The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-10-09
MIR. c. D. MendenhaII, CT
Randolph County.
SAID TO Be The DRUMMER
The Appointments Of Would-be Con
gresham Giles.
HE SPEAKS NEAR POU BIT not WITH Hin
h &c appointments in Each County, Beginning
With Chatham ard Ending With RAN
dalph. Mendenhail TO Begin His
Canvass at Once.

IdnFdSS al VHCct
From the. News and OBSERVER, Sept. -
The Republican district executive com
mi,tce met here yesterday and appointed
4 Mckinley ~clcctor for the district.
us name is /. d. Mendenhall. His
home is E~andler.an, in Randolph county.
Ills profession, drummer for a Richmond
grocery concern.
.'fIe is a fine speaker" said Wouid-be-
Congressman Giles, last night, ard lie
viii quit his business at once ard begin
the canvass. Hes 2 man of about 80 years
CT age, we'll known in business circles
and exceedingly popular
This is another step IL what the Re
pubIicans recently declared would be a
"busincss mans campaign
Mcndenhali IS q Republican in politics.
Other than this very little seems to be
known Of him here by anyone. Ills ar-
pointnent. it is stated, was dictated by
Marshal MiIliken ard others Of the "reye-
nue. ring
Mr.. Giles, tie Republican candidate for
Congress, Will heein his campaign, he
saws. IN Chatham counts next Monday,
speaking at Johnstan's Bridge en- that day
and closing his campaign OF the county
on Wednesday at Asbury, near Cum
mock.
From Chatham he comes to Wake cOun-
ty and will speak at three points: McCuI-
lers on Thursday, Wakefield on Friday
ana stony Hill on Saturday. From Wake
he VIII SO to Johnston, Nash and Frank
liz, ana close his campaign in Randolph
Mr.. Pou and / have two appointments
very near together On the same day"
said NJ. Giles last night. Next We'd
ncsd9y / speak at Ashury IN Chatham
ard he speaks at Cumnock. Only two miles
away. On Thursday [ speak at McCul-
lers, IN Wake county, ard he speaks ct
FuIUay, only three or fCGf miles away"
The news from Michigan is that NEST
CT the Ucllanders viii vote for Bryan.
They like the Boer plank IN the Kansas
City platform, and resent the treatment
OF the struggling Beers by t1e R~epubli-
cans. Their vote alone would be suff-
Gent to put Michigan ii the Democratic
columns.
Touching the political situation in the
Flesh district. the Greensboro Telegram
says an interesting rumor has been cur
rent for some time to the effect hat cf-
forts are being made TO induce the cotton
| mill operatives Of the Fifth district 10
vote for Mr. J. l.. Joyce Tor Congress.
"IIe is held UP to them as the laaoring
mans friend and special guardian. Those
Who are manipulating the scheme, it :
| said, figure il out that il the mil oper-
atiyes can be voted practically solid for
joyce the Democratic candidate will be
defeated. It IS not known with what
success, If any, the movement is meet
ing"
The Hucgarians viii generally vote fer
Bryan. At Il hungarian festival at Suiz-
cr's Park in New YORK, q straw vote was
relied, arG OFT OF geo votes east $50
were for Bryan. The Hungarians are
opposed to Imperialism. Tley have OK
p~crienccd It and know what i means.
New York Typographical Union No. c.
known as mig Six has sharrened is
axe for Mckinley aud has already begun
to swing it, says the New York Journal.
1T its September meeting this organi-
cation. which has more than 6.0G0 faem-
bcrs. rassci 4 resolution condcma:ng the
Republican parry because Of It's aftlia-
ticn With corporations ard trusts i~ni:.icaI
to the cease Cf organized labor. Since
then Il central bureau has been establish
ed here 20 carry cut the purpose OF the
resolution.
Nj. James p. Bahal, president CT Zig
Six said last night:
our organization has taken q definite
stand against the reelection CT McEIin-
ley. We are III no way connected vita
any political party, but We ore Wa3ins
en- cfectuaI battle Oh our own account
against the policy Of the present Admin
istratiCn as 1canifested IL its attitude
toward organized labor.
W. are today IN touch with more thqf
twelve hundred labor organizations OF ali
kinds in the State OF New York alone.
and we have Representatives among tfa,,
all. who are seeing t. it tI.at cur printed
matter IS being distributed where it is
Going to>do the most good.
similar WORK IS being done by US n
Ohio, West Virginia and Indiana.
Eve have succeeded in establishing
friendly relations With the allied trades
in nearly all Of the other States Ill the
middle and tie far West. When the votes
are counted the efforts OF Big Six vii,
show their trail
We are spending more than $4.Go0 q
week to demonstrate to our friends thai
their interest requires thc defeat OF Mar:
Hanna
The Democratic nanagers II Southern
Illinois say that Southern Illinois viii
give Bryan practically the same plurality
it gave Cleveland in 1892. This, not count
ing the expected nelp from the German
vote.
After all, the point of view is every
thing in this matter Of choosing between
Presidential candidates, says the New
York Commercial.
Il heard Bryan say on the stump II
80" said Terrence Muliigan yesterday
noon, as he sat in the gas trench al
Broadway and Thirty-fourth street and
looked atCut for q. smooth stone to Ia,
his pie on while he ate his bread ant
corncd beef, chat he WIS fer US wuurl-
ing men. If yGull vote for 1Gc,' he sez
I'll give yez wuurk fer four years Study.
| Well, did vote for him. ! got the wuurl