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A CURIOUS ADDRESS.
Klsewhero vc publish an address
issued through the .Vi --, ant! )
n ( r ami other Democratic pa
pers, on t he morning of t )et. ?Kih. It
is strange that Maj. ( iuthrie, the
nominee of the People's party?
should issue an address so worded,
and still more so, that he has
sought to get it to the public
through Democratic papers, com
pletely ignoring the papers hold
ing up the banner of his party.
lut such has been the policy of
the People's party nominee since
the State Convention. It must be j
plain to all that the tendency of his j
speeches and interviews has, at all j
times since the Convention, been
to alienate the hearty support of
those who were expected to vote
for him. All this is unaccountable.
Maj. uithrie knew when he was
nominated that he could not be
elected without the support of dis- vour ballots and your personal in-,
satisfied Republicans, and yet he : tl uence. 1 beg, I beseech, I im
parted and continued his canvass ! plore you, as you love your party
in such a wav as to mortifv his ; ;ind Principles you profess, and
.... . . . ' i winch we have taught the people
Populist friends a nd drive away all j a 1V bas(d lip(m t,R1 S();iml l)vhlwl
hope of Republican aid. The re-: pies of patriotic constitutional gov--ui;
ha.-. b en to keep .Judge Rus- 'eminent, stand in this crisis by the
-ii in the held. Ma j. iuthrie has ! principles and teachings of the
, , P ! People's partv, or else prepare
won innumerable onconiums from ' ,.. ' ' , 1 ' .
I yourself to see vour partv go to
the democratic press and polit i- pi(H-es and become a by-word and
eians, and apparently, is trying to j a reproach among men.
destrov his own partv bv ignoring: 1 Have you forgotten so soon the
State Committee and bv stab-
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!;m.r his
upponers througli the:atin, to nonpartisan Judiciary?
democratic press
A citizen has
privilege to
full
ick
:ainst his partv manage-
... o in uueci woiauon oi inai trui-
ments it hi' wane- to do so. hen .-.. i . . i i i
ciple. and give to the Republican
:i citizen accepts a nomination for! party three members out of live of
;t high oiiice he becomes more the i t he Supreme Court . I ust ices? Will
s-rv::m of the party than before, vou ln it? If h.v .vour votes you
i. o, .1, .;.i1A. ,i i you elect Col. Douglas, a Repubii-
:: ii sr.ouio. obex th- ihe aiHl ,' . , , - , , ,
can, instead of Hon. A. ( . Averv,
-peet the combined wisdom of the sitting member of the Supreme
;he party instead of running coun- , Court, and thereby give t lie Repub-
ei t it. Ii he cannot obey theilu';nis :l majority of the Supreme
A.Iloi maioritv of tin partv he
should .-..sigii as its nommee, and
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f :
:h
kicking
as v private
it i.en.
iajnr ( iuthrie advises :he peo- j j U(p,., t
;.'!e u; vte forjudge Avery, dem- j tionam
rat, for the Supreme Court, 'tithe'pift
Am urn,, n mat auuge -r j
aneoi uie auogf-s wno rena-
led the decision that enabled the j
uemocrats to count out trie J'opu-
!i-!s and Republicans in IM?.There
f- no consieiicv j n ai ising
anv
!..M.y to support such a man.
regards a non-partisan judiciary, it
enough to say that the demo-
its now nave a maioritv oflhei
Supreme Court .hida'es,
His reference to
cong re
sional
is iin-
he ac
;.nd legislative candidates
ailed for, as he knew when
cepted the nomination for Covern
..rthat t he "arrangement" now ex
isting for Republican co-operation
'.vou Id !.e carried out, and he sup
ported similar "arrangements" two
ears ;ign himself. In short, he
advises us to jump out of the Re
publican gold-bug frying pan into
?he Democratic gold-bug fire, for it
is well known that nearly all the
democratic nominees in the State
;'rom Covernor down are Ransom
gold-bugs, sailing under the free
.diver tlag, and if they are elected
it will be far worse than if the
Populist and Republican co-operative
ticket is elected, and demo
cratic success will be attended with
far reaching consequences, such as
a disfranchising election law and
i he repeal of all good laws passed
!v our last legislature, as well as
many other evils.
