The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-05-14
THE TRUE
A recent issue of the CharIo++o
ing NeUs had the following edito"! o
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER so~,a'

wy "uo editorial,
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER SAYS.
''Tom Reed and Bill Mckinley have No.,
tial bees in their bOnnets. Their rec0r39Lse ssldea.
none question Will Kill them with anvboGSn Tie
cept goldbugs. "Se&.
THAT is what we have been conto-,
ing all the time, but in the light Otu
cent events we hardly expected - re-
statement from The P~ROGRTOS@ps
FARMER. Let us see. Their reco.gE
on the money question will xiii tSouae
with anybody except goldbugs " Soeeuu
tor Pritchard favors Mckinley oas
Congressman Settle favors Reed ItIQ
President. That makes Pritch8rd o w
Settle goldbugs. If supporting a o oL9
bug for Office makes a goldbug Of ~.
supporter. then those who elected oo NJ
bug Pritchard and goldbug SettIHsS ~ "
the Senate and House respectively w.
the reasoning adopted by The by
GREssIvE FARMER, r themselves goIS
bugs. Now these two Republican.
wer elected by the aid of PonnISs.
votes, and THE PROGRESSIVE FARW%
aided and abetted therein. If supnoT
ing a goldbug makes a goldbug. thu,
we submit that TIE PROGREssT@
FARMER by supporting Pritchard WIN
supports Mckinley, a goldbug; or By
ported Pritchard, who supports Me-
Kinley, a goldbug, becomes a goldbug
itself, as does also Marion Butler.
either this conclusion is correct NJ
else the original statement made By
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER is not truai
The NeOUs is in error. We do nota
sert that because a man voted for
Cleveland two years ago the said vots
is a goldbug. Perhaps some of The
voters believed that Cleveland would
be friendly to silver. But since heha
shown his true colors those who still
stand by him are goldbugs.
In the tacit understanding betwen
Populists and Republicans last yea,
each side was allowed the privilege d
naming who it pleased. Therefore, %
far as that deal goes, THE PRoGREsaR
FARMER is in no way responsible for
Senator Pritchard or Congressman
Settle. However, it was generally
understood after Mr.. Pritchard was
proposed for the Senate that he ws
all right on the money question. lit
turns out otherwise, he need not be
surprised if he is defeated two years
from now.
Congressman Settle is a smart, but
gay young man. Being so young, be
may have been overpersuaded to vote
for the unconditional repeal of the
Sherman law. There is also a faint
suspicion that all the Republicans wes
alive to the situation. When Grove
6 Go. sold out the Democratic parF
to Wall street and England for a mes
of pottage, or rather a dozen mess
the Republicans took advantage Oft
deal to kill their old enemy too dead
to bury. Congressman Settle was
the party that helped to do the killing
However, that easy but stupendOu
job, is complete. There isn't any Demo
cratic party to kill when Congrs
WOOUS dSdAnS 0nN ILL., OOUg4O LOU DOVN
profit by what he has observed and
vote right on the money question. Ha
should not put in two much time cd
jugting his tie or giving his dapper little
moustache an extra twirl twenty tima
a day. The North Carolina folksmeH
business. THE PROGRESSIVE FAR@
as a representative of the people Of thH
State, has a standing contract to detoa
any man who goes wrong on the fnan
cial question. If any of our Congres
men are not posted, they had betts
get a copy of "Coin's FinancialS School
and take lessons.
In conclusion, we will suggest thai
if it is true that Senator PritChard .
for goldbug Mckinley for Presideal
and Settle for Reed, both will dig then
own political graves in short ordS'
The man who supports a goldO@
knowingly and wilfully will be know
by the company he keeps.