The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-18
FREE SILVER is ALL HUMGUGGERY"--AN
OBJECT LESSON.

| Sis OF d. w mite, OIL INduuOlpu, VIM h"9
been rabid Fusionist, is typical of al
| the gang who preach silver and vote fol
gold-bugs. He is no better and NJ
| worse than S. Ohio Wilson, of Wake
Everett Bryan of Chatham, Sheriff
jenkins, of Chatham, Harry Skinner, al
Pitt, and all the balance of the gang
that takes orders from Mark Hanna
We do not write of him because he is Il
factor worth considering, but because he
is a type of Il politician that infests most
every county in the State and ILLUSTRATES
how the pie-eaters, who started out for
reform are now openly Republicans. W.
choose to consider Mr. White rather than
S. Ohio or Sheriff jenkins because he
is man who speaks out plainly what
he thinks, and has the courage of his
inconsistency and his hypocrisy.
When the Farmers Alliance was or
ganzed Mr.. White, who bore good
reputation in his community, joined the
Alliance and became its leader. He WAS
lature after campaign in which he adj
vocated Railroad Commission all over
the country. He was elected and to the
surprise of all his friends voted against
a Railroad Commission. 1t was said
that he had the promise that new rail
road to be built would locate II depot
on his farm. However that may be, Mr..
White deserted all his Alliance associates
and voted against Railroad Commits
sion. and when he went home his former
supporters dropped him like a hot potato.
What next? White turns up rs a lead
ing Populist and was elected to the Leg
islature as strong and ardent advocate
of the free coinage of silver. In the
Legislature he voted all the time with
the monopolists, railroads and gold-bugs,
and bolted the Populist caucus to sup
port Jeter c. Pritchard, the Republican
candidate for the Senate. Next heard
from, White turns up-as Il delegate to the
Populist Congressional Convention and
helps to nominate the candidate selected
by the Republican Executive Committee.
This weeks Asheboro Courier contains
an account of the Populist county con-
vention in Randolph, and it gives us
the last chapter in the career of White.
showing him now to be full fedged
out-spoken Republican. When the con-
vention met, Rev. ]. II. Wright, intro
duced the following resolutions:
''Resolved, BY the Populists of Ran
dolph county in convention assembled
that we hereby reaffirm our adherance to
the principles and platform of the nation
al Peoples party as enumerated by the
national convention at st. Louis in 1896.
Resolved. That we will support no
one for office, legislative, executive or
judicial who is not in favor of the free
and unlimited coinage of silver at the
ratio of Is to 1.
Resolved, That we condemn the past
cooperation of the Populist party with
the Republican as conducive to the dis
ruption of the Peoples party; to detrac
ton from the principles thereof, and los
ing their progress to ultimate success in
the political economy of our common
country"
The resolution affirming the st. Louis
platform was adopted. The second reso-
luton ito support no one who is not in
favor of free coinage of silver at the
ratio of 16 to l. was defeated-think of
if, in so-called Populist conyention-by
a vote of % to 6, and the third resolution
fusion with gold-bugs was
defeated by 81 to ). This vote was not
reached without lively debate, thus re-
corded by the Courier:
cdr Winslow spoke saying that the
of the Populist party forbi:ls
cooperation and that it seemed to him
that the party was being swallowed by
office seekers, and if we fuse this time
our party is gone to the gold bugs. Ii
you fuse with the Republicans this year
this is the last convention you will ever
hold in the county. To fuse is dishonest
and will put us in the gold standard par
ty. He said he voted the fusion ticket
two years ago but was not now Re
publican.
TMr Wright said: i find only few
of the first Populists who left the old
parties here to-day If we fuse let us
pull down the name Populist for we can
not fuse with credit
"These remarks brought j. ]. White
to his feet who said all knew how he,
stood, and said the POpulists had Con
gressmen whom they never would have
had were it not for fusion. Or. Wins
low said yes and you have turned down
some whom you did not want) White
then said there were other things Popu-
lists wanted besides free silver, THAT
FREE SILVER WAS RIGHT SMART
OF A HUMBUG. He said he was i'll
favor of the present election law 1.-THE
Populist State platform condemns IT'D
He was for cooperation and NOT IN
FAVOR OF FREE SILVER FOR 1T
WAS ALL HUMBUGGERY. He said
he was glad he did not vote for Bryan,