The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-03

as a lemon that had been fully squeezed.
Mordecai was still Sitting at the
Kings gate.'
| Mordecai must be destroyed.
The first effort had been a scandalous
failure. Col. Andrews and the trusts
that joined him bought the dear expe-
ton, who, after trying it, said ''You can't
run a paper for party that can't read"
| But a man who datters himself that
he "can kill and make alive" never stops
at one failure. Col. Andrews had still
other strings to his bow. He saw that
| the daily exposures in the News and OBJ
server of the corruption of the State
officials, whom he had indicted
| into office with brilliant social
| functions that made him the
Ward McAllister of Raleigh, was
disgusting the people. He saw that
they were resolved to drive them from
power in disgrace at the first opportu-
nifty. He also saw that Scent cotton had
been the only result felt in North Caro-
lima of the election Of Mckinley. Though
not giving up the right to appoint Fed
eral officeholders in North Carolina I'M
der his friend Mckinley, Col. Andrews
had a long enough head to see that he
must not flaunt his gold and protection
faith and his McKinleyism in the face
of an outraged people. If he was to de-
stroy the News and Observer, still
Sitting at the Kings gate" he saw he
would have to pursue different meth
| cd.
The plan he finally adopted was to put
his free pass brigade and handful of
fawners to saying that the News and
Observer did not preach straight De-
mOcracy," and to organize company
to publish straight Democratic pa
per-" He knew that if he was known
as a stakeholder, his new paper would
share the fate of the Tribune.
Stock was solicited. Certain god
Democrats, who had stopped taking the
News and Observer, because it declared
that they could not pose as Democrats
and vote for Republicans, gladly sub
scribed to blocks of stock to organize a
paper to stand for straight Democ-
racy." 1t is even said that a big owner
in the Cigarette Trust, a lifelong Re-
publican who ardently supported Me
Kinley and Russell, was so anxious for
"a straight Democratic" paper that he
also subscribed for a block Of stock. In
| Democrats, not knowing that the new
paper was to be a creature of the gold
bugs and the monopolists, took a small
portion of the stock. These are the sub
scribers who are relied upon to give the
paper standing in the Democratic party.
| Col. Andrews will soon find that the
Democrats of North Carolina cannot
be induced to deal in "green goods"
and the straight Democrats" will have
nothing to do with paper established
with the purpose Of controlling it for the
lllOuOpOliSlS anu SOlu-uuSo, VI AdilAAS "
do that, to seek to keep the State and
the Federal governments in the hands OF
the Republicans. He will find that his
| policy of pretended Democracy will
avail him nothing in his audacious at
tempt to dictate the policy of the party
he helped nightly to defeat in 1896.
He will also find Mordeeai still sitting
at the Kings gate"
Neither he nor any of the rest of the
gold-bugs, protectionists and Mckinley
ties can enforce Obeisance; buy the edi-
torial utterances; or prevent the ex-
posture of his attempt to be
Democratic leader after his public sup
port of McKinleyism in, 1896.
Straight Democrats" do not bend
low the knee to give eclat to Republi-
an Governors Inauguration, nor to
end all their energies to put Mckinley
in the White House. And they do not
intend to accept dictation from men
whose Democracy is of that stripe, no
matter how they may sugar-coat the
dose.