The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-12-04
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Facts About the Recent Election
I'D How it Was Conducted
What Should be Done
by the Legislature.
-onaance of the Progressive Farmer.
C"I MOOREsVILLE, N. G.
r. - ont of my line of business to
Ito for newspapers, but a sudden i'm
'..Ioo struck me this beautiful Thanks
Ping morning to write a few lines.
d. years e there was a new ceme-
4..v started here where was supposed
~io the remains of a few dead Pop
'Iiots But TO the surprise of the sex
IN this cemetery has not grown but is
NV only marked by a few holes in the
-.ound from where the dead has risen.
And owing to the dry and cold weather
= vas thought not to be necessary to
brrv the Democrats as they died so
suddenly and will dry up so quick that
tba pure air of Populism disinfects all
bad smell.
However, in the rush for office, Dem
ocrats who, by the way, forgot that the
election was on Nov. 9Th and therefore
did not vote but who have found out
0ince, are not outside of the rush and
have asked to be remembered.
As a stOrekeeper two years ago ap-
nroached a Republican here and told
him he had been appointed and asked
the Republican to go on his bond, the
Republican asked if this was not a.
Democratic administration, he turned
and left.
Afew incidents of the election: One
man voted who had been here about
two months, on the ground that he in
tended a month before to come here (he
was a resident of another county, An
other who acknowledged he had not
been in the township Dr. county for
over four months, took the oath and
voted Another who affirmed time and
again he would not vote the Demo
cratic ticket, after being sent after by
several, positively refused to go, was
taken in a buggy and forced against
his will and never touched a ticket
but the ballots were taken by the man
who forced him to go and handed to
the Judges. These were all Democrats,
but the latter told me without my ask
ing that he intended to vote the PopulisJ
ticket. The counting was fair and the
consequence was we elected the entire
county ticket, though the returns of one
township were stolen the day after the
election in Statesville, but when they
were so closely freed they agreed to
count the vote of said township and
then while the votes were being can
vassed the returns came up and as they
thought no one but God knew how.
Now since the election a Democratic
board of county commissioners have
increased the sherif's and treasurer's
bonds from $40, 900 to $50, 900. But ''as
they SOW so shall they reap" And
truly the harvest has begun. This
county government system must go or
We will have to suffer the consequences,
and these things providentially turn
ing up just prior to the meeting of our
legislature. AS the POpulists have the
largest vote in the next Legislature.
they will be held responsible for not
changing the present system of county
government, unless there is combina
ton between the Democrats and Re.
publicans, which [ don't think will be
done. l deplore the condition of a
country that causes so much unrest
and a necessity for so many to seek an
office to enable them to make a living,
for really it is the only thing that pays
now, and the Legislature should not
lose a day until fees and salaries r
reduced. Some salaries and some fees
may not be too high, but some are and
all appropriations should be lowered.
Let US clean out the old nest and be
careful not to let the vermin get a start
again, and prosperity will come back
to thus beloved country of ours again.
S. A. LOWRANCE.
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