The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-12-09
STIRRING ADDRESS.
Battle Cry of the State Democratic
Executive Committee.

the Democratic State Executive Com
mittee al It's recent meeting in Raleigh:
The representatives OF the Demo-
cratic party in North Carolina con-
oratulate the Democrats Of her sister
States. who. with firm stand for the
principle. embodied in the Chicago
platform. have won splendid victories
for the people.
In reiOicln: at the success Ot the
Democratic party IN the late elections,
we remind the people that Democratic
mAiOrltleo were largest and RepuDi-
can maiOrIties were smallest, in those
States where that platform was the
issue 1t is Il significant tact that
Democracy was defeated III the States
where local concerns were allowed 10
OvershadOw the principles OF the party.
Democracy is for all the people. The
recent uttcrances Of the people are
plain and decided. They have expressed
their faith in the Chicago platform,
their belief III bi-metailIsm, their dis
gust and dIsapprOval OF Republican
crecG- and practices, and, above all.
their hatred Of the tyrauuOus gold stan
dard. They show that they viii no
longer submit to tie robbery Of trusts.
the domination Of bosses and the OPP
preston Of Tie money power. The
taIsehood OF tue Republican party IS
crushing.
1t i equally pronounced, whether
we hear it, loud and free, III the wheat
fields Of Ohio and Iowa, or struggling
for uttcrance liz The wealth c0ngested
centre OF '.Greater Ncw York. whelc
the candidate for mayor received 80
600 plurallty-st candidate whose only
campaign utteranCe was: Il am IL
Democrat who was heart aud SOU for
the CHICAGO platform and the can d.
dates who stood on Il.
No less sigu iicant Is the fact that
tie people Of the State Of New York
have elected by 10000 majority as
| Chief Jus tee Of the Court of Appeals
statesman who ought support by an
/ npuncIng that he had voted for Hon.
VIM. J. Bryan last year.
And with this glorious news Of Dem
| Ocratlc success we rejoice that "sham
| international b!-mctailIsm" has been
! exposed. There is now no room for
/ Republican dodgiuy.
We re-al1irm our belief in the prjn-
| ciples Of the Chicago aud State plat
! forms Of the Democratic party, as
! adopted in 1896, in their entirety, ard
! We Will still support these principles
until they are written in our laws.
We would be untrue to the firm auC
| loyal allegiance the Democratic party
Of North Carolina bears to our greatest
| leader, Hon. VIM. }. Bryan, if we failed
| to express our confidence i'll his honor
and integrity and in his devotion OF
head and heart to the welfare Of all The
people. We emph&, 4 the fact that ou
greatest victory was Won in the States
Of Ohio and Kentucky, where he per.
sonally appealed to the people.
We view with alarm the depressed
condition Of trade and the low price
OF all products raised by our people
but we remind those who heard Re
publican orators in 1896 predict dire
disaster II the Democrats were elected
that Mckinley is President Of thes,
United States and both branches o
Congress are Republicans: The people
are swift to draw the proper conclu
slOnS.
In less than one year opportunit,
will be given The voters to express
firm adherence to those principles
We regret that the ballot box was no
this year opened to all North Caroln
IanS. North Carolina is now accident
ally Republican. We do not believ
that any number Of intelligent and viz
tuous men expected or hoped for tn
present rule in this State. We ar
sure ali good men are eager for
change. We have fallen on evil day
in North Carolina. They recall tn
days Of reconstruction. They demon
strate the truth that no Southern Stat
can be governed with honor and decen
cy by the Republican party. Too larg
a number of its voters are ignorant
for the masses TO control; and too lary
a number Of its leaders are venai an
corrupt to give North Carolina goo'
government. We look with horro
upon the evils wrought by combine.
ton of Republicans and the corrup
elements of the Populist party by
means of which our Legislature has be
come farce, many OF our office hold
ers become corrupt aud criminal, an
Ignorance aud vice raised above intel
liyence and virtue. We denOunce tn
efforts of this combination to place tn
insane of the State at the mercy Of in
competent, vicious and lustful men
and we condemn the changes wrough
in our laws whereby ignorant and i'm
pure men have been placed in charg
OF schools, courts, prisons and asylums
These are inevitable consequences c
Republican rule. The Democrat
party promises the people on its retur
TO power to correct all these abuses |
VIII guarantee every citizen his right
but it demands that virtue and intell
gence shall rule the State 1t will rt
! store to the white women of the Stat
the security they felt under the tweut
years OF Democracy lnaugurated by tn
immortal Vance. To the accomplish
ment OF these ends let every patriots
citizen rally to the white mans part,
10 your tents, o. 1srael,'
SAYS an exchange, there is undolb
ediv more hidden wealth in the soil {
North Carolina than in any State {
the Union. Its natural resources are $.
and varied that MANY mininJ an