It "is plainly evident that Major
iuthrie intended to help the dem
ocrats, for ten thousand copies of
his letter was printed and ready
to be mailed out bv chairman
M
anly before the letter appeared
in the Xt trsautl ( )hst rrer, and oth
er Democratic papers and the let
ters were mailed from Democratic
headquarters on the morningof the
L'Mh.
GUTHRIE'S ADDRESS.
i hi: dim ki mi:nt hi; sunt oi t to
tiii: n r.i.ic Timoroii Tin: ii:i
( iiatic statk exk( i t1vk
oiiitti;k .m tiii:
m:u sva ii:ks.
Ttt tht 'totfes Iarhi Voter of' AT.
( 'a rot iitf :
Will you now, on the eve of the
election, desert your party Hag and
the principles you profess to love?
Will you be allured into the camp
of Mark Hanna and politically
slaughtered? 1 ise to believe it,
and will not be nvinced to the
contrary until votes shall be
counted and returned. Will you
take the earnest advice, and listen
to the last appeal of him whom
you honored with vour conlidence
at our last state convention bv
nominating me a your choice for
the otlice of (Governor? Will vou
fail to vote for KAt'H AXDEY
KUY elector on the liryan Presi
dential ticket? Will you vote for a
gold-bug to represent you in the
next Congress of the rnited States?
Will you throw away your votes
for a Congressman upon Populist
''decoys" in the Fifth ami Ninth
ComTnssioiiiil ilifrii'f nnil tlioro-
bv htqp to vvcX ,roid-bugs instead
of free silver ( 'ongressmen i n those
districts? Will you vote for mcm-
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iuei in i ue wenei ai .asm: id v
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pledged to support Senator Pritch
ard or any other gold-bug Republi
can for a seat in the Senate of the
luited States?
These are questions of vital im
portance to us as a political party
which vou can onlv answer with
: P1 ,11einIes laut clown at our state
! com veil t it n onlv twit vi-mv mo r
Are you mindful of the fact, that if
: .V"U vote for Col. Douglas for a
i,i,im v,lim .juuge on v. in uo
w' . . . . .......... . I.. i . . :n l
j CmvU th,!,' Jvi vor' 1Vples''
i party man in .North ( arolina hang
hs ,u.ad m shanfi niuJ n(y u .
advocate a non-partisan .Judiciarv.
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1 Here is onlv one Suneror Court
o be voted for at this elec-
nd he is to till u vacancv in
HlO I i ft 1 1 llidifi'll !li.tlMt ii-Iwum
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pi(s partv
: 1 :i wvi r ti !i
been nominated for
My neighbor, frinds
odice
iillnl f I ni -1 1 wn 1 1 1 m n t r l!iii:
Manninir of pm-hani. is the Demo-
cratic candidate for the oiiice
know Mr. Manning to be a learned
lawvll. of manv vears practice, and
.,;iltt,ni;ni of inte-ritv ami hi-h
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"iuii.u i iiu i iicici . iii opponent
is the Republican Clerk oT Caswell
county. I nless you are prepared
to renounce the wholesome princi
ple of a non-partisan Judiciary, I
ask you to vote for Mr. Manning
and see to it that his name is on
your t icket, or if not, scratch Mr.
Spencer Adams and put it there.
Lei me cant ion you to be careful to
read the names on your tickets be
fore they are put into the ballot
boxes. My Peoples' party friends,
think on these things, and before
it is too late, ask yourselves the
question, what is the right thing
for me to do? Then knowing what
is right, have the manhood to go
to the polls next Tuesday and do
the right thing, honestly and fear
lessly. I beg to assure you that as
to my personal candidacy for Cov
entor, it gives me little concern
what the result as to my own elec
tion or defeat may be; but the
future status of the Peoples' party
in North Carolina, and the right
decision of the vital questions of
governmental policy, State and
National, involved in this political
contest, cause me the deepest anx
iety. As you love your country,
i vour neighbors, your families and
'your ueaivst interests, and would
restore prosperity and happiness
to the whole people, show your
selves as patriotic at th polls next
Tuesday as all true Populists have
heretofore professed to be. Let us
show to the world that we are not
a gang of professional office seek
ers, but a band of political patriots
moved to action by love of country
and a proper conception of the
duties and reponsibilities as well
as the privileges of American citiz
enship. Holy writ and human exper
ince both alike teach us that " a
tree is known by its fruit," and " a
man's acts speak louder than
words." Let up prove our political
faith by our political acts.
rSigned.) Wm. A. (iuthrie.
