The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-06-12

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thlng else the depths to which the Re
publican party has fallen and proves that
the days of its usefulness have passed.
Charges of corruption and bribery are
openly made. Yesterday | stood in a
crowd that gathered at the entrance of
the room OF the Committee on Creden-
tlals, and heard eX- Gov Yarmouth pub
llcly declare that four members of the
committee had sold their votes to the
Blame managers. Counter charges of
bribery are heard on every hand. NV
observation is that it is case where the
pot calls the kettle black.
quite sensation was created last
night at the same place by +. Il. Goddis
telling VIM. 5. Murrill, the colored dele
gate -at-large from Jersey, that he had
bought many nigger like him" A
row was imminent, but the negro re-
Piled: ''Thank God you have never
bought me. You have not money
enough"
1t is in this same place lin front of the
room of the committee on credent;sIsl
that rare scenes take place. Here con
testants await their turn to present their
cases, and the air is full of cursinrs.
swearlngs and charges of rascality. If
either side tells half the truth on the
other, there are few of the contestants
who are hit to sit in any body of respect
able men. And repeat in this public
washing of the party's dirty linen, much
OF the inwardness of the G.. o. p. is
disclosed. There is no doubt that there
are bad men in all parties, but the
Southern delegations in this and the
convention of 1888 are disgrace to any
party. The North Carolina delegation
is by FAR the best of them all.
and among the North Carolina dele
gates, both white and coiored, there
are entitled to rank with honorable men
everywhere, and some whom | am glad
to call my friends, but there are those
even from as good a State as North Car
DINA who are chiefly concerned to see
the convention adopt force bill plat
form which will have no effect except to
engender bad feeling between the races
ana to re-lnaugurate a second period of
reconstruction IN the South. Speaking
OF the force bill, | was panied to see that
rs passage was uppermost in the mind
OF every speaker, and that every alusion
TO the necessity of its passage was loudly
appiauded. Indeed all any speaker had
to do to make the house 90 wild in its
applause, was to declare in favor of the
force bill. Protection and reciprocity were
comparatively Ignored, every allusion
to tins odlous measure brought forth
shouts of approval There were some
indications six months ago that the re-
pnblicans would abandon this species of
a..
contest to be fought upon vital economic
questions, out no man who attended this
convention can doubt that il is the de
hberate purpose of the republican party
to seek to perpetuate itself in power by
another display of the bloody shirt, and
an appeal to war prejudices. Well, the
democratic party in the Northwest is
ready to meet them upon the issue laid
down. The sectional bitterness. while
great In some sections, is diving out
every year and sensible men here are
tired of 1t. The mayor of this city-P.
Is. Wlnston-served in the Confederate
army, is Nlrginian and democrat
lhls Is republican city, too:
1t shows that ''thc thoughts of
men are broadening with the process of
the suns" People in the far Northwest
are alive, and are as tired of war politics
and bloody shirt speeches as the people
of North Carolina. They are burdened
with hcavy taxation. They ask for
bread, and the republican party gives u
stone and asks them to be content to
trash old straw that has been trashed hi
ennially for 30 years. This year many
OF them are going to break away. Some
are coming direct to the democratic
party logically as they will ultimately
do. Others will stop at the "Half Way
House"-known as the peoples party
tarry there two years, and then come
fully into the democratic fold. Even
this year the democrats and peoples par
ty will divide the electoral ticket of half
dozen Northwestern States, and thus
throw the election into the House Of
Representatives. BY this means 81
votes Will be taken from the republican
column, and half of it will be composed
of advocates of the peoples party and
half democrats. If we get Ii votes In
these States, and 0 in Michigan, We can
afford to lose Indiana and win.
This is democratic year, we are go-
ing TO win. The Northwest is going to
help. The bitterness between the fac
tions in the republican party is as deep
seated and as incurable as the fued be-
tween Conkling and Blaine. 1t will not
be headed before the election. No re-
publican can carry Indiana who
is not native of that State.
and Harrison cannot carry it again. Two
of the strongest Blaine clubs here are
from Indiana. and they declare that
Harrison would lose the State by 20. 900
He only carried it two years ago by
1900, and that by an expenditure OF
money, blocks Of five, and other dis
graceful proceedings which cannot occur
again. The victory is almost already
won for the denocrats-a sight Of this
convention, mostly composed of old and
etfete men and ringsters; mingling -four
days with 600 editors from all sections
of the Union: and a study of the poliii
cal situation in he Northwest convinces
me that the tide is all towards democracy.
and that when we meet the enemy they
will be ''ourn"
JosEPHUs DANIELS.
CoIorcd city schools.
The following are the teachers oi
the colered city schools for the ensuing
wear: f. A. johnson. princinal Wash.