The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-10-22
FALSE IN THE PAsT-FALsE IN THE
PRESENT.

PRESENT.
We are about ready to believe that
this campaign will add one more for
chile illustration to the hollowness and
insin certify of Democratic declarations
and professions. II you will read the
State Democratic platform Of 1896
you will find the following declara
ton:
eve declare our belief that the
peace, prosperity and happiness of the
people Of North Carolina depend on
the defeat of the Republican State
ticket in the coming election"
This Is a SWEEPING BELIEE. just
analyze it little. 1.-THE PEACE, PROS
pEKlTY AND HAPPINESS of the people
or North Carolina" depend on Repub-
lican defeat. Ifthe Republican ticket
is not defeated, then according to the
Democratic BELIEF, the PEACE, PROS
PERITY and HAPPINESS of the State are
gone. Now, the converse meaning Of
these terms are STRIFE, RUIN and MIS-
cry. And the Democratic party, &C
cording to its own declaration, is in
venting these disasters upon the State
by refusing TO DO ANYTHING that will
defeat the Republican ticket.
The Democratic party has made a
bold declaration here. If it means
what it says, it would be patriotic
enough to surrender rs existence, if
by SO doing it could help to avert the
calamities which it declares are i'm
minent. That party can do much in
the way Of talking, declaring and
promising, but it has always proven Z
failure when it comes to acting. True
it did make proposition to the Popu-
lists involving Populist support of the
Democratic nominee for Governor
But if the Populist State committee
had accepted that proposition, the
members Of the Populist party would
never have sustained the committee.
action. The Populist committee was
not silly or dishonest enough to enter
, into compact which could never bt
carried out.
Democrats knew this. THEY WERI
! PLAINLY TOLD SO before they ever
made their proposal. This being so
the only thing that could be done t,
minimize the chances of success of tn,
Republican ticket, headed by Judge D
L. Russell, was for the Democrats t,
{ concentrate their forces in an effort t,
elect the Peoples Party nominee fo1
Governor. They may say that the,
could not have delivered their goods
, to any greater extent than the Popu
lists could. Well, if that be so, VIII,
did they want too put their party in ,
false light by making the sweepin,
+ declaration quoted above? If the con
D vention represented the sentiments O
2 the Democratic party, why does tina
? party persist in a course which Ger
+ tainly gives the Republican head O
q the ticket chance of election 2
, least.
If the election of that ticket mean
! what the Democrats say it means
e STRIFE, RUIN and MIsERY-eyer
: chance for it's success ought to be min
s imized to the least degree, and tn
E Democratic party, according to it's owl
0 declaration, is an enemy and traito
: to the State of North Carolina if i
fails to do everything in its powe
to minimize the chance of Republica,
success in the State.
Now listen, The above declaratio,
! of the Democrats MEANS NOTHING. TIL
t Democratic party will show its inner
, emit hypocrisy and dishonesty by it
0 action. 1t will not make the erea
: move, which it now has a golden CD
e portunity to make, to prevent the cleo
ton of the Republican nominee 70,
! Governor. Now listen further. Tn,