Dp it ha m, N. C, Oct. '17, IS'Jfi.
AN ADDRESS
statk c'iiaikman hat.. v. AYi:i:
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In lititft it) an h!rt.s from M(j.VY't who -have no aim in this
Win. A. (Iuthrie the Peo ale
Partu Xominet' for (iorej-nor.
On the morning of October 28th
the Democratic papers of this State
were run oi praise ana muuauou
of Major William A. (iuthrie, the
nominee or rne reopies party ioiiSOthev will have nothing to fear
( Jovenor of North Carolina. On n the" reinstatement of their boss
tlie evening of October 27th there : ism and arrogance.
was an unusually lively bustle and
buzz around the Democratic State
headquarters, and an elasticity
hitherto unknown characterized
the tread of those who were ollicial
ly connected with that establish
ment, and those who were in sym
pathy with the objects and aims of
the organization it represents.
The cause of all this was that the
j Democratic party hoped and be
! iieved that the man who had been
: nominated by the People partj7 for
' Oovernor had given the Peoples
party a deadly stab or struck it a
! fatal blow.
j The incident is one concerning
j which there can be no temperate
1 feeling among those who have the
1 interests of the Peoples party and
! If.- klii wd t' tif lw--f- 111 A f 1
jeratemay be the terms in which j jf anv representation in the Legis
i it is commented upon. The abuse j hiture, and consequently no inilu-
of confidence is something that can
command no respect from the per
son or persons abused; the betray
al of a trust calls for the unreserv
ed condemnation of those betrayed.
These remarks are preliminary
to some comment on an address
which has iust been issued by
i Major Outhrie and clkefclly
j ic p.usm i:d by the democratic
i i'i:i-:ss. That address comes at a
time when the lines are drawn for
the grand charge in a political con-
test, and when there was no thouglit
that there was dissatisfaction or
treachery in anyone of those in
whom the greatest trust had been
reposed. While it comes with
something like a shock, it is not
the shock that weakens or demora
lizes the lines in which it occurs.
It is simply the shock of surprise1
and astonishment the shock that
accompanies the discovery of mis
placed couhderce; vw then ii
passes, leaving nothing but a
iatent memory that there was
once a man in the lines who passed
out without hindrance.
The address of .Maj. Cuthriois
issued at a time when those upon
whom mav devolve whatever ne
cessitv there is oi
noticing it are;
wearied and worn with the arduous
duties and work of a complicated
and perplexing campaign a cam-. Democrats, with no existing politi
paign in which the representatives eal influence for the Populists, ff
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of the Peoples party have zealous
ly striven with all their ability
and oower to make the road of
their chief standard-bearer clear domination of what he appears to
and his burden easy despite the dread so much Republican gold
faet that he. himself, persistently bugs. If the Democrats should
threw obstacles in his own path
and with duties of grave impor
tii nee still nressing upon them
t hey
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have but little time or inclina-
tion to ramble among words for
th 4 purpose of collecting together
a choice variety of them for the
purpose of expressing a rebuke.
The fust three lines of the ad
dress convev a gross and unpar
donable insult to the Peoples Party
State Committe and every member
of the party who sympathizes with
the efforts the committee has made
and the course it has pursued. It
would be superfluous here to re -
cite the co-operative arrangements
which the State Committee, by
virtnfil Mi.fhoritv of the State con-
vontion has entered into with
other political parties. One of
them is a co-ooeration with the
Renublican partv on State an Con-
f-ressional tickets. This is refer-
rotl to bv Mai. (iuthrie in tnese
words
"Allured into the camp of
Mark Hanna and
politically
slaughtered." And after this out
rageous insult, which every true
Populist.in the State will avenge
in some way, the address turns
into a disgraceful and disgusting
plea for the Peoples party to trull
into the Democrat ie )arty cud le
swallowed. And for what? An !
