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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-03

are of machine politics. There are now
enough independent patriots In the
land to compel the nomination Of a
candidate stronger than any Of the
factions, called parties, and to prove
this let me tell you that you have been
repeatedly mentioned for President by
the leading partisan (D8mocrat) news
papers of this State. The extreme
partisan would not want you if he did
not feel that the party racket would no
longer win.
The people are tired too Of the per
petuity and monopoly Of projecting
ante beIlum men and times into the
present. We do not need to encour-
age speculation in dead issues by the
nomination Of men who were in active
life when those Issues were alive, and
who died with them, men who are, or
ought to be, if they had such an active
youth, too busy preparing for the next
world to take any interest in this.
"Old age is h~onorableif it isnot sport
ing with the youthful follies of ambi
tion, if it is not corroded with the
averice of Office, if it has conquered
greed for power, if it does not drivel
in the senitily of MISREPRESENTATION, if
it is more anxious for the approval of
heaven than Of men. No man puEteth
new wine into old bottles, and no sensible
man attempts to put new ideas into the
hearts of old candidates, whose first
loves are long dead. Have not the ante
beIlum men reigned since the war until
they have brought the country TO the
verge of such bankruptcy that the
government actually congratulates the
people on it's SUCCESS in borrowing
money from 6 London Jew to pay its
current expenses in times Of peace?
Two-thirds of the voters in Union are
young men under forty five, and since
the old ones have go signally failed, let
them in common decency retire, and
let the young men of action take the
lead.
III, in answer to this letter, or of
your own motion you publicly declare
your position and indicate the only
way for silver to be restored in the
coming election, you may be of infinite
service to your country and your cause.
A party nan nominated by either fac.
tions of the silver voters is fore doomed
to defeat, because he cannot get the en-
dorsement of the other faction. If the
two factions, having common ntaerSs rs,
cannot unite for thgGIr~ common good,
-theE~SGn deserve the slavery they
court. The slaves of party spirit are the
fit slaves of the gold monopoly. And you
know we'll that every monopoly we
now endure has been spawned out of
the filth and corruption of party spirit.
LAS a representative of the indepen-
pendent free silver element of the
South, I am ready to vote for you as
the one who a best unite all the sill.
yer factions if l understand your posi-
ton. "Respectfully,
wv, J. P.EELE
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-03
A POLITICAL GE ID.

Running through almost every
speech OF the Democratic nominee is g
marked vein OF religious reverence
which ST ficee il itself TO repeal the alb
surd charges which are brought against
his principles by the advocates Of the
single gold standard.
Last Tuesday evening, at the home
OF the Democratic nominee for Vice
President. Mr. Bryan delivered q
speech, the eloquent tones Of which are
still ringing In the ears Of the country.
Such, indeed, was the soulful language
in which the speech was clothed and
| such the spirit of reverence which ii
bre8thed that The Springfield Republic
can, laying aside all criticism, repro
0uces the latter part Of the speech as
one of the gems of the campaigns.
Without studious preparation this
gem of craftsmanship and rhetoric is
nothing more than the natural expires
sion of a great mind fl led with a sub
lime truth.
These are the words of the Demo
era ic standard bearer which form g
] part of his recent speech il Maine:
we can support our position from
every point T2%ziaW. We can quote the
euthorlty~thos who sCanGf high u
the natSS@s councils. We apply
to the money question the laws We see
enforced every day, and we car gather
testimony from the analOgies Of nature
| am not old, but ! am old enough to
have learned that the laws of God are
wiser than the laws of man. / am OLD
enough to have learned that He who
ls infinite in power was also infinite in
love, and that He never gave to man
kind a need without giving them the
means Of satisfying it. When He gave
60 man tie necessity of food, He coz
cred the earth with His bOunties, and
there has always been enough to satisfy
the hunger Of man. And when He
made water necessary for human exist
nee He put the veins In the earth and
scattered the living springs along the
hillside. And when He allowed wear :
ness TO creep over the limbs, He sent
sleep to restore strength. And when
He gave man a mind capable Of de
veloplng, He filled the universe with
his wonders, which may we'll Occupy
the thoughts Of man.
When He gave mankind the desire
Of society and fashioned the channels
Of trade, He stored away in the secret
places Of the mountains the gold and
silver suitable for a worlds one
4COAAA UA( 80 P4 CCAOuS "0UEAlS,
dragged them from Uhels secret recesses,
and for E 600 years they have come
down to US side by side, ministeriDg
unto the wants OF man. l may be in
error. If l am, I hope l may be LED
into the better way. But, III ny hum
ble judgment, the man who would ROB
mankind of his food and leave his ap,
petite, the man who would corrupt the
| SOrIngs and leave thirst for wetar the
man who would rob one OF rest or con
denim his mind to ignorance and super
Sutton Is no more an enemy Of the race
than the man who, deaf to the entreat-
les OF the poor, would strike down and
out OF existence one of the precious
metals given Oy the Almighty Hlmself
10 satisfy the needs of the human race {"
Such a noble sentiment as the one
which pervades the foregoing exrracU
IS we'll worth study.-AtlanEa Constr
tuition.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-03

