The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-13
DEMOCRATIC PROSPECTS AND THIRD
PARTYIsM.

PARTYIsM.
Every day the chances OF Democratic
succcss in the country grow brighter and
brighter. The fractional fights In Ne"
YORK have ceased. and all wings of the
marty in that State are Tapping together
assuring. as certainly as anything IN
Tho future can be assured, the electoral
vote Of the Empire State to Hon. Grover
Cleveland. The West also seems to be
ranidlv wheeling into line. and there Is
eyery indication possible that the people
Of that section are preparing to emphasize
tho continents which they uttered in so
decided a tone in 1892. The South
nromises to be as solid as ever for the
Democracy, and day by day many OF
those who, in a temporary alteration oil
mind thought of abandoning the old or
canization for the dangerous and Hntried
experiment of a Third party, are, through
the mastery teaching of Messrs. Daniel,
Staples. Holmes Conrad and other able
exponcnts Of Democracy, being brought
10 their senses, and will be found clothed
and in their right minds in November.
Everything. therefore, points to the TACT
that the people want Grover Cleveland
for their President, and it will not be at
all surprising if he receives as pheuo-
menal majority of the electoral college
as he did of the popular vote of New York
when he ran for Governor in 1SS2.
Unfortunately this bright prospect Is
somewhat marred by a certain element
in this State who. it is said, will not lis
ten TO reason, but who deliberately stop
their ears and cover their eyes whenever
any attempt is made. either by speaking
or writing. to teach them the folly OF their
course But what can such as these hope
to accomplish? if they arc Republicans
at heart, as there is reason to believe
many Of them are, their conduct can he
easily understood. They are working for
the success Of the Republican party, and
are bending every energy. not TO advance
the interests of the Third party hut to
use that party as a wedge with winch 10
split the Democracy into factions 50 tnat
the Republicans can march on through
the gap. When election day comes, IL
those gentry arc closely watched the
chances are ten to one that they will be
caught dropping a straight out Republi-
can ticket in the ballot box, while they
| will lead their dupes to the polls TO vote
for the Third party, laughing all the
time in their sleeves at the success Oh
their schemes to weaken and demoralHe
| the Democracy.
Ii is incomprehensble that sensible
| Southern men who have hitherto worked
with the Democracy can longer remain
blinded to the plain truth. by casting
their votes for the Third party they can
ACCOMPLISH nothing for themselves. They
cannot possibly win, and 1t VIII
he no advantage to them for the Re
publican party TO win. In that case the
leaders may possibly get some reward
| but the rank and file will get nothing.
| They will find, when too late, that they
have only played in the hands OF the
enemies of the South, and that they, IN
stead of lettering their condition. have
only buckled Oh their backs more secure
" than ever the burdens of taxation i'm
posed by the monopolists, tariff and
| fraudulent pensions, while, far worse
even than these, they will have placed
upon their own neck the yoke of negro
and bayonet rule.
How can any Southern white man
then voluntarily vote against his own in
terest? The Democratic party will in all
| likelihood win by an enormous majority,
and what credit can such men hope to
gain 10y seeking to bring upon Old Nlr-
ginia the disgrace Of not marching side
!, side with her Southern sisters in the
| Democratic column next November!