Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-09-22
THE DUTY OF REPUBLICANS.

THE DUTY OF REPUBLICANS,
The two great objects sought to
be accomplished by North Carolina
Republicans in the November elec-
ton are:
FIRsT-The election of the Har-
rison Electors.
SEcoND-The destruction of the
Democratic party of North Car
DINA.
In our opinion these two objects
could have been obtained by the Re
publicans refusing to nominate a
ticket for Governor, and other
State officers, and by supporting the
candidates of the Peoples party for
State and county officers and mem
bers of the Legislature, and by voting
solidly for the Harrison Electors. #
this course had been followed the
Harrison Electors would have re-
ceived large plurality of the votes,
and the Peoples party ticket for
Governor and State officers would
have also received plurality of the
votes, and the Democrats would
have been in minority in both
Houses of the Legislature. The
Legislature thus elected would
have amended the election law so
to compel an honest election IL
every particular. With such 3 Law
in force the Republicans At tie eleo-
ton in November, 1894, would carry
the State if they really have q ma
jority of the voters. Having lost
the State in every election since
1872, the Republicans had nothing
to lose by adopting this policy and
all to gain. Dr.. Mott, Judge Rus
sell, the Sign02, and all tho infu-
ence that could be used failed to III
press the Eaves faction with the
wisdom of this policy, and the DEM
ocratic Annex on last Wednesday
put out full ticket. Now, what is
the duty of every Republican who
opposed the nomination of ticket,
and who believes that the nop,ina-
tio. puts in deadly peril the cleo
toral vote, and may prevent Repub-
lican success in this State for a gen.
Grafton
Our advice is to vote against the
Democratic Annex headed by David
M. Furches. Vote for the ticket
headed by W. P. Exum, as a matter
of principle, in order to secure the
two main results which are para
mount with eveey Republican, to
wit:
F1RsT-To secure the electoral
vote for Mr.. Harrison.
SECoND-To secure the destrue-
ton Of the Democratic party IN
North Carolina.
The ticket headed by Furches is
simply and solely an auxiliary to the
Democratic party, in the language of
DR.. Mott 1t is really "a teaser to
rouse the shackling energies of the
old Bourbon Horse" The very men
who forced the nominations know
full we'll that the ticket cannot be
elected, they do not expect that it
will be elected; they know to a GER
tainty that it cannot get more votes
than Charles Price got two years
ago. Possessed with this knowledge
why they insisted on nominating
ticket, is mystery to every man
who is endowed with any political
sense.
A large number of Republicans
both white and colored, have al
ready allied themselves with the
Peoples party, and will not vote for
the Furches ticket. They do not
propose to help the Democrats to
elect their ticket by throwing their
votes away.
What more can the Republicans
desire?
The Democratic party cannot be
defeated by the Republican party
alone.
The Democratic party cannot be
defeated by the Peoples party
alone.
The Democratic party can be de-
feated by union of the Republican
and Peoples parties. In union there
Is strength. Ihe hepuDIcans anu
Peoples party me-; cannot divide
and conquer. Thoroughly united
they can carry this State by fifty
Thousand. We ask them to unite
and make common cause against
the common enemy.
For twenty-five years the editor of
the Ssgaaal has supported the Repub-
lican party in every contest. Dur
ing that time we have never scrat-
ched ticket. We did not act
without deliberation when we de-
#clared that we would not support q
State ticket if nominated by the
Annex Democrats. knowing as we
dc that the nomination of the Fur
ches ticket has strong tendency
to lose Mr.. Harrison the Electoral
vote and ruin foreYer the Republi-
can party Of North Carolina, it is