The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-01
BUSINESS PARADE
How That Recent New York
Fake Was Managed.
Mr.. LEACH WRITES
Tammany is Working Hard for
Bryan and Sewall
BRYANlrEs FORCED TO MARCH.
al Am Caudjd Enough 20 Say, Were
Similarly Situated Would
Do the Tramp


ing"
TO the Editor; My esteemed anil
Iamented friend, Frank Terrell, OF
Chatham county. Il say lamented, be
cause he has crossed the big giver)
acting in capacity of teamsteT in Lees
army, while on the retreat from Peters
burg TO AppomatoN, Va, was captured,
When the Yankees surrounded his
wagon he jumped off his saddle mule,
shaking his fist at one Of his captors,
sayia: Gosh ding your time, ! reckon
you fellows think you can scare some
body" This expression has come to
nv mind many times within the past
four weeks. There will be seen in
this city next Saturday. October S1st,
the largest political parade ever seen
in this or any other country. called
'sthe business mans parade" Well,
/ must tell Won how this is 10 DE
brought about: There is a tacit I'M
Outstanding among the manufacturers
and business men, employers of labor,
to make this occasion a legal holiday,
with full days pay. Your readers
must remember that This city Is the
largest manufacturing city IN the
Union: consequently with a concert of
action on the part of the employer,
the men viii turn out. Where Is there
a wage worker who would not prefer
walking on Broadway, listening to
sweet strains of music, in preference
10 hard work / ann candid enough 10
say. ~ ere / similarly situated, / would
do the tramping. The music alone
viii amply repay for the annoyances
incident 10 the occasion. Nearly every
brass band. every drum and fife corps,
every Scotch l0ag-pipe band have been
employed; every business house ON
Broadway, and every hotel is to be be-
decked with banners, gold-bug mot
toes-in fact, every body intends 10
put their best foot forward. All rail-
roads. local steamship lines are TO
furnish rates at less than half fare.
Thousands are to come free. What
does this mean? A loss of millions TO
The employers and thousands taken
from the campng3 free all for the
purpose of swaying public opinion?
Can the purpose for which they start
out Zoe accomplished remains to be
seen. / hardly think every man who
marches in this parade will vote for
Mckinley. One at distance cam have
no conception of the quiet methods
being used to secure Mckinley votes.
j have no knowledge of what is being
done in the factories, but this much |
do know, any man filling amy position
of Importance, who talks free silver, is
quietly told you are talking too
much" The tip reaches him through
mutual friend. While all this is, and
will be done, the Indian Chief, Tam
many, whose coat of arms is tiger,
is not idle. / tell you they are work
ing for keeps, each of the 1857 cleo
tion districts will receive the same
amount of money as in former years.
This money is paid to the organized
workers at the polls on election day.
With Tammany working with right
down earnest, there is a fighting
Glance. All these statements as to
magistrates pro or con are simple guess
work. Should Mr.. Bryan carry this
State it will be a miracle, wherein will
be seen the workings of Divine ProVi-
dence.
Pardon me if / offer little advice to
YOUR North Carolina voters. This IS
undoubtedly the most important Crisis
that ever confronted the American
neople. The issue antedating 1860
falls into insignificance as compared
to the present. Then it was the free
dom of the colored race. This is for
the freedom of sixty odd millions of
the human RACE from serfdom. The
fostering by national Legislature of
trusts, monopolies, railroad schemes,
tends to make the rich richer and the
poor poorer. This can be ayerted by
concert of action on the part of Popu-
list silverites and Democrats, banding
together as brothers, fighting in one
common cause. This is no time for
chickering's as to party supremacy;
don't be hunting NOTES in your neigh
boris eyes. You have beams in your
own. The crisis that confronts the
American people is of greater import
ance than any party.
The Republicans are claiming North
Carolina as certain for Mckinley. Can
it be possible that her intelligent voters
are to so far forget themselves by Vot-
ing to pave the way to hang them
selves, their children, and their child
ren's children to poverty and degra-
tlation. To the realms of perdition
with any man or party of men who
yaunts the idea that farmers and wage
workers ms have been, and are be-
irg educated beyond their sphere IN
life. and we. whose hands are tied,
appeal to the intelligent voters OF
North Carolina to aid in Fighting
wrong ''Sicut patribus sitDeus
Nobis.' AS God was with our fathers,
so may he be with us.
Yours truly,
GEORGE T. LEACH.
New York City.