The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19

them; that they have now the same
recommendations they have had every
campaign since 1884, andn no more, said
recommendation being words, wind
and BRASIL want to ask our fusion
friends how there can be ''honorableO
co operation'jWith themF Do you put
faith in their promises noWl Ii you
do, why not come out and say so and
join themI If not, what do lou want
to unite with them fort II there is no
use Of a Populist ticket, there is no ne
cessity for a Populist party. If the
PopulIst party can't have q ticket of
it's own, ''free, independent and unlim
tied" Withoutathe consent of the Demo
cratic party we just as we'll quit. If
the Democratic party is right, there is
no use to drive a fusion trade with
them. Just go to them and get down
on your knees and tell them that you
are sorry YOutever left them, that you
were wrong, that the Populist party is
wrong, and3that you want to enlist un-
der their banner again. But if the
Democratic party is wrong, stand to
your guns, under the Populist banner,
and fight wrong to the last ditch.
Again, I4wRnt to ask our fusion
friends: If your faith is in the Demo
cratic party, why not join it, If you
have no faith in it, what do you want
TO unite with it for3 Is it for ohce2
Are you to- help them rotten egg
Populists7s Are you going to help them
fight for the trusts9 Are you going to
stand with them by the Southern Rail
roads Are you going to help them yell
niger white nan and white metal"
at the exclusion of all the principles of
Populism9 Are you goingto help them
stuff the ballet box and vote dead ne
groesl Are you going to help them
kali the Populist party1 Do you wish
TO be present with them when that
800, 600 leakain the Secretary of States
Office is put in operation again3 Do
you wish to help them hatch oyster
frauds9 ,~agaf3.
When another Democratic victory
shall entice the ''blind tiger'' to crawl
from his den and enec Jnce himself in the
State Capitol again. do you wish to be
in good fellowship with his keepers
that you mayzb communicates in con-
fdence and members OF the Jug Broth.
erhood7
Dy you believe the Democratic party
in North Carolina is any better than it
was in 1892 nd 1894, or even in 1867
Would they not repeal the present
election law and local county govern
ment if they had the powerG
Would they not stuff the ballot boxes
and have their registrars hide out in
the woods again if they had the powers
Would they not cheat and defraud
every Populist-every mothers son of
them-even you fusion PopUlists out of
every Office to, which you we're elected,
if they had the power9
Do you not believe that what softens
Democrats to fusion with Populists is
the chance to get half of the Offices,
and the injury they believe fusion will
do to the PopuIist party9
While you, my fusion friends, are
advocating fusion with the Democrats,
which at best is a partial endorsement
Of the Democratic party, and a seem
ingly drifting back to it, what are the
Democrats doing9
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Influences honest Democratic voters to
remain in their own party, partially
admits that there is no necessity for
the Populist party and stops it's growth,
what are the Democrats doing3
Encouraged by your partial CONVEX
sion to their faith, and enlistment I'm
der their banner, they are leaving no
stone unturned to disrupt and destroy
the Populist party, and corral it's voters
under their own banner.
They are eternally inviting the Pop
ulists ''back into the fold, and gentle
men of the fusion persuasion, I am
sorry to say your course lends dignity
to and sanctions that invitation, which
without a doubt is having effect upon
a certain class of our voters.
We have been beguiled by the song
of 'fusion" and cooperation" and
now it is sought to beguile US again
with the same old tune set to new
words, "HonorableO Co operation, "
and Mr.. Butler is giving out the hymn
and leading in soprano. The chorus is
Let US fuse on principle and not on
the Offices" and is to be rendered with
sanctified countenances and uplifted
eyes. When interpreted by the Office
holders code it reads: Let US get the
om noa nrincinles NAV On