The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-24
FALLING AWAY OF FUSION
SOME GlARlN6 INCONSISTENCIES ACUTE
tY EXPOSED,
Catawba Crops Greatly Injured and the Popu-
list Party Equally SO The Duty of
Democrats,

Newton n. c.. Sept. 23.-(Special) -
| 1hn crora IN this county have been very
greatly injured hy dry weather. Some
| farmers from the Southeastern s,Gtion
Lar tatnwba county say 4 Is lna poorest
crop of cotton they have seen for many
! yrnes This would not lac ~ bad IL the
! Mex mley wave of prosperity, with the
| lew r,lcc Of cotton did not 40 hand in
| hand with the drought. The tarin leg
! is,aticn was mainly with cotton g0ols,
| ami lthold wheat Coca UP ana cotton
down. What the South has TO buy to
eat goes up, what they have to sell goes
down. SO the most ignorant can see
thnt tariff legislation does not bring us
prosperity and that the Republican adj
ministration has as much to do with
the price of wheat as the barking OF
bench legged flee" has to do with the
change OF the moon.
The fusion" establishment certainly
has trouble on all sides. The worst leg
isaton we have had since 1868 'Go-'70.
They have gone on the plan that the way
to reduce expenses and to economize is
to create new offices. DR. Smith filled
one, he has made n success. Mr.. Leazar,
offered to take the penitentiary and give
a bond to run it for 10 years without any
expense to the State; how as it now?
DR.. ID. Reid Parker fell heir 10 another
one of the new Offices, he held an i'm
stitute, a Farmers Institute. at New
ton; the highest number he had in at
tendance was IA, nearly all Democrats.
Why was this? Well, the Populist lead
ers used their influence against it. When
asked why they did so.they replied, "Dr.
Parker sold out by voting for Pritcbard
@ ~, Ih1 10, LOT n
suppose DIR. Parker, was only carrying
out the contract made two years before
when they were arranging for both But
Ter and Pritchard. Is it not strange that
these same men who are so indignant at
DIR. Parker, voted for Mcneil and Bar
ker for the Senate of North Carolina
knowing at the time they would vote
for Pritchard? Yes Mcneil stated it on
the stump. Now then these same men
condemn DR.. Parker for doing just what
they did by their agents Mcneil and
Barker. Now If the masses, the rank
and file' of the Popuhsts in Catawba
county shall again go into that "fusion"
arrangement we shall he very greatly
We have been giving this
class credit for being sincere in desiring
reform; their cry was "a reduction of
salaries. reduction of offices, ct Get"
Now when there has been an increase
all along both lines, are they going TO
he held in line by the old cry of Dem
ocratic lies?' This their leaders will
try to do, for Butler has been here. max
ing speeches in order to keep the old 81
tat;on alive. Should the frank and file
above alluded to be led off again after
this "Baal," our confidence in them and
their professions will be gone, and we
will insist on Democrats sticking close
together and fighting for the cherished
principles of the party, silver on an equal
footing with gold, low tariff, reform OF
the pension roll, States rights, as against
power at Washington.
(which means no Simonton in IT'D reduc-
tion of expenses generally in the general
government, in fact an economical adj
of the government for the
people and not for the few. Let us con-
tinue to make the fight on this line.
If we never succeed in carrying an cleo
ton, we will feel that we have done our
duty, and preserved our self respect and
honor. too. And if those who ought to
go with us persist in going off with the
crowd whose principles are Numerically |
opposed to everything that they (the |
have advocated, they must go,
Dut let them remember that they will be
held responsible at the bar of public |
)pinion in North Carolina for placing |
our grand old commonwealth in the |
she is now in, and keeping her
here. ISL gIgzEsI