The news & observer., 1897-11-26
THE PATH LEADS TO VICTORY.


and sensible editorial in its last issue
with reference to the campaign in North
Carolina next year. Referring to the
;sspes suggested and the plans proposed,
it says:
"Some say that we must, as far as is
practical, ignore national issues, anu au-
dress ourselves to our domestic cons
Germs: and others say that we shouiu
laan ouestions with which the general
government alone has to do well to the
front if not paramount, while others
and we think the majority, consider the
wise course to be to press both national
ond State issues 1t seems to us this lat
fer is the proper policy, even were 1t
at all likely that either of the other two
could be adopted"
This is the expression of nearly all the
papers in the State, and it is no longer
omen to doubt that "The White Man and
the White Metal" will be the shibboleth
of victory in 1898 and in 1900.
The News believes that next year more
votes will be cast independent of party
bias than in many years, and that the
much to do with determining the result
of the election, and it gives wise counsel
in the following extract which is to the
point:
THE good name Of the State, the ma
tional interest of all the people, and the
pride of the party, as well as IT'S duty
and hope of success, all demand that its
Il ncf mn l.
ed as candidates, each with view to
the office and its duties that he is nam
ed for. The various conventions should
be really considerate, deliberative bodies.
and no man should be a candidate be-
fore any Of them, only in the sense that
his peculiar fitness for particular office
points to him. All combinations and
arrangements, by which delegates are to
reciprocate favors, to the end that one
man may be named for one place and
another man for another. by concert OF
action by the friends of the two, should
not only he discontinued. but rebuketi,
if fitness be the test. and let it include
exemplary life and habits. as well as
mental yigor, learning and moral STAN
ina. ~
'And when such candidates are put
before the people. let It Re understood
that no Democrat will Tecline the place
assigned him.that he wiz subordinate his
own inclination or ambition to the VIII
nf his party. IF this is done by the State
] the districts and the counties. the result
will he party trinrnnh: but it win he
much more very much more: it will be
the triumph of virtue. of decency. over
vice and scandal: of competency and
fathfulness over incompetenev and IN
faithfuness VIII such a ticket add to
our strength? There can be no doubt
aboult it.
''There are good men who are Popu-
lists. they would come TO us. They have
before broken party ties and forsakcn
leaders. and they would do If again.
There are good men who are Republi-
cans, and they would come many of
them certainly They are restiye un-
der existing conditions. Give us men
for candidates whom good men would
like their sons 10 associate with. and Inn
itate. and we will bring to their support
many good men who arc not known as
Democrats. Let no kindliness of feeling
for any man, rersonallv lead us to name
him for an office he is not qualified to
/ fill Let his qualifications be conspicu.
ous"
It may not be too much to say that
the fate Of the next election will largely
depend upon the character OF the can
didates named. The Democratic party
must name men of such high standing
that the contrast between the candidates
OF the respective parties will stand out
| as strong argument for Democratic
success. In the past, the high character
of our public men has been a potent
/ factor in our success. 1t is particularly
essential, also, that we nominate sincere
men who are in thorough accord with
the principles of the party. Men who
merely accept the platform because it is
regular ought not to be the candidates
Of the party. Men should be named
who are known to stand for the issues
that will be predominant. The people
believe in Bryan's hostility to trusts be-
cause all men who derive illegal profits
from these illegal combinations hate him.
Vance was the ideal leader for silver
because the gold men fought him. The
only candidates who will deserve to
win are those who are so filled with the
reforms demanded by their party that
they will speak with an earnestness and
force and winning way that cannot be
simulated In men Of good character
and sincere convictions, honestly stand
ing upon the Democratic platform, must
the party depend for success.
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