The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-03-17
A REPUBLICAN VIEW OF 1T.
From the State Chronicle.

a 6tGF - 6LlCAN VIEW OE Ii.
From the State Chronicle. :.
The reporter of the Chronicle saw
Mr.. J. g. L.7Harris and asked what
the Republicans proposed to do his
year IN political matters
Harris said that mum b.Arsof
Republicans such as DR.. J J Mott,
ex judge Daniel l. Rus-el,, assistant
district attorney Thomas T. Dev-fux,
Mr.. J. III Williamson, and many OH
ers are opposed 10 the nnmuati'n OF
State Ticket. ~ t b liev. lhas he
only way to break up he rae line,
a. exists in the p1liti.s- 81 th,=
Sou hetu "a es, fnt h X pa IL
.an to hav. "a, o.gaseiz H. ats.ts ~
fni' he ID, ms,trats S.t,H Aiii4tt-.tte,f
OF P-"ples p.r.s 70 tieh 80, ii. Re
vuIu on titat ,:jW IN sfi n; lie
or hintrance from The Re,ali.licsD.
of The State. There ae large rurn-
her of r. pahlicans who iive,nos "
in white counties Of the West, VIII /
are enthnsiastsc on the tariff issue,
and who are pushing This ISSUE for
all it ia worth In the western conn les
~ the organization of tariff league.
These Republicans wan, a thofoHgh
paign. They are biti erly opposed 20
the county government system ann
they desire to make the issue agai
for the unconditional repeal of the
law. / do not believe the iiepubli-
cans can ever win ia this State with
out abandoning III good faith al OPP
position to county governm. Mt. To
advocate its repeal only furnishes a
rallying cry for the Democrats and
enables them to appeal TO the whites
to stand together against the negroes
and the race issue thus raised con.
sumes all other questions before the
people and the voters vote mostly
according to the color of their skin.
With no Republican ticket in the
field for Governor and State officers
| believe the Peoples party will win
and with the defeat of the regular
Democracy would follow new align
ment of parties in which the color OF
the skin would Lot denote the poll
tics of the voter If the Republican,
should take advantage of the split in
the Democratic party and elect their
State ticket, number of G ngress-
men, majority of both houses of the
Legislature, and the officers in large
number of counties, the result flows
ing from this victory would only be
temporary. What would the legis
lature doi Nothing but enact a new
election law. Senator Ransem's sue
cesser will be chosen by the legisla-
ture elected in 1894. The present
gerrymander of the Senatorial dis
tricts and the appertionment of the
House of Representatives could not
be altered, So that a Republican Leg
islature would not be able to do very
much at the next session To off set
this in 1894 the DemocI ats and Peo-
pies party men would "get togeth
err and present solid front to the
Republicans and they would again
carry the State and elect MAORI Y
of the Legislature, and all he politl
| cal legislation of the Republicans
would be repealed. The gentleman
elected Governor aud other State of.
fcers would simply have the sa,isfac
ton of serving out their terms Of of
fee and they would he succeeded by
straight Demcc attic ticket. The
permanent result OF this Return tt,
Democracy would he unbr. ken Dem
| ocratic success for another quar- er Of
a century. 1t cannot b. denied that
the solid white vote on one side and
the solid co ored vote err the other,
| Ia . standing menace to the peace and
good order OF the Stat, and Is fruit
fut of he election tf u,fi men to of
fee, and breeds cerruptian, extrava-
gance and imcompeiency in The man
agement of State and county affairs
because a nomination is equivalent
to an election This will continue
SO long as the politics of this State is
dominated by the celor line in poll
tics /. want to see this condition of
affairs abolished in the interest of
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