The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-11-16
LAST WEEKS ELECTIONS.

LAST WEEKS ELECTIONS.
Outside Of the election in one state
the elec,i' ns of last week were OF no
particular significance. Ohio. the
home Of President Mckinley, went
r. publican Dy . good majority, rs
every one expected it would; and, on
the other hand, Nebraska, the home
Of Mr.. Bryan, went Populist and
Democratic fusion by good ma
jority, - everyone expected. Mary
land, which has been Republican for
the last two elections. went D, mo-
cratic, but that was due to local
conditions, without any issue of
principle being involved, and is.
therefore, OF nonational significance.
All OF the states went the way they
have been going and the way every
one has been expecting them to go.
save Kentucky. In that state the
fight was not strictly party fight.
1t WAS not fight for expansion nor
against expansion; for silver nor
against silver, for trusts nor against
trusts but it was . fight on the part
Of the people Of all parties who favor
honest elections on the one hand,
against an organized band of ballot,
box suffers headed by Goeb.l the
machine candidate for Governor, on
tho other hand. A number of lead
ing Democrats Of Kentucky, heade d
by exGovernor Browne, Congress-
man Ovens, Senator Lindsay, and
many other stroLg and prominent
men, denounced the Goebel electi, n
law 90 the most infamous piece OF
theiving election machinery ever
placed upon the statute books of any
state. They declared that there
could be but one purpose which
Goebel and his henchmen had in
view in adopting such . law and
that was TO dehauch the ballot box,
steal votes, falsify returns, and defy
the will " the people as expressed at
the polls. But in spite Of Goebel's
election law by which at least fifty
thousand votes can be stolen, ye,
so great was public indig nation
against Goebel and his ring OF
ballOt-bs THE, es that upon the face
OF the ie,urns he was beaten in the
d. mocrx,ic state of X n ucky by
over four thousand maj .rny.
This Coz bel election IL ", however
not Oily provides for stealing votes
BY manipulating the registration
before ,bs 81. c,ioD and further by
." slii Y votes on ,be day Of election
and On the night Ut the connt but II
has . further prov,siOp tor stealing
votes when the county returning
boards m, ct q We, k after the cleo.
ton. IL st ems that Goebel and hi,
bald " bailO,-bOx thieves failed to
seal quite enough Oh the day of
election, but III. y have COL fid-ncs in
their election machinery TO steal
enough when The county returning
boards meet to put him In. 81 not
outstanding the clear M ni'y that
the opposing candidate Tor Governor
bad on The night Of the election,
Gosbel 10 still claiming that he is
elected, and will DO doubt have his
county returning boards count HIM
in.
This Kentucky election is of
peculiar sign fcsnce to the people
Of North Car DINA at this time, in as
much % Mr.. Simmons and his ma
chine have practically adopted the
Goebel law in this state. The Nor
folk LsDdmark says that they have
practically the Goebel election law
In Virginia. See in another column
. clipping from an editorial from
the Norfolk Landmark, discussing
the Kentucky election and denoun-
cling the infamous election law of
that state, ana also the election law
of Virginia. Every North Carolinian
would do we'll to read what the
Norfolk Landmark has said and al
% study the lesson that the Ken
tucky election teac hes.