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j nun ii)iitfri"fT-i)M rr-T j r riWn, amv -it r -wp Mn- i n -t fn n i n ni ""-"i "mtM maw '" ' iiw'p'mmmwiim p mmmnwtw.ma, jmm on. m mm jmmmmiyiiMia'miigmim'imf mmmmm&Mm mmm "hwi ' wi '"W"'"''..' w . ..sy w,--,,,,- i Limim-m - wr minniwwmii m mgrr-wr urn nmr m mi nr m n i 1lll-rnrMw - : -1 " V I i . . . ' ' : r . if j i , - 1 i . ) THE HOME RULE. SI.OO A YEAR. " 'ITBMSIIKI WF.EKI.Y AT 1 RALEIGH, N. C, THK I103IE Tt HUSHING CO. A. S. PEACE, tOOSHUA SKINNER. Editors. -The -Home Rule launches its lioat ibis week on the sea of journalism, .and like the daughter iof the Governor of Kentucky, d of .breaking a bottle of whiskey as a part of the.initia .tory ceremonies, to perpetuate an old custom, we; use thV pure God . given "beverage .that nature has furnished water, and in endeav ing to carry out the principles that the name of our paper sug gest; home rule. We shall ever be found advocating. the doctrine that " the. greatest blessings that can come to ' any people, in a r4errfpo'ral sense, is to possess the right to govern their own affairs, and since this can only be done by good men, of the people's rovn choosing, and "since this must and can only be done thrpugh the ballot-box, we Con tend that outside of tile church . itself, the most sacred institution in all this land is the ballot-box, " a privilege that oar forefathers fought, bled and died for that we might obtain yet, we are sorry to say that up 101896, and for twenty-five .years 'previous to that " date, hundreds and thousands of : the poor laboring classes of our " citizens were deprived . of. .this precious privilege,- and because they had not the advantage of an education their ballots were 'thrown out . or received and counted for men other ihan theirl friends. " Home .Rule " will labor to perpetuate the present fair and :equitable election law as . fixed by th$ legislature of 1897, which gives to every man, be he learned or unlearned, the right to cast his vote and have it count ed for the man of his choice. I OEM-POP FUSION. It is passingly strange to us how any self-respecting Populist can Cor a.mpmenMhink of entertain ing a proposition coming from a Democrat tending to fusion after the abuse the' have heaped upon the Populists from their very incipiency. Up .to date they have been the Populist'sonly po litical enefmies in this State. "When L. L. Polk was battling for Po'pulist principles the Demo crats were so bitter against him on account of his principles that they almost made life a misery to him, and ho doubt his days .were shortened through the spleen that they vented against him. Later, ! when Marion Butler was battling for the same cause he was. hissed and rotten-egged all over the State, and the echo of the mis representation of his 1 Rocky Mount speech is still reverberatT ing from one end of this State to the other,, and all because, they were advocating the free and un limited coinage of silver at the they are now trying another tact They stole the Populist platform at Chicago and every Democrat is tearing his throat hollowing free silver, white maji and white metal ; come, you Populists and go with us when every Pop'ulist knows that deep down in their, hearts that same old bitter feel ing' exists that did when they were burning and hanging Pop ulists in effigy. We'll not go 'wid 'em. HARMONY AT THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. .The men who Have taken. upon- themselves the responsibility of the publication of this paper have not done so!vith the expectation of realizing any benefit finan cially. - In addition to giving ' their time Jlnd talents they will onl" be t6o glad to know that the enterprise, is self-sustaining. What they want is to keep the masses of the unsuspecting voters posted, so that they will not be lured into voting for a party whose sole purpose is to use them .in getting control of the State, and then spank, them right good and tell them they are doing this because thev left the grand old Democratic; partyin 1894 and '1896 and caused some o"f us Democrats to loose our good pa vine ofliccs for four long years, an almost unpardonable sin, yet " if you will, come back and ac knowledge you have done wrong and ! promise to do so no more we " wilj". take you in on proba tion. In v6fder. to put The Home RuLe within, the reach .01 all our ' friends we will send it re- ularlv to clubs of five or more. from now until the 'first of De-. cember next, .seven months and a half, for the small sum of 25 cents. ',Xov. friends, goto work and let us have a good club from even- township and school dis trict. in the State. " If vou don't reeeive a sample copy write for one. The Democratic papers would have the people believe that there was much friction at the meeting