The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-11
L,sr wErK', ELEoTioNS.

The chief interest in last weeks cleo
ton centered in New York, Iaryland
and Ohio. rhe results are mixed and
more or less unsatisfactory, but they
teach "A lesson.
After the death of Henry George the
only candidate who stood for the prin-
ciplts of Jefferson, Il is difficult to see
how any good citizen who believed in
the principles of good government as
taught and practiced by Jefferson and
Lincoln could have much choice be-
tween the candidates or interest in the
result.
The other three candidates, Judge
Van Wyck, General Tracy, and DR..
Seth Low, are all gold-bugs and mo-
nopolists. We notice that number
Of SO. called silver Democratic papers
are rejoicing nightly over the cleo
ton of Tammany's candidate, Van
Wyck, as if his election meat the
triumph of some great principal. In
character and capacity he is probably
lllt tultEtOI vi Tic iWO
and in politics he represents not only
the same gold and monopoly interests,
but il anything lower and cOrrupter
form of politics. He was the Candi-
date of Tammany, which is probably
the most UNANIMOUSLY corrupt organiza-
tion in existence. 1t is true that Van
Wyck claimed that he swallowed Bryan
for regularity sake, but his supper. of
Bryan was very much like the support
of the Charlotte Observer, the support
that desired defeat. Van Wyck was
nominated on a platform that refused
to adopt the Chicago platform or to
endorse Bryan. His campa gn mana
ger was ex Mayor Grant who is an Ill
ira gold bug and monopolist, and who
supported Mckinley in the last cleo
tion. Van Wyck was supported by the
Mckinley Democrats and such men as
Dan Lamont, who was in Cleveland's
cabinet, and by the gold and monopoly
influence which Dan Lsmont and
Cleveland represent.
Tammany will be on hand at the
next National Democratic Convention
helping to dictate its policy and teach
ing the local politicians from each
State how they can put their principles
in the background, get up straddling,
harmony campaign, have big campaign
funds furnished through Tammauy
from Wall Street, ard thus win VIC
try which would leave the people out.
Let the people mark each paper and
politician that rejoices over Tammanys
victory. They will be the kind of fell
lows who will be ready to take points
from Tammany in the next national
campaign.
Mark Hanna and his gold. bug Re-
publican machine won a doubtful VIC
tory by a narrow margin in Ohio. This,
we fear, means the return of Hanna to
the Senate. The triumph of this man,
the worst type of the modern plutocrat
and corruptionist, is one of the darkest
pages yet written in American politics
IL the hand of the Lord was in this,
then surely he is permitting much evil
to be done iu order that great good
may hereafter come from it.
Ii the Democratic managers in Ohio
had shown the proper spirit and had
put principles and the interest of the
country first, a cooperation of all the
silver forces could have been arranged
Ohio, which would have wiped out
anna's narrow margin and the cleo
ion of a silver Senator. The Demo-
rats in Ohio have thrown away a
,hance to elect silver Senator as the
Democrats in North Crrolina did in
s96. The bad conduct on the part
,f the Democratic managers made it
possible for Coxey and the cattle of
his stripe to get in their work. We