THB- LEADER'S WISDOM;
“LET US ACT WELL QUR PART.”
President Alexander’s Address to the
Farmers at Raleigh.
Fellow Mkhhkuh op the North
Carolina Farmers’ Alliance:
Only last year tbe Furtilers Alli
ance was introduced into our State.
The first Alliance was organized in
Robeson county, on the 20th day of
April, and the State Alliance was
organized in Rockingham, on the
•1th day of October, with eight comi
ty Alliances and 132 Sub-Alliances.
Now we have 52 County Aalliances
ami Sub-Alliances. The unparal
elled growth of our order has aston
ished every one. It shows that our
farmers feel the necessity of organ
izing for their own protection and
for the advancement of their educa
tional, sociul and Jinamkl interests,
tt is my dutyTo malm such sugges
tions to you as I may think proper
for the good of our order. I have
deemed it important to organize the
State as thoroughly and completely
as possible and leave the detuils of
arranging the business interests of
our order for your consideration.
The reports of the Secretary and
Treasurer will give you all the in
fo. nation you may desire in regard
to the work done. The condition of
-our farmers is not satisfactory; they
work hard from January to Janua
ry, only to find another year of hard
labor before them. The profits of
farming are so small that the most
rigid economy has to be used to save
the homestead; and often a farmer
'realizes less profit than if he hired
himself and family for negro wages
and had lived on negro rations.
Why is this? It is the great (joes
I turn for the Alliance to solve. Our
State produces every sjiecies of plant
that grows between Mobile, Alaba
ma, and Toronto, in Canada. Yet
wiCo this great variety of soil and
climate, we are forced by our envi
ronments to raise for markets two
great staple crops, cotton and tobac
co. To understand our environment,
it is necessary to refer to our condi
tion liefore the civil war. Then our
State was a slave State, our labor
was slave. We had only one
town of over four thousand Inhabi
tants; we had very few manufactur
ers of any kind. Slav® labor eut
down magnificent forests, wore out
the land, threw it out to grow up in
old-field pines, and eut more forests;
to wear out the land in like manner.
The.slave owners did not desire
large towns or manufacturers near
them. They cared naught for the
development of the Slate, and were
content to live in comfort on the
proceeds of slave labor. The war
ended; slavery was abolished, and so
great were the sacrifices of our peo
ple that hut little property except !
land was left them. W ith no home
market for anything, they were com-j
polled to raise the only two crops
that would hear shipment— cotton
and tobacco. Fortunately these
crops brought high prices, and
many believed they would soon be
richer than they were before the
war. Supplies wore purchased, bas
ed upon the Spring prices of the
erbp. .The fall prices of -the crop
were so much below the spring pri
ces that but little profit was realized;
and thus it continued until the price
of the crop has reached the cost of
its production.
The farmers generally believe the
merchants are the cause of their not ]
roceiviiig dee reward for their hil>or.
They think the mnrtgnge system
and time prices enable the merchants
to exact such exorbitant rates ns to
leave them no profit. It is true:
there may be a merchant herd and
I there that has acted the Shylork.
i Hut is not true that 'the merchants
1| arc responsible for the farmers' con
| dition, fur the system that causes
! farming to be unprofitable. We
i must look beyond them to find it.;
j 1’olitics engages the attention of our
people a very great degree, and
’*he politicians guide the jieople, and )
our politician* snow hut very little i
of the-pructicul questions that now j
comfort ns. White they have exci
ted the people upon sectional and
theoretical issues n great industrial
revolution has overtaken us; even
our laws-made for a past era down
to compass it. Steam and electricity
have revolutionized the industrial
pursuit^, and methods of mankind
to a degree that has no parallel in
history. Crops that were profitable
in some sections are not so now.