X ATTY Wv I'LL V A@4SA Il &4NSS(SB
Member Being a Candidate.
R-'HelIol Mr.. Editor"
R-"HeIlo Major. Suppose you are
getting ready for the election"
B-Well, I'm sorter pulling myself
tergether fer the last stand before the
great battle. I amt bin takin much
stock In polyticks this campaign, but
I'm like an ole warhorse-when l hear
guns affirm an smell powder burnin'I
git purity game an wanter to rush ter
the front. l see frum the papers that
Maj Guthrie il tryin' ter throw up his
Job ov runnin' fer Guverner on the
Populist ticket, an it stirred up that
little bit ov patriotism whut hes bin
smouIderin' in my breast, an l thought
I would go an see sum ov you teliers
in town an see if I couldn't git his
Job. know 1 can't run very fast, but
you see it would be a short heat, en-
/ could make sum reckord breakin'
time on the last quarter. [ menshioned
it ter Betsy, but she lowed it wuz too
late ter start now"
R.-"Yes, Me- 7r Guthrie seems to be
opposed to his own election, and is
trying to lift himself up by the boot
straps, as it were, but it is a difficult
Job. He is the only one left of the
original and genuine patriots who
once stalked abroad in the land and
evidently is running away from his
own election"
Books like that is go. l recon
my friend Guthrie believes in that old
song erbout the offs huntin' the man"
an he liz tryin' his blamedest ter dodge
the governorship. If be don't look
sharp he will get caught, especially if
he don't quit monkeyin' Ground dy-
makrRtick headquarters. A nan can't
belong ter the dymakrat party if he
amt a standin' candidate. Maj
Guthrie il onegsEonaa few left il me
Populist party Is a miliioTnW want Gifts
- 1o rms Our party he'll lev ter b. a
candidate, fer the Democrat party il
the only one that hain't got no high
privRtes. We are awl candid ates, and,
hereafter, a man who jines our party
viii hev ter stand a civil service ex-
Rminashun, an if he don't show a de-
cided hankerin' after offs, he'll be
turned down. Betsy Wuz laffin' erbout
Maj. Guthrie's anticks an she lowed
she reckoned a big honor he'd bin
thrust on him aWl ov a student; that
bein' a modest man, he orter hev bin
nominated fer justis ov the peece or
county commissioner first an then
pulled up the ladder by degrees. If
that had bin done he wouldn't shy so
at the governors manshun In Raleigh.
He had screwed up his courage ter the
stickin' point, but he cum ter Raleigh
the other day, and, after takin' another
peep at the governors manshuD, he
concluded ter let Judge Russell pasture
his COWS on the grass Ground the man
shun fer the next four years, or else
les Cy Watson keep his 'possum dogs
there. Anvil I know il that if he want.
ed ter help Watson he went erbout it
backwards. Yours fer free coinage.
Gudebye."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-03
BY w J PEELE