of the Populist Executive Com mittee of the State on the 5th of April, when such was not the case. The only difference of opinion Was as to the time "of holding the State Convention. A very smallproportion of the com mittee favored the 25th of May, while a. large majority preferred an earlier date, I7tlv6f May, and this committee being composed of representative men from all parts of the State, it proved that vt,he Populists do not want to( become mixed up with the Democrats. The majority ruled and the mi nority yielded,! and outside of fixing the date 01 the convention perfect harmony prevailed upon ratio of 16 to i1. And now to think that they want to assume the championship of the free coinage of silver by stealing the Populist platform and saying to them :: Come into the Democratic party and help us get free silver. We' say that'this is just. a little more than we can comnrehend or digest. We do not want to j every other ! question that wa$ impugn me motives 01 anv 01 our - -i- - - -Populist brethren if thevare lion- i er PpopJe yUl have their estin their views about Dem-Pop llttle differences, hui there is this fusion, or rather absorption, but redeeming trait in them, when for.the iife of us we can't seethe the' time arrives they can settle consistency in such a course, and I their little differences in a way we are inclined to the belief that,lbest known to themselves, and if they will stop and think for.a j then all go on their way rejoic moment, and review the Demo- ing singing, "Ve'll all meet cratic record for the past:twenty- j aSJlin in the sweet by and by. ' five years on free silver they will . - . , become disgusted ard ready to - H,ST; H,ST" . say, I want no Democratic fusion ; ;.. " Negro in ' the wood-pile." in mine. ' : Ho ! Populists, do you hear it? -I Yes, it is just the same old' cry of the Democrats who are hungry , POPULISTS WARNED THEM. . It is now. the boast of Demo cratic organs, when appealing to Populists to return, to speak for pie. ' In '1876 the 'Democrats came into power and wrested from the people the right to elect 4 We, 'want, a short, spicy nevs correspondent o 'tiiK Homk Rl-Lk from every locality in thl? State.. Tiik i'HoMk Ri le being the people's paper, let some representative man express the sentiments of his'people in every section of the State, so that this paper can be the medium for the people to express therr views and let their waVits be known and! pf their party as the u Re-f justices of ' the peace and other county onices. There being three justices to each township, , it was given out as the Democratic party policy that one of these justices should be a Republican and wherever practicable he sHould be a negro. By this po licy a large number of negroes were put in such-offices as justices of the peace, school committees arid the like. So great a num ber pf negroes were put into of fice in the eastern counties that .Mr. Dockery,' the Republican candidate for governor against the late Governor Fowl in 1888, charged in the west that the Democratic party was the negro party, and it is said ne offered, for proof that the eastern coun ties wrere negro counties and were Democratic and put negroes into office. ' - generated Democracy." '- Now, we -would be glad to give this- regenerated party a few test questions by which it may verify the genuineness of its conversion. Do you repent of the. rotten, eggs you - have thrown ?. Your mud slinging? Your abuse? Your misrepresentations and slan derous declarations concerning the Populist party? ' Do you repent of your ballot box stuffing, yqur bull pens and like.' fraudulent, methods at the polls? . ' V Do you repent of your laws depriving the good citizens of the State of their rights as American citizens to elect all their township and' county officers? In short, do you repent of all your politi cal sins and resolve to do better J in the future than in the past? The Democratic party may ask itself this further question as a su preme test of its regeneration : Do we love the People's party which forced us to prqfess regen eration? ' If the above questions can be answered satisfactorily, then let the Democratic party cease to do ) evil and learn to do good and bring forth fruit meet for repent ance : then the people will take under consideration the genuine ness of its conversion. THE FREE SILVER PARTY. r , Some, of our Populist friends who favor 'Democratic co-operation say they have no idea of go ing to tjie J3emocrats ; they are only going to join the Free Sil ver party. . , jWell, the only Free Silver party we know in North Carolina resides and has its being in Wil mington, and when brother Keith retires at night he locks up all that is knowrn of it. But still with some it has a place in their fancy, a sort of flag station on h& air-line railroad ta the Demo cratic party at which point the engineer has peremptory orders treated by democrats iust after from the bosses not to allow his they joined the Populist ", party, tfain to be flagged down. There we could hardly believe their 1 is no middle errounds for a re- .'