Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-09-22

no longer Nut,hy OF The support Of those
who desire reform. The meaning OF
this is, the Democratic party has been
guilty of being in minority. Its sin
consists in not having done that which
it could not do Then let it he CON
demncd, whilst the Republican party,
which has had the power aud actually
did all these things, and still has the
power to Judo them, and docs not, is
acquitted. Nay, we will help it to keep
in power by hctraymg and destroying its
only enemy.
Therefore, rs the Democratic party,
with itsNast organization incvcry State,
couaty and township i'll the United
States, with its control Of one branch OF
Congress and comprising III the popular
vote large majority of all the people i'll
the Union, has not been strong enough
heretofore to effect the reforms tor which
it has labored and wished, being without
the Senate and Executive, they claim the
only chance for reform is TO vote for the
candidates of this Third party, whose
existence in the national government
and power to coutrol legislation are
evidenced by three or four members OF
the House of Representatives and two in
the Senate Common sense and selt-pre-
servation would seem dictate that we
should help the Democrats, who are
almost III power, to get altogether in
power, and trust them to correct abuses
as they have promised. One strong pull
at the polls in November next would
give them control of both branches o1
Congress and the Executive, and the long
night of miSrule and injustice would
burst into the dawn OF a new and better
day. 1t would be time enough to leave
them and form a new party when they
had been tried and had proved iaithless
When FOLLY Becomes n Crime.
But the leaders of this new party
falsely called the Peoples, insist that you
Shall abandon the Democratic party
now and vote with them. am grieved
to know that there are quite number Of
our iellow-citizens in North Carolina
who propose to follow that advice. 1t
strikes me as the very extreme Of unwis
dom, and when done with a full knowl
edge Of the consequences it ceases to be
mere folly and becomes a crime. Fo,
whatever may be the hopes or the wishes
of these men. they know as well as they
know OF their own existence, that this
party has not only no chance Of elccting
their candidates at the polls, but also
none of throwing the election into the
House of Representatives, about whicl
they appear to be most sanguine
Let no man BE deceived about this
The handful Of votes which will be cas-
for Weaver in this State, be it as large
as they can honestly claim, canno
wrest the electoral vote from boil
| Cleveland and Harrison, so as to helI
throw the choice into the House. 1t i.
absurd to hope so. Bat thirty thousanc
3O,O0Ol votes taken from Cleveland anC
given to Weaver will throw the vote not
Indeed into Democratic House, but
into the hauds Of Harrison. This result
WAS so plain that the Republican leaders
notwithstanding thcir professions TO The
contrary, determined to not let slip th,
opportunity, and they are now read,
with full tickets and Il complet,
organization to avail themselves
of everything which the dissen
SION and folly OF our people ma,
throw into their laps, Their promise
to run no State ticket were manifest,
made with tho intention OF aluring
Third party ticket into the field, trusting
that when men get hot and bad bloot
prevailed they might walk off with th
prize in both State and Fcdcralelections
! Alas, that want OF reflection or patriot
ism should reuder this scheme probable
success. lndced, it is so plain thatno in
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