The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-05

VIII be Necessary
B.-"Hellol Mr.. Editor"
R-"Hello! Major. Hope you are
feeling better today"
BIN a little mite better. That
spell ov perlitikal apendiseetus 1 had
cum purity nigh bein' the last ov me. 1
thought sartin I would be a corpse by
this time. But I'm a perlitikal Ne
poleon, I am. You can't down me
Feenix like I riz9 up frum the ashes ov
defect an Disappointment an'cum forth
smiIin' ergin. When the Pops git con
troll ov the country I will not give up,
but will stand on the hills this side oV
the Potomack river an make faces at
the anarchist whut is elected Presi-
dent. No, sir, they can't down me.
IL cotton goes ter one cent q pound Ill
stand rite up ter the rack an tell my
self an my Majors that they are raisin'
too much, an they needn't BE- blalmin'
the goldbugs fer the low prices Ov the
same. But things r still shaky. l
reckon we had better git up fusion be
tween the Democrats an republicans
an save this glorious country Ov ours
frum the Pops. I've bin studyin' the
question sum an I think We are near
enuf tergether ter fuse without sacri.
ficin' any principles. In fact we haint
got any. I don't want any Gifts myself,
an Whut I'm goin' ter say IL that If the
Republicans will put up Cleveland,
Mckinley, Whitney, Sherman or Cars
lie we dymokrats will endorse which
ever one they want, an then we'll di
vide the cabinet positions and post
masters places pro rata. l said I didn't
want any Gifts. I don't but when it
comes ter State matters I'll take a nomi
nashun providin' any ov 'em are not
filed without truble. If Russell or
Dockery il nominated fer governor by
both parties 1 will take Lieutenant
Governors place, or sumpthin' of that
kind. Ter make a long story short,
I'm willin' ter divide the offises frum
President down ter county commits
simmer between the Dymskrats and
Republicans. If We can do this we can
lick the Populists out ov their butes il
both State and Nashun. Sum may
think this skeeme can't be wurked. l
know it can. Haint both Of the parties
bin divided up fer years7 In one State
the dymakrats are fer free coinage, In
another they are fer a single standard.
In some States they are fer free trade,
IN others they are fer high tariff, and
it is erbout the same with the Republi-
cans. So we can easily smooth over
little differences. When we git in we1l
issue bonds day and mite an contract
the currency week day an Sunday an
make money sound an guide in
Yurrip. Well close up all the minis
an qlit maxim money fer four years.
by that time it will be plentiful. I've
studied the question up one side and
down the other, an | fad that the only
way ter make money plentiful il ter
quit maxim any. Both platforms ulster
declare fer a constant increase in the
circulatin' medium in ratio to the in
crease ov populashun an business, but
that wuz whar we dymakrats an Re-
publ.cans didn't know our duty. MI.
Rothschild hez bin givin' us sum les
sons in finance an he hes convinced US
that the only way ter make money
plentiful IL ter quit maxim it, an both
parties agree ter this. Now why can't
we git tergether an defect the P0pu
lists, who are clamorin' fer more money
by c~oinin'silver an printin'greenbacks,
when we know that il the very way
ter make it scarce? Gude-bye.
--r,- ---s---- $500