The news & observer., 1897-12-01
THAT They GO FORWARD
is THE COMMAND FROM THE
PEOPLE THAT PARTY LEAD
ERS HEEDED.
The WHITE MAN AND THE WHITE METAL
Is the Slogan Upon Which the Democratic
Party Win Wage the Campaign in
1893 and 1900.

1888 and 1900.
The Democracy of the State and all
others who believe in the true principles
of the Democratic party will rejoice
when they read of the action of the
Democratic State Executive Committee
last night.
Every member of the committee with
two exceptions was Tepres5 nted in per-
son or by proxy. Chairman Manly pre-
SIDED and Mr.. John w. Thompson acted
as Secretary.
The following members were present:
Clement Manly, chairman; JnO. w.
Thompson, secretary; J. s. Carr, I. +.
Kluttz, 7. r. Webster, L. J. Hale, j.
]. Laughinghouse, ]. II. Pou, f. ID.
Winston, H. l.. Stevens, w. -. McIver,
T.. C. Beddingfeld. III. A. London, ].
r. Young. A Z. Walters. s. NJ. Gattis,
J. d. Glenn, Heriot Clarkson Paul
+. Means, S. J. Pemberton, A. D.Watts,
w. C. Newland, s. Gallert, d. NJ.
Luther, r. n. Hackett, r. j. Breyard.
The following We're represented by
proxies:
b. C. Beckwith, for W. H. Neal; w.
II. Brewer, for J. r. Leweliyn: Locke
Craig. for w. T. Lee; r. NJ. Furman,
IOT tTeu. a. JOItSs Il II. " 4LcLbn. lux
+. 8. Spruill: Jas. c. NacRae. for 7.
NJ. Davis; Josephus Daniels. for J. w.
Granger; s. \. Ashe. for Ed. Chambers
Smith: J. J. Laughinghouse. for w. r.
Rodman: Jno. W. Thompson. for III. G.
Pourne: Clement Manly, for w. I'll.
Pernard: r. Fl. Jones. for w G..
Lamb; Clement Manly, for I. G. Skin
ner.
Letters were read from Ex-Gov. Jar
Wis, IT, /. Cook. w. Il. Rodr,au, II. G.
Bourne and others. giving their views
upon the present condition and outlook OF
the party.
There was an interchange Of opinion
in the nature of an experience meeting,
and the reports from all sections showed
that the honest people of all parties
ere so diSgusted with McKinleyism and
Russellism, and all they imply. that the
drift is all toward the Democratic party.
Plans were inaugurated for the organ
ization of the party. and an address was
issued that viii be hailed with delight
from Murphy to Manteo. The words in
that address were all weighed carefully,
and they contain the germ of every Dem
ocratic speech that viii he made next
year. The resolutions. introduced ny
Hon. Francis d. Winston, of BERTHE,
which by order of the committee. are
issued as an address and signed by
Chairman and Secretary Thompson are
as follows:
THE RINGING ADDRESS.
"The representatives of the Democra-
tic party in North Carolina congratulate
the Democrats of her sister States, who,
with a firm stand for the principles em-
bodied in. the Chicago platform, have
won splendid victories for the people.
SIN rejoicing at the success of the
Democratic party in the late elections,
we remind the people that Democratic
majorities were largest, and Republican
majoritieS were smallest, in those States
where that platform was the issue. 1t
Is significant fact that Democracy was
defeated in the States where local con-
Germs were allowed to Overshadow the
principles of the party. Democracy is
for all the people. The recent utter.
ances of the people are plain and decided.
They have expressed their faith in the
Chicago platform, their belief in bimeta1-
lism, their disgust and disapprova1 Sf
Republican creeds and practices, and,
above all, their hatred of the tyrannous
gold standard. They show that they
will no longer submit to the robbery OF
trusts, the domination of bosses and the
oppression of the money power" The
condemnation of the hypocrisy, and
falsehood Of the Republican party Ia
crushing.
1T is equally pronounced, whether we
hear it, loud and free, in the wheat
fields of Ohio and Iowa, or struggling for
utterance in the wealth congested centre
OF "Greater New York" where the can
didate for mayor received $4,000 plu-
rality-a candidate whose only campaign
utterance was: I am a Democrat; who
was heart and soul for the Chicago
platform and the candidates who stood
on it,
''No less significant is the fact that the
people of the State of New York have
elected by 10000 majority as chief JUS
tice of the Court of Appeals, states
man who sought support by announcing
that he had voted for Hon. Wm. J.
Bryan last year.
"And with this glorious news of Demo-
cratic success we rejoice that sham in
ternational bimetalism' has been expos-
ed. There is now no room for Republi-
can lodging.
1--WE reaffrm our belief in the princi-
pies of the Chicago and State platforms
OF the Democratic party, as adopted In
1896. in their entirety; and we will still
support those principles until they are
written in our laws.
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