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

doing it now with all the malice,
hatred and malignity that the
devil incarnate can inspire; Demo
Gratis who-have no aim in this
campaign but to win, if possible,
by any and every species Of fraud
and corruption they can invent
and devise, and then renew their
/ CleVelandiSm, RansOmism, and
use their power to accomplish the
annihilatiOn Of the Peoples party
so they will have nothing to fear
in the reinstatement Of their boss
ism and arrogance.
The term "nOn-partisan Judi
Ciary" is introduced into the ad
dress and is followed by plea that
! POpulists will -Ote for Two Demo-
OCratic Judges and AGAINST two
Republican Judges. If Il "nOn-
! partisan" Judiciary is sought
earnestly and sincerely, why not
at least plead that POpulists will
vote for one Democratic Judge and
OF" Republican Judge. Why must
erprythiHg for which Major Guth-
rie pleads be DEMOCRATIC?
If the general course which Maj.
! Guthrie advises should be adopted
| by the Peoples party, it would not
be represented in Congress by a
single member from this State. 1t
would not have a single representa-
! tive in the State government or on
! the judiciary. 1t would have little
! if any representation in the LegiS-
! Iature, and consequently no int1u-
ence whatever. Is this what Major
! Guthrie seeks or desires? Does the
man who was nominated by the
| Peoples party for Governor desire
! to see that course pursued which
will utterly destroy every VeStige
of representation, influence and
power the party can secure by the
course it is now pursuing? All,
what a riddle is here!
The address reaches its maxi
mum Of political folly and impu-
dence when it advises POpulists to
scratch" the name Of Spencer b.
| Adams, who is on the POpu1ist-
Republican cooperation ticket, and
put the name Of James :. Manning,
a Democrat, in it's place. What
would be the result of the adoption
Of this procedure? Republicans
would "scratch" Judge Walter A.
! Montgomery. Would Democrats,
for whom Maj, Guthrie makes such
strong, plea, step in and replace
! the Republican "Scratchers If
not, what would become Of Judge
Montgomery, the Populist nominee
! for Supreme Court Judge? Now,
let it be supposed that retaliatOry
! Scratching" should be practiced
! by POpulists and Republicans all
! the way through. The result would
be a three-cOrnered fight in the
| State, and the end would be vic
! tory for either the Republicans or
! Democrats, with no existing pOliti-
cal influence for the POpulists. #
there should be a Republican victO-
~, then the policy Of Maj. Guthrie
/ would result in a complete State
domination Of what he appears to
dread so much-Republican gold
bugs. If the Democrats should
win. there would be complete
return to CleVelandism and Ran
s0miSm. and the chances are just
100 to | that the Democrats would
return Ransom to the United States
Sonatr long before they would think
of sending any one else there, no
matter how desperate or wildly
u1tu one else may plead for the
Democratic party now.
One of the specific requests made
bv Mai. Guthrie is for the POpu-
lists to support the Democratic
nominees in the Fifth and Ninth
Congressional districts. What is
the logic Of such procedure as
this and to where does j. lead? If
a Democrat is good enough to vote
for in the Fifth and Ninth districts
2 Democrat is good enough to vote
for i'm the First, Fourth and all the
If Democrats are good enough to
be voted for for one office, they are
good enough to vote for for another
office: and if this course should be
Dursucd it would mean complete
surrender to the Democratic party.
This is something that will not
be done by the Peoples Party in
North Carolina, Guthrie or no
Guthprie. When this man was
nominated for Governor by the
PEOPLES party Convention, he was
not commissioned to plead the
cause of the Democratic party. 1t
was never, no never, for one IN
stant supposed at that time that
Major Guthrie thought some other
party was better than the one by
which he was honOred with the
highest compliment it could be
stow. The Convention believed it