Kven mines have been closed, ajn)
manufacturers forced: to cahfige
their abode. To illustrate how it
effects agriculture in North Caroli
na! Cotton costs us to raise it from
to 8 cpnts per pound. The Gulf
States by reason of richer lands and
six weeks’ earlier season in spring
and six weeks' later season in the
fall, to mature the plant, raise cot
ton at 8 to 4 cents a pound. The
railroads can transport cotton from
any part of the Gulf States
from-4-to £e..per pound. This, ta
ken in connection with the fact that
the Gulf States contain uncultiva
ted land enough to produce more
than double the crop of 1887. ought
to convince any one that the pres
ent system of .■cotton culture in
North Carolina will lead to bank
ruptcy and ruin. The culture of
wheat, is less profitable than cotton.
Our wheat this year cost on an av
erage one dollar per bushel; in favor
able years it cost ns from sixty to,
seventy-five cents per bushel. 1 am
informed by a responsible merchant
that he can have the very finest
flour from the Northwest laid down
at any depot in the State in carload
lots at four dollar^ per barrel. So
it is with oats, corn and hay: each
delivered liere at or below cost' of
production.
lms presents a gloomy rumre:
yet we must meet it. ami the only
way J can see to meet is to-do like
the farmers'of Old England and
New England have done "throw
out” the land that don't pay forcul
tivation and is nil tit. for pasturage,
increase the numher of acres of pas
ture, and by high manuring am}
thorough tillage increase the pro^
ductiou per acre of the lands culti
vated. Much of our land is too near
ly worn out to make pastures for
horses ami cattle, but will support
sheep: and sheep husbandry can bc
mnde the salvation of our agricul
tural interest. 1 f is true we have
no home markets like the countries
referred to, but we are within twen
ty for hours of New York City, and
can find a market there, and the
great cities that ir tervene.
North Carolina must become a
great manufacturing State: those
who* may live to see it, will have a
home market for a diversified agri
culture. Until then we must by
thorough tillage and. high mauufac*
taring increase our droduct per acre
of the land cultivated, anil keep oth
er lands in pasture.
Not only have the railroads and
telegraphs forced a change in our
agriculture, hut they possess a pow
er of taxation and patronage dan
gerous to the liberties of the people.
They have centralized, our govern
ment. and trusts, combines, pools,
monopolies, are their„offspring. A
friend now past three-score years
and ten related to me the following
incident:
“When T was a young man I vis
ited Boston. T carried, a letter of
intrialuction to Mayor Quincy. He
received me with that hospitality
for which lie'was distinguished, and
invited me to u banquet, given in
honor of the completion of the first,
forty, miles of railrfVTnT that entered
Boston. In his speech at the hun
(piet Mayor Quincy said: “We have
completed forty miles of railroad.
If we can hnild forty we can
build eighty; if we can hnild eighty
we can lmild two hundred, we call
build one to the lakes; if we ran
build one to the lakes, we can hnild
one to the Pacific Ocean. Give me
the transportation of n people and 1
will control them.’ ”
Prophetic words. . My friend has
lived to see the prophecy of this dis
tinguished Bostonian fulfilled. Pa
tronage. free transportation and!
money can nominate nnv candidate!
for office higher than the Logisla-j
tore, or failing to nominate can da-!
feat their opponent. What depart-!
ment. of the State or National Gov- j
eminent is free from the taint of:
free transportation or telegrphie;
franks? “No man can serve two
masters^ It \s believed. Unit some
who are elected as representatives
of the people are retained as attor
neys of the corporations. Senator j
Beck, of Kentucky, introduced a"res
olution in the United States Senate ;
forbidding any Senator fo net as uj
railroad attorney in nhich ihr Gvr
munfnl wax iuirrrxh'il, It passed,
hut the next day was reconsidered
and defeated, thns giving the sanc
tion of the United State* Senate to
any of its hiemfiets to act ns attor
ney for corporations. &e, It imivlie(
go.id for tlie corporations, hilt j* h/al
for the people. The motto of syn- ,
dicates, trusts, combines, pools and
monopolies is, "no legislation is good
legislation." Hyiiee their desire to 1
retain mem liens as attorneys to keeji .
off legislation or to shupe it so as to i
their interests. Our laws were made '
for a past ora, and we have none up- I
oil our statute hooks that meet tin
era of steam and electricity.
