The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-18

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The Major Gets a Chance to Play the
Demagogue--BM Commisary Writes
working a Confidence Game.
B.-"HelIol MI. Editor"
R.-Hello! Major. How is every
thing down upon the farm9"
B.-"Everything il boomin.' I'm
gittin' in better spirits myself. We
dymakrats were purity badly down IN
the mouth awhile fearin' that Mr.
Cleveland wouldn't Let us play the
dymagog anIE0z9 az silver men. But
we tux tie mule by the an WenG a.
it a9Thow. l reckon we will be calleo
rebels or seceshunists by our friends
nm in New York and over in England,
hut I don't car We will make up an
hug an kiss after the Presidential con,
vention next year. 1 hope they Will
nominate Mr.. Cleveland again. l guess
he will run on q free silver platform In
he South and West and a gold bug
pIatform in the Northeast, like they
did before. Me an Paul Means an
Toe Caldwell are the party in this
State. an we will not vote for anybody
thew put on the dymakratick ticket
unless it il Mr.. Cleveland or John Sher
man. 1 got the followin' letter the
other day from Johnson county.
Please tell me what it means:
JOHNSTON COUNTY, N. @.
'tMr. Zske Bilkins.
s'DEAR SIR: Please state that you
have heard that Chairman j. IL. Pou
has ordered 80, 900 rams horns to be
distributed to each and every free sll
yer Democrat in North Carolina by
July 4th, and that they are to meet at
their respective court houses In each
county, and exactly at II o'clock they
will be ordered to toot sixteen times az
this is the ratio. They are to toot "a
times. this represents the "a silver
States. Then they are to toot $50
times, this is to represent the number
of electoral votes a free silver Demo
crat is to get in 49, After this they
will wind up with an Indian war whoop
and dance. Yours truly,
BILL COMMIsSARY
R.-'.The meaning of all that is a
crude illustration of your party butting
its brains out by electing a goldbug to
the presidency. The footing is done to
attract attention so that your condi-
ton will be a terrible and eve to be
forgotten warming to all who would at
tempt to follow in your footsteps.
Your party does not stop at rams
horns. 1t toots all kinds Of horns,
and, in that particular line, is the
greatest musical organization In the
world. 1t not only blows it's own
horn, but toots anybody's horn that
may be secured. For two or three
wears it has blown the Republican horn
until all the neighbors were kept
awake at night. Now it is engaged In
blowing the Populist free silver horn
It reminds me of the average small
boy about Christmas. He must have
q horn or a squeedunk, or something
to make an ~uneartnly noise. That i
all it ever amounts to. You Democrat
will blow the silver horn from nov
until the next election, perhaps, an
then swear that you nev had a horl
in your hands in your lives. You a.
make the public tired, very tired"
B.-"Maybee we do, but that don
matter. We've got ter be doin' some
thin an a confidence game suits a
well az anything else. Betsy say
chickens had better roost high whe
we dymakrats git ter holdin' free silve
prayer meetin's, but Betsy IL an Of
foggie. She wants US to be homes.
That IL contrary ter our religion w
are silver men an don't you forget il
We called you populists anarchists al
destrucshunists bekase you wante
free coinage of silver, but we are in til
same boat now an you can't git us on
We swear by Rothschilds whiskers al
by John Sherman's bald head that "
are goin' ter shout in every silvt
camp meetin' frum now until ele
ton day. Gudebye."
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