The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-30
OBSERVER" AND LANSING.

We reproduce on first page an arti-
Gle that appeared in the Charlotte Oh
serUer last Tuesday, signed observer"
This citizen. who modestly declines to
appear before the public in his true
~colors, asserts 'that money could not
hire The PROGRESSIVE FARMER to re-
produce these clippings " He has made
a mistake. Money cannot "hire us to
publish them" but it is done without
price, not the clippings alone, but the
entire article, and it is given a most
conspicuous place in the paper. IT
Observer has read THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER for years, al he claims, he
knows he makes a false statement
whenever he intimates that THE Pro
GREssIvE FARMER is unwilling to give
both sides a hearing. When we say
that we do not believe Cleveland is a
sober or an honest man we mean it.
But his friends are welcome to any
reasonable amount of space in this
paper to defend him. observer"
knows, and every citizen of this State
knows it to be a fact that the columns
of this paper have been open to any
and every man in the country for any
article of public interest. We invite
correspondence, we invite Ecriticism.
We challenge observer" or any other
man in this State to name a man or
woman who has been refused admis-
sion to our columns, on either side OF
Gny question. If observer" thinks
this paper is "unfair" or conscience
less" let him criticize and prove it to
our readers. We will throw col
umns open to him and let him advo-
cate Cleveland or any Wall Street
doctrines he wishes to champion. We
are not afraid of the result. It you
prove to our readers that this paper is
untruthful OF that it isZadvocating I'm
sound doctrines you are welcome to do
so. Come on with your thunder. Our
columns r open to any other Wall
Street Democrat in or out of the State.
If that isn't satisfactory::we will throw
them open to the Chairman of the
Democratic State ExecutivesCommit
tee and every Democratic voter in the
State. IF that doesn't satisfy you we
will open them to the shreWdest men
you can name in Wall Street itself and
give them a reasonable amount of space
to prove to our readers that this paper
is untrUthful, unfair, ignorant, or any
thing else except what thought to be.
Now, observer" and his friends can
either shut up or put up.
AS to the clippings, n from a milk
and cider goldbug religious Epaper, so
called, the other from a. goldbug Re-
publican paper, we will say that their
testimony is ruled .out. In this State
a wife is not considered a competent
witness in her husbands favor. A
goldbug is not a competent witness in
defense Of the President. A man can
not serve two masters. No man can
be a goldbug and a truthful man at
the same time. The Washington cor
respondent quoted is not a competent
witness, either, and for theIsame reason.
The money power owns orsscontrols all
of the great ~plutocratic dailies that are
able to retain the services Of a regular
Washington correspondent. They
would discharge any correspondent
who would utter a word against their
heavyweight idol, or discharge him if
he refused to write an article, at their
request, generating their idol.
We heard a reformer say the other