The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-24

J. M. Blalock, j. T. Brooks,
r. 1. Featherston, N. L. Wagstaff.
JUDICIAL CONVENTION.
Delegates. Alternates.
J. M. Bray, Il. I. Barker,
G.. D. Neal, f. w. BACKYARD,
@. M. G. Wagstaff, R E. Brewer,
@. M. Paylor, w. N. Haskins,
W. S. Lawson, g. W. Jones.
SENATORIAL CONVENTION.
Delegates. Alternates.
D. L Morton, J. R Long,
w. 7. Bradsher, w. B. Davis,
G. W. Moore, VIM. Wrenn,
E. D. Jones, J. E. Yancey,
DIR. P. G. Pritchett, j. r. Paylor.
The following resolutions then intro
duced by N. N. Tuck wer adopted
with unanimity and enthu siasm:
Assembled upon the one hundred and
eighteenth anniversary of the declara-
ton of independence, the People'sparty
of Person county, N. O., in their con-
vention, invoke upon their action the
blessing of Almighty God We meet
in the midst of a nation brought to the
verge of moral, political and material
ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot
box, the legislatures, the Congress and
touches even the ermine of the bench.
The people are demoralized, the news
papers are largely subsidized or muz
zled, public opinion silenced, business
Frustrated, our homes covered with
mortgages, labor impoverished and the
land concentrating in the hands of the
capitalist. The fruits of the toll Of
millions are boldly stolen to build up
colossal fortunes for a few unprece.
denied in the history of mankind and
the ~possessors of these in turn despite
the republic and endanger liberty.
Silver, which has been accepted as coin
since the dawn of history, has been de-
monetized 20 add to the purchasing
power of gold by decreasing the value
of all forms of prosperity as well as
human labor and the supply of cur
rency has been purposely abridged to
fatten usurers, bankrupt enterprises
and enslave industry. A vast con
spiracy against mankind has been
organized on two continents and is
rapidly taking possession of the world.
If not met and overthrow at once, it
forebodes terrible social commissions,
the destruction of civilization or the
establishment of an absolute despOt
ism.
Resolved, That we believe in the
principles of government promulgated
and ~expounded by Thomas Jefferson
and we declare our resolute adherence
to the principles laid down by that
great Southern statesman, who at the
beginning of our political history COM
batted the schemes of the Eastern
money power (as outlined BY Alexan-
der Hamilton and who predicted the
ruin which would fall upon this coun-
try when concentrated wealth should
dictate it's legislation. We oppose, as
he did, the perpetuation of the public
debt and the policy of issuing non
taxable interest bearing bonds whereby
a large portion Of the concentrated
wealth of the land reaps a harvest
from the taxing Of the unprivileged,
We oppose, as he did, the national
banks as being Of deadly hostility to
the spirit of republican institutions.
We believe, as he did, that wealth be-
longs to him who creates it and every
dollar taken from industry without an
equivalent is robbery. We believe, as
he did, in the free and unlimited coin
age of silver and the issue of treasury
notes to increase the volume of cur
rency when the necessities Of business
demand more money. Like him, we
believe in a progressive income tax to
discourage the extensive concentration
of wealth and to compel our selfish
millionaires to contribute to the sup
port of the government which protects
them. Like him, we believe that any
tax upon what men haze is better than
any tax upon what men need. Like
him, we believe that the life of the re-
public depends upon the purity of cleo
tions and in obedience to the will of the
majority. We hereby renew our un-
qualified endorsement of the national
platform of the Peoples party and we