The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-11-15
TRIaKsrERs CAUSED IT
The Late Election Furnishes a Lesson
for Some Democratic Senator's.

II Lesson
for Some Democratic Senator's.
Correspondence of the Sentinel
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, '94.-The
Democrats ought to learn something
from the Waterloo of last Tuesday.
Six months before Cleveland was
nominated there were factions in the
party, the leaders of which were de-
termined to thwart his policy in case
he should be nominated in spite Of
them. He was nominated and elect
ed. On March the 5th, these Demo-
Gratis commenced operations. Their
game eliminated in the desperate
fight waged here for months between
a Democratic house aud Democratic
President on one side with a few-bull-
headed Senators actuated solely by
motives OF self interest, Oh the other
side. There has existed Ia the United
States Senate a conspiracy or what
amounts to conspiracy against the
President and his policy ever since
Cleveland was nominated.
The Senate caused the delay in tue
passing OF the tariff bill. The voice
of fearless Zebulon Baird Vance was
raised IN protest, until it was silenced
in death, against the conspiracy which
sought to thWart the will of the people
as spoken by the Democratic House of
Representatives and Grover Cleveland.
The Congressional Records contain
proofs of this assertion. Vance never
pretended any affection for Cleveland.
He sincerely and courageously fought
him from first to last. When l saw
Grover Cleveland sitting at the head
of Senator Vance's coffin in the SEN
ate Chamber. a North Carolina Con-
greSSmen beside me said: "Cleveland
Is nearer to Vance than he has been
since March 4th," l replied: 1T
would have been better for both and
for our State if ehey had known each
other more Intimately" But, Vance
knew the meaning of the tidal wave
which elected Democratic House,
Senate and President and if a hand
full OF tricksters in the Senate had
not deliberately tried to stem that
current, the result of the election
November 9th, 1894 would have been
different
Now let US take our defeat like men.
In TWO years there will be another
election. In the interium there Is
much work To be d0ne south of Mason
and Dixon's.liie. which has nothing to
do with politics. From the mountains
to the Scashore our sections teens
with marvellous resources. Mines of
goic, mountains Of mica, quarrleS Of
marble and bTownstOne, acres of pri-
meVdl forest, vast acres of land ST. fer
tile That every cereal can be produced
on it, await the judiciouS management
and cultivation of the yeoman of the
south. Let thiSeX peIIence teach the
people lesson aud 1t will not be IN
vain that for the next two Years Gro
Vet Cleveland, il DcuItjrrai ic idtut
has To conJtuu with II iitpubIic n
II ht5T h
can Senate with safe ~ jpritv pre-
sided over by Vice president \. Z Ste
ven>ou The picture Is not pleas ng
one, but It's existence Is primaIily due
To the duplIcIty, The arrogance. the
eXtrhVdgance OF Il handful of Senators
whose seifi>hntss and dupiiciJy are 10
their patriotism aud hCnest as zero is
To IutluItyt
Mr.. 3ayard who is here says he is
not surprised at the result. He at
tributes 1t 10 the delay IN passing tue
tariff bill which delay was due To the
Senatorial tomfoOlery above referred
TO in this column Vice-PreSident
Adiai E stevenson gives the same
reason for it So does Hon. ". q. Whit.
uey, but this able New Yorker SAYS
| that party can profit by this experience
and win iD 1896
At this date [ can scarcely realize
| the fact that North Carolina has bro
| ken the backoOn OF the solid South.
Let there be no unavailing regrets.
| Defeat is bad enough hut brave men
| Will make the best of it, and learn
| from it how to win in 1896
| With Tom Reed as speaker of the
next House and Motley crew in the
Republican fusionist Senate, there
| will be some tough times ahead fol
the G. O. p