The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-10-29

contrary until NvWr votes shall be
counted and returned. Will YOU
take the earnest advice, and listen
to the last appeal Of him whom
you hOnOred with your confidence
at our last state convention by
nominating me as your choice for
the office Of Governor? Will YOU
fail to vote for EACH AND EN-
El&G elector on the Bryan presi-
dental ticket? Will You vote for a
gOld-bug to represent YOU in the
next Congress of the United States?
VIII you throw away your votes
for Congressman upon POpuliSt
"decOyS" in the Fifth and Ninth
Congressional districts and there
by help to elect gOld-bugs instead
of free silver congressman in those
districts? Will you vote for men,
bers Of the General Assembly
pledged to support Senator Pritch-
ard or any other gOId-bug Republic
can for seat in the Senate Of the
United States?
These are questions OF vital inn
pOrtance to us as a political party
which you can only answer with
your ballots and your personal in
tiuence. | beg, | beseech, ! i'm
plOre you, as you love your party
and the principles you profess, and
! which we have taught the people
are based upon the sound princi-
piles Of patriotic constitutional gov
ernment, stand in this crisis by the
principles and teachings Of the
Peoples party, or else prepare
yourself to see your party go to
pieces and become a by-WOrd and
4 reprOach among men.
Have you forgotten 50 soon the
principles laid down at our state
convention only two years, ago re-
lating to a nOn-partiSan Judiciary?
Are you mindful Of the fact, that if
you vote for Col. Douglas for a
Supreme Court Judge YOU will do
50 in direct violation Of that prin-
cipl1. and give to the Republican
party three members out Of five of
the Supreme Court Justices? Will
YOU do it? If by your votes YOU
you elect Col. Douglas, a Republic
can, instead Of Hon. A. G. Avery,
the sitting member Of the Supreme
Court, and thereby give the Repub-
/ licans a majority of the Supreme
. Court, then, let every Peoples
/ party man in North Carolina hang
his head in shame and never again
advocate a nOn-paTtiSan Judiciary.
There Is only one Superior Court
Judge to be voted for at this eloc-
tion, and he is to fill vacancy in
the Fifth judicial District where
| myself reside. no Peoples party
/ lawyer has been nominated for
that office. My ncighbOr, frindS
and fCllOW-tOWnman. Mr.. james :.
Manning Of Durham, is the Demo-
cratic candidate for the office. |
know Mr.. Manning to be learned
lawyer Of many years practice, and
a gentleman Of integrity and high
personal character. His opponent
is the Republican Clerk OF CasWelI
county. Unless you are prepared
to renOunce the wholesome princi-
pie of nOn-partiSan Judiciary, |
ask YOU to vote for Mr.. Manning
and see to it that his name is on
your ticket, or if not, scratch Mr..
Spencer Adams and put it there.
Let me caution NOu to be careful to
read the names on your tickets be
fore they are put into the ballot
boxes. My Peoples party friends,
think on these things, and before
it is too late, ask yourselves the
question, what is the right thing
for me to dO? Then knowing what
is right, have the manhood to 90
to th" polls next Tuesday and do
the right thing, honestly and fear
leSSlN. | beg to assure you that as
to my personal candidacy for Gov
what the result as to my own cleo
ton or defeat may be; but the
future status of the Peoples party
in North Carolina, and the right
decision of the vital questions of
governmental policy, State and
National, involved in this political
contest, cause me the deepest anX-
iety. As you love your country,
your neighbOrS your families and
your dearest interests, and would
restore prosperity and happiness
to the whole people, show your
selves as patriotic at the polls next
Tuesday as all true POpuliSts have
heretofore prOfeSsed to be. Let US
show to the world that we are not
a gang of professional office seek
ers, but band Of political patriots
moved to action by love of country
and a proper conception of the
duties and responsibilities as we'll
as the privileges Of American CitiZ-