The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-01
CANngsS ATS.

But if the Sta may rot designate
men for ot4res 81 North Carolna, it
can, without violating it's rule Il
tonduct. say that Grover CleV''Hni
is clearly the MAJ fer e." atioC
for the Presidency in this year ot
Grace, lie has shown the two crest
qualifications always demanded be-
fore the war by men who loved thc'r
be honest, IL be Capab.ei
With these two high and indispensa-
ole qualities he has others Of very
great Importance. He ls coura0eouS
in the maintenance and enforcement
Of conviction, and he Is broadly pa
triotic. The Star has not liked some
of this official acts and utterances
and like frank, honest, earnest
political newspaper, it said so clear
ly and plainly. But it has admire d |
the integrity and ability Of the man,
and it has rejoiced that when the
President, under The advice of his
Cabinet, sent out his last great mes
sage in which but one principle WAS
enforced, one subject was discussed,
that it found him urging in all res
poets, in every particular, the pre-
else views which had been presented
in these columns from day to day
and from month to month. The
President has probably never heard
Of his paper, but he has studied the
same wise teachers that have in
structed us and has drunk at the
same pure fountain of living pOllt-
ical waters that has so often re-
freshed our souls when just from
fresh study of the absurditIes and
injustices of the Protection scheme
of plumber, and those other miasma-
tic and Notwithstanding doctrines
that are go often palmed off in these
latter days as Democratic: Mr..
Cleveland is the man for the hour.
The hour Is here and the man is
ready. Such seems to be the per
yading opinion in all sections of our
vast country.
In speaking Of the candidate fer
Vice President. the Star has this to
say:
ale should be a man without a
| dangerous recOrd-a man of unques-
toned probity and ability. He
should be patriot in its true sense,
and above all he should be Demo
crat. Make DO mistake there. Not
only IN name but in principles he
| uhnu19 ho namnaraft'
Among other things the Star says
about the State officers of North
Carolina, we note the following:
"No man should be nominated for
any Office, inclu ling the Judiciary,
who is addicted to excessive drink.
| There are thousands of sober moral,
even religious men in North CARROLL
ma. who are not willing to vote for
men who embrace the jug handle
and who are more familiar with dem>
Johns and ticklers than they are
with the last enactments and the
Revived Statutes 1t is not intend
ed to Intimate that such men will be
selected. 1t is always wise to look
at the situation in advance and see
where there are any dangers, hidden
or open. |, is too lutte after the
election is over to avoid mistakes"
Our estee med contemporary cons
tinues:
LET men OF high morals, of de-
cided intelligence, of good educa.
ton, of practical sense be selected
whenever possible The complaints
have been that our Legislatures
have been composed of Inexperien.
ced and raw hand, many of whom
were men of little educatien and
small brains. Let US do better this
year. The democrats of each couu.
ty ought to have pride enough to Sc
lect none but man Of education
and character and excellent common
sense. When it is possible to do sc
it is better to select men of legisla
tive experience when they can mea4
ure up in other particular"
The Star Is corre-t in all 1t say.
concerning the fitness Of the candi
dates for the various offices to b.
filed at oar coming election.
The word "cardidate'' is from
the Lntin word cudidutuS, meaning
= white" 1t was the term given tho
men in Rome who offered them .elvc:
for office. because they had to wea,
q white toga. The English adject
i've candid" is from the same roo
as the Latin cd1.didus, both beino
derived from the Latin verb candeo
"to be white"
Our word candid implies that 6
msn is fair, open, I'm biased looking
impartially on both sides Of sub
Ject, especially doing justice to the
motives and conduct of an oppo,
neDt.
So then following the line of The
derivation of the word, our candl
dates should be our best men.
They should be men of characters
unassilable. of records uutarnIshed
and, so far as possible, they should
be men of questionable morals, oI
hiPh-tOppd biaiv.all tannaro1 ord