Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-10-29
hopes of returning life and pros

| / desired. anOVo all InlnHS, Ia
speak to Lhe people of tue trtlstS
and unlawful combinations which,
are threatening the destruction OF
| the commerce and business of the
ntry.---Comblnalions of met
by which the very necessities OF
life placed under their alb
solu:e control to he dealt out tc
the Consumer at prices hx
ed by illegal means, and
under the operations of which
small dealers with limited capital
are being driven from business
To my speech to the July cons
ventior, l declared then that the
situation rendered the issue as to
whether the people should be
left free 10 exercise their own
choice, or whether the power OF
Hannaism would not III n stealtby
and deceptive manner hood Wink
them through trusted leaders
and endeavor 10 defeat their
aims.
NV declaration has been veri
fed. for Hannaisl has entered
the roons Of our opposing com
mitlees and sub Committees in
nation, state, county and town
ship, aud has at least beciouded
the minds of opponenis. and
thwarted them in their expressed
purpose to e he people united
IN securing the control OF their
financial system, which they so
much desire.
Bryan likn the Chevalier Bays
ard approaches like The grey
hound, defends himself like the
lion, and like the wolf retreats
only with his face towards his
foes.
Hanna carries a dark lantern.
l should feel, my fellow citi-
zens, in my present weakness a
great despair if l thought that
the Sc vital questions were to De
preseated to you by me alone, if
[ felt that tie issues OF this
battle devoived upon any one man
aud that man was myself. Bu'
| feel that the cause Is above any
one man or set of men. L. is the
cause OF the people. They know
their needs. The plain people
of the land nave studs dout these
questions for themselves. They
hava felt penury and want. lnio
the homes of the professional
man aud merchant have come
the shadows of want and poverty.
The people need nc messenger
10 hear o mem the story Of THEN
present condltior, or to tell them
the history of Legislation which
has brought ruin aud disas
ter to their business and which
is constantly and ever increae
ing with each day that follows
the night. Necessity has mace
them study, and they have founu
out for themselves the terrib e
cause. They found it in leylsia-
tion which struck down half of
the money Of the country, thus
doubling in value the oLner han
which was found in the cOff rs OF
The rich. | wanted ABOVE all. my
fellow citiZ rs, to enter every
county IN North Carolina and see
you peis na1ls hat l might know
you and that you might know
me, that in the administration OF
the responsible duties of Gov
ernor of North Carolina. | coula
represent the interest of every
section, knowing no man above
another, bnt doing justice to all.
now from my Dead of sick
ness | send you my greeting, and
the full assurance that II L should
be by your stuff rage eleYa:ed to
the high position for which the
Democratic party has presented
me as its candidate, | would ask
no greater honor than to so adj
the duties of my high
that my conduct would
meet with the approval Of yon
all.
| write to you because [ can
not come to speak to you. L
would that every letter in every
word of this might be a tongue
to shout in your ears the warns
ing that comes from the surging
depths of these anxious days--a
warning against the blow to the
liberty of the masses of the peos
pie that threatens US in the
clenched fist of Mark Hanua. My
own voice cannot now be raised
N your hearing, but let the voice
of this letter plead with you, not
for myself, but for my name on
the ticket aud for the names of
comrades-not for myself or foI
them for our own sakes, but for
US and our names only because
the cause we represent is the
righteous cause of a righteous,
people--your-
selves-who cry for deliverance
and who yea1n not for '',he pur
pie and the gold of the palace"
out who seek only to dwell. as
their fathers intended they
should-"under their own vine
and fig tree. where none dare TO
modest or make afraid"
G. B. WATSON