Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-10-22
CAMPAIGN NOTES.

At Sauls' x Roads Monday
DIR. Cox" Person, Rep-Pop can
dldate for the Legislature, reiter
atcd his inslesclslon TO vote foi
MIR. Bryan, the nominee of his
party for President. He said,
further, that he would rather not
have free silver than for it to come
through the Democratic party.
And yet Mr.. Bryan, the great
apostle Of free silver, tie stand
ard bearer OF the nation. | Democ-
racy. is Il 9 regular nominee OF
the Populist party for PRESIDENT.
Consequently when DR.. Person
says he may not vote for him, he
stands IL a "boltcr;' but that is
no new role for DIR, Person. The
first time we ever saw him he was
boiling a Democratic county con-
vcDtion in favor of his 'suncle
john" who joined the Republi-
cans that year and ran on their
ticket for the Legislature. DR..
Person said yesterday that he is
willing for the settlement of the
silver question to he delayed yet
four years more, Notwithstanding
the fact that what the whole
country and the telling masses
need NOW is the immediate settle
ment of this great issue; that
what the country needs is sectional
and industrial PEACE; and there is
no promise of this in the perpetu-
alton of a monetary discussion on
a basis that is stripping the West
ern farmer and the Southern
planter of the fruits of their toll,
and is driving whole populations
to despair. And ye-, in the face
of all this, DR.. Person, who
PIRATES so much about 'spatriot-
ism," would defeat Bryan and
further delay the settlement of
free silver, in order hat FOUR
YEARS from now he may have an
issue on which to run for office.
But Bryan is going to be elected
and doesn't need DR.. Person,
either: neither do the people need
him to represent them in the
Legislature.
AT the Republican coupty
speaking at Fremont on Satur-
day Ohm I. Mozingo, the Repub.
lican candidate on the county
Rep-Pop fusion ticket forSheriff,
vas made to admit that he is 60
ing to vote for George White, a
negro, a Republican and a gold
bug, for Congress in this dis
Lrict. against Hon. F. A. ood-
ard, the intrepid friend of the
n sses, vino has a record of four
years in Congress that none can
assall and who has ever been
g constant advocate of free silver.
And yet this man Mozingo is the
candidate whom the Populists
have fused on in this county for
Sheriff: and yet the Populists'
only issue is Free Silver, and
free silver d be- accomplished
only in the halls of Congress;
and yet the Populists are going
to vote for MCz,ngo, who is go
ing TO vote for White, tue negro,
to go to Congress 10 vote for
Gold. Is Ii possible? Can it be
true? Populisis, where are your
principles?
No more bitter and vindictive
color line speeches have ever
been made than by GeorgeWhite,
the negro candidate for Congress
in this district. wfom John I.
NJ lingo au1 J Frank Dobson,
and Waiter OIBerry and Major
Grant, the Rep Pop fusion cam
didates i'll this county. are going
to vote for to go to Congress to
vote for gold. Aud yet these
four men have the endorsement
of the Populists of Wayne
county for the Offices for which
they are candidates. If free
silver is a PRINCIPLE with the
Populist party, how can any
honest PopuiisG vote for an yof
these four men, who are pro
noupced gold bugs and who are
gong to vote for the negro and
gold bug White for Congress:
which is the only source from
which the people can obtain free
silver? The Populist who votes
for either of these four men en-
dcrses White, negro supremacy
and the gold standard. That is
just what he does.
We publish on our editorial
page to-day the address of Chair
man Manly, of the State Demo
cratic Executive Committee, to
the people, which is a clarion call
upon all good men to awaken to
the danger That threatens the
State and rally to the rescue. We
urge upon every citizen to read
it and ponder it we'll. AS Editor
Caldwell of the Charlotte Obser-
yer says 1t rings like a bell and
deserves to be heard and needed
from the mountains to the sea.
It points out eloquently and tru
~ the peril which threaten our
interests as a people, aud it ought