The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-09-17

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1. Secure a lot of free passes over the
railroads, good to fetch as well as to
carry. Have these passes distributed
by some great and good newspaper
which advocates free silver and sup
ports the men who vote against it.
2. Secure the attendance of a lot of
Senatorial fossils who may be relied on
not to do anything rash-men whose
easy movements will o jostle the
moss on their backs, AID to whom the
passing of a ringing resolution" or
TWO seems the climax of political dar-
ing.
Harris Of Tennessee may be counted
on. He's safe. He will not do any
thing rash. He will vote for a resolu-
ton demanding" the instantaneous
coinage of silver. Will meet you ne4C
week and vote for another one, II you
want it. Will meet you next year ana
vote for another me No matter how
strong you put your resolution you
cant scare Harris. He is
not to be afraid of any resolution the
| Eoglish language can hold. After vot
ing for the resolution, Fl Iris Will then
| go to sleep,
8 Invite some brilliant orator who
can reasonably be expected to have IN
fuenc9 enough to carry his own vote.
and let this orator come to the conven-
ton loaded with a speech against
Cleveland.
The bitter er this speech is, the better,
1t doesn't hurt Cleveland, and it i'm
mensely relieves the free silverites. A
speech of this character is well nigh
equivalent to a %reopening of the minis
to silver.
4. Invite Lon Livingston to attend,
so that the moral character of the as
semblage may be at once pitched to
such a high level that no carping critic
will be encouraged tt make disparaging
remarks.
5 Read a letter from Billy Bryan to
the effect that there is not roo
enough in this country for two Repub-
lican parties" This somewhat care
worn and fatigued statement of Billy's
is an eminently true saying, and its
gloss cannot altogether be rubbed off
by the ~disagreeable fact that the two
Republican parties are still in our
midst, and that Billy continues to be
long to one of them.
6 Read a letter from Hon. r chard
Bland, stating that he has now got to
the forks OF the road, and has sat down
on his coat tails a leetle to the D mo
cratic side of the fork.
Z. Introduce some resolutions about
the crime of 1873" Make EN- hot. 1t
Will please the boys. Intimate that
you will hurt somebody if something
amt done to help the country. Bounce
Carlisle. Bounce Sherman. Bounce
Rothschild. Bounce Wall street. In
vite Dan Voorhees, to help you abuse
Shylocks. Say nothing against the
| Democrats who in 1898 shut the mints
to silver.
Put the world on notice that the
down trodden people are relatives of
yours and that you are going to make
1t a personal matter if the John Seer
man policies are not cast overheard
But avoid all unpleasant reference to
the Democrats who closed the minis in
1898 Some of them will be present,
and it would be bad manners to per
senate them.
s. Tip a wink to the goldbug DINO
Gratis; they will understand the wink
to mean that you are not so madly
mad as you seem to be, but that, on
the contrary, there are indications of
a well defined method in your madness.
Let it gradually ooze out of you that
if the Cleveland crowd will just recog
nize your rights in the distribution of
political soup you will not wholly
harden your heart against them.
Let it be felt that your devotion to
the dear old Democratic party is very
deep and very tender, and that, if your
affections are braced and encouraged
by a goodly mess of pottage, you will
remain a while longer in the compan-
ionship of the Wall MISUNDERSTANDING
your relations, the oppr, ssed people, to
shift for themselves.
Democratic Free Silver Conventions
of this type are peculiarly appropriate
in the summer time, and in an off year
in politics. Not being quite so stiff
and formal as a Chatauqua, nor yet so
full of levity as a Spelling bee, it is a
welcome diversion TO large and grow
: ing assortment Of elderly ladies OF the
male persuasion who, without some
, euch physical and mental exercise
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