The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-09-27
SILVER And FREEDOM
3. F. Keith Says This Is The WalChwOrd Of
Democrats, POpuIiSts and SiIyeriteS.
BRYAN CAN BE VOTED FOR BY THEM ALL
Tho Chairman OF tho Free silver
Party TIA North Carolina. Issues
stirring Address Calling Upon
All Who Desire Financial ncrorm
TO Rally TO the support OF Hrynn.

Raleigh. n. c.. Sept. 2G.-(SpcciaD-
l.. f. Keith. chairman of the Free Sill
yer party in this State. issues an ad-
"rcsS TO the independent silver voters"
III winch he says the watchwords of the
Democratic. populist and Free Silver
parties are silver and freedom" lie
sets forth the fusion on electors and
S'tES All obstacles are removed and Bry-
an can now he voted for bv all who
favor silver. lie calls upon all indcpcn-
dent men, Independent of pnrtirs or
parties ties. who desire financial reform
10 rally to the support OF Bryan ana
inc electoral ticket In conclusion hu
! saws: Beware of Eoldbug temptcrs
VINO stand in our midstS. saving to the
.'eiioGfa,S the Populists will not sup
nurl me Ticket. and To the Populists tho
democrats will not support IT, Mon ar
''i5 KIM are enemies of the silver causc
arc tiNinE 10 defeat the ticket nv i'm :
slhuating distrust in our honest and
honorable purpose, ana are themselves
the creatures Of pelf who wish to de-
ieat me people at the polls in Novem-
| per Let us prove to the world that
american peoplc are not for sale"
@hcrlil simmons. of Rowan, today
, pfIuSht /" tn" pcnitcntiary Frank How
ara. Inc negro whose death sentence
Governor Carr Cummutol vrs,nrd,v
Toward Is rs StOlid as an Indian. Ills
ihltIliEtncc is Of Il very low order.
, 7"ciIli simmons spoke of the Pom
nSt "'ioLlS TO defeat the Democrats.
- Isl fonulist He was asked If the
l"nHllSlS did political work ON Sunda ~,
and replicd. NO. we can do enough in
SIN uiNS u beat the Democrats and rest
~ ScNcitil dlN. There are some
| i'opnlis;s ~ao would work the seventh
u'iT aiso i"r what they seem 10 consider
SO lhhdahic purpose.
Democrats assert that electoral rueion
WIN Ponn!istS has torn away many OF
lac latter from the clutches of the office.
holding ana seeking Pupuliyt element
some Ponulists Will join the Republican
party. ihrs" would in any event have
probably taken that course
Democratic state Chairman Manly has
al"aNS been an ardent advocate of cleo
iural fusion He says he has 100 lcitcrs
ana t"l"Grams from various part of the
state. saving the fusion has had a slim
lilutin" effect and congrafulatin,r ;ba
state Committee on what IL has done.
gentleman who came in this morn
inS from tour alleged that he heard
there was considerable intimidation of
cotton mill employees. particularly where
mills have happened 10 he Shut down
lie saws the employees are told the mills
Will not resume work unless Mckinley
| Is elected.
Tho Farmers Alliance tanncry at
l!Illshoro has begun work IN small
wav and with few employees
Nearly all the local cotton shipments
! from here are now made by the South
crn railway. which has recently built n
| platform. Heretofore the Scabonrd Air
Line has done nearly all the business
in this line.
The Clerk of Forsyth Court having.
| Under the claim that in some precincts
! there were 10 Populists. appointed Two
l!cpuh!!can registrars Of election. has
been directed by Superior Court Judge
to appoint Populists. The Populist
state Chairman went there To look after
the matter. The Republican State
I Chairman also went. Populsts made
the COMPLAINT To the Judge.
There appcarS to be a split of POM
| lists in this county. one clement. far
ne larSer. follows Otto Wilson. and the
| other follows SDicr Whitaker. 1t is as
serted that The trouble Is dccDnr-Seated
than III" Wilson faction will admit.
The wake populists have nominated
FOR ~" Senate Il young man named
Uticv who is Il student at Wake Forest
College and hardly q years Of age.
In this section there are fields OF cot
ton with every ball fully open. This
picking gets practically all the crop.
| Mr.. George w. Thompson. a leading
citizen Of Chatham county, died last
evening at pittsboro. His body was
brought here to-day for burial. His age
The Republicans are doing a great
deal of work among the negroes. by
might ana day. They are organizing
Mckinley clubs everywhere. They say
thew will get the full negro vote, solid
ana without break.
Republicans assert that the Demo-
Gratis are nominating ropulists for office
in some counties. Republicans do not
wish anybody except themselves to
chase the PopuIists.
Chairman Manly declares that the
division in the Democratic party
amounts to little ana that the fusion
electoral ticket will get the party vote
There is certainly no scramble for
office on the part of the Democrats This
Is noticeable in county matters just as
IL was AT the state convention
\. y. Dunuing, formerly editor of The
National Economist ana National
Waterman. two of the great Alliance
| organs. now lives Ii Salisbury. in this
State. O: course he is Populist
| worker
Rcpublicans are asking whether W. A..
Guthrie. 'upulist candidate for Gov
arncr really proposes to stay i'm the
ncid. Guthric's severe attack on them
have caused them To greatly dislike him
Nintc: S'udcrvcnr.
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