BY w ) FhnLh'
1t is too late now to reach more than
half your readers before they vote, but
nearly everybody has made up his
mind anyhow.
The gold trust, for thirty years IN
control of the nation, has, for the first
time, been unmarked, and is now
fighting in the open field with the
American people. Wrathful and vim
dictive as a wounded serpent it at
tempts to drive it's fangs of calumny,
~vituperation and abuse into the heart
of every one who has dared oppose it.
1t has come forth" as the Scripture
says, "in great wrath and fury, be-
cause (t) knoweth that it hath but a
short time" / believe that it's time is
at hand now. I believe God in His
providence has raised up a man who is
aole to unite all fac ions in one com
mon cause and to make brothers Of all
who have common interests. The
man and the occasion have met. The
people, irrespective of past political
affiliations are called upon to take ad-
vantage Of the opportunity to vote for
a man who stands above warning fac.
tions like q COLOSSUS in the clear sun
light of patriotism. If the silver men
in North Carolina half do their duty, I
do not see how Bryan can get less than
25, 600 m ejority. But every man must
do something. Having found the
truth, show it to others.
There is much mere that l could say
for Bryan, but l content myself by re-
publishing an open letter never before
PUBLISHED in this paper, written to Mr..
Bryan while he was comparatively an
obscure man, and it is of use now to
show the estimation in which he was
held before he got the nomination,
by n who had watched him
Written and mailed as a private letter
on the 18th of June, it was published
as an open letter in the News and o.
server of this city the day before the
Democratic State Convention met. l
could not say that it had any effect in
shaping sentiment towards Bryan, but
that was the purpose of it's publica
ton: -
RALEIGH. N. c..
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ELECTORAL COOPERATION.

The Man and the Occasion Have Met--lf
the Silver Meu Vote Together 8ryan's
Election Assured--25,ooo Majority in
North Observation-Disclosures Of an
Omen I etter.
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RALEIGH, N. c.,

June 18- So
Hon. ". j. Bryan,
DEAR s1R:[OSTIng to your expires
sion n Mississippi, that you would
Sand by silver, whether it was sup
by your party or not Or words
to that Gffect), there is a probability
that if you are nominated by the Dem
ocrats for President, you will get the
endorsement of the Populist party,
and also of the silver party, if you
will take pains to have your position
we'll advertised; and this, in spite of
possible opposition by some Populist
leaders, who have, of course, a far bet
ter right to lead the silver cause than
the Democratic party, since its fatal
record Of '93. And it will re quire some
craftsmanship and patriotism on the
part of the Populist leaders to resign
such leadership to any nominee of the
Democratic party.
las you probably well know, the
fight of the gold men is to divide the
friends of silver by securing the nomi
nation of a sham silver man, i. e., one
vino cannot get votes OF both fac
tons OF the free silver voters-is not
willing to give equal honor and en-
couragement to ooth-is desircus of
free silver merely as a party measure,
isno bigger, in his sympathies, than his
party, is calculated, and by many, IL
tended to be defeated.
Nov, I do not know anybody who
has made an expression equivalent to
yours, except, perhaps, Teller, and Tel
Ter is a republican, and cannot get the
hearty support Of the Southern people
his party name would cause him to
lose a quarter of a million votes in the
South alone; for sentiment is a power
full factor in Southern politics. He
would also share in the odium of his
party, growing out of it's tariff record.
a protective tariff is infamous in the
agricultural sections of the South.
80 it seems to me that you are the
logical candidate Of the situation-and
l do not know another, with, perhaps,
even a reasonable chance OF success if
nominated by the Democrats. A mere
party consistency of adherence to free
silver IS long as party platforms de
clare for it will not do, the successful
candidate must be well understood to
be a silver man first, and party man, il
at all, because of its unequivocal de-
%claration for free, unlimited and indie
pendent coinage of silver, at a ratio Of
l6 to 1.
''The people are as tired, too, of par
tyism, as of the single standard, and
right minded men here regard the
''party-bug" as more dangerous thar
the '.gold bug" The Populists anG
silver men will not essist in a silver vic
tory, with silver as an incident. They
believe such tepid friends of silver will
betray tiff party interests should
ever demand it, OF the manipulators O.
parties should cammand it.
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Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-04-18
SOUTH AFRICAN REBELLION
Much Anxiety Felt for the British at
BuluwayO-Surrounded by
HOstiles.
The REBEL FORCE is OVERWHELMING
More Than British Supremacy Menaced
"A Massacre Apparently Threat
ened-Two American Mission
aries Blockaded.

