The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-02

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! goldbugs and h]ypocrites in S ates
where the silver sentiment was strong
among the masses of the people. In
an open letter in the New Yotk Jour
nal he warned the people that in States
like North Carolina the g9lbugs and
monopolists would pretend to be for
silver in order to gat control OF the
conventions and the party machinery,
but when in control they would refuse
to do that which was necessary to win
a victory for the people and good gov
| eminent. And did not Mr.. Daniels
submit to it without a fights But the
people had not been warned of this
danger, tor a mai Gritty OF the Demo
! cratic papers refused to publish Mr..
BCyan's letter containing this warning.
What does it mean2 It means that
the goldbugs and the pretended silver
men C1ypocrites) have fooled the PEG
pie and have gotten complete control
OF the party machinery. II mean
that Bcyan and the principles he
stands for have been bet: ayed-that
the people have been betryed. What
can the people do7 Let them repudi-
ate the traitors!
Don't silver men want SUCCESS for
silver2 How can they win9 By stand
ing together-by co operating against
gold and monopoly, as advised by
Bryan, and Chairman Jones And if
the Democratic State Convention had
been controlled by men who were sin
cere for silver and earnestly opposed
to gold azd monopoly, it would have
followed this course.
Don'G goldbugs and monopolists
want to win q victory for gold and
monopoly Don't they always pursue
the course that will bring them victory7
Certainly! In this state they could
not win by simply combining their
strength, because the silver men, If
united, are in a large majority; there
fore, to win, they must fret divide the
silver men, and this is the explana-
ton of the action of the Democratic
State Convention. II this is Democ
racy. then I do not endorse such De-
mocracy and am out of it.
Thus we see that the ~gcldbugs and
monopolists put forth tremendous eff
forts (suppressing the letters of Mr..
Bryan and Chairman Jonee) for no
other purpose than to divide the silver
and anti monopoly forces. They
worked this game wherever they could
in the last election; they are working
it even more successfully now.
There are, probably, 40. 900 Populists
who saved this State for Bryan and
free silver in the last campaign, and
that too. under conditions that put
their patriotism and devotion to prin
ciple to the severest test. These are
the men whom every sincere supporter
Of Bryan and his principles should seek
as allies. Did the Democratic State
these men9 No, but on the other hand,
it spurned the off r which the POpu.
lists had already made. What is the
explanation! There are a few thou
sand gold and monopoly Democrats,
who, acting under Cleveland's advice,
tried 10 defeat Bryan In the last cam
paign and carry n state for Nc.
Kinley and these are the men who,
with the hypocrites, captured the
Democratic Safe Convention and now
control the machinery, and are using
it to try to divide the silver and anti
monopoly forces. This ls the ex plana
ton.
Dies any man need further proof
that the convention was not composed
of sincere silver delegates9 II SO, l
can be specIiG. Here, in Duplin
county, at the county convention a
certain Clevelandite eff red a reeoIu.
ticn condemnirg the last Democratic
State committee for forming a CO per
alive electoral ticket in 1896, which
was the only possible way to carry
the State fer Bryan and silver. Now
this same CIevelandite was rewarded
at the late Democratic State Conven
ton by being placed on the Dsmo
cratic State Committee, and the State
Committee is now composed of such
men, because the Clevelandites con. |
trolIed the convention.
Thus the 5, 900 Cleveland and
oily Democrats with the help of some
nypocrites pretending to be for Bryan
anG silver (who, by the way, are more
numerous and more dangerous than
the open g~oldbuge) have led 14O 600 |
silver voters again into the goIdbug
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