The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-11-30

sppeard in the Norfolk
the largest Democratic
iaily IN eastern Virginia, with re-
.srsues to the dishonest methods OF
he Kentucky Democrats in trying
10 reverse tho verdict Of the ma
jority of the voters Of that Common
wealth. We give space to this
editorial from the Landmark and ,
from other Democratic papers with
reference to this Kentucky affair
Tor the reason that the KeDtneky fight
is to be repeated in North Carolina
next year and it il we'll for the
voters of this state to know what
and Democratic papers
outside Of the Machines in the diff
fersnt states think Of such dishonest
methods. The Landmarks editorial
shows that paper to be 80 much in
favor of honesty in elections Is in
everything else that il we're publ |
shed within the bound ries of North |
Carolina, Chairman Simmons would
discover that ito opinions we're
bought and the Dem ocratic NJ schine
papers would proceed to read ont
of the party. The Landmark says:
"It was predicted that events in
Kentucky would shape themselves IS
thoy are doing now il the Goebel
ticket should be defeated at the
polls. When tine wretched election
law with which the State is burdened
was pending in the. Legislature,
there was q tremendous protest from
every section of the commonwealth.
The people knew just what was
meant, and strong words came from
that portion Of the populace which
valued its franchise and wished to
keep Kentucky out Of the clutches
of an INSCRIPTIONS ring; but the
bill was driven through under the
influence of the lash which Mr..
Goebel, then State Senator, had al
ready learned to weld so we'll. Just
after the passage of the law, the
Louisville Courier Journel, which
saw flt to support Goebel in the
| gubernatorial campaign, declared
that the men who had bsen respon-
sibe for the adoption of the iniqult-
GUS statute would soon be sent into
oblivion by the votes of an outraged
and wrathful people.
That the returns Tuesday showed
a clear plurality In favor Of Taylor
the Republican candidate, is not
to be doubted. All disinter-
ested authorities agree as to that.
The bulletins of the Associated Press
and of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, compiled Independently,
showed practically the same result.
But the Goebel forces vociferously
refused to admit defeat. They
claimed that later revised returns
would show the victory of their
great champion. They limited at
wronely-cast ballots-at this, that,
and the other possibility by which
Taylor votes might be thrown out.
Yesterdays news brought the an
nouncement that an effort was
made Monday to throw out the en-
tire vote of Lewis County, which
gave Taylor a plurality Of six hun
bred, on the ground that the paper
on which the ballots had been printed
was "too thin" Friday or Saturday
the Election Board had thrown out
the vote of two Taylor precincts on
this same pretext, and when the
board met Monday there was a
crowd Of two thousand angry citizens
gathered around the courthouse in
7 an "ugly" mood. When the multi.
, tude was informed that the vote OF
another Taylor precinct was abou,
to be thrown out, the demonstrations
Of wrath became so fierce that the
gentlemen of the Election Board
/ were friR htened and proclaimed tina,
they had reconsidered their actor
! and would count the entire vote oil
the county as it had been cast.
Just as the Republicans did in the
case of the famous Cor infamous,
, Tilden-Hayes national election con
, test, the Goebelites are doing in Ken
lucky now. They are clearly beater
on the face of the returns, but the,
are claiming everything IN sight
crying fraud in louder tones thar
l the other side, and moving HEAVIER
and earth to drag the vote Of Taylor
precincts before their Goebeliz &c
q election boards for examination, re-
vision, and so forth. The distin
q guished statesmen who had the i'm
. mortal Zach Chandler at their heac
I in 1876 succeeded in robbing tn,
: country Of q Democratic Preslden
a who had really been elected. 1t is 8
! question, however, in view of suct
q Incidents as that Vanceburg Mon
: day, whether the Goebelites IN Ken
q lucky will succeed in reversing tn,
a will OF the voters of that State 81
t easily. 1t begins to appear that tn.
people Of Kentucky are not goine
to permit the returns to be countel
as they were not cast. It begins t.
appear that there will be serious ant
= immediate trouble for those WIZ
f undertake to apply the delicate ma
chinery of the Goebel law to tn,
ballots by which Taylor has beer
: elected. The Democratic party il
Q Kentucky is gong to lose the respec
' of the people of Its State to such al
a extent that years Of publication vii
DO required for it to win back it
lost prestige. The same thing oc
a Cured in North Carolina It occurred
q with certain diff rences, in South
O Carolina. 1t is going to occur il
Virginis unless the election-lav
which Goebel took as his model i
wiped of our statute books and re
i: placed by one which guarantee
O honesty. The question OF fair A..ec
tons il the great and gr,w.ng ques
ton in the South .c3ay. Mark tina
down and -emember IT,
It has been . matter Of surpris