The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-30

so that we may get silver restored.
Would it be right TO tie his hands by
electing a gold bug Congress and Sen
ate? / should say not, that would be
ehild's play. You know that every Ike
publican Congressman nominated by
that party. will vote down Tree COM
| ape bill. Therefore, no silver or bryan
voter can afford to vote for Republl-
can for Congress.
If you vote for member OF the Leg
islature nominated by the Republican
marty he votes for a Senator that will
vote down free coinage bill. Now
our duty is plain. Let US ala free silver
Republicans, Populists and Democrats
make vow, that we will march 70 bhe
polls and vote for a member OF the
LEGISLATURE that viii vote for Sena~
tor that stands unequivacally for the
free coinage of silver at RATIO or TO
to 1 regardless of any other nation.
Also a Congressman that will do like
wise then we will have done our duty,
and show that we stand for principle
and not for party. AS / said in the OUT
set there is no party in this fight. | am
not going to raise racket with the
people about the State and county Of
fees You all have your personal pre-
ferences and have mine as to county
commissioners. / would just as soon
have a Populist, a Democrat and a
Republican that is bipartisan ques-
ton like the Judiciary, Attorney Gener-
al and magistrates And that is one of
the blanks in the p3rulist party
that I stand for, and viii
stand for as long as / re-
we're the name Of the lamented Col.
L. L. Polk, who organized the Alliance,
and the Populist party sprang from
the Alliance. | believe Col Polk short
ened his days on earth by going from
State to State championing the cause
of free silver and financial reform.
| beg of you Populists not 10 form any
entangling alliances that will cause
you to forsal1e your principle-yota
for Bryan and free silver.
I attended our Populist convention
at Lexington. Davidson county, last
Saturday, and some of the self-consti-
tuted leaders and office-holders called
caucus of the Populists to consider
fusion with the Republicans Or Demo
Gratis. We held our primaries the Sat
urday before. Thomasviile, my town
ship was entitled to eight delegates,
the largest by odds in iahe county. All
the eight voted against fusion with the
Republicans and were in favor of fu-
sion with the Democrats on principle,
and were voted down by a lot of office
holders, deputy sheriffs, etc, who We're
not delegates at all. If that is the way
fusion is effected in North Carolina
with the goldbugs, j call on all good
Populists to repudiate it and put up
candidates for the different offices on
a straight Populist ticket, or unite
with the Democrats and vote for free
silver, members of the Legis-
lature, and members of Con-
gress. We cannot afford to
forsake our principles and be driven
into the goldbug camp.
Stand to your guns, freemen of
North Carolina. / have to-day an
nounced myself candidate for the
Senate in the Twenty district.
/ stand for free silver, free silver MEM
bers of the Legislature, free silver
members of Congress, and free silver
electors, and / don't care what party
they belong to. The Democrats left
one Senator vacant for the Populists
to fill in, and if they viii leave it open
still, | will beat John A. Ramsey, of
Rowan, 700 votes, and the rank and file
of the Populist party Will vote for
principle, as | intend to do.
p. G. THOMAS,
Thomasville, N. c., Sept, 28.