The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1892-04-12
The Political sky Clearer.


A gentleman in this city, who has
always taken an active interest In poi
itics without aspiring to office, and who
has always kept IN close touch with
| the-farmers Of the county, with whom
be is throw. in almost daily associa-
| tion, says that the political atmosphere
in Wake county is clearing. From
! our own observation We believe that
he is right. The farmers of this coun-
ty, like all other farmers in North
| Carolina in common with all the other
citizens of the State, have been the
victims Of vicious legislation, which
has weighed as a heavy burden upon
their continuous efforss to better their
condition. The weight that has we'll
nigh crushed them and others has
come from the oppressive legislation
of the Republican party, which has
ever been hostile to all agricultural
communities. In addition, the price
Of the products of their labor has
of recent years steadily decreased
until it has reached it's lowest
ebb. In this conjunction Of mis-
fort unes, it is natural that they should
desire relief, and in the swelling i'm
pulse of their just Indignation, they
may perhaps have listened to the siren
song of those who for their own ambi-
tious purposes would destroy or weaken
the only political organization from
which they can expect relief We say
listened, for it has not yet been made
manifest that they have expressed Or
entertained any purpose to aid in the
disruption OF the Democ attic party,
which has preserved civil liberty and
maintained honest government in this
State, and which is today the only
medium through which the evils that
affiict the farmers and ali others of our
people can be abated. AS the DAYS
succeed each other it becomes more and
more apparent, tnap lie oniy result oi
of the establishment in North Caro-
lima of any Third Party will
be the subversion Of the Dem
ocratic party, and the restoration
of the disastrous rule of the Repubii-
cans. The man who thinks that the
Republicans Of this State Will not seize
the opportunity of obtaining power, in
the event the white men of the State
become divided, wiifully deceives him
self. We are gratified that as the pur-
pose of those who would undermine he
foundations Of the Democratic party
, becomes constantly clearer, it likewise
becomes clearer that they cannot drive
before them into the meshes Of their
political net, the farmers of the State
who have from the beginning consti
, tuted the great bulk of the Democrat,
party and who have shaped its policy
and controlled It's conventions. The
, great body of the agriculturists Of Nortl
Carolina will not permit themselves tt
f be used for such fell purposes of de
, struction.
The farmers of Wake county, exer
cising the sober second thought upor
r the vexing political questions of the
{ hour reflect the opinion of the farmer
throughout the. State, and that is tha
, Just as the prospect brightens for th'
control of the government, in all it:
branches by the Democratic party, al
ways the party of the people, it woul'
/ be suicidal for them to stray off to tn,
5 support of Third party, having NJ
e hope of success, and thereby retain in
: definitely upon The statute book th
0 laws of which they justly complain.
: With united effort the Democrat
e party VIII win. With Democrat
e control all legislation needed to re
: store prosperity to our people viii
come. The Democrats of Wake county
and the Democrats of North Carolin;
7 will not abet any movement tending t
+ obstruct this consummation. LII
: political sky is clearing, and the daw1
i. of brighter day is breaking.
g IT is estimated that in une, 1880
D there were in the United States 1910
a railroads that maintained a separat