The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-28
BEWARE OF REPUBLICANS
WHITE MAN AND WHITE METAL
THE TRUE ISSUES.
JENKINS THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
He was Nominated by them and is Canvassing
in their Interest. Or. Cy Thompson
the Boss Populist Boiler
Of the State.

SIN this fight 1 stand for just two
things" said Mr. John w. Atwater, can
didate for Congress in this district.
Il stand for White Man and White
Metal.
"For these" he continued, call true
Populists sand, and recognize in them
the real issues of this campaign"
"And is that why you became a candi-
date, Mr.. Atwater?" | asked.
Eyes, that is why l became a candi-
date, together with the further reason
that J. J. jenkins, my opponent, is the
not the choice of the Populist party, of
which I am an humble member.
"He was nominated by a packed con-
vention-a convention owned and con-
trolled by Republicans, Pritchard Popu-
lists and Federal offce-holders.
II came into this campaign at the
solicitation of true Populists-silver men
and supporters of VIM. J. Bryan-men
who refused to be led into the Republican
party and made a side-show to gold
bug camp. They wanted true silver
man to vote for, an advocate for white
supremacy in North Carolina.
1T was in response to this invitation
that entered the campaign.
Il am no bolter, as the Skinner faction
alleges. They are the boilers. | am
standing upon the platform of the Popu-
list party. DIR. Cy Thompson is the boss
bolter, if you please. / charge that he
has betrayed every principle enunclated
in the platform Of the last Populist
State convention and violated its every
pledge.
''Tyhat platform declared its purpose to
cooperate with any party or faction
of a party looking to the getting together
of the silver. forces.
"What did Dr. Thompson do? Hardly
had the ink dried ON the paper on which
these resolutions were written before DIR.
Thompson went and made bargain
with the Republicans by which he sold
out his party and promised to deliver
them over into the gold-bug camp. He
is to-day trying to carry out his contract.
Has he forgotten that only a few years
ago he was advising us to leave the
Democratic party because it was too
closely allied to the Republican party;
because their principles were too nearly
the same?
"What does he say now? Get still
closer to the Republicans and stand by
them and support them
''In every speech l urge my Populist
friends against such a course. ] advise
them to stand. for their principles-the
principles upon hich the Populist party
was founded, land not allow it to be des-
troyed by its enemies disguised as its
friends. Inasmuch as the Democrats of
the Fourth district have given their en-
dorsement to the Populist candidate for
Congress, / further urge all Populists,
where they have not true Populist
to support to vote for the Democratic
candidates. This for the reason that the
Democrats are, as a rule, much nearer
to the Populist party and more in accord
with its principles than are the Republi-
cans. This applies not only to the Con-
gressional ticket but to the judicial,
legislative and county tickets as well.
"As to the Acknowledgement scare that
the Republicans are trying to use to keep
them in power,it is not worth the seriou>
consideration of thinking man. The
cry that the Democrats and straight Pop
ulists will, if put in power, deprive the
"nigger and poor white man" of his vote,
is simply a bugaboo resorted to in an
extremity for base partisan purposes.
"It will fail in its object"