect Weaver; hat q vote for MIN
means a vote for Harrison. The trouble
is that as many Republican States will
be carried for Weaver as there will be
Democratic. 4 vote for Weaver means
a vote for reform. A vote for the
others means more slavery and Wall
street supremacy.
~ Mr. NJ, J. Reitzel, representing
the old and reliable North Carolina
nurseries Of J. Van Indy, Pomona,
N. y, is in Wake now showing the
farmers what Bro. Indy has in his
line. We a voUch for all goods sold
by Bro. Indy, and hope our brethren
and friends will patronize him if they
need anything in his line.
* Hon. J. L. Stay, of Mississippi,
prominent in Democratic circles, has
joined the Peoples party, giving the
following reasons: "a new party
must arise and sweep the ~rottenness
and corruption of the cid parties from
the ~facesof the earth; that in this way
wisdom would suggest salvation for the
Republic, whose corner stone is labor"
Turn outward, o doors of the future,
Swing inward, ye gates of the past,
\ giant is awakening from Slumber,
Tn people are rOusing at last"
~ We are informed that Williams
township claims the championship
heavy weight Third party family in
Chatham county in the persons of Mr..
r. j. Boiling and wife, their combined
weight being 600 pounds. Nh. B. weighs
24O pounds and Mrs. B. $50 pounds,
says the Chatham Record. The Record
might have added that their weight
will be overpOwering in the November
elections.
~ A correspondent writes a Rich
mond paper that twenty-five strong
Alliancemen withdrew from the Order
in Halifax county when the st. Louis
conference platform was adopted" 1t
is right to accord allfreedom of thought
and speech. Perhaps they thought
best to withdraw. But that they were
"strong Alliancemen" some will ques-
ton, for "strong Alliancemen" gener-
ally abide the will Of the majority
- Bro. S. O. Wilson informs us
that Bro. Elias Carr stated to him Sat
urday in this city that he would SLID
port Cleveland and Stevenson. He
was opposed To tho oo-