. . 1 . 1 ..1 HOW DEMOCRATS , TREATED POPULISTS. If it were not told to us by men whom We have the utmost confidence in, how they 'were their wrotiLTS be rijzhted. '. W e snd a package story, but knowing them as we dowe have every reason to be lieve they are telling the truth. In the middle and eastern part of this JState good Populists tell us that soon after the Populist party was formed all kind of abuse was heaped upon them by the demo crats they thought thir malice could conceive of. Some thev ; would hung in effigy, some the' j would burx f:r in effigy, 'and write ; their epiataph in the most ofj diabolical language, others en- T111: MIo.Miy Rilk- to many of I dured the grossest insults on ac- our friends this week, in 'different, count' of their principles, others parts' of the State. brethren, were ostracised on every occa when received "nlease nlace them sion. and all this was done hon- m uie nanits pt men- who will :readandippreciate them, also who vwill send in their subscriptions at once,-that no gap will occur be tween the first, and each subse quent number of the paper. ' ing, to drive the Populist party out of existence. But all this shameful treatment having. failed of its object, and learning from sad experience to them. that the Populist party has come to stay, former ; he must act either with the gold standard Democrats or with the Populists. ; Which will he do? ' ,- - MGGER IN THE WOOD-PILE.' Is it not an insult to the intel ligence and manhood of the white people of the State to en deavor to excite their fears of ne gro Trule ? The whites are two to. one negro in North Carolina, and 3et are expected by dema gogues to tremble and quake at the old crv of " nigger in the wood-pile." . The grounds "around the Gov ernors Mansion present quite an attractive appearance since Mr. Vanderbiifs gift of trees and shrubs and other improvements by: Mi. Burns in the way of new walks and drives. . THE MOTIVE. We believe the Bryan Popu lits sincerely favor co-operation with the Democrats, and that Butler knows his hope for the fu ture rests with the decent, ele ment of his party. However, if what his .worst enemies say of him is true, the quickest way to dispose of him is to force him toj accept or rejeci a proposition iui an honorable co-operation in the interest of the white man and the white metal. If he crawfishes, that will open the eyes of the men we afer tryi'ng to ' win back and his power over them will be broken. . If he sticks, as he did in the last campaign and we must dp him the justice to say that he worked like a Trojan for Bryan all the better(for us ; the Republicans are crushed, white supremacy is assured in North Carolina and the way prepared for Bryan's triumphant election in 1900. When we get' Demo crats and Populists to pulling to gether all along the line, the triv ial differences that now divide. them will soon be forgotten and we will have once more a happy and united political family like we had before Cleveland appear- ied upon the scene. The election of Bryan and a silver Congress will remove the causes that brought the Populist party; into existence, and its honest mem bers will find themselves back in the historic party of Jefferson arid Jackson without- knowing when the line was crossed, lhis m - " . -t cannot be done in a day nor a, week, but requires time, patience and wisdoni. ; Chairman .Jones, with rare foresight, has called attention to the fact that wre can well afford to forego the advantage that lo- cal issues might give us for the present in order to prepare the way for greater things in the future. He has written to two leading Democrats in this State urging co-operation.-- Webster 's Weekly. ' .The ' decent element of the Populist party, according to Mr. Webster, are those who wish to abandon their party and he ab sorbed by the Democratic party. The quickest, way to dispose of him (Butler) is to forced him to reject or accept a proposition for honorable; co-operation on Joe Daniel's platform, white men and white metal. Right, you are, Mr.' Webster in saying; that the Pop ulist party will be disposed of if they dicker with your party whether we accept or reject it. We assure you the .People's par ty will recognize you and your party in no Mother .way than to denounce you for your sins of omission and commission. We have heard your siren song of free silver and ' decent govern ment before, if we mistake not, when your party declared for free silver and lots of other good things in. 1892, and -then voted for Cleveland. A nice lot, you are. If your promises and fro- Wcssions had been any good the country would have been' saved long ago. CT";4 When we get Democrats and Populists pulling together all along the line, the trivial differ ences that now divide them will soon be forgotten, we will have once more a happy and united political party like we had before Cleveland appeared on the scene." Yes, a-re-united family, with Ransom as the boss, bull-pens,' election frauds, justices of the peace ajjoinled because of their partizanship, county commis sioners elected,not by the people, but this same machine, and the sweet, dear, lovely old times as as of i6re-where no man of in dependence ..