Some people believe a railroad
commission will adjust everything. 1
The railroads are above "the State,
and any law a State can pass may
harass them, hut the total tax re
quired by the railroads of the people
will lie as great with the commis- !
sion as without it. The National
Government has tried a commission,
and it has been found that a half
bred railroad attorney call drive a,
six-horse team through it. and so it
will he with any commission law !
they pass. The railroads make no '
showing of books and manage their
affairs in secret. How can it jje_oth
envise? The Knights of Labor, j
many of them railroad men, have
given as one of their declarations 1
that the National Govern incut
slioud own every railroad and tele- ;
graph line. Many object to it upon
the ground that it would give the pol
iticians too much patronage. If this '
patronage be dangerous to a govern
ment. it is more dangerous in the
hands of a syndicate, for it will con
trol the gaverniueiit. But I sec no
need of the government" having as
uinch patronage then as' now. Or
ganize a transportation department
and postotHce department by enlist- i
ing men for life or a term of years,
and not allow them u vote. The
army and navy are so organized linTT1
no one ever hears of trouble about
jmiruiiiji't* in tinier, or uieir liner
fering in any way with elections.
The money system enacted during
the war to sustain the credit of the
government, and raise money for
war pnrposes, is uiisnifed and bnr
donsome to an agricultural people in
time of peace. The only argument
advanced in its behalf are that it is
a safe currency, and that one dollar \
of it will buy more than one dollar
would before the war. As to its be
ing safe, any money the government i
jiiould issue ought ty be as safe or
if would fail to accomplish that for
which it was made. The purchas
ing power of the dollar is no criti
cism to judge hv, for as you increase 1
the purchasing power of the dollar
you decrease the value of labor and
prcjperty. If the purchasing power
of the dollar is a trim guide, then1
reduce the currency one-half and a !
dollar will pay for ten times as
much labor or property as it does
now. Then again, reduce it one
half, and a dollar will pay for iilty
times as ninch as it does now; so
that the purc hasing power of a dol
dar would he on the side of money
kings and against the product.
The. National Hanks are virtually
given a monopoly of hanking bv the
government, and they virtually de
termine the rate of interest-wherev- j
er they are located. The rate of ill- !
terest averages ten percent., which;
is much more than all agricultural [
Jample can stand. The average of j
agriculture being less than these
percent, for the last eight years. This
is not the fault of the stockholders
of National Hanks, hut the fault of
the government. The hanks were
created.by the Hepnhlican party,
and it seems afried to give them '
any relief, and the Democratic party
seems to regard them as the Jews of
old did the leper. In order to show :
it is the government, not the stock- ;
holnf'TN. that ih responsible tor the
high lute lit' interest, ltjt me illus- j
trate: Sav we wish to establish a ;
National Ihuik, with a capital of
one hundred thousand dollars. The
first tiling the government requires
of us is to go and pay its petted bond
holders #28.000 bonus: that is. pay
#1:28,1 KM) for *100,000 of Iannis.
Then the government issues ns #00,
(100 of circulation: of that the gov
ernment retains five per cent, re-;
serve fund. #4.500, and we start or
bank with #N 4,500 of the-.#1:28,000..
we'started out with. The law re- ;
quires L’O per rent, to be kept in le- !
gal tenders, so that we hate IKf.ftOO I
to commence with. Funiifnre, fix
ture, stationery, &c., will take at
leuast #4,000 giving a hanking cap
ital! of #0:2,500. or less than half of
the #I'd*,000.
Ten per cent, on the #112.500 would
lit*. . #0.250
Four percent, interest on #100.000 -
governmentbonds. #4,00(1
310,250
From which deduct expenses,
taxes, itc., ns follows...
