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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1894
Page
2
The notice lists subscription options with varied durations and prices, urging advance payment and registered letters. It includes editorial pleas for valuable facts, references to Raleigh North Carolina and 1804 dates, and mentions the Progressive Farmer as the North Carolina Farmers Alliance publication with ad usage prompts.
The piece surveys local politics and speculation on a Mecklenburg candidate for reading clerk, cites election fraud concerns and press omissions, and notes figures like Capt. Kitchin and Richmond Pearson. It references Texas oil cases, Honduras adopting the gold standard, and urges 1896 political action against alleged schemes.
The bond market critique argues bankers from New York and London dominate sales while farmers and working people stay away. The piece accuses Cleveland, Carlisle and associates of draining the treasury to enrich financiers, denounces the gold reserve as excessive, and calls for a 1895 Congress ban on peacetime bond sales.
A dated forecast asserts the recent election rebuilt confidence faster than the 1892 vote. It notes business improving and cotton at 50 cents per hundred higher than two weeks earlier, with expectations of gradual gains but no lasting change until a trustworthy Congress and Senate act, and warns of a 1896 electoral choice if needed.
A fragment from an old magazine shows conservatives opposing steam locomotion and railways. Lawyers mock Stephenson with questions about velocity, curves, and wind. Alderson and Sir Isaac Coffin appear as skeptical figures while fears focus on smoke, noise, price rises, and cattle. The piece ends noting progress and predicting future judgment on the opponents.
The Lumberton Populist accuses Robeson county Democrats of ballot box fraud in the late election. It cites Smiths township Populist gains, Thompson township ballot disputes, Blue Springs irregularities with only about 136 voters while a 250 vote Democratic majority is reported, and closed-door polls in Lumberton Max ton Alfordsville Red Springs with many Populist ballots miscounted or discarded.
After elections, goldbugs celebrate the defeat of Governor Lowel ling and Governor Waite of Colorado. The People's party shows growth through increased votes in Kansas and Colorado, while reforms push toward balance of power. The piece predicts a presidential win and control in Congress if Democrats and Republicans heed the People's party platform.
The writer praises bold Democratic newspapers for denouncing fraudulent election transactions in the locality. He notes they woke only after a powerful state coalition formed to oust their party and reveal the fraud. He fears they would have remained silent if counting machinery had not partially failed.
Rutherfordton Democrat reports that Number Eleven township votes were thrown out for proxy ballots. Sick or detained voters sent sealed ballots to judges who opened them, altering the county ticket. The paper condemns the practice as illegal and urges accountability for registrars and pollholders.
The Atlanta Journal urges legislative adjournment only after enacting a strong election law. Both state and congressional races showed ballot fraud. The piece claims fraud by Populists and Democrats and criticizes Georgia precinct registration and procedures.
The text argues that current safeguards are insufficient and fraud is easy in Georgia elections. It calls for an immediate, uniform state law to punish violators, to restore public trust, and to inspire similar reforms in North Carolina and beyond. It condemns the notion that the end justifies the means and endorses honest ballots.
The Richmond Star condemns railroads for charging the government after troops protected their property and argues the War Department should contest in court. It blasts private monopoly for greed and calls for stronger reserve protection as the New York World notes bonds won’t restore gold reserves under existing currency rules.
A compilation of editorials critiques power and wealth distribution, pleads for school discipline, condemns British imperial expansion, worries over the Monroe doctrine, praises civil service merit, and foresees a shift toward professional diplomacy in the United States.
A Center Shot laments Wall Street buying gold bonds with silver notes while questioning the sufferings of the people. The Atlanta Constitution hails the British gold standard and pro-gold Tory profits, while a Georgia paper rages over bond issues. It also ponders if Cleveland or Carlisle could be the 2 year presidential nominee with Constitution support.
A compact roundup shows Wayne County peppermint as a leading local industry, US coal output in 1892 valued at 27 596 660 dollars, and a broad estimate of 75 million dogs in the country. It notes British manufactured goods around 4 100 000 000 yearly, assassin fatalities per 10 000, and fatal travel risk by country. Also reports Brooklyn Bridge car passengers up 128 741 in November and a fare-reduction impact. widows to widowers ratio in England. and per 1 000 women to men figures in Italy and Germany for 1905.
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