The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-06-06

peElluy ever 0uaCCeQ Dy Il State was
the base and dastardIy attempt to stab
and DESTROY in an insidious and vim
dictiv8 manner, the Farmers Alliance,
the only organization that has ever
benefited the farmers Of North Caro-
lima. We have not the language to ex-
press our contempt for such diabOlical
outrage, but mark the prediction,
every man who took a hand in this
black aud superdevilish conspiracy his
name will go down to infamy uwept,
unhonored and unsung. Any man who
will deliberately turn his hand against
the hand that feeds him and his chill
dren, if he had a chance, would sell
your soul to Satan. I was going to say
he would sell his own soul, but a thou
sand such little, contracted souls could
pass abreast through the eye of a cam
brio needle. They are worthy only of
contempt in the eyes of all honest men
and women. In the days of Nero, the
wickedest tyrant the world ever knew,
who governed the Roman empire, we
read of a condition that seems about to
repeat itself in this country. in those
days labor had organized for self pro
lection just as it has here. There was
grievous oppression there, and when
this is the case the oppressed always
try to organize for resistance. Just as
it is here to day, those who lived off
other peoples labor did not want to
tolerate these organizations. 1 don't
know if they ever tried to revoke their
charter or even amend it, but they
iried almost everything else. At last
Nero, to get rid Of them, had the city
burned and thousands of these poor
laborers were burned up in the city.
While the city was burning and death
and destruction going on all around,
Nero and some of his friends held a
carnival and fddIed and Nero danced
while Rome was burning Don't that
make you think Of the legislature of
North Carolina? While the members
were fddling and dancing thousands
Of North Carolina homes were burning
up as it were with mortgages and thou
sands Of women and children were suf-
fering with cold and hunger. When
these men last fall asked the people for
their votes they did not say o word
| against the Alliance, but said it had
done the farmers great good, they
praised the organization but almost
shed great crocodile tears for fear it
was going to be ruined by the Third
party. We find their great tears were
hypocritical ones for when they got to
Raleigh what the Third party failed to
accomplish they tried to finish. Shame
upon a set Of men who could sit there
and spend the peoples money to the
tune of a cool million and run the State
in debt $273, 900 and adjourn never hav-
ing done a single act for q tax ridden
and overburdened people. I expect
some Of them will have the brazen eff
frontery to again ask the people for
their votes in the future. There is no
| accounting for cheek.
THIS is the picture Of home affairs:
Is Congress doing any better? Are they
not acting on the same line, all alike
determined to grant no relief9 All
hands the plant tools of Wall street
and ~plut0cracy! Some of you may re
member the session Of 1891 the great
debate on the Holman resolution. Mr..
Holman introduced resolution declar-
ing that no money should be spent for
anything during the session except for
actual government expenses. This was
called forth by the heavy ~appropria-
ti0ns made by the preceding Congress |
known as the billion dollar Congress.
Well it was debated for two days and
then passed. Every one hailed this
pledge with delight. Every one thought
a new era Of economy had begun. But
what followed? The most extrava-
CANT river and harbor bill ever known.
They gave away to a private corpora
ton in Chicago four millions of dollars |
Of the peoples money. They gave
$500, coo for a naval display at the Chi
cagO fair, They gave 100000 to the
pages and door keepers in Congress
as extra pay. They spent seven mill
ions for new war ships in time of peace
when they are not needed. They vo-
ted an increase of salary for them,
selves to the amount Of one hundred
dollars per month. They pledged them
selves to repeal the Mckinley bill and
then they clean forgot it. They prom
ised the free wool, cotton bagging
Irvine bills and they forgot that they
promised to pass the free coinage bill
and didn't do that, but came near
striking down silver entirely. They
pledged themselves to repeal the ma