The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-01-25

We are surprised that the News and
Observer publishes to the world a re-
scandal on information given
that paper by a man the infamy OF
whose character that paper has ex-
posed. 1t eonvicts itself of being owe
anxious for flth.-BibliCal Recorder
Religious,)
We see it stated that Superintendent
has discharged RsvO 7. B.
Babb from the penitentiary service.
Goodl
In the words of the minister who
seemed to rejoice that some Of his mem
bers had been excluded, LET the good
work go on. "-Chatham Citizen tPop.)
Harry Skinner is to get the price Of
his treachery in putting the an allest
and most incompetent fellow in the
State in the best place. He elected
Pritchard and delivered enough of his
crowd to the Southern Railway to pre-.
vent the passage of the Avery bill. For
this service, he is to get in part pay
ment the appointment of CIaudius
Bernard al District Attorney and the
Republican support for Congress.
Treachery is sometimes profitable
Charlotte Observer (Dem)
The cleo ion of Marx Hanna by the
Ohio legislature last week, for both the
long and the short term to the Senate
Of the United of the United States, was
an event to be greatly deplored by
every good citizen. Without the Rrst
qualification for the great Office he dis.
graces, with no more knowledge of the
science of government than he has Of
the sacredness of citizenship, q vulgar
boodler, who is skilled in the art Of
making money, he bulldozes q legisla-
ture into giving him the seat once oc-
cupied by Thurman and Sherman.
And to crown it all, when the transac-
ton is done, he wires President OF the
United States: "God reigns, and the
Republican party still lives" But il
is not q triumph for the Republican
party, as the astute leaders know fall
we'll; it is the triumph of Doodle over
brains, and the crushing Of right by the
strong arm of might.-ChRrity and
Children (Religious)
It seems that the political press will
never learn that political victories are
worth nothing unless they are fought
on principles of government; and that
personal abuse of public men is a two
edged sword that strikes into the vitals
of the Commonwealth, even when il
barely opens the skin Of an official.
Hhere is the Wilmington Messenger
reporting the Governor of North Caro-
lima cursing On a railroad train. Aside
from it's sinfulness, it is ~disgraceful TO
curse; and for a Governor 1t would not
only be an ingOlerable example TOT Outh,
but an affront to all religious people in
North Carolina. We are glad to say,
therefore, that having investigated
this report to the bottom, we are pre-
pared to assure our people that there is
no truth in it. The report of the Gov
ernor's conversation was likely embell.
ished by some alloW reporter OF brief
experience and scant sense OF RESPONSE
blIiEY. Biblical Recorder (RelIgIOus.)
Perhaps the workingmen OF the
country will not be so eager to for
lower wages in 1900 as they we're last
year. We are of the opinion there are
also a few farmers and other people
who will not be so anxious for that s.
cent cotton waveo Of prosperity to call
again soon.-Atlanta Constitution.
Perhaps not, and so far as the farmer
is concerned, he has nobody but him.
self to blame it he was cold. But it is
hardly fair to shoulder much of the re-
spOnsibility for the result of the recent
election upon the workingman, eepa-
cially the workingman of the North.
When an employee is called into the
presence of his employer and is told by
him that If Mckinley is elected the
mills in which he is employed will run
on full time and his wages increased.
while If Bryan is elected the mills viii
shut down Immediately and ne will be
out OF employment, and that empIovee
has a wife and half a dozen or more
children whom he loves, depending
upon his daily toll for their daily bread,
he must be possessed of far more than
the average amount of moral courage
and patriotism, If he goes to the polls
and votes his sentiments regardless OF
the implied threat or bis employer.
This may be q free country for some,
but the wOrkingman OF the North is
fast becoming, If ne is not already, an
industrial and political slave. Truck
ers' and Planters Journal (AgrL)
A COUGH SHOULD NOT BE NEGLECTED.
stBrOtCn,S Bronchial IrOches are q
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