The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-26

cided we would build one of our own
and call it the Peoples party platform.
This we did on the night Of May 18Th,
1892, and so perfect, pleasing and &C
ceptable was it, that it bee me the envy
of both the old parties and even 8ena
tor Mewboorne land those like" him
were so c~aptivated and enamored of it
that when their Elias Carr, under the
reflex rays of the machine the boys
thought they had captured and could
run. said that while he was for free
silver" he would do ell in his power
for King Grover the second election, it
made the hair rise on Senator New
boorne land these like" him, and they
seemed to realize him to have been
stolen" and an elephant or their hands,
because it took more to hide
(and control the use OF stolen goods,
than it did to commit the overt act;
and worse than all, when you and
those like you" after spending many
sleep'ess nights followed by unrestful
DAYS, should be so inconsistent, act
uated by no fear for their future, boar
ing no maIace t wards the middle Of
the-road fellows, accepted the idea long
since suggested and declare them
selves PUpulists, refusing to support
and vote for tie candidate they put
upon theiI D mos Qlatforn), upon the
pretext Of principle contained in the
one idea free silver"
Elias Carr having acknowledged his
overt intention OF voting for q gOldbug
in 1892, while standing On your free
silver" plank, it was not inconsistent
III you to use g free silver" oar to
back your boat, after you had fouIed
it and the phase Of principle not too
low or simple for your acceptance to
get into the middle-of-the-road ranks
on. Tneu why, if it would answer your
purpose to repudiate your candidate
and party on il 1892, and consistent IN
you then, is it not consistent for you
and the rest Of us 10 lay as a condition
of fusion with republicans in 1896?
And when 90 offered and refused BY
Republicans, and we, upon their re-
fusaldemand a middle, OF the road fight,
should subject US to such suggestions
as.you offer-that of being robbers, re
ceivers Of stolen goods, etc.
Senator Mewboorne, your PROPOSE
tions with reference to u . s, Sena
tor and Congressman as applied by you
to the middle Of the-road Populists. are
very suggestive to my mind of your
past action in several particulars, and
if our Senator is stolen, who did it, and
who stolen from2 I pray you L stolen,
you must have helped. En-! The r.
publiCans ought not to press you
fusionists much on that issue, for they
are equally guilty, unless our Iegi5la-
boys made q gratuitcus gift Of Senator
PritchaTd to them and thereby acted
traitor to our interest. The Rapubii
can Senator Pritchard must have been
stolen from us by their boys, SO even il
the odds, each had the same chance, Of
theft, (as you put i5,) and should not
~persecute you fer their ruishap 9n the
term question.
am the same old and original Popu
list ~hayseeder Who stood in the middle
of the road and warned you Of the folly
of playing with old party machines in
1892 and 1894 ard repeating the dose in
1896.
Y s, my dear Senator, 1 dent inteud
you shall appropriate any more stolen
goods (~fices) if I a prevent i; you
might again, under the benignipg in
fuence of the Republican prayer, We
must fuse in 1896 So we did in 1894
Giving them two-thirds the value il
spoils) 10 preserve the PJpulist ballots
and their prestige fer goldbugism) in
alienable right to vote and have that
vote r~ighteously couuted and local self
government Cor R publicans) and die
~tation, so far forget past events as to
want to saddle me and others like me
as receiver of property you appro-
priated. S3e9 M, no! Ghe invitation
declined with thanks, Senator, before
you again cry out ''suakes!'
The citations and implications made
in your reply are far fetched and wide
Of the mark as answers to my PROPOSE
tion of principles and practice for Pop
ulists of North Carolina.
The free silver Democratic fellows
you nc1ue as boing beaten by fusion
Congressman in 1894 were known to
u people as fl company for your
free silver" Governor Carr, and
treated then as you did Governor Carr