The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-16

may conclude to affiliate with a partv
Chat Notwithstanding they differ upon
national issues) Qgnatious, do hushD
are equally interested in righting the
wrongs at home. NY stars! Sounds
like Republican CLAP trap y Now e.
man that will lend his influence to a
plan that will hinder rather than gain
the thing he needs by listening to
Democratic sophistry, is standing very
much in his own light.
We heard q crowd Of Democrats in
conversation in Goldsboro a few days
ago, and one of the men I'VE cell him q
man, he was shaped like one) say, we
must intimidate all we can" So you
see their plan. They will hire such as
they can to preach Our rights" in.
timidate "ell they can, and what they
lack in beating in this way they expect
to make up in stufing tie boxes to
give them an excuse for throwing out
enough to compel their unholy work"
Thus ends your second chapter. Is
this the gang you want to 'reciprocate'
with in 1862 This paper that you
wrote OF rather helped to promulgate
in 1894, is dated September, but the
day of the month is torn off the copy l
have and as I cannot give the day, in
order that you may know that I am
quoting you correctly, ! will just turn
over the page and call your attic ntion
to an extract of your review of the
speech of Senator Jarvis delivered in
GoldsborO about shat time. "Mr. Jarvis
started out by favoring the election of
y. s. Senators by a direct vote of the
people, good POpulist doctrine, of
course) but the Senator thinks it will
be a long time before we can get the
Senate to agree to it, and until
that be done he favored the next
best thing, and that is the Democrats
have a law of their own to have a pri-
mary election in which the Democratic
voters a vote and express their pref
erence, that the legislature may know
who they want for Senator, and thus
C4COU uAA4s Ills 1 D0 6A S4GCU1Ou III
which Democrats alone can vote. We
hope they will adopt his suggestion.
We want to see if they will steal from
each other. Well bet a quart of pea
nuts that there will be the biggest bal
lot box stufing ever heard of, it will
all be in the family and there will be
no one to grumble."
Thus ends the third and last chapter.
Then $3.50, to show the complete cum
mersault you have made where you
favor getting back into the family
by "reciprocation"-of ballot box stuff
fers, I will re produce your next and
last chapter. Now 1896:
Next and last chapter: Suppose the
National Democratic Convention de-
clares for goldbug single standards The
North Carolina Democrats would with
reciprocation with us a la mode New
bOOrne permit us to name Hon. A. g.
Sanford, MRjor Guthrie or some good
Populist as Governor and such other
officers as we might suggest as correct,
rather than have US turn over the State
to the tender care of Republicans, as
cited above. A crowd who like them
R9publicans) refused to r~eciprocate
with us upon a fair and reasonable
proposition of principle, after we put
them on their feet, as we did by recip-
rocation in 1894, and turn on their best
political friends in the way they have,
are not to be trusted by Populists in
1896, to the extent Of assuming the re-
s~ponsibility of their running North
Carolina till 1900.
If the contingency of r~eciprocation
with the Democrats should prevail
later, Remember Republican coercion
lists and coalitionists set the pace and
fixed conditions that made it essential.
All Populists are not fools nor prey for
Republican jackals forever at their de-
mand."
You say ''alI Populists are not fools"
I agree with you, and therefore will
not follow you into that gang which
you so aptly described in your county
organ in 1894.
Good bye, IgnatioUs. I am sorry you
have come to the parting of the ways"
for if you take the road your next and
last chapter" is leading you, you will
march into a lions cave from which no
tracks yer return. But you pays
your money and you takes your
choice. Yours f~raternally,
JAMES M. MEWBOORNE.