The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-07-11
THE VEST AND SOUTH.
A New Mexico Correspondent Sends a
Clipping and Writes an In
terestino Letter.

West must unite, that their interests
are identical, and that they must night
for industrial freedom, yet when the
day of election ONE that same man,
who talked so manly, goes n votes
with and for the monopoly influence of
the East and North9
ANswER.-He is a slave to a party
which is controlled by the Northern
and Eastern influence. He is either
An Office seeker or else has not the
moral courage to defy the domineering
and intolerant set who make a personal
business out of a political partnership
with the enemies of the people.-GOEds
bOrO Caucasian
I enjoyed a smile as 1 clipped the
above from the National VIesU. The
smile came in at the thought of a North
Carolina, or any Southern paper, talk
ing about SLAVES to a party controlled
by Northern and Eastern influence"
and finding fault with people who talk
so and so, until the day of the election,
then go and vote the other wayl
If there are any people who are
slaves to a party, and who ought not
to be so, it is the great middle class of
the South. Just cry out "force bill, :"
3'nigger equality, ''etc., and they break
their necks getting to the polls to vote
the old party ticket straight, if it kills
them.
Their political leaders know them,
and lead them as they lead their sheep.
They know what kind Of a "wolf" cry
to raise.
Now what did the West do9 They
voted as they talked, and they will do
it again.
1t is time for the South, as well as
the North, to learn some political sense,
or I should rather say American sense
The West is all right. The East is effete;
with all that implies, let her go. She
cannot bring forth. Young Lochinvor
is coming out of the West
We expect something from the
South which suffers most from the
policy Of the government, from the
money power, paid as it is with all
mpries by the purse of the ~plutocrats.
The West has shaken off the yoke, and
expects the South to join. The coming
nation needs the strength Of theSouth-
land.
We live here not far from the Texas
line, and during thelast campaignnews
was constantly coming across the
border, Texas is going for the Peoples
party" and no doubt a majority of the
voters Of Texas did intend to vote with
the Peoples party, but the politicians
knew how to manage them, and when
election day came around, they went
the whole Tor at least half hog.
"Human nature" says the Atlanta
Constitution, sis much the same MOI tn
and South, and one section has little
cause to boast over the other in any
line. The South hasalways been strong
in journalism. In the days of the 4Os
and SOS, before the war, and since, for
that matter, the Richmond, Va, papers
were not excelled anywhere, and while
they are strong today, the strength
has extended westward, and the At
lanta Constitution, Louisville Courier
Journal and others that could be men
toned, are not equalled in influence
by any Northern papers.
The Populist press of the South will
compare f~avorably with that of the
North, although the West, Unjust say,
is ahead of all.
Let the South dismiss any fear that
the North is going to take any advan-
tage of them in the political situation
through the Populist party. That day
is past. The financial situation is too
grave; it must be met, and as it effects
the people directly, overshadows all
others.
This is a mining camp, and compared
to a farming town, takes five times
the amount of reading matter through
the postomee. A gentleman-straight
old party man-undertook to get sub
scribers for the Farmers Tribune. In
half an hour he had ten. How many
agricultural towns take a miners
paper? The miners are all right; get
the farmers to meet in line and
keep in the middle of the road.
We have no Populisb organization
here. Being a territory, cannot vote
on national affairs. Engaged in silver
mining. The policy of the parties has
nearly knocked us out, and we are in
tensely interested in the struggle to
establish a new party~ |
Yours, &c, J. D. u.
Kingston, New Mexico.
Our New Mexico friend writes we'll.