The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-09-06
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THE CLEVELAND OUTLOOK SEEN
BY A NEW YORK INDEPENDENT.

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New YORK, Sep. 3.-The National out
look Is encouraging in the extreme 10 all
friends of economical government and
10 all enemies of the spoilers With in
creasing force the promise of Cleveland's
election sweeps over the whole land The
philosophy of the whole situation is that
the Republican organization has out
lived its purpose; and men who have
hitherto always been Republicans feel this
truth. 1t is not so much their love for
the Democratic party as their recognition
of an absolute and pressing necessity to
change.
The extravagant system of conducting
the General Government, the disposi-
ton TO do everything on grand
scale III spite of the constitution and
economy; the increasing tendency TO
corrupt uses of power, tie open hand that
those who work for purely personal gain
continue to show-all these things demand
a change of the governing crowd. Be-
sides, the great issues that have been the
life of the Republican party, especially the
great war issue, are now settled and past,
and it is no longer a question between the
friends of the Union and the Unions enc
mies-as it once seemed to most men of
the North.
1t is these broad and fundamental con
siderations that have attracted the Inde-
pendent vote to Cleveland; and
the Blaine party has nothing to stand
on but its identification with all that has
for ten years been bad in Government 1t
is on these broad grounds and not on the
the mere personal scandals that have dis
graced the campaign, that the hope for
Cleveland rests.
And there is another view to take of it.
A crisis in the history OF our political par
ties has come. The Republican party has
Outlived its special use and fallen into cor
ruption. The Democratic party, though
it has for twenty years been gaining
ground, has too often evaded the main
questions it ought to have grappled.
Even now it is not unanimous
tariff for revenue party. But the
prepOnderance Of opioniOn towards a
proper reduction of the revenue is in the
Democratic party. These symptoms of
crisis are unmistakable. The Democrat
ic party has had the wisdom to nominate
a man who is broader than the Democrat
ic party has at all times been and who
calls to his support the Independents. If
he fails to be elected there will be new
deal. The Independent Republicans will
make party of their own and not again
Ocrats. For in some way or other, the
opinion is already we'll established and
continues to grow that the Republican
party must be overthrown.
The conduct of the campaign amounts
to but little in this broad view of the
case. The time has now come when men
look at the great principles. The scandals
and hurrahs have effect-it may be-
but the fact that George William Curtis,
Carl Schurz and the independent news
papers have made up their minds to for
sake the Republican candidate is better
campaign matter by a great deal than all
the gunpowder and scandal. AS the
game proceeds the Cleveland hope be-
comes brighter.
The Panther Branch Democracy.
A meeting of the Democratic party
of Panther Branch Township, Wake coun-
ty, was held at Geo. P. Partin's, Aug 80
O. r. Rand, Chairman of the Township
Executive Committee, called the meeting
to order, and G. E. McCullers was elected
Secretary. The following persons were
chosen delegates to the Congressional
Conventions: J. NJ. Turner, S. c. Hobby,
S. d. Williams, John Walter Myatt, Jas.
Adams and O. r. Rand Alternates,
J. B. Goodwin, Marshal Jordan, Y E.
Young, W. II. Rand, c. H. King and J.
W. Pegram. G.. E. McCullers offered the |
following resolution which was unani-
mOusly adopted
Resolced, that it is the sense of this
Convention that John Walter Myatt is
suitable man to represent Wake county in |
the House of Representatives of the next |
General Assembly, and that our delegates
are hereby instructed to place his name be-
fore the County Convention, and give him
their undivided support.
The following persons were elected as
Executive Committee for the next two |
years: W. T. Turner, Jas. Adams, L. J.
Gulley, I. G. Hobby and O. R. Rand.
This was the largest primary conven-
ton held in Panther Branch in many |
years. 0. r. RAND, Chm.
G. E. MCCULLERs, Sec.