The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-30
AN IMPORTANT PosTeon-

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Correspondence of the Progressive
1t is proper that 1 should a3d
L have already said in the 49, " what
the first page, that the faiInro 'l'le On
part OF the Democratic NO.. u The
speakers in North Carolina to 5[o ons and
Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Ransom Oenn
their constant praise of the 1ot.' and
apology for the former, boTo and
their legitimate fruits; tho,ao Uorne
those who would have voted tus OF
party's legislative ticket this vooL mat
not now do so. In fact, feel hon. stl
publish what I have learned. thu 70
opinion among the best politiciono7S t
all three of the parties is that 10 OF
Democrats winthe legislature 'ne
is the logical candidate, and will Son
elected Senator. That means 81 W re-
man like Ransom from the wostal ae
part OF the State in Vance's rI ns"eFn
have been hoping and thinkino ~
wise; besides I have several G'uVE'
among the Democrats whom ~, lends
had a first rate chance; but 7 do"
think SO now. See that every man NV Nv
will by any possibility vote for Pan" WHO
is defeated. Defeat all who r1iT l'Om
be bound by a caucus nominatio1 wen
him. D.. B. Hill and his NortI. VI
allies would not be bound bv o oou"
against the interests of Wall stroo4
Some OF Ransom's friends, I hear ~.
denounclng him, but say privatoIo
they will vote for him if it comes dom.
between him and Jarvis. It uiU co,,a
dOtUn 6etWeen him and .Jnrrie Dorost
all candidates who are not in fa7or ~
honest elections, and who will not d..
nounce bribery, corruption and nnfoi,
elections, on the stump.
Whenever you have anv reason =,
believe there will be cheating. let ovorH
voter who will, duplicate his bo1loi.
and go and cast them with some ,,o7,,n,
t0Ty poll holder near by, who shall aIoo
keep a record of how he voted and both
the duplicate ballots and the record
may be used as evidence both in o,oo
ton contests and in putting dishonest
poll holders in the penitentiary. There
will be no cheating where this method
is fully and faithfully carried ont
Watch the elections wherever there ia
a 'b@U pem." Emerson says there is
carrion wherever you see the black
birds of feGr lowering" If the cleo.
ton authorities fear the people, do not
trust them.
DO not carry with you a partisan
spirit in voting for a non,partisan
judiciary. As far as 1 have been able
to ascertain the Democrats have the
advantage in their Superior Court
nominations, I hope there are no par.
tisans on either side in such Offices.
", J. PEELE,
2. S.-If there is a serious desire Of
the people to change the present sys.
tenn Of county government, I suggest
that our magistrates be appointed By
the Judges upon the nomination of a
grand jury. Nominations may be made
by a special grand jury selected for
that purpose out of time. County
commissioners, if elected by the people,
may be required to give bond. Or
their offices may be abolished, and trial
Justices substituted in their places,
having also a jurisdiction of cases and
offenses a little superior to the ordinary
magistrates. ". p,
I'd P. 81 am about to forget my
most important suggestion: Keep a
careful record of all the votes rejected
and for what causes rejected and how
they would have voted; and if doubt
full, record them doubtful. Let the re,
jected voters, or as many Of them as
you can persuade, deposit the ballots
they would have voted in a separate
box kept for that purpose by some mE
Wmtory poll holder, orif there are none,
with some person of character ana
standing in his community.
". J.P.
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