Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-11-12
INDIANA'S DEMOCRACY.
Plans to be Considered for the
Preservation of the Party.

Preservation OF the Party.
Indianapolis, November s.
Now that the smoke of battle has
cleared away and the excitement
that the campaign engendered has
abated, conservative Democrats of
every shade of opinion are asking
themselves how the two wings may
get together and present a solid
front to the enemy in coming cam
paigns. There are some who still
entertain feelings of resentment,
but they r few in comparison to
the many who believe that by
cones should be bygones, and that
it is better to consider the good
of the party for the future than to
dwell upon the things that sepa-
rated it in the past. The men
who recently led the revolt against
Bryan and the Chicago platform
entertain these sentiments almost
to a man, and there is no doubt
but the near future will witness
overtures from the one wing to
the other that will suggest honor
able grounds of settlement to
both, and from out the past diff
ferenccs will be evolved the eIe-
ments of harmonious action in the
future. The free silver wing of
the party realize from the re-
turns of the election that the hon.
est money Democrats we're a pow
er in the State, andi it is conce-
ded hat it was the suffrages given
to Mckinley from this class that
carried the State for the Repub-
lican candidate. The honest mon.
ey men admit that they went to
this extreme with great relucts
ance, and that nothing except the
direst party exigsncy could have
induced them to support a can
didate on a platform as o5jec-
tionable as that upon which Mc~
kinney was nominated. To save
the party from a worse evil. say
the gold standard Democrats,
they were forced to give a quasi
Endorsement to protection and to
the Republican party, but they
are willing to meet their free sil>
yer brethren half way in order
that future campaigns may find
the party united in the assertion
Of it's principles. On Tuesday
the suggestion was made by some
Of the overzealous that a meeting
be held to reorganize the party
and steps be taken to perfect the
honest money organization, but
cooler heads came in and it was
determined not to form a separ~
ate organization till it became
evident that union upon an hons
orable basis was impossible.
No definite propositions have
oeen agreed upon by either side,
out it is certain that the free
silver Democrats would rapidly |
agree to abandon all deals with
he Populists in the future and
ely upon Democratic votes for
he prestige. In the recent elec>
ion this alliance was a positive
letr1ment, both in driving Demo-
rats from the support of the
electoral ticket and in prevents
ng dissatisfied Republicans from
it their Endorsement. This
S fully evidenced by the returns,
md there are 40 Democrats who
10 not concede that the fusion
With the Populists resulted in
absolute loss to the party. In
act, the Populist vote failed ut
erly to materalize at the polls.
md it is admitted on all sides
hat the placing of five Populist
electors on the Democratic ticket
;auseda hegira Of Democratic
Fotes to the honest money rank,
Indfrom them to theRepublicans,
when it became evident that In
llama might be carried by free
coinage if they voted for Palmer
md Buckner. Some of the free
silver leaders look upon the re-
;ent split as containing the cure
itself, saying that some
If the gold standard Democrats
sravitate TO the Republican party
md the remainder returned to
he Democrats, and another cam
oajgn will witness party atigu>
nents on the issue of free coin
zee without a third of gold
standard party in the field.
others, and a mojority, it seems,
,elieve that there must be some
compromises in order to enter
he next campaign as a united
and that few Of the gold
standard Democrats will be will
ng to identify themselves with
he Republicans as Republicans,
md fewer with the Democrats as
rec coinage Democrats. Those
who take this view declare that
he Democrats who voted for
Mckinley r not protectionists,
md will never become protec>
ionists. and that all the acts of
he new administration will tend
o separate them further and
urther from the Republican
party and bring them closer to
he Democrats if there is any
prospect of ultimately harmonlz
ng on honorable terms.
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