What??
He refers
to his address as the
al of him whom vou
"last
lastaP,wal he "begs" "breeches"
"implores" the members of the
Peoples partv to vote for Popu -
i rsTs' No 'For men who have
shown Friendship and given aid
to Populists? No: oh, no! But in
the interest of a party which has
cursed and slandered and maligned
appt
honored with vour confidence at , party was better tnan me one oy ner oi votes cast ior .iaj. o uun ie,
our last State convention bv nomi- which he was honored with the as the Peoples party nominee for
nating me as vour choice for the highest compliment it could be- Governor, must not and cannot be
otlice of Governor" And in this stow. The Convention believed it accepted as an indication of Peo-
the Peoples party for the four
years of its existence, and who are
I mviii ii nun t nil ((U i j.x imuni)
i hatred and malignitv that the
campaign but to win, if possible,
by any and every species of fraud
and corruption they can invent
j Clevelandism, Pvansomism,
i tiiii.i utn iM', aim men lenew uiru
and
tlmiv l-wnini' tn o fn "t i"tl 5 ll tVto
i annihilation of the Peoples party
The
term "non-partisan Judi-
ciarv" is
introduced into the ad
dress and is followed by a plea that
I rTM 1 1 J f ii?) 1 1 '.f rPn-- Timlin.
oeratic Judges and against two
Republican .Judges. If :i "non
partisan" Judiciary is sought
earnestly and sincerely, why not
at least plead that Populists will
vote for one Democratic Judge and
onr Republican Judge. Why must
ert rithiug for which Major (iuth
rie pleads be Democratic?
If the general course which. Maj.
Outhrie advises should be adopted
by the Peoples party, it would not
be represented in Congress by a
single member from this State. It
would not have a single representa
tive in the State government or on
the judiciary. It would have little
ence whatever. Is this what Major
(Juthrie seeks or desires? Does the
man who was nominated by the
Peoples party for Governor desire
to see that course pursued which
will utterly destroy every vestige
of representation, influence and
power the party can secure by the
course it is now pursuing? Ah,
what a riddle is here!
The address reaches its maxi
mum of political folly and impu
donee when it advises Populists to
"scratch" the name of Spencer P.
Adams, who is on the Populist-
Republican co-operation ticket, and
put the name of James S. Manning,
a Democrat, in its -place. What
would be the result of the adopt ion
of this proceed ure? Republicans
would "scratch" Judge Walter A.
Montgomery. Would Democrats,
for whom Maj, (iuthrie makes such
a strong, pica, step in and replace
ine uciiu)iH .in i iv. mi i j win voie lor uemocrars, out no
not, what would become of Judge i where pleads that a Populist will
Montgomery, the Populist nominee vote for a Populist,
for Supreme Court Judge? Now, , Fourth. He declares he ca res no
let it be supposed that retaliatory j thing about the results of the great
"scratching" should be practiced j est compliment and honor that the
bv Populists and Republicans all j People's partv State convention
the wav througn. 1 he result would !
be a three-cornered light in the
State, and the end would be a vie
torv for either the Kepubheans or
there should be a Republican victo-
! ry, then the policy of Maj. Guthrie
i would result in a complete State
win, there
would be a complete
....fni.ii i (love firm ism alio U;ill-
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somism. and the chances are just
100 to 1 that the Democrats would
return Hansom to the Fnited States
Senate- long before tliey woutu tninK
of sending any one else there, no
matter how desperate or wildly
..1 ... . . x lO l it l m 1 1
ant one eise mi ..!. uiu:
Democratic party now
One of the specinc requests maue
bv Maj. Cuthrie is for the Popu-
iit to sunnort the Democratic
nominees in the Fifth and Ninth
Congressional districts. What is
j the logic ot sucn a pioceeuuie as
j this, and to where does it lead? If
: a Democrat is good enough to vote
for in the Fifth and Ninth districts
! a Democrat is gooo enougn io oie ;
i for in the First, Fourth and all the j
j If Democrats are good enough to j
be voted for for one oiiice, they are !
good enougn io oie 101 101 noniei ,
othce ; ana u mis eume
mould be j
: pursued it would mean a complete
; surrender to tiie uemocraiic pariy.
