The state chronicle., 1886-11-11

pOSsi Bile.
THIRDLY, the failure to draw the color
line This lost Us many Thousand white
votes and did not gain Us single negro.
The whites voted with much more iude-
peudeqce than ever before while tu, ae
gro remained the same political Slave
which he has always been. An Intelligent
and prominent negro teacher Sad tl M
recently that he wanted to vote tbr Demo
cratic ticket bat that he did nof dare talo
50 from fear Of being o-tga ~el tl his
race \ prominent White Rel iuhGctu tte-
Clarcd from the stump Il the recent D,t'n-
pagn thai 4 Democratic negro /, Il rascal
By means like this the gro vote Was kept
solid while the white N"le split. 10 not
understand Inc As say ug hat Tie color
line ought to have been drawn | am
simply stating the causes tor our defeat as
| understand them Wtcther the -0.or
line ought TO have been drawn Is another
question. In some few cogut.es frohlbl-
ton and Stock Laws hurt rs, hut these
cannot, in my opinion, be >,lld to have Sc
riouSly affected the result.
IIoS. JOS. ]. DAVIS, Of Lauis5urs, writes:
FIRsr- There was, apparently, no real
opposition TO the State Judicial ticket and
;tn effort on the part Of That ticket seemed
unnecessary. This added greatly to the
appathy Of our friends ana enabled the
enemy TO make the most IF local questions.
SEcOND-Therc is Il feeling that The Pres
ident and the Democratic party are
spousible for hard times 50 calltl!J and
people who feel the effects are apat tHetlc
and indifferent. and lose sight OF the fact
hat while taxes have been diminished
and the expenses Of government, Federal
and State, greatly reduced, yet the Demo
cratic party has not had the control of the
Federal government in all its branches
nor has 1t bad the power - lnaugurate
positive measures of relief against ''hard
times, which have resulted from the class
legislation of the Republican Iarty The
Internal Revenue and the robbers Tariff
are leg-cies Of Republican rule and We can
not get rid Of them Till the Federal goy-
ernment, in all its departments, is under
Democratic rule.
THIRD The Civil Service had some in
tiuence ii producing the result; but the
FOrRTH-and greatest Of the causes,
was dissatisfaction on local questions
not Of party character but for which
the Democratic party was held rrspon5i-
bic, for action In some localities and non
action in others The stock law and local
option We're notable questions Of this char
acter.
Undoubtedly this county and others
were carried by the Republicans on ac-
COUNT Ol tIiSStt lHidCl.Oi1 Nill IDc SlOCk
law, and suppose it is clear that the
question Of Prohibition caused our defeat
in Guilford and other counties am not
willing to believe that the deliberate iudg-
lnent Of the people Of North Carolina Mil
condemn the cardinal principles Of the
Democratic party. | am sure that no
greater calamity could befall Us than !;
restoration to power of the Republican
party in this State. The good men in that
party would find themselves helpless and
poWerlesS in the hands of the ignorant,
guided BY the bad and the cunning men Of
the party.
MAJ. S. NJ. FINGER, State Superinten-
dent of Public Instructions, writes: Peo-
pie generally attribute their misfortune,
especially in this country, to government
unless they can very clearly see some other
cause for them. In this State the crops
tor several years have not been good and
money has been unusually scarce. The
people had been told that the Republican
party had pursued a policy that was ex-
travagant, which had added to their bur
dens, and that Democratic Adminstra-
ton would relieve them There is dsap
pointment in National affairs because:
/. The Internal Revenue is not repealed.
,. The Tariff is not reduced.
3. Pensions are increased.
t. National aid to education has not
been given.
). Civil Service Reform prevented Dem
Ocrats from getting places held by Repub-
licans and obstructed work by Democrats
who did get places.
6. Times being hard and the party hav-
ing been out of power for many years, the
number of aspirants to office was unusual
ly great, and so the number OF disappoint-
ed ones, very large, whose disappointment
is intensified because they still see Repub-
licans filling places which they think Dem
ocTats ought to fill.
In a word, in National matters the flush
of victory has been disappointing because
the people expected too much In many
cases they expected impossibiites, not
considering that one branch Of Congress
is Republican.
There were also complaints about State
matters and other causes that affected the
results in the recent elections:
/. Laws passed by the last General As
sembly putting counties and parts of coun-
ties under the stock law without allowing
a vote of the people has been, in many
counties a fertile source Of dissatisfaction,
extending far beyond the counties covered
by such laws and producing fear concern
ing future legislation on this subject.
,. In some cases, perhaps, there was a
want of due regard to the wishes of the
people in nominating conventions.
3. There was Over-cOntidence in the
Demo cratic party, causing many voters to
neglect to go to the polls.
/. In some localities the Third party
movement affected the result.
5. This being an otfyear there was not
general and vigorous State canvass, and
many of the people heard no public speak
ing.
6. The State and other conventions were
held late-perhaps too late to give time to
work up the State.
7. Our people depend much upon the
enthusiasm Of active campaigns. In the
one through which we have just passed
there was neither enthusiasm nor due or
ganizatiOE, because no danger was feared
as to the State ticket, and not much as to
Congressional tickets.
s. Legitimate use of money which is
sapping the foundation of our government
W. J. PEEIE, ESQ, of Raleigh, writes:
There are but two live issues in State poll
ties. One is that framed by the Demo
Gratis and presented to the Republicans:
that they stole fifteen or twenty million
dollars in 1S6S10 and are not fit to be
trusted. The other is presented by the
Republical-s that the Democrats are
party led by aristocrats and bourbons and
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