The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-23

Raleigh paper that Gen. Scales mas pa
himself off the track as the probable
nominee of the Democratic party IN TN:
State for Governor. Reidsvlllc Ueekt,
saws: Let it but once be suspected
that his vote for Randall and his effort
10 abolish the Internal Revenue is the
cause of his defeat then We may bid "a
Iono fareweHr to the supremacy Of the
Democratic party in North Carolina"
If he General Scalcs) is the peo-
Mes choice, nominate him for whatever
NAV be done at some times, next year
will be no time for trifing with the reo-
ple. If the Democratic State Conyen-
ton meets and registers their will, a
sweeping victory will be assured but a
contrary course of action will be pretty
sure TO end in disaster. "-Statesr'Ue
Landmark.
Whatever may have been the practice
for the past few years, however much
the reople may have been ''trifed' with,
and to what extent .'r1Dgs" have thwart-
e1 and set at defiance the popular will,
next year a sweeping victory will be Sc
cured only by registering" the will Of
the people, and a contrary course Of
action will be pretty sure to end in disas
ter"
Party whips have had their lashes
cracked off and the mass of voters in
tend to assert their right and their ability
70 rule. Packed conventions and fraudu-
Iently selected delegations have had their
day, and the PEOPLES CHOICE will next
year indicate who shall fill the 1arious
positions cf trust and honor. When
conventions consent to honestly register
this choice, we will hear no more of De-
mocratic schisms and independent can
didates. The majority is entitled to rule,
and from its decisions no Democrat will
ever desire to appeal. If Gen. Scales is
the choice of the people, no other candi-
date will be satisfactory and to nominate
another would be a violation Of principle
and a bid for defeat. The same may be
said of the peoples choices for Congress,
for the Legislature. and for county Off
GERS. There must be no ''trifeing with
the people" next year. -Leaksville Ga
rfttc.
-...Capt. Coke is now regarded as the
man chosen by Gov. Jarvis for the guber-
material Observation-Disclosures State.
Our next candidate for Governor
should be a man of strong physique, that
he may undergo the fatigue of a pro-
tracted canvass: of means sufficient to
defray the expenses of the campaign, it
seems to be demonstrated that the de-
mocrats DO not respond literally for such
purposes, and a willingness to spend it
of good sense, information and record. and
q rood orator. Would not Capt. Octa-
vius Coke, the present Chairman, of our
State Executive Committee fill the bill?
But no matter who is our next candidate,
we cannot win the next fight without a
far better organization than we have had
for the last several years. -Warrenton
Gazette.
....Lawyer Gatlin in Raleigh, a keen
eyed man, in February 1880 remarked to
a gentleman sitting at the Clerk desk in
the House of Commons that the nemo-
cratic party. to save the crumbling In of
Its old aud Office worn pillars, should
bring to the front its vigorous young
growth and look more to their promo
ton to honor and place. Those words
were prophetic. They should be consid-
cred. Old salts who have soaked in
Office all their days are too apt to stretch
themselves as something nice behind the
reputation they have made and to swal
low up all thoughts of serving the peo-
pie in their vanity for themselves. New
men, young and vigorous men with a
needed. -Reidsville Times.
MIR. John T. Patrick has taken up
his headquarters in Raleigh, at the in
stance of the Board of Agriculture, the
increased duties of his Office requiring
that he be located at the Capitol. He
has been knighted, since his efforts un
der the Department have been abundan-
tly successful, and no longer bears the
simple-sounding name, Immigration
Agent" but has been dubbed, instead,
Commissioner of Immigration" There
Is, indeed, something in a name, Juliet
to the contrary notwithstauding.--Wad
boro MteHigencer.
We do not believe that the Demo-
Gratis of North Carolina in their State
Convention in 1884, will repeat the folly
of 1882, in demanding free whisky and
free tobacco, whilst a heavy tax is laid on
cheap crockery. cotton good, sugar, salt,
glass, blankets, wool hats, shoes,
trace chains, i~ack-knives and cotton ties.
They dare not perpetrate that blunder
again. 1T so they will be beaten and
will deserve it richly.
Do not forget that as early as the 18th
of February, 1880, the most popular and
man in North Carolina made
a speech In the United States Senate in
which he favored repeating the system
Tut collecting the tax in some other
=.
....Gen. Cox has introduced a bill to
the same effect in the House. So three
Ct the North Carolina delegation In the
Congress are in favor of changing the
Of collecting instead of aJoljshng.
This is good. We have no doubt that
will be found with them. We
have no right to speak definitely about
the matter, but We expect to find Col.
Bennett aud Col. Greco and Mr.. Skinner
standing with u. B. Vance and r. B.
Vance aud W. &. Cox in retaining a
much needed and Just and common sense
whilst changing the mode of c~ollec-
ting it. Wilmington Star.
....There is talk of modifying the
but that is all stuff. 1t must be
torn up root and branch. Nothing short
of this will satisfy the people. The 4Sth
Congress will not do it. Months will be
spent in fruitless agitation of the tariff
question. Nothing practical will be &C
complished. The internal revenue laws
will remain as they are. Won't the in
ternal revenue plank in the State Demo
cratic platform sound a little cheeky af
ter this Greensboro Patriot.
I'VE would like a list Of the
young patriots from this Safe who have
been taken care Of at Washington by the
Democratic Congress. Their families,
pedigree. how many lords and mobiles,
What their war service. whether Gen.
Lee possibly could have held out three
months without them, and how they
Saved the State" in the last campaign,
and 90 forth. and so forth, and SO forth.
Ah-P. S.-We forgot-and what's their
Bantist. Methodist. Preshy-