Kent and salaries. 31.500
M. N. tax on circulation non
Ntatc, county & town tax, I, sod
#7.200 #7,200
~ I.hhvkb profit. , .#<4,250
or less than three percent, on the i
#128.000 paid out. The \ bonus of
#'28,0110 paid ilie Ixunlhnlderaf will
have to he made out of the ihitroris
of the banks, or it would he lost . in
the stockholdres when the bond
reached maturity. This shows how
dependent the National Banks are
on deposits. It' there is a tightness
in the money market so as to induce
depositors to withdraw deposits, in
terest is advanced, and ill case of a
panic, the hanks are jeopardized.
National Banks cannot lend jnouey.
at a> low rate of interest, n^c, eau
they loan money on longtime with
out threat risk, for they cannot tell
at what time the depositors may call
upon them for their money. A high
rate of interest is a feast to monop
olies. hut is death to agriculture.
Should a State reduce by law the
rate of interest, it would drive out
to other States a large alnount of
capital, and the remaining capital
would he taken op by'wealthy bor
rowers, leaving the masses without
any showing for borrowing money
to meet an emergency.
There Is another feiitmf of -the
National Bank that is a dangerous
power for a government to depart
with. It is the power to contract
the currency at pleasure and with
out notice. The law gives each
hank having a capital of over 8 !.">().
(Mitt thfe privilege to reduce its circu
lation to S,70,000. and hanks having
under Si 70,000. to one fourth their
capital. This is done by placing le
gal tender notes in the vL'nited
States Treasury a lid withdrawing
the bonds on which the circulation
was based. The Comptroller of the
Currency reports October :ilst, 1X.N7.
the National Bank capital at 877*.
402,707, and the National Bank
notes outstanding at 8lti7.W3.34-f.
This stiitement^imlieates that the
National'Bank circulation is eou
11 acted S-hii '.I M )i t.t K10: add to it the1
surplusaf Si ,70,11(10.(111,1 in Boiled
States Treasury, and we have a cur
rency contracted by over 8700.000.
(!00. a sum sullieieiit to add materi
ally to the purchasing power of the
dollar and depreciate labor and
property. '
\\ lth such a money system: with
syndicates control!'!);' the transpor
tation of the (KHiple with power to
tax "all the traffic will hear." with
trusts, corn hi ues and monopolies con- ’
trnllino'not only Tint luxuries, hut
the necessaries ot' life, where shall
we look-for relief ? Jt will thus ap
pear that tin* merchants are their
unappuinted and unwilling tax Gath
erers whose environments compid
them to act as they do: and yet with
all their labor, how few of them nr-.'
cumulated a respectable' fort line ?
Steam and electricity have centrali
zed our Govern incut. The National
fiovernment alone has power to cor
rect these evils, and to it and not
elsewhere must we look.
Ill our State the burden of taxa
tion falls most heavily upon the
country people. They are required
topavall the tax for opening and
keeping in repair all the public roads
and liiohway. This tax amounts to
more than all the other taxes levied
fill-State purposes. It, is the system
arioiuateii dry the Federal-Barons in
1 he dark awes, and introduced her'
by the slave-owners, and oiiGht to
have died with slavery, for next to
slavery the condition of our public
roads has retarded Hie development
it our State. Those who uphold
Ibis buy, assign as their reason that
the poor white man and the nepro
pay lint little of the othe? tax. and
it is the only way to Get anythin;;
from them. If this he true, whv
tax the poor white man and nepm
jf the country and exempt the poor
wilin' in an ami neppn in rnt" lownsr
Why tnx the rich man .of the coun
try and exempt tin* rich men of the
towns? As well might the emintry
people demand that Tile town people
pay all the court and jaii ex
peuses heeanse court-houses, and
jails are located ill tile towns
Good roads to towns increase trade
md reduce the cost ot living to the
[icople. and areas essential to them
is to e mntry people, for a town
blockaded every winter with mud is
relpless.as a wnpon without wheels.
