The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-01
7HE v CoNvFA7r,S

~ I FhA
solutions, Presided Over the &C.
cuses and Convention, and -
Other Fellows Did the VOTING
The silver convention is nowou
of tbe'past. Results, be they poos
baG, will be perceptible some Fim OF
the future. About twenty one ~ u
Gratis, seven Republicans and 1o'
hundred POpulists took part ~s
convention. Most of the small Qs
Der of Democrats who were preoaa t'
all were mere spectators. Damoa"S'
admit that every conceivable no.'
were adopted by the goldbug elamaus
of the party to keep the silver NJ
from coming. Thousands OF PornT~
would have been on the ground IVY
they felt that il vas useless for thu.
to make further p~rotestations in fors
of silver. But, as the report sbon.
they took far more interest in the r,11
ter and turned out better than Il.
members of other parties, tbonh
Democrats is ued and signed the call
and all men were invited, irresppa,'
of party. This makes it PLAN .,,
whatever sincerity there may Lsps
been among Democrats in favor Ots.
yer is now extinct through fear of So
party bosses or some other power. Bs
a great many honest Democrats Know
that tbs free coinage of silver will %
far toward putting the country on i.
feet again and that there is need d
other equally important financial Ieg
islation, the free coinage idea beRp
more easily understood than any,
other, and they will burst the wall
falsehood and prejudice that has bep
builded by the goldbugs and come 10
their country's defense and help crush
out Wall Street and British TYRANNY
sooner or later. The financial plank If
the Alliance is as imperishablea as truth
itself, and the people are slowly but
surely f0cklng to it, regardless of par
ty lines and single standard and mono
polistic sophistries.
It is now an open secret that Capt.
S A. Ashe wrote the resolutions
adopted by the convention, but an i'm.
portan6 amendment vas added after
the resolutions were submitted to Sen.
ator Butler and two or three Others
Ga Tuesday afternoon three Demo
| Gratis, three Republicans and three
POpulists met in a caucus. Capt.
Ashe opposed the amendment and
voted against it. AS the amendment
was the meat of the whole thing the
friends Of silver would not give itun.
Elk Senator Jarvis also opposed tie
amendment and finally refused to 81.
tend the convention. On "Wednesday
morning a crowd of Representative
men met at the Supreme court room,
representatives of each party being
present. Capt. Mobiles, Democrat, Of
Johnston county, was called to the
chair. This large caucus took the re.
solutions in hand and agreed to sup
port them. 1t was then smooth sail
ing.
At IL o'clock the convention was
called to order in Metropolitan Hall,
the hall beng pretty we'll flied.
Messers. Ed Chambers Smith andB
@. Beckwith found they had been de-
serted by their supposed friends, who
were mostly conspicuous by their aO'
sence. Even Governor Carr, Suporln'
tendent Scarborough, Elk Senator
Jarvis and Capt. Ashe who had signed
the call with them were skuIking.
Mr.. Ed Chambers Smith, Dem read
the original call for the convention,
also a cali that was signed by about
1000 Democrats, nearly all absent
Elk Judge James @. MacRl e, Dem. was
called to the chair temporarily. Later
he was elected permanent chairman
Judge MacRae was greeted WIFI
cheers. He said, in substance, that Dc
felt grateful for the honor cont0rrea
upon him by Mr.. Smith; that the pew
pie had the right to assemble ana ei
press their views. This was not ''
first time that the people had assen
bled thus together in accordance WIN
their constitutional rights. DE 'n'D
called the convention to order
There were about 300 delegates ID 'D'
hall. Judge MacRae said that u"
great issue of the year was the npaI
cial question that the force Dill 10"
been wiped from the statute book'' an1
other great reforms had been ac00I
pllshed, but the financial c)Dd'IoH
the county was such that it was n00''
sary for men of all parties to paul
gether for the improvement OF to8'V