The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-03-21

sober, but why should the people of
America have him in such a high posi-
tion7 He will play smash watching
the country's money when he is lying
drunk for weeks a. a time.
~ Claus Spreckles, of the sugar
trust, and his little scheme to annex
Hawaii have been turned down. It is
said that President Cleveland had
much to do with the defeat of the
scheme. If so it is the best thing he
has done since he was first elected
President. We will give him credit
every time he does a worthy act.
~ Read the letter from Thomas
Jefferson to James Madison, which you
will find in another column. This let
ter was written just four years before
the breaking out of the French revolu-
ton, which was the bloodiest and most
destructive revolution in the worlds
history, and the conditions described
in this letter were what brought it
about.
~ During the last session of Con
greSs $37, 900 was appropriated with
which to pay employees of the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing and to meet
incidental expenses during the present
fiscal year. 1t has just been discovered
that the engrossed bill signed by the
President only carried the sum of $37.
The clerical error cannot be reCtified
until Congress again c~onvenes.
~ The Concord Times says: Rev.
J. G.. Anderson recently closed his fifth
year as pastor Of Rocky River church.
| During the time he preached 1777 ser
mons, made 1905 pastoral visits, bap-
tized ISL persons. and received into the
church 1863, an average of 81 a year"
How about the publications made last
fall that a part of his congregation de-
manded his resignation bttc>ause he was
a Third party man7 Looks like that
was false or else the congregation
wanted to get rid of a mighty good pas
tor. We know the congregation and
the pastor. Both are all right.
A we'll TODD citizen of Wake
county, one of our subscribers, and a
man who has never been a member of
the Alliance, nor classed asa calamity
hOwler," which shows that he is not
biased, recently remarked to a neigh
Dor: u have watched The Progress
sIvE FARMER very closely for years and
tried to catch it lying, but if ithas yer
published a falsehood | have not found
it out" Such testimonials are of more
real value than the p~laudits of the
crowned heads of all the earth. This
paper makes mistakes and may be mis-
guided by other people, bu5 it's motto is
truth, Justice and fairness. If we do
anything or anyone an injustice we
always cheersully correct it.
We have examined a book en-
titled THE rhine Of Caste" just put
before the public, 1t describes what it
terms the 1.-TWO great political revolu-
tions," the election of Lincoln in 1860
and of Cleveland in 1892, giving the
causes, etc. Our older people remem
Der a little about a revolution that be
gan early after Lincoln's election, but
the more truthful are not willing to
say that they know anything about a
revolution in 1892. If the election of
Cleveland by a plurality is a revolu-
ton, then we are not posted. He lacked
nearly one million votes of getting half
that were cast. 1t is said that 81, 900
votes divided among a few States would
have either elected Harrison or have
thrown the election in the House of Rep
resentatives. However, THE Crime
of Caste" is a readable book and will
not hurt sensible people. Read it.