The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-31
STRAIGHT DEMOCRACY.

nent the proceedings OF meeting
held IN Scotland Neck last Satnr-
day. We also print elsewhere res
oIutions passed hy the Scotlano
Neck Alliance III their regular
meeting before the general meeting
OF the citizens. Some comments
are in order here.
First, we deplore the warmth Vi
feeling exhibited here Saturday De-
twee Il those VINO are inclined %
favor a third party and those who
propose to abide by the principles
of straight -out democracy. Excite
ment was perhaps higher than
many thought, and We hope that 1t
will not be seen again during the
coming contest
With nothing but stralght-out
democracy on the one side ana
stralght-out republlcanism on the
other, the coming contest could be
nothing short of heated and bitter;
and with divisions among democrats
it must of necessity be more 80.
Now, every fsir-minded man ought
to guard against this, and we hope
the little furry that passed over
our people Saturday has taken It's
flight to parts unknown and may
not return.
Then we wish to commend the
firm, straightout action OF the
Scotland Neck Alliance in promptly
passing resolutions opposing any
thing that loo.s to the endorsement
of third party movement.
They have taken the proper view
of the matter and will not support
any third party action whatever.
They are perfectly right in standing
by the demands of the Ocala plat
form if they think them the best
means of obtaining relief; and
having adopted the Ocala platform,
they are wise in not jumping into
third party traces before they have
thoroughly tested what can be done
inside the democratic party as
demanded in the Ocala platform.
There is a hallucination about the
third party movement that its ad.
vocates, outside of lis leaders, do
not understand. They say that as
to state affairs they care very little,
but they want national ticket for
the Peoples party, they want a
President and VICE President elect
ed on that ticket.
In the first place, it is absolutely
impossible to elect a national ticket
of the Peoples party; and if it were
possible and should be done, what
could it effect for the people, the
states remaining as they are, re.
publican or democratic, as the case
may be-? The President has no
power over the making of laws.
The veto power is his greatest
power, and even that power is
taken from him by Congress when
both houses concur IN a twO.thirds
vote on any act he may have Veto
ed.
Within the halls of Congress
alone can the relief be obtained for
which the people everywhere
clamor, mainly through the Al
lance. Then the proper course to
pursue in order to bring about the
reform needed is to see to it that
Congressman and Senators are on
the peoples side.
From the great majority of dem
Ocrats in the present Congress, a
large number of whom are strong
All,ancemen, especially in the lower
house, there is sure prospect OF
the people getting what they wish
through their representatives.
Take North Carolina, for instance.
Of our two Senators, Mr.. Vance,
the last elected, was tested on the
Alliance demands before reelection
and was reelected by an Alliance
legislature. Several of our Repre-
sentatives are Alliancemen and all
the others, like Senator Vance,
were tested by the Alliance de
mands before they were elected.
So the Scotland Neck Alliance
has taken the proper position in
the matter. They propose to be
stralght-out democrats, vote for
straighU-out democrats, inform the
democrats elected what they want
and so get relief through straight
out democracy, which is the only
safe medium of relief.
Let all Alliancemen do likewise,
and IN the next election they, with
good democrats outside of the