-will be allowed no sit in the synagogue of the right eous (?) . Yes, a nice scheme to catch suckers, this little game of yours, getting us to mix up with you and "find ourselves back in .your party without : knowjng when we crossed the line.,v ,1 ' We commend your candor and promise you ibat we will not get in sight of your net. f ' The Democratic party, to the Populist , party,, is like the deadly upas trees, and we will-not touch the unclean thing. W e warn Populists everywhere to be on the alert, attend your primaries and see that, delegates are sent to the County and State Conventions who truly represent; the sentiments of your peopled See that there is no packing of delegates!, "as 'is he custom of the Democrats, ana your party win be safe. DON'T WANT IT. - If the; Populists that we meet tell their sentiments, they don t want anyf co-operation with the Democratic - party. Still there are many! who say they- 'are wil ling to make them a proposi tion, etc. ' Now, brethren, we, claim to be honest, patriotic citizens. If vou - ' X 1 - want fusion with Democrats, say so, and if not, then so declare. Remember that it' may be hard te tell the first untruth, but it is quite easy when once used to misrepresentations. How Popu lists can wish ; to affiliate wih a party that'has fattened on fraud and corruption, vituperation and abuse is past our understanding. We don't want it and are not afraid to say' so. . NOTICE! . White man,r can you read ? If not, you surrender your right to vote the Democrats into power in this State! . . White man , d6 you pay tax on three hundred dollars worth of 'property ? If not, your vote for the Democratic! party means a vote to place fifty thousand ne groes above you and to place . yourself and seventy thousand white m,en in like circumstances on a practical equality with penf fentiary convicts- and-jailrbirdsi White man, dp you love your children and your race ? Then y mi cannot vote! with any party .whose purpose is to. 'disfranchise white men and place educated negroes over them." mission to t thrown wide SEAT OF VIRTUE. , It is too common for men who nave a scheme to work on th credulous to meet the arguments of those who disagree with tjaem by impugning the motives 6f their opponents.! This veil is too thin, and sooner or later will be torn off and show those who practice such business in all their hideous deformity. . Whenever a man cannot meet assignments in a better way it is time to call him down. HOW IS' THIS? 'r-- Senator Jones, Chairman of the National Democratic Execu tive Committee, is the author of the bill to retire five hundred million of greenbacks and sub stitute five hundred million of in terestrbearing bonds.J He is also author of the ad dress Calling on all fre'e silver men to rally under one banner the Democrats in JS orth have inscribed, "Tjie tic party. ' belahi . NO POP.FUSrOM IFOR OEMS. We do not believe that any amount of - foreign influence cW divert the Democracy of thcState ' from its present! intention tore deem this Commonwealth im,M ' tie . incompetent fusion adminis, tration, with which it is nmv'nf flicted, by undivided Democratic -" responsibility, or go down in-llon. , orable 4 defeat.;! The past lilston ' of fusion in North Carolina, pi.icxV that form of admiaistration w 'i out the pale of honest goycrh ; ment. It has been a disastrou experiment and the Democrats ' do not propose to be a party t. any agreement . that will perpetu ate, the present ! state of affairs'. Yet; in declining to fuse 'the Dem ocrats should adopt a most liberal policy, consistent with principle, and invite .into! their ranks 'all those who . place- patriotism and " ."' State pride above a rapacious dc-' sire for office. . The doors of ad- le party should .be '. open that all good citizens of the State who desire a reputable government nlay march . under the Democratic banner. Fusion for the sakS& of ohfriinincr the pffices at the sacrifice of prin ciple will no't benefit the people. More would be alienated by . this . course than would be gaineti. Ai wise and conciliatory, policy ;will