Evening journal., 1890-06-28

with profound resp-s. iJr tie wishes,
traditions and sentiments Of the people
The chief reasons are that the Rspub
licsn party. having been successful in
securing United States Senator. will be
well organized, active aud determined
to win the contest at any cost; that
having set Of managers who do not
hesitate to employ any means to obtain
their ends, they win import negroes and
try to carry the state with bribed votes
FOR which the possession Of unlimited
financial and other resources offers them
an unusual opportunity; that having
secured the United States Sena-
tor they win be provided with
sufficient money to bring thousands of
negroes into the state and keep them
here for weeks drilling and instructing
them to vote away the dearest privileges
that the white people Of this state pos
sess-privileges for which they have sac
ridced lives. fortunes. and for which the
bodies of heroes we're left upon many
hard fought battle fields.
1t is with this prospect that the Demo
Gratis see the approach Of the canvass Of
1890
II must be borne in mind that this Is
the peoples affair A few men cannot
dictate or even plan the campaign aud
select the nominees FOR the Democratic
party. The Democratic party is not
managed By bosses It is managed by and
for the people
Conceding, then, that Kent county
should make the nomination Of a candi-
date for Governor the only thing to be
done IL to refer the matter to the people
Of Kent county in the manner prescribed
by law, and what the people deci ie
must be accepted as the decision Of Kent
county. 1t cannot be otherwise.
There is nothing superior to the win
Of the people. The people is the final,
absolute and uncomfortable tribunal be
fore which every body can freely state
his ease and plead his cause and from
which there is no appeal. OF course,
true Democrat, an honest and honorable
man, cannot and could not wish to make
any appeal from the decision Of the
people. After the decision Of the people
shall bave been ascertained in the man
nsr prescribed by law, the man who
rebels against IL is traitor-a man who
puts his hand into the pot. having the
price Of his treachery ia his pocket,
man who betrsys his Master with a kiss
Judas Iscariot.
The man who claiming to be a Demo
crat, votes at the primary and then re-
bells against and denounces the candi-
dates selected. Is a spectacle Of dishonor
a by-word Of deceit, mark for infamy.
He assumes his own position chooses his
own company and aligns himself with |
Judas, Cataline and Benedict Arnold. He |
puts himself beyond the pale; he writes
himself down as man who is ready TO |
turn his back on his friend or his foe
with equal cowardice toward the one,
equal treachery toward the other.
Some people say there are many people
In Kent county who will do this das
tardly thing. II is not true. Such a
statement Ia a libel upon decency. honesty
and Democracy. II is lie told BY design.
ing persons for their own benefit. The
people r Kent county are as loyal, up
right, honest and honorable as any
people on the face Of the earth. The
statements Of this sort can be readily
traced to one source.
That source is polluted
The stream which flows from that
is poisoned with malice, igno-
rance and treAchery.
Such fountain and such stream do
not represent Democracy Such a foun-
lain isnot Democratic fountain. Where
We expect wholesome water that stream
contains only stinking sefshness, poison
1us political poltroonery.
Democrats should not and do not drink
1t that fountain, and the men who have
been poisoned by its waters do not repre-
sent Democratic principles, They repre-
sent themselves and their own political
-ottenness
The will Of the people is supreme. No.
body is great enough to say what It
shall be.
The people have no boss; they are not
ssreid o. any traitor.