The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-04-16
NO MISTAKES
SHOULD BE MADE
The People are Willing to Burst
Old Party Ties For Gen.
eral Good.

For The Caucasian.l


Nsme Ne Guihrls.
For The Caucasian
ORD FoRT, y. g., April :, lSG.-
For the past thirteen years ! have
not been actively engaged, nor over
much concerned in matters OF politics
and have rested-but this year feel
tthat no good citizen should remain
passive or careless, but should go to
work To help strai hten out the crook
rdness of things and do all he can to
| wiring the country back To prosperity.
studying the situation over it is easy
to Observe one good sign. The people
are willing To burst old party ties and
To- unite together for principle OF
rommOuweal-the general good. For
mrrly good citizens would sacrifice
their promptings for the "party's
good Just now il is very important
| that no mistakes should he made by
the Two parties forming the fusion
| movement in this State. IL is, in fact,
"A matter Of rjtdi Importance that each
should yield party for the good Of the
state. Let us all get out OF the woods
before we begin to talk turkey" or be-
| fore We want to reward this or that
parti-a hero for what he has done for
| y1DH
OF course there must be leaders i'm
every battle array, and all allies should
br recognized, but il is this comma
battle that the plans must be formed
IN consider, and not the late battle-it
IS the fight now on that must be ar
ranged to please the good people and
not the good politicians-;he profess
SIGNALS.
seeing and talking with the people
L is easy to understand that they are
in earnest if they are permitted to
have their way about this matter, but
they are powerfully independent and
30 not mean to be used for party in
tercsts per Sc-they are for an honest
fusion of the Republican and Populist
parties to save reforms already Sc
cured and to be further protected, and
for the financial relief in Congress
that only this fusion element in this
state can advance as against goldbugs
IN the two old parties straight. There
must be u fusion to succeed, as past
experience well shows.
Then, the people want POpulist for
Governor, and they want Pritchard or
some other silver Republican for SEN
ator.
1t is absolutely essential, to show
! good faith and mutual confidence, that
P0pulist be named for Governor. OF
course Populist acceptable to the
Republicans must only be named.
Looking over the field and hearing
the people talk it is easy to see who
their favOrite is and doubtless the
reader has named in his mind Hon.
o VIVA. Guthrie before he reached it
with his eye on these lines. In this
country no other name is mentioned
lie has no enemies anywhere in any
party. He has friends everywhere
lie Is known all over the State as a lib
eral, noble gentleman and a friend tt
all the people. lie is no hide-bount
partisan to sacrifice public good fol
party good. intellectual. cultured
talented, patriotic and fearless, he i:
prominently man for this occasion
and he would make the most popular
Governor the State ever had, not ex.
cepting the immortal Vance. He i:
many thousand votes stronger thar
any other man in any party in thi:
state, and his nomination and canvass
will show it. Let us all get together
and nominate Mai. Guthrie with q
good State ticket and carry this cleo.
ton Just to see if the times don't get
better soon. q. III. BLOCKER.