The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-09

ocratic aarty is concerned. At pres
ent it appears certain that the silver
forces will have a handsome ma >rity
in the Chicago Convention, and the
silver Democrats here boldly declare
that they will drive Cleveland, Carl
isle and their invertebrate pie eaters
into the Republican ranks. Will they
do so9 Private John Allen, a repre-
sentative from Mississippi, said this
week:
We've got the goldbugs whipped if
they don't buy u5 up"
There's the rub. Cleveland is Tuning
with rage, and eff ,ials ere day and
night on the go between the White
House and Wall Street. 1t remains to
be eeen if the Democratic masses can
be cold out again; if not, they must
nominate q man acceptable to the Popu
lists, and that they are hardly likely
to do.
Some Senators have lately developed
much unconscious humOr.
The Senate was discussing an amend
ment to the fortification bill relating to
a new torpedo. According to the de,
scription Of the weapon, it wGs to be
guided by a man until within a short
distance of the thrt atened warshjp,
and then it was to be directed by him
upon it's deadly mission.
But who is to protect the man?'
asked some inquisitive Senator.
Humanity would protect g. man
from being shot while he is in the
water" replied Senator P-rkins, in all
seriousness
The eminently peaceful view of mod
ern warfare was greeted with laughtt T
and the torpedo amendment was not
placed in the bill.
The Butler bill taking from the Pres
ident the right to issue bonds has not
yet passed. In a speech opposing it,
Senator E kins solemnly stated that
the fat man should be allowed to issue
bonds to raise revenue. His mind
must resemble that of a gallant colonel
in Washington who lives by borrowing
money, and who, when he has been
succes sful in his incursions into the
pockets Of his acquaintance informs
his friends that he earned a good
salary.
Representative Howard, of Alabama,
is trying to have Grover impeached
AS the House is controlled by Reed
and his r public IN goldbugs, he might
as we'll ask a gang of robbers to be
good and give their chief up to Justice
John Sherman has put his foot in his
mouth, to use a homely but expressive
phrase. While opposing the Butler
bill before mentioned, he said: II would
vote for a tax on n thinG; I would
take the last shirt of the backs of the
people of the United States rather than
to violate the public faith Of the gov
ernment' Ii. e., rather than have my
Wall and Lombard street friends de
prIved of a chance to raid the Treasury
and get more bonde).
In order to test the author of Hard
Times, the silver men made three propo-
sitions. Two of these propositions,
one for an internal revenue tax on arti-
Giles manufactured from iron, steel,
wool, silk, etc, and the other for an
import duty of 10 cents a pound on
tea, we're naturally negatived. TIE
third proposed source of income was a
tex of a dollar a barrel upon beer.
T lat SCI rel Sh, rman, 70 he knows
that toe G 5rman voters will no more
tolerate an increased tax on beer than
the American farmer will willingly
give up his last shirt; 50 John backed
down and stultifed himself, much to
the amusement of the retormers.
The project of building a new palace
for the President is much talked of,
and if the reform forces do not gain
control of the government next March,
it is almost certain that 81 900, 900 will
be taken from those who live in log
houses and scvimped cottages and ex-
pended upon the erection of a palace
in which official society may sprawl
and foreign princess and nobility be
entertained. Thus we may see how
the world wags."
BRABSTER WEST.
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