NV liile we, learn from week to
week through a superli agricultural
press, the improvements and ad
vancements in agriculture.we should
lot toilet that it is our dntv to de
mand of the Stats' and National
Governments to pile us that protee
ion that will insure us the just hen
■titsofonr lnlKir. and to remove
irom us burdens that we might not
/> bear. With the control of rait
•oads, tidegruplts and the money sys
a'Ui, it is possible syndicates, trusts,
'pmbines and monopolies to fob a
icople without owningjhe lands as
•ompletolv as the Barons of old. who
iwniid the land and claimed the pen
ile an vassals. Our danger is in he
ap; reduced to poverty and rendered
lelpless. and the danger oft.he great
irmy of railroad and telegraph i'll!- ;
doyees is in beinffdependent: they,
nay become set vile. The great nuni--.
H'r of strikes made by •t.liefn show
that they possisi an -uncommon
manhood, hut as the. syndicates,
trusts, combines and monopolies in
crease in power, the struggle is ren
dered more unequal.
VVImt the near future miiv bring
forth, no man can tell. Let us act'
well our part. "There all the honor
lies.’’
DR. ABERNETHV RETIRES.
He Says the Third Party Will Damage
the Cause of Prohibition.
‘"The Third party movement will
not only imperil the white man's su
premacy in the South, hut if will
damage the cause of prohibition al
most incalculably."
At the earnest solicitation of
many friends, and after mature and
prayerful reflection. I beg to with
draw my name as a candidate for
superintendent of public instruction
on the Prohibition ticket:—in Ttor
lengthening shallows'of evenino.
nearing my ‘'three score years and
ten.' theesteem of mv friends is more
than ever dear to me. This, ] am
sure I should lose in a measure bv
my candidacy, while 1 am now con
vinced that evil would result there
by. both to Prohibition and to my
friends and fellow citizens in tile
.State, I think my friends in North
Carolina will testify that during mv
life I have never hesitated to follow
where duty pointed the wav. The
nomination came under the guise of
lU’TV, and 1 have accepted. I now
plainly see that this present Third
party will not only imperil the
white man ssupremacy in the South;
hut it will damage the cause of pro
hibition almost incalculably. Since
the war, when i voted at all. mv bal
lot has always been east in favor
ol Demoeraey; and as [ am now. and
always have been.jn full sympathy
witli that party on every question
except that of license, if. it is plainly
to he seen, one of the old political
parties must triumph in the contest.
I shall not allow myself to be used
as au instrumentality inputting mv
friends in North Carolina under
the dominion of negro rule. Hence.
1 hereby decline the candidacy and
withdraw from the Third parl y, and
earnestly recommend mv life long
friend and brother. S. M. Fui^ei'.
who is at hristian gentleman, a I’ro
hihitionist and a scholar, to all mv
Prohibition brethren in the State.
ln.thepreseiit situation.! earnestly
reqnestthe withdrawal of the Prolii
tion ticked in North - Carolina, and
the support of Democracy in the
present contest. \\ e cannot afford
to impose negro supremacy upon
our fellow citizens.
In an off year. ( next year, if you
please.) 1 earnestly beg all good
men of all parties to unite with me.
out side nf polities, in putting this
infamy of all infamies, the liquor
traffic out of our State.
1 am now an old man. Most of
mv life lies in the past; how it has
been consecrated to humanity, the
people know. And in tiiis light
against the aid li eiieiny of earth and
heaven, though mv sword he power
less as Praiill's, it shall strike for
Hod and the liiglit.
^ ours truly.
U. h. A MKRN Kill V.
Yellow Fever.
Hear what Hr.Cocdiron says:
"Couple who use ale ■hoi ie stimulants
rarely ever recover if attacked."
ilt'H who smoke a great ileal are not '
apt to take it ami I)r. t’oeliran. al
luding to tins whole* speaking of his
germ tilery says:., "Tile tohaeeo
smoke kills tlie germs before they
are breathed into the Inugs." Au
gusta Frniint/ Srtrs.