This is sometmng mai win uoi
be done by the People's Party in
North Carolina, Guthrie or no
Ontherie When this man was!
' nominated for Governor by the
: People's party Convention, he was
uoi commissioned to plead the
cause of the Democratic party. It
I was never, no never, for one in-
stant supposed at mat time mat
Major Guthrie thought some other
was committing the interests o
the party to a brave, fearless and
' valiant leader not to one who
would try to trail its banner just
as the enemy is about to be met.
He may momentarily pull down
the party banner and let it touch
the dust in the presence of the
Democratic horde who break into
. acclamations of irrepressible joy
as they see the banner lowered, but
up it goes the next instant and
waves its defiance at the enemy
without a break in the lines and
without regret for the loss of its
erstwhile bearer.
Much more might be said con
cerning this astonishing address,
but its full purpose and meaning
can safely be left to the insight
and comprehension of the mem
bers of the party. They will easily
understand that it conies with bad
grace and gratuitous impertinence
for their gubernatorial nominee to
advise the "scratching" of the par
ty ticket on which his own narne
appears, and which name can be as
easily "scratched" as any other.
The process of "scratching" is a
weakening agency for any ticket,
and no man who is intrusted with
the interest of his organization or
party has the right to advise a
course which will weaken it. It is
his honor-bound and sacred dutv
to do what he can to build it up and
st rengthen it.
Now, to conclude, Maj. Cuthrie
says: "It gives me little concern
what the result as to my own elec
tion or defeat may be."'
"Well, when a man who is hon
ored with a high trust by a politi
cal party, and whose fate and fort
une are to illustrate the fate and
fortune of that party, becomes in
different and- unconcerned as to
what becomes of him as a chosen
leader, there is good reason to be
lieve that he, cares nothing for
those who selected him to lead
them forward. When this becomes
apparent, if is time to withdraw
the conlidence and recind the hon
ors which have been so unworthily
land unhappily centered upon him.
io briefly summarize the unau
thorized surrender by Maj. (Jtitii
rie to the Democratic party, there
is this to say :
First. He vilely insults his party
j and the members of the State com
! mittee.
Second. He. bolts the action of
his State convention in certain ca
ses ; he bolts the action of his own
Congressional district convention,
and also the action of his Judicial
district convention.
Fhird. He pleads that Populists
could bestow on any man, and this
gives the members of the party a
full right to care nothing about
; what becomes of him.
Fifth. He is vociferous! v
HP-
piauoeu by strong, partisan Demo
cratic papers as a patriot, Ac,
while praise from such a source is
equal to the severest condemnation
from genuine and trustworthy
Populists.
Sixth. He ignores in State mat-
: ters the firm determination
ami
imnnrfunt ni'iiicm hi i-f fiwi l
l.xifz i I JM I
opu-
lists, that the State must
not be
j again turned over to Democratic
brigandage and spoliation.
Seventh. The course he ha?
pursued as an ardent supporter of
j the Democratic party can barely
1 . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . i j
ui? siupii.cu o. me most intense
Democratic partisan. It practically
amounts to a withdrawal from tlm
People's party.
Lighth. lie advises as the nomi-
nee of his party, the "scratching''
of ltispartji ticket a thing hitherto
unheard of in political annals, and
which must be instigate! by soni"
reason not fully apparent.
For these and other reasons
wnicn mere is now neitner time
nor inclination to mention, it is
the calm and candid opinion of the
State chairman that Major Outh-
nu oa.s luneueu an ugm io tm
confidence of the members of the
Peoples party. He is, however,
snii me party nominee, aim nis
name w in appeai (in an me iickcis
issued from Peoples Party State
Headquarters.
A firm conviction of the State
chairman is that the course of
'Maj. Gnrthrie has been such a
will make it impossible for him to
receive the suffrage of the full
membership of the Peoples party
ana nere in aavance oi ejection
day, it is declared that the limn-
pies part st.engtn.
rl he duty of writing this address
has been painful and attempted
under disadvantages; but it is
hereby submitted for your earnest
and careful attention.
II r . Avkk,
( hairman P. P. state Fx. om.