The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-02-13

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only be a just recognition of his claims,
but will give general satisfaction to the
people at large, as attested by the very
strong petition which is on file in the
Department. Very truly,
W. E FOUNTAIN, Mayor.
N. B.-Mr. Bourne is an ex Confed-
crate soldier suffering from wound re-
ceived in battle, and is manned for life.
GENERAL RANSOM AND THE TARBORO
POSTOFFICE.
Besides the above letters, l had sixty
out of seventy of the Democratic town
ship executive committees of the
county, the member of the Democratic
Congressional Executive Committee of
the county and the chairman of the
Democratic Executive of the district,
the president of the young mems Dem
ocratic association of the county, all
three of the mem 0ers Of the legislature
from the county, four out of five of the
county commissioners, all the county
officers but one, besides a majority of
the patrons Of the office, with this N
dorsement and at the end of twenty
three of the best years of my life given
to the success Of the Democratic party,
besides literally of my means, l do feel
hurt and justly so, that I am beaten,
tits true by a very clever gentleman,
but one who l believe contrib
,1EoI n IN11or or no Un n In-1o "OnIZ F0n
the success of the party of which he is
now a beneficiary. 1t isn't the mere
fact of being beaten. I am used to that,
for Is years in a negro ridden country
where there was no hope of being
elected with two thousand Republican
majority against us, l with others was
almost a standing candidate of the
party, to keep together the Democracy
in order to swell the majority for the
State ticket, but it was the means used
by our public officers to defeat me,
that I complain of contrary to the
spirit of Democracy, and using the
power the people delegated to them to
defeat the will of the people during all
those years that I toiled and worked
for the ucces of the Democratic
party. Gen. Ransom was enjoying the
fruits Of our united laborers, receiving
at the end OF his present term n hun
dred and twenty thousand dollars,
enough to buy 48 farms of 500 acres
each at IS per acre, or 96 farms Of 500
acres each at 81 so per acre at which
price l understand he bought some.
Now isn't "a years long enough for any
one man t hold Cffice in a republican
form of government Isn't n hun
dred and twenty thousand dollars re
ceived by Gen. Ransom as a salary a
sufficient compensation for his services
to the Democratic party, while many
of US have worked equally IS hard and
never received a cent?
Isn't it sufficient TO suggest itself TO
the farmers that if rotation in crops is
good, that rotation in officials might
prove equally productive Of good to
the high moral standard of the Demo
cratic party7 Men stay IN office some
times so long they think the office be-
longs to them in fee simple" If the
people don't assert their rights occa
sionally, the ofici as soon forget from
whom they derive their power, to
whom indebted for their position.
Now as to the of my defeat,
Gen. Ransom told my friends and my
self, that he was going to endorse the
best backed petition by the party or.
~ganization of the county and the pat
ons Of the Office. To our great aston
ishment just a few days before ad,
journment of Congress for the Christ
mas holidays, Gen. Ransom had resur-
rected an old ruling of the p~ostoffce
department and had the Postmaster
General to notify me that inaemuch as
l lived in the country l was ineligible
to hold the postofice in Tarboro, there
fore my petition would not be consid-
cred. Tarboro is and has been nv
postoffice for over twenty years, and
my place of business for over ten years.
The law says every postmaster shall
reside in the delivery of the Office.
Revised statutes Sec. 1881 postal laws
and regulations 1898 page 173 Sec. 1897
same as above. Note, a postmaster
living near the State line may be an
pointed postmaster in the adjoining
State if he resides in the delivery of
the Office. The postmaster in Colds.
boro lived two and a half to three miles
in the country when he was appointed,
the postmaster at Hartford lived three
miles in the country when he was an
pointed, now as one of the rank and