• — ♦ -
Here is some good adviee to all
preachers who want to run tile elec
tion:
The following is an extract from
liishop Duncans address to the
preachers at the Mooresyille District
Conference last week: "A preacher 1
has one thing to do- -preach or not
preach. He has as much business ,
in politics as he has in the moon.;
Hrethren.if you will begin at the
President of the Dnited States and
come down through all the channels
of olllce till you reach the t'oroner
or Constable, you will Knd brains1
enough to manage the affairs of our j
country without the aid of the
Methodist preachers. who haej
enough to do to preach thetiospel.—
Concord Tiiiits.
- ... , - - «
"Cm a proliibitouist, I used to take
forty sryen di'luks a day, lint now I on
ly take forty drinks a day."
"Yes. hut i,ow does that make you a
teetotaler V" ' . •’
‘kJust the'same as a man is a free tra
iler who favors a >reduction of taxes!
from t7 down to4(1 per cent. Do you
see?" ' o .
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington', Aug. 20,1888.
The Kepnbliean liars are uow try
ing to gat in their fine work. A
report wax sent Out from New York
to the elfpet that Mr. Cleveland had
requested. Mr. Brice to (resign as
Chairman of the Democratic Kxac
tive Committee, and that he had
asked Senator Dorman io take 'the
position. A more harefaced lie than
the above was never published: Not
only has Mr. Cleveland not request
ed Mr. Brice to resign, bur he is en
tirely satisfied with his management
and is in full accord with everything
that has lieen done. Senator Gor
man might have been chairman of
the committee when it organized,
hut. owing to the piospective long
session of Congress, he declined;
hut as a member of the committee
he spends as much time as possible
at the headquarters in New York,
and Mr: Brice has had the benefit
of his advice and concurrence in ev
ery move that hi h is taken. There
is no clashing of any kind, either
among the members of the nation
al committee or between them and
Mr. Cleveland. They are harmo
niously working to bring about the
election of Cleveland and Thurman
and they have no doubts about suc
ceeding, This is olti.-ial and in ly
be relied upon.
Blunt* h;is real tlie not act to to
the Republican Senators,. and has
set them all by the ears, lie wants
them to adjourn without passing
any substitute for the Mills bill and
some of them are kicking-iu in an
awful manner. They were having
a regular monkey and parrot
time anyway, in trying to agree
upon a bill, but now that General
Blaine has issued orders that
they are not to report any bill at all,
they are worse at sea than ever.
There are quite a number of Sena
tors who agree with Blaine, blit a
majority are in favor of reporting
a bill. In the meanwhile, time,
that waits for nothing, goes march
ing on. and what will lx* done re
mains in doubt.
Kepresentatative Matson's desk
was. on Saturday, adorned with a
handsome silver water pitcher and
goblets, the gift of the employees of
the Government Printing Office,
given as a testimonial of their ap
preciation of his efforts in their be
half in having passed the bill giving
them an annual loavenf thirty days.
The fisheries treaty has been de
feated. the Republicans having re
jected it. If this action results in a
war with F.nglaiid the Republicans
will have to assume the responsibili
ty therefor.
This week the country is to he
disgusted by a special exhibition in
the Tinted States Senate of the old
and tattered bloody .shirt. Tin*
chief master of ceremonies is to he
Hilly Chandler, who has given no
tice that on Wednesday he will call
up and make a speech upon his res
olution providing for a Senatorial
investigation of the Louisiana State
election. Hilly Chandler is very
brave now. hut when the actual
lighting was going on, he was till
ing a well paid position in the treas
ury department.
nepresentative rorney tnniKstnat
l.’ongressAvill adjourn by September
10th. ami that the Senate will not
net on the tariff bill.
There is a proposition on foot
ummg Democratic Congressmen to
have Speaker Carlisle challenge Mr.
Blaine for a series of twelve joint
lisenssions oil the tariff, to take'
place in twelve different cities. Mr.
Carlisle hah expressed Ills willingness
but whether Blaine will agree or not
is doubtful.
The President has commuted the
sentence o| the hazing cadets to 80
lays imprisonment on board of a[
iovernujeilt vessel, and the loss of!
naif of their annual leave. The
iriginal sentence was dismissal from
die service.
