Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-13
NATIONAL PARK SEMINARY
NORTH CAROLINA's DEMOCRATS.
The Formation of Clubs Urged by
Prominent Speakers.

Prominent Speakers.
In the convention of the democratic clubs
of North Carolina at Raleigh yesterday,
Julian S. Carr, president, began the pro-
ceedings with an appeal to the southern
people to remain with the democratic party.
He was followed by Senator Ransom. who
arraigned the republican party for its ne
glect of the south, and defended the demo-
cratic party and the Senate tariff bill.
Senator Ransom was followed by Mr..
Charles H. Mansur of Missouri, assistant
controller of the treasury.
In the course of his remarks he said:
For thirty years the democracy. in the
way of legislation, did nothing and the
policy of the United States was dictated by
the republicans, and. forsooth, because in
one year of legislation get only five
sixths of such a tariff pie We wanted.
yea nine-tenths of such pie. and failed on
the other tenth, many of our voters must
be disgruntled and declare that the demo-
cratic party is unequal to the emergency;
that they have not the ability to govern and
control the country, and turn and assail
their own party, and, IL we take the ex
amrse set i'm Maine, determine to remain at
home and permit the government of the
country to drift back into the hands of our
republican enemies. Had five or six of our
democratic Senator's elected years ago, upon
other issues. been equally Jealous with the
democratic Senators of the south, in the
cause of tariff reform, the Wilson bill to-
day would be a law. Is IL wise, is it just,
Is II common sense, because of the opposi-
ton of a few Senator'S for the democratic
masses to hold the party responsible for
their acticn?'
Adjournment took place until O'Clock
last evening. when the academy was pack
ed to overlooking. Chauncey +. Black of
pennsylvania, president of the National
League of Democratic Clubs opened the
program with speech warmly advocating
government control of the Nicaragua canal
Resolutions were adopted demanding the
financial support of the government for the
canal project.
Lawrence Gnrdner's Remarks,
Mr.. Lawrence Gardner of Washington. d.
c., secretary of the National League of
Democratic Clubs, said in the course of his
remarks:
"A German proverb says: Honor the old.
instruct the young, consult the wise and
bear with the foolish
The four distinctions made in the prov
erb exactly fit the conditions of TODAY and
the purpose of our meeting. If the German
proverb maker had had the democratic
campaign of North Carolina of 1894 before
him he could not have made a better divi-
sion or called attention to four better es-
sentials in this present campaign.
Our party is party of the people for
the people. and by the people. and nothing
else can exist within the organization of
the democratic party.
We nave Scth pdEUeS rise as we now see
new parties preparing for struggle; but
they have all met with the same fate and
passed on into oblivion, while our party
proceeds on its way, purified by the storm
through which 1t has passed, and energies
unscathed. Therefore the proverb we'll said
honor the DID,
Organize your clubs and place them in
the ranks of your state organizations so
that the proper officers may know upon
what they can depend. In a state situated
as North Carolina is, let a club be organized
at every cross roads. Let ii be the duty of
every member to feel that he Is in part re-
sponsible for the increase of membership
of his club. and not wait for the officers of
the club to do the work; but help as far as
lies in your power. Let each do his
duty, and that is. fight the common enemy
Lay aside all feeling of jealousy or dis
trust. Let each individual do the work
assigned him, and success must crown your
labors. There is nothing that will rob club
organization of its usefulness quicker than
Jealousy or distrust. Honest rivalries can
do no harm.
Young men, take counsel of the old heads
frequently. Don't imagine for one moment
that you know IL all, but go and consult
with the old warriors. and you can feel
assured that IN such counsel you will never
be led astray.'
In closing Mr.. Gardner said: "In nv
judgment if there ever was time when the
great democratic party depended for its
permanence, its very existence, on the unity
of its members 1t is now, when false creeds
and false prophets threaten to destroy it.
This l regard as eminently the case I'm
North Carolina, where many of our truest
men have been led astray by the promulga-
ton of political heresies, claimed by their
advocates to be true Jeffersonian demo-
cratic prin cples'"