The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17
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nominations, but as s conceded, Tor
the purpose ofpshaping theIpolicyof)
the PeOple1sopartylinTtha coming CAM
To determine siwhether atheJ
.Populists of North Carolin8 will Coz
operate to use the IRnguageEot the9pro
motors Of the plan. with the Demo.
party. or with the Republican
party, or whether it will make "a
straight fight IN ,t}3sdus1 III b3nii9s-
II you wish to vote aWithithe Demo
cratic party, and thereby surrender all
you have been Tailoring for, fyou have
come to the conclusion that the Popu-
list party isno longer needed ia poll
tics, and that the members Of the pr
s~ganization have deserved all the ours
ing, viIliflcation and ostraCism they
have received, it you believe the brutal
and cowardly declaration made not
long ago by one of the principal Demo,
cratic papers In this State, that the
children of the Populists ought to be
ostracised at the public schools, il you
endorse that part of the Democratic
press, which has welded the scorpion
lash of party over the backs of free
men, because they dared to think and
-act for themselves, and vomited forth
the fumes of hell upon the good names
of honest men simply to bolster the
Democratic party in its short comings
and broken promises, and to elevate
themselves into notice, it you believe
that all the teachings Of the lamented
Polk were but libel upon the Demo
cratic party, and the campaigns of
Senator Marion Butler but the wild
vaporings of an anarchist; if you wish
to see the Populist party absorbed, dis.
organized and disbanded, if you wish
to surrender our present election law
and walk back into the Democratic
party be branded as political recreants
If you are ready for this it ls my duty,
while I am still your Chairman, to tell
you that you ought to see to it that
delegates are named for your conven-
ton who will register your will in the
matter. y
If you oppose Democratic Populist
fusion on State and county tickets in
North Carolina, it becomes my duty to
warn you to see to it, that delegates
are selected who will correctly repre-
sent you in the State and county, con.
ventioT g. -..+ q -rz az, E-#s s.: 10, RI
Speaking for myself, 1 beg to say,
that I am opposed to Democratic Popu
list fusion. 1 wish that distinctly un
derf TODD. When / think it my duty
to return to the Democraticfo fold, Ishall
do so as fearlessly as I left it, but i will
never consent to be hoodwinked, be
guIIed, o absorbed back into the Demo
cratic party. Cooperation between
opposing parties with but one issue,
the election Law, is not only an absurd
ity, q tatss pretense, but an impossibil
iEy. O~o-OperaSion with the Democratic
party means the absorption and de
strucI1on of the POpuiist organization
o. operation between Democrats and
POpulists would not mean victory
it would mean ignominiOus defeat and
the utter Rnnihilation of the PoDulist
p Arty. Twenty-Five per cent. of the
Democrats would never vote the ticket
and SIXTY per cent. at least of the Pop
ulists would ~repudiate it. The Repub
liCan party would go into power in
North Carolina, the Democratic party
would go to the rear for a Season, and
the POpulist party would pass into
history indeed, it viii not deserve a
place in history if it is to betray the
thousands of good men in this State,
who sought it's shelter and asylum un.
der the promise Of liberty and protec.
ton, to fnd themselves betrayed,
branded and enslaved. .a' $4,000 ~
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