The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-09
AN DQRES

To the Peoples Party Voters of North
Carolina and the United States:
The election of MIR. PriCchard, the
candidate of Hanna, Sherman and
Wall street, to represent the silver sen
timent Of North Carolina in the United
States Senate, is a shock to every
true patriot of this State, as well as the
I alton.
He was elected by the votes Of those
who call themselves Populists, and at
g tim9 when they could as easily have
elected a Populist Senator. PJpuIists
who fail in a critical hour to stand for
Populist principles r not the POpu.
lists in whose hands and under whose
leadership the principles of the party
can be carried to victory.
When the Peoples party last sum-
mer refused to enter into a contract to
support the caucus nominee of the Re
publican party for United States Sen
ator-regardless of his position on the
financial question Gwen though the
Governorship night have been gotten
in return for such a pledge.) they then
laid their plans to secure the votes of
enough individual Populist Senators
and Representatives OF this legislature
for such a Senatorial candidate in spite
OF and in defiance of the Peoples party
organization. To accomplish such a
result it was necessary for them to
find some one or more prominent mem
Der of the Peoples party whom they
could Influence to barter their prin-
cipIes and become their agents and
tools TO carry out a conspiracy to cor
rupt, deoauch, and, it necessary, split
the Peoples party to accomplish their
purpose.
They found 4 of their agents in the
person of Col. Harry Skinner. The al
lies and satellites of this arch traitor
inside the organization played their
part and by their acts uncovered them
selves to the world in casting their
votes for Mr.. Pritchard for United
States Senator. The next step in their
hellish plot is already being taken.
Having disrupted the Peoples party
caucus and accomplished the election
of a gold Senator, by open and defiant
alliance with the minority they are
sCudiously endeavoring by every indu-
ence at their command to disrupt and
destroy III organization, because they
and every corporation, monopoly,
trust and combine, which is represented
by them in thus contest, hate our prln-
ciples and are alarmed at the growth
and increasing strength Of the Peoples
party, which represents these prin-
clples.
This they will endeevor to accomp-
lish by using a their agents in every
community In the State either some
local Republican boss, or some so called
Pop6l1st, who Is willing to accept a
mess Of pottage in the shape of Federal
patronage from the Mckinley pie coun-
ter to make inslnuatIons and false &C
cusations against the character, mo-
tives and purposes of the majority Of
the members of the Peoples party
caucus and these who stand by their
action. 1t is absolutely necessary to
the consummatlon of their conspiracy
to break the confidence of the peo-
pie at home in the men who have
fought without ~falteriDg in the face of
tt emendous ODDS and terrible tempta-
tion to preserve the integrity Of the
party and it's principles and TO retain
the balance of power in the United
States Senate to prevent the further en-
croachments of the allied enemies OF
good government upon the liberties
and prosperity of the people.
1t is a part of their scheme, IN at
tempting to accomplish this purpose,
also to back up these boiling members
of the legislature in their respective