The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-10-29
AN ADDRESS


Vim. 4. GWthrie-the Peoples
PARTY NOnIiHoc .fO, GOrCjWOr.
On the morning of October 2Sth
the Democratic papers Of this State
were full Of praise and laudatiOn
Of Major William y. Guthrie, the
nominee Of the Peoples party for
Governor of North Carolina. On
the evening Of October 9th there
was an unusually lively hustle and
buzz around the Democratic State
headquarters, and an elasticity
hitherto unknown characterized
the tread of those who were official
ly connected with that establish
ment, and those who were in SYM
pathy with the objects and aims Of
tn" organization it represents.
The cause Of all this was that the
Democratic party hoped and be-
Iieved that the man who had been
nominated by the People party for
Governor had given the Peoples
party a deadly stab or struck it a
fatal blow.
The incident is one concerning
which there can be no temperate
feeling among those who have the
interests Of the Peoples party and
its objects at heart, however mod
crate may be the terms in which
it is commented upon. The abuse
of confidence is something that can
command no respect from the per-
son or persons abused; the betraY-
al Of a trust calls for the unreSerV-
ed condemnation Of those betrayed.
These remarks are preliminary
to some comment on an address
which has just been issued by
Major Guthrie and GLEEFULLY
PUBLISHED by the DEMOCRATIC
PRESS. That address comes at a
time when the lines are drawn for
the grand charge in political con-
test, and when there was no thought
that there was dissatisfaction OF
troachprY in any one Of those in
whom the greatest trust had been
rep0spd. While it comes with
something like a shock, it is not
the shock that WCakenS or demOra-
IizoS the lines in which it occurs.
1t is simply the shock of surprise
and aStOniShment-th shock that
accompanies the discovery Of mis-
placed confidence; end then it
passes, leaving nothing but a
latent memory that there was
once a man in the lines who passed
out without hindranc".
The address Of Maj. Guthrie is
issued at a time when those upon
whom may dpVolVe whatever ne
cpSSitV there is Of noticing it are
Wearied and worn with the aTduOUS
duties and work Of a complicated
and DerpIeNing Campaign-a cam
Daign in which the representatives
of the Peoples party haV" jealous
lv striven with all their ability
and power to make the road of
their chief Standard-bparer clear
and his burden easy despite the
fact that he, himself, pcrsistently
threw obstacles in his own path
and with duties Of grave impor-
tanco still pressing upon them,
they have but little time or inclina-
tiOn to ramblC among words for
thu purpose Of collecting together
a choice variety Of them for the
purpose Of expressing q rebuke,
The first three lines Of the ad-
dress convey a gross and unpar-
insult to the Peoples Party
state COmmitte and every member
Of the party who sympathiZ"s with
the efforts the committee has made
and the course it has pursued. 1t
would be supert1uOus here to re-
cite the cooperative arrangements
which the State Committee, by
virtual authority Of the state con-
VpntiOn, has entered into with
other political parties. One OF
them is a cooperation with the
party on State an Con-
grpssiOnal tickets. This is refer
red to by Maj. Guthrie in these
words: "AIIurod into the camp Of
Mark Hanna and politically
And after this out
rageOus insult, which every true
in the State will aVenge
in some way, the address turns
into a disgracefuI and disgusting
plea for the Peoples party to 'roLh
into the DemOcr0tic party 0td he
sw0UOwed. And for what? All
WHAT??
He refers to his address as the
'Gast appeal Of him whom yon
hOnOred with your confidence at
our last State convention by nOmi-
mating me as your choice for the
office of Governor" And in this
lost appeal he "begs" "beseeches"
the members Of the
Peoples party to vote for POPU-
rrrc0 No For man who have