The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-08-24
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN E:

many papers dl INC "S0' "H
the North, where l have conducted news
papers or been employed upon>them, are
bowling that / have undergone a general
transformation of body, soul and senti-
ment, concerning the pension business.
They are accusing me of having been a
republican in that country. Granted,
that when ! was younger | did believe in
many principles of the republican party,
and do to-day. | have a record clear as
light concerning my views on the tarlf1
and the files of the last paper conducted
in Nebraska, the Lincoln Daily Call,
show absolutely and emphatically that l
fought the protective tariff and labOred
for about what the democratic party
wanted. My files will show that l OPP
posed all sorts and forms of monopoly
that | denounced with all my mind and
vigor the miserable pension system that
the bosses and ringsters Of the republican
party denounced me as a democrat when
r --- -. 81 x1-ot.s 1s-l4 ~ G rt1 4 nn1
showed up their secret Vaccinations and
their despicable methods of running cam
paigns for Doodle alone.
l supported john A. MCSHANE for
congress from the first congressional dis
trict of Nebraska, and helped elect him
the first democrat who ever went to con
gress from Nebraska. The record is clear
there. l supported JOHN A. MCSHANE
against THAYER for governor Of Ne
braska, and denounced THAYER, almost
cruelty, because he was weak-backed-
the plant tool of corporations-a corrupt
old man in his dOtage.
In other parts of Nebraska ! turned on
the shining rays of truth when corrupt
republicans were running for office and
always told what l b~elieved-and never
ate my words.
While in that section | was not a
good republican. Oh, no l was a fell
low to look out for-because, forsooth, l
might tell something about the wicked
schemes which the miserable politicians
employed to get office and hoodwink the
voters.
But when l change my base of opera
tions-when | come south, and am hon
est enough to want to see a white mans
party dominant when | have a wife who
must be protected with other women :;
when | want to see intelligence and
decency rewarded against brutal and
black i%mpudcnce and ignorance-those
northern fellows, working on a salary,
and the puppet of their bosses-they yell
that FA%IRBROTHER is a republican and
perhaps a renegade. want it distinctly
understood that | don't care "A tinkcr's
damn what alleged friends think of my
course | am try ing to be honest with
myself, and | am not a republican-nOr
| a democrat. When | came to this
town and bought this concern | pulled
the democratic ticket out Of the paper
and democrats were red hot. | could
support it, and will support no
ticket. In the field today | am for
CLEVELAND, because l think him the
best man for the people. 1t is a sorry
herd of cattle which wants its opinion
respected and which refuses to respect the
opinions of another man. In 1884 | was
BLAINE in a republican news
paper-but my vote was cast for GROVER
CLEVELAND. In the broader light !
should this year, and so announced, long
before the convention at Minneapolis,
and when ii was generally believed that
he would be the nominee, have supported