The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-04
CAN sTROWD HONORABLY SUP
PORT PRITCHARD?

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Pritchard stands where he now
stands" He is also said to have tod
the people that Pritchard favored the
free coinage of silver. With this idea
of Pritchard's position, he is commit
ted to vote for him only las long as
P1.itchard stands where he now
stands" that is, as long as he stands
for free coinage. Mr.. Strowd has told
his people that if he lived in the Fifth
district he would not vote for Settle
because he is a gold bug If Pritchard
is opposed to the free coinage Of sill
yer. Mr.. Strowd is bound in honor to
repudiate him and join Maj. Guthrie
in denouncing him as traitor to the
cause.
In the interest of correcting Mr.
Strowd's impression, we advise him to
send to the Republican State commit
tee and get copy of speech delivered
by Senator Pritchard at Henderson
vile, August 22nd, 1896, which has
been printed in pamphlet form and is
being widely circulated. He will read
the following words on page 81:
"Inasmuch as / am candidate
for reelection let the voters of
this State distinctly understand
the position that occupy in regard
to this question. / stand on the
financial plank adopted. It declares
that it is unsafe to adopt free coin
age without an international agree
ment with the leading CONNER
cial nations of the world"
He will further read lot of twaddle
about pledging Mckinley to use his
best endeavors to bring about inter
national agreement, but this will not
deceive Mr.. Strowd for he has told
the people am hundred times that the
gold monometallists use the talk
about international agreement as a
pretext for killing free coinage. Unless
forced to do so by the loss of its trade
with silver countries, consequent upon
the adoption of free coinage by the
United States, England will never
adopt bi-metallism, and nobody has
asserted this oftener than Mr.. Strowd.
Senator Mitchell, who, with Senator
Pritchard, supports Mckinley for Pres
ident, spoke truly when he said:
1T would be just as impossible to
secure an international agreement,
either now or hereafter, as TO secure
railroad connection between here and
the planet Mars"
In this connection we may inform
Mr.. Strowd that the gold boiling Demo
Gratis applaud Senator Pritchard's ut
terances, and regard him as q true
blue gold bug. If he will not believe
our assertion, if Mr. Strowd will turn
back to the files of the Caucasian he
will find severe denunciations of Sena-
tor Pritchard because of his desertion
of silver, and his support of gold
bug candidate for President. ION the
9th of April, the Caucasian said:
"A man who supports a gold bug
: for President is a party-bug; and
an enemy to the people and good
government. The Peoples party
was organized to fight this kind
of men,"
The trouble with Mr.. Strowd is that
he hasn't been reading Pritchard' $
latest utterances, and in the statement
made at Pittsboro he had In mind the
promises made by Senator Pritchard
to get the Populist vote two years
ago. Now that we furnish him with
Senator Pritchard's own statement
that he stands on the Republican
platform, which promises to maintain
the existing gold standards he will
hasten in Johnston county at this
weeks appointments to denounce Sen
ator Pritchard for deceiving him, tell
the people that Pritchard has played
the Populist party false, and ring out
clearly in this admonition, quoting the
words Maj Guthrie:
"Do not vote for any candidate
for the Legislature unless he
pledges himself not to vote for
Pritchard or any other gold man
for United States Senator"
If this does not undeceive Mr.. Strowd
in regard to Senator Pritchard's posi-
ton, we can quote further extracts
from his speeches showing that he is
against free coinage unless England
will graciously permit us to have it.
The Populist who does not fight Sena~
tor Pritchard will incur this denun-
citation of the Caucasian:
'We don't believe in the honesty
of any man who says he is a Popu-
list and is willing to vote for
gold bug"
We shall be glad to print Mr.. Strowd's
denuneiation of Senator Pritchard
now that he is undeceived about the
position of the Senator.