Copyrighted 1895 by Associated Press.
Capetown, April 1S.-The latest ad
vices from Buluwayo have greatly in.
creased the anxiety felt for that place,
1t is evident to everybody here that the
British at Buluwayo are in a most critical
position.
The chief point of their weakness is in
their small numbers and the immensity
of the hordes of Matabeles gathering for
the attack.
Then large numbers of Matabeles, pre-.
sumed to be friendly, have by some ex-
cuse or another succeeded in entering the
town, and have planned to strike at the
British as soon as the warriors of the
Matabeles are heard outside of the lines
of defenses. These Matabeles are armed
and an outbreak must soon occur.
1t has been stated that Buluwayois held
by 1000 men. This is not correct. The
number of fighting men is under 900, and
of this small number, compared with
$4,000 Matabeles, In the vicinity of 800
are reported to have been dispatched to
hold Mangwe pass, steep defile, which
can be rendered impregnable.
Other dispatches announce that the
force Of the remaining 600 whites intend
ed to leave Buluwayo yesterday to attack
the Matabele impi, composed of Loben-
gula's crack Imbezu regiment, from which
the native police, who have been shown
to have started the rebellion. were re-
cruited.
The Imbezu regiment is likely to prove
more than match for the small British
forces. The British may be enticed into
the bush, and, while there engaged with
overwhelming numbers, the main BODY of
the Matabeles' army may be hurled against
Buluwayo.
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Highest of all Leavenng PowerLatest u. Govt Report
RH!a!l! g! Rsxas&l Rsk!G&
4-fSOLUTEEY PURE

Wicks vein and shows the same character
of rich ore in several places. Mr.. Mop
son will continue the development of the
vein by tunnel aud expects to soon place
it on paying basis.
The placer people are continuing their
investigation aud have some fifteen men
at work digging and sampling the ground.
At the same time their surveying parties
are ascertaining possibilities in regard TO
storage of water and quartity and force
available from contemplated reservoirs.
Il is reported that All tIt aests made have
proved satisfactory. With an annual
production of million or two of gold
this place will become so noted and visit
cd that other forms of investment will re.
ceive the attention they merit.
The Bonanza mill has been running the
past week on ore from the Snake mine
ard has made very successful run from
every point of view. Az this run was
much in the nature of test of the Hunt
ington process as adapted TO the Snake
ore, constant care was exercised in SAM
pling and assaying both pul and tailings
and the result showed the loss to at no
time exceed 20 per cent. This is very
good work and speaks we'll for Mr.. Col
lard's management and careful super
vision Hillsboro Advocate.
High quality California wines for
table use at Scheurich's.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-04-18
HILLSBORO SOLD MINES.
Mining and Milling Operations in the
Productive Sierra County Gold
District.

The output of the Hilsboro mines last
week was 4lO tons.
VIM. Meade is doing some extensive
work on the Lily of the West.
Some rich sts aas b. ~ieasers gre pa
ported from the Richmond mine.
Two car loads or first-class ore we're
shipped from the Wicks mine early this
week,
The Happy Jack, Hlllsboro, Prosper,
Jersey Lilly and Silver mines in the
Animas Peak locality are all producing
high grade shipping ore.
Superintendent Mcdonald is making
preparations for the new hosting works
at the Eighty-Five and has decided that
the concrete stone from Macy's quarry
will fully serve the purpose of fire brick
and considerably reduce his expense &C.
count.
j. B. Mcpherson commenced work this
week on the Mountain King mine with
two men. This property has been under
lease during the past year, the lease ex-
piriug on the 9Th. The Mountain King
is an extension and continuation of the
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THE MARKS ETs.

