The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-02-18

civilized men of any race or IN any
age. And upon the consumation Of their
desires and efforts we invoke the gra
cious favor of D vine Providence"
WHAT 1 T MEANS
Tne speeches made during the two
days session of the convention accorded
with this report. The people who hon,
estly favor silver and an American
financial system, have deliberately con
cIuded that neither at St. Louis in
June, nor at Chicago in July, will the
interests and rights of the people be
recognized in the platform Or in the
candidates in a manner satisfactory to
the patriots who are fighting for the
the recognition of the money Of the
constitution.
Among the roster of candidates upon
the Republican side there is not one
Reed, Mckinley, Allison, Morton, Har-
rison-who is not either an eighteen
karat ~goldbug, or a tricky straddler,
and none will be accepted by the sill
yer men. Grover Cleveland appears
to be the only candidate within sight
of the demoralized Democracy, and
even if his place should be taken by
some n else it is recognized that the
monopolistic corporate-kid glove and
the Nav York yellow metal ring, which
controls the Democratic organization,
will possess the power to force it's will
upon the Chicago Convention" 1t is
therefore plain to every thinking man
that the only salvation for the peo-
pie lies in the organization of the patri
OTIS of America into one movement to
fight the bankers and monopolists and
the gold combine to a finish.
ONE LEADING PARTY ISSUE.
Senator Harris, of Tennessee, gave
as a reason for refusing to co operate
in the reorganization of the Senate on
silver lines, that he would never iden
tify himself with a party that had only
a single issue. 1t is true that he is a
conspicuous leader of a party without
a single issue, as aptly suggested by
Senator Butler, but a party organiza
ton with only burning issue is no
new thing under the sun. Jackson
won on the single issue which he raised
of the elimination of the United States
Bunk; the Republicans have carried
the country repeatedly with the issue
Of protect lion; Lincoln was swept into
White House on the anti-slavery issue
and Cleveland on tariff reform. Glad
stone carried England on the Issue of
home rule. The one overshadowing
issue strips a political campaign Of ali
side questions that may distract the
voter, and leaves him free to exercise
his judgment un0efogged by eXtran-
eous Influences.
READY FOR THE BATTLE
Three weeks ago there were three
distinct silver organic atoms in this
country, each acting Independently,
viz The American Blmetallic League,
the n 4tiCnal Bimetallic Union and the
National Silver Committee, but at a
conference held in Chicago it was
agreed to consolidate all three into the
American Bimetallic Union. General
A J. Warner, of Ohio, was elected
President. At that conference, the
meeting which took place this week in
Washington, was arranged for. Toe
leaders of the old parties are thor
oughly alarmed at the position taken
by the Peoples party and at the atti
tude of aggression and independent
action that has been assumed by the
silver men, but they are p~owerless to
whistle down the brakes. 1t is expected
that the labor organizations of the
country will come into the movement,
which will add both force and charac
ter to the movement, which the
third emancipation Of the people.
The treatment of Senator Butler by
the debauched gold press and the ed
m"inistratiOn papers ought to sati-fy
the people that both are mendacious
and corrupt. 1t is needless to expect
a truthful or even fGir report Of what
any Peoples party Senator or Rlpre
sentative may do or soy in this Con
gress. 1t is a compaign exigency and
the slanderers will keep up their COW
ardly and contemplate m5srepresenta
ton and ridicule until their masters
are silenc9d at the ballot box in No
vemb6r.
A GRAIN OF TRUTH
is discovered IN some Of the many vi
cioUs misstatements printed for the
purpose Of trying to break the force