French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-04-06

nine O'Clock this morning, their agents
including pie counter Republicans anC
boiling Populists were approaching
members of the Peoples Party caucu.
and every visiting Populigt.in Raleigh
who favored the election of the PEG
pies Party nominee for election O.
United States Senator by seductive
plans of persuasion and subtle sophis'
try. and by direct propositions and
,oyertures. coupled with ~considera.
tions. They hoped by this to seducc
us into overlooking and condonins
their most diabolical conduct and for
feiting our own self respect, knowing
full well that when we should have
given a death blow ourselves to our
own organization and principles By
becoming equally responsible with
them for any and all acts Of the Nc
Kinley administration. Failing ic
this, as we pledge our constituents
they shall, their next move, which has
already been planned, is to breed dis
sensions in the rank and file of the
; party at home. This they will n
deavor to accomplish by using their
agents in every community in the
State either some local RepublicaE
boss, or some so called Populist, who
is willing to accept a mess of potage
in the shape of Federal patronage.
from the Mckinley pie counter To-
make insinuations and false accusa-
tons against the character and pur-
poses of the majority of the members
of the Peoples Party caucus and those
who stand by their actions. 1t is alb
sciutely necessary to the consumma-
finn nf fhnir annCniroou tn hrnolx fno
confidence of the people at home in the
men who have here fought. without re-
serve the integrity of the party and
its principles and to retain the balance
Of power in the United States Senate
tC prevent the further encroachments
of the allied enemies of good govern
ment for the liberty and prosperity OF
the people.
at is a part of their scheme, in at
tempting to accomplish this
also to back up these boiling members
of the legislature in their respective
counties and districts with patronage
and other equally substantial means
(as he price of the ~treachery) to en-
able them to either capture the Peo-
pies Party organization and force it to
approve their treachery or to split the
organization and take their corruptiva
portion into the Republican party. II
either of these insidious and deep LAID
schemes should succeed it would be
the disruption if not the death of the
Peoples party. Shall we allow this
hell conceived conspiracy against the
interests and welfare of suffering hui
manfty to succeed that, a few by
treachery and corruption may. feed
and fatten upon the misery OF mil
lions 70
Certain lewd fellows of the sbaser
sort had bound themselves In an oath
that they would both eat and drink Of
the bounty of the dispoilers of the
land until they. had killed Paul. Shall
We allow this to be done, or shall we
draw the line? We cannot serve both
God and Mammon. The fight is on,
Under which king; O. Besonian?
"As the livery of HelldombiA stolen
to serve the devil in, so every crime
committee against the integrity of the
Peoples Party and its essential prfncf-
pies will be attempted in the name OF
cooperation. Already the sPopulist
supporters of Hannah's man begin to
call themselves Cooperative Populists,
when in truth they are nothing but
Republicans while attempting to bet
ter serve the purposes of the Ren
liCan party by masqurading as Popu-
lists. By their fruits you shall know
them.
I'VE have desired the continuation
of cooperation upon honorable
grounds. Cooperation which tends IL
destroy our organization Or compro-
mise It's principles is suicide. Such
cooperation, therefore, cannot be per-
Initted or tolerated. The only way by
which the Peoples Party can be able
10 maintain it's existence, strengthen
its lines. and by is growth be n a
position to command honorable coop
Grafton is by purging from its ranks
all who place self above the welfare
of the people. This purging must be
done. 1t cannot begin too soon."