The news & observer., 1898-02-23
A REPUBLICAN WRITES
He HAS HERETOFORE "T0OTED" WHEN
THE BOSSES COMMANDED.
Now An Old and Well Known R publican Pre-
diets Its Defeat Unless Il Abandons
The Gold Standard.
Carthage, \. c., Feb. 10, 1898.

Carthage, y. -, rep I'' 1900.
To the Editor:
We have not language adequate to the
EXPRESSION of and feeling at being able
to furnish our friends Of North Caro-
lima with one of the ableSt papers ever
published between the Atlantic and the
Pacific. We have at the head of the
editorial staff young man well qualified
for any emergency. while the advisory
board is composed of the brightest intel
lcct the world has ever known we
have had a Washington, Jefferson, Il
jackson, a Clay. Il Calhoun, webster
and many other distinguished hghts,
but these promising young limbs OF the
law. we think, will far r'eXcel them all.
We had about siXty-iive years ago what
what was called the falling of the stars,
which for grandeur astonished the
world. but when the next campaign
opens and the sparks begin to fly from
these wonderful plants. the falling of
the stars will be insignificant.
They are not only very smart. but
they are fiexible-adjustable or portable
well what | mean is that they can be
most anything in politics.
They can swallow gold standard
and then swallow a free silver one
equally as large, and never bat their eyes
or feel any uneaSienss about the stomach.
which is more than men of ordinary in
tellcct can do. Hence / think you will
readily admit that they are far above
the ordinary. That they are looking
with longing eyes on the seats now Oc-
cupied by Senator Butler and Pritchard
will, | suppose, be readily admitted, and
it may be! possible that the country
would be bettered were they there now.
Men who can make our silver worth
just as much as gold is what some of US
have been wanting. and when they ac-
complish this feat they will be worthy of
more than a passing consideration.
That the Republican party is a pro-
grestsivc party is readily admitted. 1t
has done more since 1860 than all other
parties prior TO that time since the for
nation of this government. 1t took the
shackles from four million blacks and
put them on fifty million whites. 1t
gives us high protectice tariff. 1t gave
us a gold standard. 1t has given us
millionaires by the hundreds and pau
pers by the millions.
1t has by the enactment of laws
taken from the laboring man the liberties
he once enjoyed. and given them to the
wealthy. 1t is responsible for the fnan-
cial condition of the country today. 1t
is responsible for the lamentations that
are this day going up from millions OF
poor hard working men, women and
children. for something to eat and TO
wear. / could ennumerate enough Of
entire paper, but / think / have said
enough to say: God save the State
and the Republican party"
/ am proud of the &. o: P.tO which
| have belonged to for these many years,
and ! suppose there has been no one
of the family more ready to howl when
the tboss would toot" than | have been,
but when | see my dear old mother
turn her back upon all the children, but
IL few and dress them in purple and fine
linen, and then let the rest go hungry
and clad, have come to the conclusion
that my age and Servitude entities me to
promotion. / will, therefore, hold my
own convention and nominate myself as
"tOoter," and let others do the howl
ing. especially those who have never
proved themselves worthy leaders of any
party. / do not feel justified in closing
this article without warning my friends
that unless they do something for the
relief of the people and discard the gold
standard idea, that the places that know
them now will soon know them no more
forever. w. X. BARRETT.