New York, April lS.-.Money on call
easy 2la @ 8 per cent; prime mercantile
paper, 8 q 6; silver, 67; lead 81 30.
Chicago. CATTLE, reosipts 400; quiet,
unchanged. Sheep, receipts. $500, mar
ket, dull and weak.
Kansas City. CATTLE, receipts. 1900;
market to-day, for best, nominally steady /;
Texas steers, S3 90 a $3.50; Texas cows,
42O0 a 50 10; beef steers, $s 90 q % 40;
native COVE, 81 rs q Ga 30; etockers and
feeders, 90 90 q 80 85; bulls, 81. 90 @ e3.15.
Sheep, receipts, LOO; market, nominslly
steady; lambs, 1910 @ 84.2o; muttons,
$3.50 q $500.
Chicago. Wheat, April, 6639s May, e6j2
Corn, April, 29S; May, Soh. Oats, April,
10; May, l94.
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Proposals for military supplies at road
stat ons.- Office OF the Chief Qunrtermas-
ter, Denver, Colorado. April 18, 1896.
Sealed proposals, In triplicate, will be re-
ceived at this office until II n. m. on May
10, 1896, and then opened in the presence
Of attending bidders, for furnishing Fuel,
Forage and Water, at Road Stations 10
ths Department of the Colorado during
the fiscal year commencing July l, 1896.
Blank forms for proposals and instruc-
tions to bidders will be furnished on ap-
plication to this office. or TO any Post
Quartermaster In the Department. The
government reserves the right to reject
any or all bids or any part thereof. q.
B. ATWOOD, Major and Chief Q. n.
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Observation-Disclosures
Position Different State Delegations
will Take on Money Metal
Question Surmiscd.
GREAT STRENGTH OF SILVER CONCEDED
Senator Tillman Given a Royal Recep-
ton in Missouri-A Missouri Popu-
list Declares Against Bland
Instructed for Quay.

Denver, April 1s.-A Times special
from New York says: The Morning
Journal has received from the Demo-
cratic leaders of the Legislatures of nearly
every state their opinions as to the prob
able strength Of silver or gold in their
delegations to the national Democratic
convention. Many also discuss tho Proba-
bility Of the adoption of the unit rule by
their delegations.
This canv vass of men close to the people
of their own states seems to show that the
west and south will be largely for silver,
while the east and middle states will de-
clare for gold.
That the results foreshadowed by the
canvass are most important in politics
can not be gainsaid.
The deduction from all these reports
can be seen By glance at the following
table:
Southern states--West Virginia, Vir-
vinia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas Mississippi,
Texas. Western states--Illinois, Mis-
souri,, Kansas, New Mexico, Colorado,
Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon,
Utah, Arizona, California, Oklahoma.
FOE GOLD.
New England states-Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island. Mid
die states-New York, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland. West
ern states-Wisconsin Iowa, Minnesota.
Southern states-Kentuoky.
poUBTEUL.
Indiana, Ohio, Alabama, Florida.
T1LLMAN AT pERTLE SPRINGS.
Warrensburg, Mo.-Senator B. r. Till
man, of South Carolina, arrived in this
city this morning. The mayor, prom,-
nent citizens aud brass band escorted
him to Pertle Springs, where he will
speak on free silver this afternoon. The
town is crowded.
WOULD NOT SUPPORT BLAND.
ST. Louis.---Chairman A. Roselle, of the
Peoples party state committee, In an in
terview to-day, declared that the Popu-
lists of Missouri would not support ex-
Congressman Bland, If the latter should
be nominated for president on silver
platform.
INSTRUCTED FOR QUAY.
Lebanon, Pa.--The 14th congressional
district Republican convention has elect
ed L. e. Weimar and NJ. M. Smith dele
gates to the at. Louis convention, in
structed for Quay, with Mckinley second
choice. \
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4. 4 r. Percentagc Increased.

New York, April IS -Santa Fe inter-
ests stated to-day that the adiustment mt
decision rendered by the board of arbitra-
ton in the matter of business over the
Atlantic & Pacific confirmed the position
taken since the receivership, by which all
the Santa Fe lines gave up share Of
their earnings on business over the Allan
tic & Pacific. The arbitrators increased
the Atlantic & Pacific percentage on
through business by per, cent. The ad
justment will probably bring the line an
increase in receipts of about 100000 per
annum, and the back payments may be
sufficient to allow the Atlantic & Pacific
to meet the expenses accrued for the
period antecedent to bond charges.
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Freshets In New York.

Saratoga, N. Y, April 1S.--The hot
wave is reducing the Adirondscks snow
deposit to a freshet The lakes and
streams are unusually high and still ris-
ing. At Glens Falls, Chestertown, Fort
Edward, Warrensburg and other points the
water is bursting out of the banks and
threatens great destruction. Sohroon
Lake is higher than at any time for
twenety-seven years.