The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-28

1G7se1Lto11, after an interview wirh Hon.
on ~ W. q that the writ Of ha},.9s
'fTpuS from Il United St,tes i1,ian 80
snt fS4ulE invoked. and the prisoners
llte. ami peace restored IN nu,. hnr-
- II must be admitted that onI craft
uiue was due IL him too. NhIe mo.
nn' - 70 uAtl1nG labor like his colleague.
~ great questions before tdle Senate
fani not often participating in debate.
r~N vert as eloquent or listened to with
aiea1ef attention WhelI lie did claim tho
ln,oI' ana ~ one can deny tina he Was
g. WifcilfU! for the interests OF the
t,pdIe and ms constituents, and that Inv
a. dIld urbanlty III his intercourse with
ouhei Senators, and by management an
AZ peulef sense of that abused word) he
N"S idfSeiy instrumental in securing for
North Carolina Il fair share Of appropri-
"olDllS, and Of appointments from the
general government.
SERVING nearly four full terms in the
senate, longer than any other North
Carolinian, by the election Of the Legs
iaiuIe OF his State. he had the benefit of
III loi@ experience. anl the good Will
ana confluence Of 4 Democratic president
We're shown by his appointment as min
ister TO the Republic of Mexico. What
State we may well ask, was so we'll rep
resented in the United States from 1915
20 lS9o as North Carolina? And with
an Que respect to present and future
senators from this State, when will she
aSaln be represented by two statesmen
Oh Such dhtlnellce, reputation and ability
as Matt. w. Ransom and Zebulon Il.
Vance?
'Would, if | fairly could, omit from
tins epltome a reference to a little chan
ter IN the history Of Senator Nance's
pohtlcal life. If properly understood, his
conduct under the circumstances consti.
tutlng 1T, was quite consistent with the
high principles which ever guided MIN:
n'lt at caused some mmerited criticism
from party trends. In 1891. a decided
majority OF the General Assembly.
elected the November preceding, be
longed to The Farmers Alliance, which
was then thoroughly organized and at the
height Of its influence. It's members
were generally friends of Senator Vance,
but they were resolved to elect no one
to the Senate Who was opposed to their
leading political tenets. Senator Vance's
second term was to expire March 4th.
and he was q candidate for reelection.
lie was the unanimous choice of his
party outside Of the Alliance, and many
Of its members earnestly desired his cou-
tinuance in his seat. In reply to q let
ter from Hon. Elias Carr. then president
of the Alliance, in December 1890, he
had admitted it to be the right of ones
constituents to instruct his as to their
wishes on public questions. and that he
ought to obey, il the instruction did not
require what he thought to be morally
wrong; and If they did. he should resign
his seat. At the %opcning Of the session
in january, the Alliance members held
a caucus. aild resolved to instruct our
senators and representatives in Congress
"to vote for and use all honorable means
to secure the financial reform demanded
III the platform adopted ut the Ocaia
meeting OF the National Farmers Al
lance held in December. 1890" Vance
was then in Raleigh. and me peremptorily
refused to accept an election under such
instructions. \ special friend Of his, and
a member of the Alliance. Hon. Samuel
l.. Patterson. now our excellent Commis-
sioner of Agriculture, to remove the OBJ
lection. after hard work secured an
amendment to the proposed resolution so
that the Instructions We're, that our Sen
atoTS and Representatives should use
their efforts to secure the objects of the
financial reform, contemplated 10y the
Ocala platform. As the objects contem-
plated were. in 4 general way, in the
line of the financial policy the Senator
had Heretofore advocated. he, himself,