The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-02
BRARsTER VESTS LETTER.


Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
The political pot is boiling owe and
no n appears satisfied with the sitHa
ton but the Mckinley crowd, who are
already licking their chops in anticipa
ton Of the feast al the government pie
COULTER, of which they dream by night
and think bg day. Even Reed, the.
Maine statesman, who, knowing that
Grover Cleveland had no greatness Of
soul or intellect, but simply greatness
OF girtb. set out to emulate Grover in
that respect, and thus hoped to gam
the Presidency; even Reed, who erst-
while il his heyday strut5ed about the
Capitol like q game rooster; even Reed
corcadeB the nomination Of Mckinley
and is c~onajderlns whether be shall
take the Wee Presidency, with the Oft
chance OF Mckinley f. ing the coop be
fore his term expires, or whether TO
accfpS the offer of the Wall streetgang
and practice law IN New York, play
the go between Morgan aud Mckinley,
as S5eteon did for the first named and
Cleveland, become ricn and be the can
didato Of the g~oldbugs IN 1900.
The gold Democrats are very dc
pressed and the silver wing of that
party is corre8p0ndingiy elated over
the probability Of the Chicago ConveD
ton being controlled by the latter. The
silver D3mmies even go SO fer as to
claim that the Peoples party will IN
dorge their ticket, bus the POpuiists in
Washington wink the other eye. "Once
bitten, twice shy" is their mott this
year. The Democratic leaders have q
great record of broken promises, and
Grover is not the only Democrat who
is capable Of ~batraying the people after
election, 50 the Pops do not promise to
go, horse and foot, into the Democratic
camp and become hewers Of wood and
drawers Of water for q parcel of pro
tessional politicians. However, the
gold power will control the Chicago
Convention and then the silver Dam's
can show their colors if they place
principle above party by aiding the
PoTulists to nominate two honest men
at ST. Louis on July %
The obese accident who serves R this
child and considers himself a man of
destiny is fatuous IN bis behalf that the
nation, like a dog sitting on his
launches aud begging for a tit bit, is
anxious for him to take q third term
When Postmaster Hesing, OF Chicago,
said the other day that Grover would
not be a candidate for re nomination,
the fat man was so mad that ne went
off his feet for a whole day, and gave
out the following statement for publ
cation:
President Cleveland has not told
Postmaster Hesing, of Chicago, that he
will not be a candidate for re nomipa
ton neither has he told any other per
son. He has written no letters on the
subject and will net write any, though
ali kinds of inducements have been
offered to him to express his Intentions
Or desires in the matter Of a third term,
The reason for THE is that the President
has not yet entirely eatistied himself az
to what he desires or intends to do"
Coy old Grover! Tie Wall and LON
bard street Tsury shops, and their
agents, the national baass, will cable,
bulldtzo, or brib9 enough OF the dele
gates to the Chicago Convention to
nominate Cleveland on a single gold
standard platform. The self sacr fcing
patriot will be fishing at Bdzzard's BAY
when a depu5ation or similar patriots
arrives to Inform him that the D3mo
cr0tic party desires him to lead their
pie fattenCd forces againet the common
people who wish to eu3vert the beauti-
full system which keeps their vulgar
noses to the ~grindstone while the new
~aristocracy of gold summers in E Irope
and lawns upon royalty.
Grover will try to reproduce the pic
ture Of Csncinnatus at the pillow; will
lay his pugy right hand, s0iIed with
the dirty work of signing bonds, on the
roll of fat which cover the spot where
his heart should be, aud will exclaim:
II am tho servant Of the people. l ac-
cept the trust; I will continue to elevate
toe people Of Europe by enabling the
better classes of my country to spend
millions amongst them annually, and
will do all in my power to evangellze
the lawless, U~ncultured people Of the
West and South, who dare to grumble
q tpresent conditions, when they should
Christian like realize that whatever il.
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