The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-25

to his church, to his family and has no
political aspirations. He loves his colln-
try and suffers today with wounds re-
ceived when he was q Confederate sol
der. He is n brave man and as indepen
dent as any man anywhere. He was one
Of the first men in Wake to join the
Farmers Alliance. and was its president
in Wake county before it was dragged in
to the mire of fusion politics. In Wake
county he led the fight that farmers in
all parts of the South made against the
cotton bagging trust 1t won because
they were united. In 1890 Mr. Green
was State Senator from Wake. receiving
the largest majority a Democrat had
ever received for that office in Wake.
party when it nominated Cleveland. He
did so openly and because his honest con-
victions compelled him to pursue
that course. He was a member of the
first Populist State committee, and inI
1892 was the Weaver elector In the
Fourth district. His letter will carry
conviction to all honest men who wish
good government and wish to be rid of
the danger of negro rule-wish to be rid
Of this body of death
because the Populist Executive Com
mittec, composed almost entirely of Of
fee holders, several of them holding of
fee under Mckinley, issued an address
against the observation-disclosures these
lie-eating fellows. who have deserted
every principle for which the Populist
party was organized have declared
against the amendment some poorly in
formed people jump to the conclusion that
all the Populists will vote against the
amendment and join hands with the ne
groes as Butler advises, ito whip White
Supremacy advocates out of the State.
There never was a greater mistake. The
bulk of the Populists will support the
In November, 1898 when
their leaders tried to compel them TO
vote for Negro Rule for only two years
they refused to obey the order. Does
any sane man suppose that now the
question is: DO you want Permanent
White Supremacy or Permanent Negro
Rule?' these mem are going to vote
against the amendment? They We're IN
dependent enough to vote against the
Democrats i'll 1892 and 1894 becauscl
they did not believe in Clcvelandism.
They are brave and independent enough |
now to vote against the Popuhsts i'll 1900
when the machine of that party is trying
to make them Join hands with the Re
publicans thine tenths negroesl to whip
them white mem out of the State
The Populist machine is in the hands of
Pritchard today just as the Skinner
wing of the Populist party was controll- |
ed by Prtchard in 1897. Then the
Pritchardftes promised to DOWN Butler
and make Skinner Senator. Where Is |
skinner? He has been downed and now
the Pritchardites promise Butler to elect
him Senator if he will step into Skinner |
shoes and wear the same collar that he
denounced Skinner for wearing. ButlcrI
and Pritchard have made the same trade (
they made In 1894, but today Butler cam
not deliver the votes of white men Who {
have long wished to be free from the
danger of Negro Rule. Skinner served
the Republicans faithfully and when de- |
feated was cast off. The Republicans
think that he and all his followers are
now permanent Republicans and there Is
no use Of giving them more pie than
they have. They argue that if Butler
can deliver $4,000 or 10000 Populsts-
''ioin hands to drive them white SUI |
premacy folks out of the State'-they
cam perpetuate Negro Rule. Butler is |
straining every nerve to deliver the white
vote. But he cannot do 1t.