The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-08
THEIR OWN WORK.

A million PopullsGs VIII reIus6 10 sup
port Bryan if Sewallis not taken down.
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
An exchange truly says: That is to
say a million Populists will repudiate
their own work and their W candl-
date. Mr.. Bryan is as much the NOM
inee Of the Populist convention as he is
of the Democratic convention Kin
ston Free Press.
Does any one suppose that the Pop
ulists would have nominated Bryan at
st. Louis if it had not been done with
the understanding that Watson would
get Democratic support? Failing to
get the convention TO endorse Bryan
and S6wall as the Democratic a
ayers and the Populist traitors hoped
to do, Watson was put on as a compro-
mise.
Circumstances point to the fact that
the Populist National convention raj
delayed for the sole purpose Of letting
the Democrats get in ahead with a
platform and candidates which, it was
hoped, would be satisfactory, and
break up the reform movement.
Now we want to be thoroughly I'M
ders5ood. We can't prove the charges
above and we cau't name the rascRls.
But there is some fine circumstantial
evidence. We dc not believe and do
not charge that all of the members of
the National Populist com lttee we're
in the deal. Doubtless many Of them
were persuaded 20 think iJ the best
course.
The goods were not delivered. Just
when the endorsement business vas
about TO fall through at ST. Louis, the
name Of Watson was brought forward.
But those who voted for Watson be,
lieved that they were voting for a
uniOn Of forces and not for a division.
They hardly expected to be the only
patriots in the land when 80 many
others were protesting patriotism.
The silver Democrats, of which the
editor of the Free Press is one, claim
that they have cut loose from Cleve-
landism and Wall street. IL this be
true they do not want to vote for Ar
thur Sc wall their consciousness will not
permit them to do so.
If the Democratic and Populist man
ayers do not straighten OUT matters, if
they attempt treaChery or to carry out
trea cherry, one million, yes, two mil
lion Popullsts and hundreds of thou
sands of Democrats and Republicans
will not vote for Bryan in November.
The withdrawal of Sc wall is the fret
thing necessary.
"A million POpulists :" Does the
Free Press know what that meRn59 1t
means a million Americans! IC means
a million men who cannot be driven
Il means a million men who are work
ing like slaves and watching the great
corporations and ~Oficeholders putting
the results Of their toll into their 0 IN
vaults. 1t means that a million Pop
uIists will refuse to be made footballs
OF. 1t means q million American voters
who cannot be dragged to the polls.
But will that million Populists be
alone9 II they decide to put up a Presi
Dental candidate ninety nine out of
every hundred POpulists Will vote for
him, and as the Populists and their
sympathIz3rs number nearly one third
of the voting population Of this coun-
try, and they will gain many recruits
If forced to put uD a ticket, you can
easily see where Bryan and his party
will land. The people will array them
selves with the Populiots, for it will be
plain that the Democratic managers do
&, OF wish to win this year.