The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-09-07
DEMOCRATS GAINING,
THE w EST IN BETTER CONDITION
THAN SINCE 1876.
Henderson Comfy Fully A!ive--EWart
Joins Docke.y in Misrepresentation
The Tariff is the Issue.

Editorial COrreSpondence.
| HENDERsONvuLE, n. c., Aug. 81, SIS
| To me there is an indefnable charm about
| this beautiful growing village on the Och
lawaha. Whether it is because Of my
! fondness for the sociable and hospitable
| peOple-the SalubriOus climate-the beau
| ty of the shaded streets-or the fine view
of the mountains, or, as l think more
probable. because of them all, know not:
only know that in no town do ] spend
the time more pleasantly
There is no boom here but there is steady
growth. There is great need of hotel
with all the modern conveniences, and the
people are talking of building one. Ar
| rangements have been perfected for an
excellent system of water works, and her
improvements are in contemplation. Hen
dersonvlle has this popularity for noun
tain town: it is as level as any town in
Eastern North Carolina and the soil is
very much like that Of Wilson and Colds
| boro. Around the town are beautiful
drives and three miles out is the far famed
Flat Rock country where the wealthy
Charlestonians have built handsome resi-
dences and where they spend the summer.
1t is said that during the Confederate
war the question Of selecting permanent
capital of the Confederacy was discussed
aud various places proposed. Secretary
Memminger had handsome residence at
Flat Rock and knew the surrounding coun-
try thoroughly. He proposed Henderson,
vile as the ste because of its healthfulness
and its central location, as we'll as because
its location gave it a natural barrier against
attack. Here, in the fastneSs of the noun
tains, it was thought no power could take
the story-that when peace was restored
the capital should be permanently located
here. But peace never came to an estab-
llshed Southern Confederacy and the glory
of a great capital never came to this beau
tiful town. Last summer / gave the read
ers Of the CHRONICLE a long and full ac-
count of the history of this town and coun-
ty: its prospects, and its needs There is
no need to repeat to-day.
fcw words concerning the political stu
| alton: Hendersonyillei is a Republican coun-
| ty. 1t has been so since the war. Heretofore
it has been regarded as a CERTAIN Repub-
lican county. 1t is not so any longer, but
is to be Justly cassed in the list Of doubt
| full couuties, The Republican majority
| heretofore has reached $50, but goo is the
average majority. This year the Demo
Gratis are determined and aggressive and
they ted me that they will wipe out the
200 majority, or come so near it as to
make Ewart think there is another earth
| quake in the mountains. The Democrats
have not yet held their county convention
but they are organizing clubs ia all por-
tiCGs Of the county and elfecting the most
! thorough organization ever known III Hen
! derson county. BE it said to the credit of
| the Henderson county Democratic Com
mittee: it was the first to make full returns
! of its voters to the State Committee.
Greater credit will be due it in November
when it makes the great gains everybody
says VIII be made
| The Democratic club has rented four
columns of space from the Hendersonyille
|
doctrine Mr.. NJ. r. Egerton is in charge
of this department and he is pouring hot
| shot into the Radicals
Not single Democrat in the county
has left the party or is disgruntled. Out Of
the new comers and the young men who
attain their majority, the Democrats will
get three out Of four. This will be a ma
terial gain. On the other hand the Re
publicans have lost one or two of the
voters who have left the Republican party
are influential But their greatest loss
will be among the quiet, industrious think
ing farmers. They are reading the Tariff
discussions and lght is dawning upon
their eyes long clouded with protection
sophistry. They now understand that
the present Tariff is a burden upon them
that they are taxed needlessly and Un
justly and they are going to lift the bur
den off of themselves by helping the
Democrats | do not say that these OPEN
changes are many, on the contrary they
are few, but men who know say that the
Tariff question will win a number Of Re
publican farmers. This is bound to be so
if farmers will read and exercise their
Judgment. How any farmer who is not
an idiot can vote for Protection (or Re
publicanism, for they are synonymous is
beyond my comprehension.
The Republican nominee for Congress,
Mr. H. g. Ewart is making an active can
vass He was a member of the North
Carolina House in 1887 and was the ablest
: man on the Republican side. | formed a
good opinion of him and thought him a
man above falsehood or intentional decep
? ton Of the people. am told here, and
5 have read the same thing in the Advance
Herald that he is telling the people in his
speeches that when Cleveland was Cover
= nor of New York he favored mixed schools
| am surprised that Mr.. Ewart shoulC
make statement SO foully false. | though
him above it. He takes the CHRONICLE
and he ought to know by reading lette
e published in the CHRONICLE from Privat
I Secretary Lamont that the statement i
;, not true Mr.. Ewart is also, so ! am in
n formed telling the people that CLEVELAND
h invited the negro Fred douglass with hi
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