The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-19

to work on business principles. HIS
defenders say the Democrats are not
qualified to go in Office yet. tn at it
it requires time andexperience in the
applicants to fill these offices. Well
hew much experience did Mr.. CleVe-
land have as President before he was
inaugurated? And yet without any
experience, he makes very good
President, save and except the very
point we are discussing. We were
asked the other day by one of our
best citizens, if we were not afraid
it would weaken the party to hght
Cleveland's administration, saying at
he same time he ayr eed with us III
all we said. We told him no. In
the first place we are not lighting
Ills administ1 alton. We are endorse
ing him out and out except his Mug
wump notions of civil service re-
form.
We love the Democratic party and
it's glorious principles and its grand
record more than we do Cleveland.
He sinks into nothingness in COM
pariscn to the party, Unlike some
of our contemporaries we don't be-
| lieve he is bigger than the party, nor
do we believe he is the best Democrat
and the best president that ever lived
The party existed in all its Clio
ry aud its grandeur long before
Cleveland lived and will live and
rule this continent long after he shall
have crossed the river of death. Yet
we think Mr.. Cleveland a very good.
able, honest man end makes a very
good President, decidedly the best
since the ante bellum days. But
we have seen noehing in him
in his administration as yet to go in
to spasms over. He has not yet had
the chance to develop his policy. Up
to this time no great National
issue has been brouht to him
for discussion nor has he been
tested on the issues that Will
ayitaue the country for the next four
years, such as Tariff reduction and
re1olm, Federal interference in
the states with our educational inter
est, the denomination Of silver and
many others that will present them
selves within his term Of office.
And we must say we have some
approximations as to the position he
will take on the silver question aud
the Blair Bill. II he is true demo
crat aud not a time server and
against consolidation aud centra]:za-
ton, we trust he will set his face like
steel against the Blair Bill and bring
that great will-power which he pos
sesses TO bear against all centrali
ling tendencies Of both parties. We
fear be Is with the gold men Of the
country and against a timetable stan
dard. II not we shall be agreeably
disappointed. We favor the unlim-
tied coinage Of silver and putting
one hundred cents in each dollar anG
make the gold dollar and the silver
dollar of equal value and make boil
the common measure Of value:
in this country. To make silver az
the gold men desire a commodity o
merchandise will unfix all values an(
place the debtor class at the complet,
mercy Of the creditor class and til,
National Banks. AS to the Bla'
Bill and the Tariff reduction we shall
have more osay as we'll as on Thu
silver question. We have decided
F convictions on all these questions q
well as on turning Republicans on
and putting Democrats in and shall
> speak our mind on them notwith
standing the high moral idea tina
seems to have obtained at the Capt.,
tails of both the nation and the State