The Senate has passed a bill
unending the postal crimes act June
ast- It is very comprehensive, cov
iring about every cajie that can pos
dbly arise from improperly using
die mails.
Secretary Whitney has ordered
die United States man of war Ga
ena to goto Port an Prhiee, Hayti,
uid to remain there during the pres
nit disturbances, to protect A mer
can interests.
* Senator Bengali made an inter
esting speech in the Senate- Thurs
lay on the President's inessage. He i
took occasion to show the fallacy
' of Blaine’s recent speech in favor
; of trusts.
i The reports that the large appro
priations made by Congress had
wiped out the surplus for the cur
rent fiscal year, is believed to have
been started by the Republicans, in
order to have some shadow of an ex
pense for abandoning their proposed
Tariff bill, - Senator Beck nays it is
I all nonsense; that there will he a
bjg surplus this year, as usual, and
that the appropriations have been,
with the exception of the River and
Harbor bill, under the estimate.
i -»——
Dockery and the Alliance.
(State Chronicle.)
The Farmers’ Alliance is in ses
sion. J
Dockery is in Raleigh.
These two items appeard in a
Raleigh daily this week.' Do they,
standing thus near together, mean
anything? Have they any signifi
cation ?
Yes; they signify that Dockery,
who belongs to The Alliance, is cn
deavoringto get the Ailianee men
tosupportliim for Governor. Will
he succeed ?
ies; when the farmers turn fools
and vote for their greatest enemies
—advocates of a protective tariff.
A leading member of the Alliance
said to the Chronicle: “Some Dem
ocrats seem afaid that the'Alliance
men will defeat Fowle. They are
verv foolish. I came to the Demo
cratic Convention an enthusiastic
Alexander man, as did many others.
By that very act I pledged my sacred
honor to use all the efforts in my power
to secure the election of the nominee
i of the Convention. It is an insult
to the farmers to say now that they
will be untrue to their duty. They
will labor for Fowle equally as hard
as for Alexander, because their hon
or. and their interest as well, are
involved in the struggle.”
Another Alliance man said: “There
are those who. if Fowle is defeated,
will put the blame on the Alliance.
For that reason, if no other, the
Allanee men are going to see to it
that lie is elected. Personally l
wanted Alexander, but I shall work
for Fowle to avoid the suspicion of
sulkin g.
Choose Only Good Men for Office.
(Concord Times.)
Good men on evil platforms can
effect hut little: good platforms with
bad men on them are worthless.
Happily for the country, the Dem
ocarts adopted good, economic plat
forms with wise and worthy leaders
to carry them out. They have.cho
sen men who will stand by their prin
ciples, and we earnestly appeal to
every voter to carefully view the sit
uation, cautiously scrutinize the
Democratic candidates, their records
and past services to the country, and
the principles by which they are
pledged to conduct the Stateand na
tional governments. Discard all
prejudices, compare the Democratic
candidates and Democratic principles
with the Republican candidates and
Republican principles, and then vote
for your own, your children’s and
your country's interest. If you do
this, the Democracy will he safe.
Blaine says: "Trusts are largely
private affairs with which neither
President Cleveland nor any private
citizen has any right to interfere.”
The Democratic platform says: "The
interests of the people are betrayed
when trusts are permitted and fos
tered which, enriching the few that
combine, rob the body of our citi
zens.” Citizens, choose between the
doctrine of the Democratic party and
the doctrine of James 6. Blaine,.
The New York \Vurl,d of yestej
day says: Senator Vance, of North
Carolina, is much pleased at the pro
gress his youngest son is making in
polities. Young Vance is twenty
four vears of age, and his father
calls him the “baby of the family.”
He lias been made ft Presidential
elector for North Carolina. A few
days ago he made a brilliant speech
in a joint debate with a Republican
oponent. Afterwards his admirers
presented him with a handsome cane.
“Baby” Vance possesses many of his
father's characteristics and know*
how to nuke himself popnlat.”