The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-03-24

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ciple of our party and the party itself
will die. When a woman loses her
virtue she loses all. When the Popu-
list party loses it's principles it loses all.
Mr.. Butler is truly aware of this fact
when he refuses to surrender any part
of our ticket to the enemy"
Mr.. Butler said in the Senate some
! ago that he was willing to throw our
party organization away in order to
do certain things. And does not his
! silver letter Of recent date prove con-
clusively that he favors abandoning
every demand except free silver, and
ia this not ''to surrender any part of
our ticket to the enemy?" Ny whole
! fight was and is to preserve party
identity and to win men to u party.
And everything proves conclusively
that MIR. Butler is endeavoring to
throw it away for a single idea. And
if not. the people are nightly fooled.
Every mail brings me scores of COM
plimentary letters from ell ove the
State, saying that I was right and to
stick to 1t.
My good friend said, in his paper Of
April 4, 1895, in an article headed,
"Popuiis5, B9ware!':
1--WE warn PcpuIists not to be fooled
By the one plank silver party. This
new party will amount to but little.
Parties originate among the people and
the litgle parties that are formed by 8
few self constituted leaders who hold o
meeting in Washington and issues q
sort OF address, never get above the
waves. We believe that this new
'BimataIic party is a deep laid scheme
20 l. tIIenco voters away from the Pop
uiis5 party, notwithstanding Gen.
| Weaver and some other Popuiist lead
ers have gone off after the one plank
'critter.' This scheme will fail Of it's
purpose, for there is no sense nor rea-
son in leaving the Populist party-a
party whose marvellous growth for the
past three years mas attracted the at
tenSion Of the entire CIVILIZED world.
The Omaha platform embodies the
essential principles of popular govern
men and it has more champions and
supporters to day than ever before.
Then why leave this party to join a
silver party? Let self made leaders
form as many parties as they choose,
but it is the duty of all Populists who
favor better prices and better times,
to keep s~q1arely in the middle of the
road and keep moving.
The above are or views Of the new
party at present"
Why has this sudden change come
! over him? OnIy a few months since
be was singing the same old song of
truth that 1 am singing 'singing in
tones of deep emotion"
Again, in MS paper Of May 9, .95, he
said:
The Populist party is theonly party
that is united on the money question;
cons quently the agitation of this Que5
ton Will greatly strengthen our ranks.
! The outlook for P0pul.sm grows bright
er each day and ali developments point
to ultimate victory. Keep in the mid
die Of tue road and let the watchword
be Onward
We don't know whether the Ma
tional Waterman means to try to lead
5he Populi5ts into the silver party or
not, but IL is clearly evident that the
Populists are not being led nowadays
by anybody. They are holding fast to
the Omaha platform and standing
firmly On the solid rock of Populism,
They know that the silver question is
only one branch of the none ques
ton, and they are truly aware that
free coinage would only be a very short
step in the right direction and there,
fore would not of itself bring new life
to the industrial and commercial inter
ests Of the country"
Both the old parties will probably
incorporate q free coinage Is TO 1 plank
in their platforms next yea. Then where
will the one plank silver platform be9"
And yet he is now for Mr.. Buffers
non partisan farce.
"Backward-turn backward
. time in thy flight"
ans see what OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in
gratitudes - are committed in thy
name! Or, non partisanship!
He says:
Let a Democratic and a fusion
ticket be up and the latter will get the
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