The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-08-26
Hoko Smith Strikes,

ATLANTA, GA, Aug. 10.-It is now ad-
mitted by members of Hoke Smiths
newspaper staff that the Secretary sent in
his resignation to Mr.. Cleveland fully
three weeks ago. 1t is equally certain
that Mr.. Cleveland is using all of his ar
gumentative ability to induce Mr.. Smith
to withdraw from his hostile position.
Mr.. Smith consistently refuses to give out
any information, bus in the meantime he
has taken up cudgel that is likely to be
felt even in Buzzard's s Bay. In his paper
this afternoon Mr.. Smith had the follow
ing EDITORIAL:
lin political emergencies, as in other
affairs of life, men are sometimes con-
strained to make choice between two
evils or uncongenial situations. Being
unable after their best efforts to order
things just as they would have them,
both sound reason and policy suggest
that they should take this course. Such
an emergency now confronts many DEM
ocrats ir all parts of the country. They
have done their best to influence their
party to accept ard indorse their finan-
cial policy, and, having failed in the eff
fort, they have now presented them the
alternative of continued adherence to the
political party with which they have long
associated aud whose maintenance they
believe to be needful to protect the coun-
try from bad government and perniclous
legislation or to assist in the restoration
to unchecked power of the party whose
whole record is marked by acts and poll
cies of this character.
"All of US took part in the choice of
delegates to the Chicago convention, with
the implied agreenent-an agreement
sanctioned by precedent and honor-that
we would abide by the decision of the
majority of the convention. The decision
was disappointing and disagreeable to a
large portion of the Democratic party in
Had this portion succeeded, instead OF
meeting defeat, they would have consid-
cred bolt or antaeonism by the other
| party as an act of bad faith. Is not the
! implied agreement just as binding on
| themselves?
"Let Southern Democrats who contem'
plate the support of Mckinley of bolt
| ing Democratic ticket, which could only
help Mckinley without chance Of its
success in a single State, seriously con.
slider the probable effect of their action
They would help to restore to full power,
and perhaps to perpesuate in power par.
| ty agreeing with them on only one ques-
| ton, and that one attributable to condi-
ton caused by Republican legislation,
and to disrupt and cOnsign to lasting de-
feat party agreeing with them on every
other issue.
fought the venerable Democratic party
to be destroyed because of its dissentior
or its error, in regard to single question
of transient Importance? Shall we aban-
don the vital principles and essential pol
| icies for which it has long contended sim.
ply because Of disagreement OH this ques'
| ton? Among those principles and poll
cies are-the preservation Of the remain
| ing rights of the States and the people
rights often usurped or disregarded by
| the Republican party. A just and 1m.
partial system of Federal taxation oppos.
ed to the Republican policy of taxation
| for the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of favored inter
ests and classes; opposition to the grow
and exactions Of trusts and monopolies
which have heen the especial objects o.
Republican fostering and protection; the
protection Of every State and section o.
| the country from invidious Federal leg
| islation or unwarranted interference wltE
| their local government.
"This last object is one of special i'm.
portance to the Southern States, whose
elections have been hithertofore domina-
| ted by Federal supervision and who are
threatened with a renewal of such inter-
| ference"