The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-10-01
HENDERSON, l,

votes and only 1,453 PoDulist votes
lne answer is simply TO elect the
gold-bug Republican candidates, who
will go to Congress and vote against
every principle the Populists are fight
ing for. When Christ was led up on
the mount TO be tempted by the devil,
thas was the work Of more trickery and
chlcanery than was ever known to the
world, yet the action Of Butler is more
'oxy, deVellsh and tricky. (Cri-s of
"Hlt him again, give him h-l.'O
butler pretends to be for your great
leader, Bryan, but all this chincanery
Will defeat him. If you follow Butler
and his d'shrag committee you will
defeat every object and purpose for
which you left the Democratic party
and joined the Populist party. ICries
ct "We'll never do it."] If you do
III shake the dust from my feet and
you will call on Kitchn and the in
dependent Populists to shield you from
the wrath to come. [Applause.1
"Ihe Populists nominated Bryan
and our duty is to vote for him if the
devil IS on the ticket with him. lam
gong to vote for whichever Bryan
ticket stands the best showing of being
elected, whether it's Bryan and Wat
son or Bryan and Sewall. The Dem
ocratlc party threw overheard its gold
bug bosses, and now their platform is
your platform, their principles are
your principles, their defeat your de-
feat. They are our allies, and not
gold bug Republicans, who brought
all this financial trouble on our coun-
try. Applause.] 'Middleo of-the- Road
Popullsts' means middle of the road to
the Republican party, and that is
where Butler is leading the Populist
party, but we'll see that he does not
do it. [App!ause.] BY this Infamous
fusion arrangement he has sold you
out; you have been traded off; you
have been bound, gagged, corralled,
housed. With his jumping jack COM
mittee he has sold out your principles.
found that my fusion proposition to
the Democrats had never been deliv-
cred to Chairman Manley. Butler
said it had. Manly said it had not.
1t is a matter of vcracity between them.
Cries Of (which one is i,?'1 | don't
know. Laughter.
"All Populists should assert their
manhood and vote against Buffers
sweet scented, ul-smelling fusion.
True Populsts wanted electoral and
congressional fusion with the free sill
yer Democrats. All the fusion we
wanted with the Republicans was in
the townships and counties to preserve
our county government, and that
would be SO bad that it would smell
like dead dog. Laughter But
ler's fusion is for you to support George
White against Mr.. Woodland; to sup
port. Settle, Pearson and the other
gold bug Republicans that your
principles have been sold for $4,000.
l tell you if you follow Marion Butler
all the officers in North Carolina with
search warrants can't find the tail end
of your party, it will be SO far in the
Republican party. [Laughter.l
81 voted for fusion in 1894. Then
Butler told me, then Holton told me,
when | asked where fusion would end
that it would only be for that election,
10 wrest the election machinery out Of
The hands Of the Democrats to pass an
election law that would guarantee ev-
cry man his right to vote and to Sc
cure county government for the peo
pie. After that | thought the Populist
party would develop into great party,
but after two short years | see the
Populist party sold out by traitors and
scoundrels! [Applause.] The con-
vention was called to put up men of
your principles, but Marion Butler
and Ohio Wilson have put gold-bug
Republicans on your ticket for Con-
gress to be rammed down your throats
They purpose to vote you like SO
many sheep. If you do it God have
mercy on your wives and little chill
dren, but little for you! Laughter.
If you vote for gold-bug Republicans
farewell to financial reform until you
! ge, i, at the point of bayonet, and
God forbid that?'
"NVhat are you going to do, Capt.
! Kitchln?' inquired man in the audi
enCe.
81 am going to canvas for Organism
against Mck:nleyism, Butlerism, Hol-
tonis:n, Maniey ISM, and will canvas
for silver and victory. Applause. !
am going TO vote f,r the man on the
ticket with BRYAN that there is the best
chance of eiectlng. If you put Md
die oi,lhe- Road Populist on the ticke'
with Bryan it means defeat. A third
electoral ticket means a plurality fol
! Mckinley and defeat for Bryan
Go home and discard Mckinley and
Batter and study this question io'
yourselves. Applause. ]
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