The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-26

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sNt ftale apti,ed Il, consult ahant tlit
sNattpr. / Aalsed lfin 10 leote the elee
totAl ticket tn he divided between TIE
nuAlipans anil Fopmiaia pledged ~
sit,pf, tptlina him hp could hr H. elect
pd la thla plan, aud Wuultl be hraieh
lA anN other rlhn | ur0te HIN Il lan9,
carefully Written letter aane time nHn
saving thht when the hopuliBts tnmc tn
mlh understand the apape - nnnn
tn,f III au electoral ticket. haif of which
WAS pledged lii tho National lteruhli
can platform nnl candidate, they Woull
not vote the ticket, aud preserve thrtt
organization. that tie fppuliHt party
hal no traditions IA cling to, that
their main issue Wna the financial one.
and free silver the bedrock, the found
alton unon which The party stood. and
when they swerytd from this founda
ton this middle OF tile roud they
would become nnpotent aud thot vic
TINS OF the FIRST sssaiInnt who nude
lick at one Of their speakers Ia the
campaign | have aaid. on the
other hand. that Mr., pritchnrd's own
declarations III favor Of silver comproa
missed him If he should vote for any
elector unpledged 10 free silver.
since the people who elected him be
lieve in tree silver and that the gold
standard was running them, that he
all lssYtaYIg
Leans had said that the Republican
State convention must declare for free
silver and make a platform according
ly: thatt he could not consistently
stand on this State platform and vote
for man standing on the National
Republican platform; that any man
running for an office who could not
say from the stump that he would
vote against Il gold bug President or
any gold bug candidate for any office
whatever, could not be elected in North
Carolina.
MIR. pritchard says ne fears that ii
fusion on this donble-headed James
Faced electoral ticket is not kept up
the county officers will not be re-elec-
ted again. If he makes them vote for a
gold bug elector he may swear they
will not be reelected My advice to
these county officers, if they are free
silver men, is to pledge themselves to
silver and against anybody who is for
gold bug President. They will find
that they will have no opposition then
for reelection, unless it comes from
gold bug. and gold bug opposition
they know they need not fear. If
gentlemen Of either party who declare
for silver must still keep in line with
their National gold standard platform
and candidate, let them go along over
to gold like men and quit fooling their
confiding followers. The people are
i'm too distressed a condition to trifie
with, and the man who attempts it is
wrecked if he will think about it.
There are probably 500 men, women
and children in the State to one office
holder. who do not want and have
never expected to hold office. Are they
not to be thought Of in this matter?
Must party lines be adhered to no
matter what trouble it brings to them?
The way TO bring these gentlemen to
their senses lis to make them sign the
silver pledge. Whenever one of them
puts up his head for a position from
primary delegate to an elector for
President, ask him if his name is down
for silver. If all silver men will do this
we will get free silver in hurry