The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-11-22
-....1a. TO THE CACcAsIAN.)

-.-na. to The CAreAsGAN)
aINGTDN, Nov. l7.-If agree
. ur aAs gu' stinn were possible
j mycrats thew would philo-
...lt.g accept tie situation DIS an
,.lu4 udemrati"n-an unalter-
d.. protest. against Democra ic pol
"u,thar contention over the
. rs. mistakes and unspeakablc
f.. If Democratic leadership seems
--.ltabIe Tn" party signed its
warrant at Chicago in the
l u.Gation of Grover Cleveland At
r me, Senator Ransom declared
j. .gid cost the Democratic party
+. North Carolina 10000 votes. The
r rtion was verified. The revolt
n ~, lead by the editor Of The
l.t,AaIAN, had its warrant in this
r..dstion, and achieved its complete
...atcation in the election of 1894.
]. is beyond dispute now that an
honest declaration Of the vote in
would have given the State to
Harrison. Cleveland's nomination
1913, political suicide. 1t was .
sElmeless confession of Democratic
c."ardice. Its support involved in
U,dual and party qualification.
His election was the triumph of
fraud at the ballot box. His admin
ltratiUn has found extenuation only
ID. the appointment Of two obscure
Southern men as members of his
D.5.Eet, and the distribution Of Fed
n.I patronage. The campaign III
NU.jh Carolina was brazen attempt
aoudone aud Justify his admins
uaton. That meant u cowardiy
abandonment OF Democratic prirci
p..-as Democracy had been ex
pounded in North Carolina. 1t was
treason to criticise the administra
sion. 1t was high felony to question
It's integrity. 1t was political death
To- resent its defiant reputation of
Democratic pledges. The muzzle
was remorselessiy applied to every
man whose self-respect impelled him
10 remuneration of the methods
The machine dominated the State,
the party, the press. Democratic
success meant the reelection Of Sen
ator Ransom, ho Denounced Cleve-
land at Chicago and, later, betrayed
the people to serve him. Under
tnese conditions the people won a
signal, memorable, enduring victory.
ANY other result would have been Il
public disgrace. SeIf-respect, COM
mon decency, self-prpservatlon, de-
nanded it. The $4,000 democrats
who delied machine dictation in
1892, find in last weeks election "a
splendid vIndication. Sooner than
accept conditions involving their
qualification aud ahas5ment they de-
led party authority. 1t was this
spirit that revolutionized the State.
PLEADING THE "BABY ACT"
Democratic defeat was inevitable.
1t was not unexpected to :he demo-
Gratis. Belief i'll democratic success
was confined to Mr.. Pou, Senator
Ransom and few others who had
only superficial knowledge of the
situation in the State. On the eve
of the election Senator Ransom wired
here the confident opinion that his
reelection was certain. He believed
it. In 1892 he was confronted by
similar conditions on the eve of the
election. They were overcome. But
POu lacked Simmons training, eXpe-
rience and education. He is Re-
publican by descent; not by law.
Ransom failed to note the dlstinc-
ton. Pou's affidavit countenance
impressed him. He Napoleonized
the conflict. The minimum demo-
cratic majority was fixed at 10000.
1t was suggested to democratic elec-
ton officials that 10000 or $4,000
majority would be a proper rebuke
to Butler and his gang" at is onl y
question Of majority. Make 1t big
enough" urged Pou. End this
'opr'ist demogoguery now and for
ever"
1t seems increditable that Ran
som's prodigious vanity obScured the
situation. Senator Jarvis predicted
the result. Before leaving Washing
ton he saw that democratic success
was ouly possible in the prosecution
of vigorous, bold anti-administra-
ton campaign. 1t was his intention
to make the fight on that line. After
his opening speech at Goldsboro he
WAS muzzled. But the people read
between the lines in his subsequent
speeches. 1t meant vindication Of
the democratic revolt in 1892. They
We're deeply impressed with the
righteousness and sincerity Of the
Populiat demands, From "a sense of
Retrospect they either stayed at
home or voted the Populist ticket,
Speaking of the result and the
causes, Capt. Frank Erwin, "a veter-
al politician, says, "Jarvls' campaign
was reply to Ransom's and that eN-
plains the unprecedented stay-at-
nome vote"
A Federal of1ice-holder, who won
several bets on the result, was thor
oughly satisfied, two weeks before the
election, that democratic defeat was
certain. The week before the election
$500 was raised in Raleigh, and the
day after the election, not "a red
copper cent" could be traced in the
result. 1t was about as easy to pay
off the public debt and stop the issue
of bonds as it was to buy Niger
votes in Raleigh" In accounting
for the change In public sentiment