The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-16
INJECTION LAWS AND THE
THH PEOPLES PARTY

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,ors what the Peoples party plat
re have so far declared On the sub
i 81 If election laws. Put it in your
bat: ,4fuu of 900
IpoeoIrqd. That we demand a free
Int and q fair count in all elections
Oati' hedge ourselves to secure it to
anu local voter without Federal inter
eS 9t2 through the adoption by the
EE t : of the ~Unperverted Australian
~ secret ballot system"
The State platform Of 1892 says:
w demand Of our General Assem-
br Of It's next session the passage Of a
s51arot ballot law, with a provision in
"a law that will secure to voters who
carnot read an opportunity to vote.
I'VE deplOre the cOrruptIng use Of
-,onav in elections az tending to de-
80 manhood and to corrupt the
SaIIor box. and we do denOunce all at
tsmnts TO subvert the rights of the
snaoI5le at the ballot box and an effort TO
3g,nTrIve them Of a fair and honest count
T5Ian the votes have been cast"
The STATE platform of 1894 says:
we condemn the election methods
escorted to IN certain counties and pre-
.;rc+4 Of other counties in the election
~ 1892 ~concOcted and executed by the
Democratic machine of the State. by
rbich thousands of citizens who had
voted for years under the same regis
tra-ion were deprived of their suffrage,
bv which ballots of the Peoples party
- E11:va-1I 70 oHIl h0lHn~C -
he properly deposited were destroyed
in bull pens and other dark hole vOt-
ing places, and ballots for the Demo
cr9tIcparty we're substituted; by which
county c~anvassing boards, with auto
cratic power, threw out many town
ships which gave majofities for the
Peoples party, to such an extent as to
putin power a minority party. Sucha
ngrty is unfit to govern. Such a party
Is an irresponsible despotism bOttomed
On fraud and all good citizens should
strive to defeat and crush it. We
favor such changes in Jul present cleo.
ton law and election machinery as will
take from the party in power the abso
lutte control Of the suffrages Of all of
our people. We condemn the DINO
cratic party for abusing this high and
sacred trust by ~perverting the will of
the people and polluting the springs of
our liberty for sOrdid and selfish gain,
and to that end, striving to make pOlit
icaI henchmen under the county gov
eminent system of such important
officers as county commissioners and
Justices Of the peace, who should re-
spect the wishes of the people and be
as pure in character and as o par
tisan IN action as any officer clothed IN
judicial ermine. Therefore
"ResOLUed, That every man, white
or black, must have free access to the
ball0t-box. His vote must be received,
it must be counted, correct returns
must be made and the man who has
the majority, If it is only n vote,
must be indicted into Office and exer
else its functions, or this government
cannot endure"
The Wake county convention OF 1894
passed the following:
We believe in, and demand, q free
election and a fair count as the right
preservation of all rights. That every
legal voter may, without the knoWl-
edge or interference Of any other per
son. or persons, be permitted to deposit
his vote in the b8llot-box, and that
however any man may vote, his vote
shall be counted and announced as
east
He who objects to the term and spirit
Ct these resolutions is opposed to the
government of this country by the peo-
pie, would stife their will, usurp the
Offices and rule as a tyrant. Such men
should be retired to the rear. Their
power is a standing menace to our lib
critics and the perpetuation of our insti
buttons they r worse than anarchists.
BROTHER WHITENER EXON
GRATED.