The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-11-20

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tered into with any n was dated the
23d of March.
In June, at the request Of some who
wanted to hear from Mr.. Butler more
fully on the matter, I, as chairman of
u county executive committee, in
vited him to attend u county con-
vention on the 4th of July. He had
other engagements and could not come.
I then wrote him officially, stating the
main object 1 had in view in inviting
him and as he could not omeand time
was pressing I wanted him to state
fully and specifically what was the
agreement between himself and Mr..
Pearson, to which he referred in his
letter to MI. Pearson dated March Sd.
In reply, after referring to some party
matters, he said: with reference to
the other l wish to say that l have
never endorsed Mr.. Pearson or any one
else in your district, either officially or
publicly as an individual. I did write
him a private letter saying I would
favor his candidacy under certain con-
ditions; these conditions we're: First,
as to what members could be secured
for the Peoples party and as to
whether his candidacy under those
conditions would be satisfactory to our
people, He did me an injustice Gtalics
Mr.. Butler's) to show the letter because
[ intended to consult with you and be
governed accordingly. When l see
you / will explain more fully why l
wrote him at ell. After he showed my
letter and some unpleasant comments
were made on the same I decided to
have nothing more to do with the mat
ter and will not except when my ad
vice is asked and then 1 shall give it
frankly. 1 think it bad politics for the
Populists to oppose Mr.. Pearson in the
Ninth district"
At the first reading I was pleased
with this letter and so wrote him, but
when 1 ascertained that he was not
abiding by his expressed determination
to have nothing more to do with the
matter, although Mr. Pearson had be-
his confidence and made an I'M
just use of a ''private letter" and when
at leisure l compared more carefully
his conduct l was not so we'll Satisfied.
l wrote him more than once against
the policy ofinterfering with the affairs
of a Congressional district and also
wrote an article for the Caucasian
that cooperation be limited
to State matters and not carried
into national politics. The article was
not published. l went as a visitor to
the State Convention to use
my influence against such a
I did not secure an inter
view with Mr.. Butler, but had as
from mutual friends that
there would be no farther interference
in our district. Certainly there was
not at any time, 10 far as l heard, or
could learn, any discussion of the ques-
ton of interfering with the affairs of
the Congressional districts But this
interference has not only continued,
but been intensified. When the Con-
gressional convention of the Peoples
party was held we had the managing
presence" of Mr.. s. OHIO Wilson, of
Raleigh, who had in the spring carried
messages from Mr.. Butler to Mr.. Pear
son, and who seems to be an emissary
Of the Executive Committee, or rather
Of Mr.. Butler, to steer it. All this is
machine politics pure and simple, and
as the machinery of both parties is
''co operating" in such work, we have
machine politics intensified and double
distilled. Our party was organized as
4 peoples party, but where are we
1rifting2 If these things be done in
jhe green tree, what will be done in the
lry9 If we are to have a government
IF, by, and for the people, the party in
control must be managed on this prin-
The ''co operative" movement did
not originate with the people. So far
as the Ninth district is concerned, it
in the caucus between Hon.
Marion Butler and Hon. Richmond
Pearson, in Greensboro, in February,
and was contaminated in the caucus
between them in the home of the for
mer in Goldsboro early in March.
One of the worst results of this GO
operation" in some of the Congressional
districts is the sacrifice of the weak
districts to the strong ones. This is
as we'll as unjust. If sacrifices
are to be made, then manifestly the
opposite course should be pursued-the