The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-11-23

! tue tiiflifiEH ORGANIZATION Oh the Il piiDl
can party this year, and the square fight
| made on county government. The Demo
Gratis of North Carolina will always win
when the issue Of county government is
| sqHare!y presented to the people.
| think Mr.. Cleveland Was defeated by
| reason o. a combination of circumstances
1st, his veto oil the dependent pension
| bill End, his fair and just consideration
of the South III the distribution Of patron
age. 3rd. his last message to Congress
enabled the Republican Committee to raise
a vast amount of money out Of the manu-
| factprers, which was used 10 the doubtful
States Ir. Cleveland should not be
! blamed for his defeat for he did right,
| but the American people are to be pitied
| for their verdict.
Nix. NJ. MAkELY, 'Repres entative elect
! from Hyde: As to our victory in the State,
/ think that the fear Of negro rule, or that
! the Republicans would get control of the
/ State and change our system of county
| government, gave US the victory in North
/ Carolina.
As for Mr. Cleveland, think that the
| Republicans had too much money for US,
| and probably worked harder than the
! Democrats, and think that il Is folly to
t1y to please the Irish, or any other For
! eign element. Some of them are as low
] Or debased as the negroes. Still | am very
sorry that Mr.. Cleveland is defeated, and
| hope that we shall find after all that Mr..
| Harrison will make Us good President.
Ii he does not, | think that we viii have a
good chance to defeat the party next time,
although ! must admit that ! cannot feel
| right over Mr.. Cleveland's defeat. | fear
that the Democratic party at the North
has to depend on an element that cares
but very little for our country, and to
please them is not Al easy matter 1t AL
! times
ME } l. OvERNAN, JH., Representative
elect from Wayne Ny Judgment III re
gard to any political issue or sequel of po
liIica di.s:ls.Iv!l can be worth but little as
am quite youthful, politically.
In my opinion Clevelands defeat is due
mainly to his low tariff message and re-
form policy. Northern capitalists and
manufacturers are decidedly opposed to
any measure looking to Il more equal dis
trioution OF the nations wealth. Some
l"oai lisah 4..ti0n in certain sections of
>ew york State nay have reduced his
vote. There is little doubt but that some
Northern districts voted against him on
account Of his faYorS to Southern men and
measures
IN regar.l - the Democratic success in
Nor b Carolina. think it was due to a
combination of causes. The infamous cir
culars circulated by EaveS, the Chairman
Of the Republican State Executive Com
pttee threatening to arrest and imprison.
helped n here, The danger Of losing the
House in he ensuing Legislature evinced
by the loss of Democratic influence il the
last General Assembly aroused many in
different white voters to a sense O.; duty.
The main cause Of our success IS the fact
that the Democrats became enthused and
went To work zaaiOusly and earnestly, and
labor always las sure reward.
Mr.. J. A Lone, Senator elect from Per
son: North Carolina is Democratic when
) / thoroug ghIv aroused. Two years ago vs.
went wrong by reason of carelessness and
} indifference. Ou1 of every dozen voters
that failed to 60 to the polls, at least ten
were Democrats This year they Ctht
Democreis) wel4 determined to right tho
wrong and started the campaign early ano
Z ro1ght vigorously TO the end. tWo years
ago was al of year which Is always dan
gerous . this MAS Presidents year
As 10 the National election Cleveland
: vetoed the Dependent Pension bill apG
: hundreds of other bills of like character
: and while he did right, and Justly de
serves the thanks Of every good cltizer
, | throughout the land he certainly ailenatel
= himself from the soldier influence in the
, North, which Is a great power. The grea
= amount of money used throughout thI
close and doubtful Northern States, whore
to a great extent, politics is a matter 0
: business. furnished by the soldiers an(
| their friends. the great manufacturers
! | thousands of persons that to-day hold pO
: sitions under the present administration
who helped to secure Republican success
Ito their shameD are some of the 1eas
ons vhy the election went as it did, ant
. while revision of the tariff and lower tax
f alton was the real issue the Republican
+ fought and charged the Democrats a
: faVorino free trade,
As you Gay, this district, / think, di
n gloriously We went into the fight agains
+ tremendous odds, in fact the odds wer
n more than thought. The great lncreas
in the vote of this county (Person) wa
nearly 700 over the largest we ever CAV
t before, and they We're mostly negroes
IS A great many negroes having come int
e this county from HalifaX, Va, because z
e higher wages mere than IN thai portion c
$ Virginia. | never saw such work done i
II this county before by both parties lncluc
c ing Holloway's township (Which VA
thrown OUT our vote was nearly 3,10t
le while about ., 400 was our highest vot
l. heretofore,
% WHAT THE REPUBLICANS SAY.
o GEO. GREEN, JR., Senator from Cravel
d ! attribute the defeat OF Cleveland chief
Is to the Issue Of Free Trade" o. her "a
nor issues may have tended to augmeI
lie the ma lorties against him, but this or
F. Issue was more largely instrumental to s.
Id cure his defeat than all the others con
T blned
lie The year 1886 being what is called 3
ly off year in politics, the same degree Of il
II terest was not manifested as in Presitie
le tal and Gubernatoria years The peop
were more or less indifferent as 70 the T
-, suit, and party lines were not so strict
IL Ii drawn. In this election the ''colOr lii
q issue was the paramount cause Of the d
- " feat CT the Republican ticket.
ty WHAT THIRD PARTY MEN SAY
IN Mr. J. + JONES, editor of the Prohit
y ton Leader: AS to the smallness of Il
to Prohibition vote | will say: Tariff DIRE
Il away high tariff Republicans and low tar
or Democrats, and the vigorous applicable
We Of the party lash, and the refs:s5eIt fai>
'sai hoods ana the .i-replesertstI Iocs 81 t
iii ncmo3rat!c press il the south, and t
IS Republican press in the North, deceiv
thousands Of voters rs to the eal purpO-
II OF the Prohibition party and their 10
ID was, consequently. small. But the par
lie is not dead nor discouraged, ard Will be
10 the field in the next campaign when I