hold the Democratic party to gether and draw others to it. Don't repel those, who wish to come 'with us give them a cor- -dial welcome buhold the ship steadily to its moorings. Therein 5 lies safety and honor." The aboveis from the Mbrgan to IIcraai whiclf voices the sen timents ofthe Democrats of Wes tern North Carolina. The Ilcr- ald being a leading organ, and' being from Judge Avery's town, . anof his party, it is supposed t xe his sentiments. We; ask w the above accords with a re- ; ported interview in a" Salisbury paper last week in which the Judge favored Dem-Pop fusion? But we are not at all surprised at the discrepancy. It is nothing more than may be expected. They want populists to prie them out of the mud, and when they get on solid .ground they will look back and say, " Physi- . cian, heal thyself!" , . v. on which Carolina Democra 44 Since the silver Democrats got religion at Chicago they've been regenerated and we wish to be - with them!' 'Senator At ivater in Raleigh Post. This religion and profession of regeneration is from a death-bed repentance, which is generally lost upon restoration to health. Just let the Democrats be again I you do they might get the couuty WAKE COUNTY- LOCALS. .; A. J. I3uffalo,: a leading Popu list i n Wake, is also a leading' cattle and dairyman. lie de mands from $40 to $100 each for cows, and he gets it. At least'one-half the jjemocrats we meet 'in Raleigh say tnat if the Deni crats fifse with Popu lists they will, ilpt vote the Popu list part of the ticket. It is generally believed that one condition (o Josephus Dan-; iels' fusion carries the State print ing. The State (printing) will then be saved (to Josephus).'. . The Democrats turned the.af-; fairs, of Wake county over to the present administration $45,000 in debt. ' The present County Com missioners saved $13,000 the first year. It will never do to keep them in two more years, for if r .1 41 aiisii Dein l ow, I ty, but I those V' hi a me rlrec sil any refo ist part ,'Me.- I tslderat fx with 1:6 hav e ie,Cleve )crced ick by f ; aip,- '" ti-. ery o! tCj their -inc rbpositi iW whe n lysis, d: seque sscntial, ic iron, ie elect liver ba What -tfut pupate c sibili' ycrse tl ri:e iPc n.in hcl remand lepende irht, tl: pundqd iie'.als ption . jrcnter nore ur irculd. binion rold,.lc; Hit f the Jhmoct It do stcpubl s brouj j It is ' jcrficia ivents Jie D( iiduouj ibbxit. Mow ' -Jie . 1 'ould ass a iua ch Ofl :. th bo4 selves' I The 3o not trats -they h Indica they itraigl bamp from ilavcr thsir 1 thaii t Th . r.raig' b:liev restored to power in this State and the last state will be worse than the first. Once upon a time Winkey Wankey King of. the Cannibal Islands, fell sick nigh unto . death and sent for the Christian! missionary doctors who ministered to his soul as well as his bod'! and he, too, professed religion. But having been re stored to health his menu Y3 S of old, "Little-boy pie aridNbaby sauce, and a missionary for a sec qnd course.' j Can the leopard phange his spots or the Ethiopian nis sKin r iney may, but the Democrats of North Carolina can never leave on the use of the bull-pen jand counting-tables at elections.!- j . . entirely out of debt We send out this j w;eek 5 ,000 copies of The Home Rule, and before the end of the month we hope to be able to mail a copy to every Populist in the State as a regular paid-up subscriber, and to. do that 1 itl will take at least sixty thousand copies, and surely this is not expecting too much, for eyery live Populist wants . his paper we3kly direct from head quarters, and we promise . you nothing but what is reliable and fresh. Brethren, give us your help and we will certainly try to Since Hon. W. Jennings Biyan and Chairman . Marion Butler have formed j a co-partnership ' looking to Dem-Pop fusion Mr. Bryan has given orders to be sent down the line in. this State that, the Democratic papers are to hold up their personal abuse against Senator Butler j and hold up his hands, hence Josephus' Daniels' change of tactics since his visit to Washington. ! . 1: Now, how .can any! self-respect ing . Pojpulist I accept such decep tive, backbiting pretensions as that, for justas soon as conditions ' .. should change, as change they will, the' old spleen, against But- '. ler,arid every other Populist in the State, will burst forthA with ten-fold inpre bitterness in thefu- -ture than in the past- ; do our part. It strikes us that the I Iome Rule would be a good medium for business men of every kind to advertise their wares and merr chandise, as we are publishing frpm five to ten thousand copies each yreek and I these, are sent to every nook and corner in the State1. v Hope advertisers will call and see us, and we will make terms to suit.
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