The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-25

I Smtbk tue itiIuAul THOUSANDS u ~ -
Gratis I CleseleUd j. ont Of the race.
His SILVER letter unasked, with lis
efforts 10 belt the org anlzatlon OF the
state alone has side tracAed MA.
. Go7Dau is from too small state,
] aud III, position on the tarlf i act
J what many democrats would ll6e Il
/ 20 be. and his silver nouoos are tot
IL accord with large ring of lis
! party. but he IS i stIong, aole leader,
] and souli run better tlau any man
south or east or in tge middle states
except tie favorlte son OF Tue En-
! plre state. No thinking man expects
or hopes for single ele~torla. vote
from Maine, New Hampshire, Mas
sachu-eitee, Vermont, kuode lsIauG,
| Pennsy lvauia, OaIo, Illinois, hlnae-
sofa, Iowa or MIu4i5 N, unless We
can carry few districts under tie
new law IN that state. And so far d.
the southwestern states are concerned
they are all republican and nave not
| electoral votes enough to demand ct
even seek the nomination.
If democrat is elected, he must
be elected by the 157 electoral votes
of the South. 1t will take 223 to
Il
We must haYe slxty-six votes from
some where else. Where eau We gel
them The states named ahov,
VIII not furnish one single vote VI.
less Michigan should give US sIx
which would, add ed to the Southern
vote, reduce the number needed To
sixty. Where can we get the 60 OF
the sc needed votes We can not
look for, or hope for them except
frog Indiana 10, Connecticut 6, New
jersey 9, making 81 OF the lacking
sixty or sixty six votes, leaving thir>
y or thirtyslx as the case my be
which are needful to seGure 8 demo>
cratic President. Where can we re
tie thTty-six votes: We can get
item from tue Empire state and no
where else. Now either the South,
New York. New Jersey, Coanectic4t
TT Indiana Is entitled TO the nominee
il they Gao furnish the citlzen
biEty enough TO insure bis election,
Ine South could furnish whole
hrlgade of citizens possessing all tht
requisites for President, excep
as to locality. But the South Meth
eT expects, nor asks for the noInlna.
tton. All she demands is an hone st
faithful. able, upright, imp artial can
tldate. IL the other democrat,
states the number OF democrats j s
legion who would make as good
r Presidents as the country has eve
had. but they are neither urging nor
demanding the selection of any one
from their number.
, Indiana presents but one name
, and that natne has produced no out,
: hurst OF enthusiasm. Neither one @
the other states has put in g claim t,
r the noniDee, 1t would be an in
J.. suit 80 leave q democratic state anf
: 90 10 republican state to get nom
, NEE, unless the republican state
8 cooid give US citizen whose abillty
popularity, purity of character. arc
J. commanding influence could add t,
O our strength IN the democratic state.
with good chance to ado his state
+ to the democratic columns. And If
n none OF these states has any such al
individual pnt in an Appearance.
Then where shall We get our can
ditate? Shall be come from a re-
publican state Shall ne come from
. the far vest ? If SO who is he. and
from what place shall be come
. Shall Re come from the south No
Shall he come from Ohio ? Caun
tell did not carry his state for Gov
eTnor.
SHALL he come from the keystone
state p! Patterson can only be cleo
= ted goVernor.tD OFF years as Camp
. uell III Uulo. Shall he come frou
Illinois d! Patterson IS 100 old anc
Morrison is too one-sided and to,
small
Where shall the man come from
! Who can and will lead the democrat
io forces out of the wilderness int,
the promised land More than hv,
. hundred Thousand democratic voters
j., trae and tried, with tlirty.six cleo
toral votes Ia their hands, withou
which we cannot win, proclaim att
one accord In as naoy voices o
thunder, that echo and reverberat,
tron the shores Of the Atlantic /,
n Rocky Mountains, and from th
y sandy shores Of the lakes to the gold
Iroc Of tho "a;