The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-13
.REoRGAsIzIsG~ THE PARTY

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The New York Democrats, who bolted
in the last campaign because their De-
mocracy couldn't stand Bryan and went
| over in a body and voted for Mckinley,
have issued an address inviting the
| Democrats who supported Bryan to re-
turn to the fold" In other States, like
| silly proclamations are being issued, Al
| most any day we expect to see an adj
dress from Louis de Ia Croix and :
/ Syittowslf. telling all North Carolina
Democrats who voted for Bryan shat
these defenders of the faith" viii vel
con,n shem back Il they viii take back
seats and dance when De h Croix calls
She r6cgers"
/ Son,e suggestions have already been
made IN so-eaned Democratic papers that
fbere i need az reorganization 81 the
oenneratic marry along lines that viii
he aeeeptahle to she tolters. We DO not
shiok there IS auy need FOR The "reer-
sanitation of the party, unless The bolt
ers ard kjelcrs want Is make profes-
sion a. AacksAaiag ana 10 readmitted.
ne p3at8orm adopted vi Chicago Is the
shass 81 She aeemoeratic par,y, and the
ala sl.sn ula 10 steerea exactly by that
chart anal 1900. When shat chart was
saaptea. the pavty was deep In the mad,
apparently stack fast, Sailing by il, che
savsy peeaverea from the Cleveland
surNcssnx aud is IN good condition 10
Sas>er sasa port With she 0eNt favorable
usna vhieh IL scheduled to blow in 1900,
The silver question. she trost question,
government ~ injunction, compulsory
arbitration and the other kindred CUES
saans raised in tlae Chicago platform, have
NOT been settled. They will never he
setssca nntil settled along the lines mark.
"a ont ia that platform. Those who put
their hand to the plow viii never turn
back. The men who believe the gold
standard is right VIII eventually flock to-
rether So they voted together last month.
Men who believe alike viii get together
Prejudice. party ties, old associations
viii stand IN the way Tor time. but men
who believe money ought TO govern win
not stay apart 1t is equally true that
men who believe manhood IS above money
n-igl cooperate. These are self evident
truths. They are not stated to be often
sire, but as mere statements Of indispu-
table facts
So far a. re are concerned, We take
no more stock il this talk Of ''reorganiza-
ton" now than Democrats took in It
after Tilden and Hancock were defeated.
There is no need Of il, and there is no
body who could effect it. There is sure
to be a struggle in 1900 as there was in
1896. and, unless all signs fail. the
friends of gold, trusts and monopolies viii
be forced again to join the Republicans
Sin order to preserve Democratic prin-
ciples" 1t viii not be long before these
men win quit masquerading as Demo
| Gratis, and 60 bodily into the Republican
| party.
Ex-senator Upton, Of Nebraska, hav-
| ing in view the offer by the Palmer and
Buckner men of amnesty to the silver
| Democrats, has written the following
lines which expose their farcicalction:
''An eagle was cleaying the air with de-
light
| When sparrow, Of insects in search,
| Inflated its bosom and twittered a strain,
You may rest with me here on this
perch
| 'tAn elephant moving in ponderous style,
| Met mouse in the path, at its play,
| And from it received the magnanimous
/ grant,
| I eoncede you the clear right of way
"a gold-bug was met on rail Of the
| road,
| A silver car speeded along,
| But the clatter Of cars and the thunder
| OF steam,
| Extinguished the Syren and Song.
''Let the fate Of the sparrow, the mouse
| and the bug,
| BE an objective lesson, in hand,
With that offer, as made, by Satan Of
old,
When he owned not an acre Of land"