The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-31
MR.. HILLS TIMELY WARNING

that is appreciated by every thought
full man in the South in the Kansas
CITY convention when he declared that
Republican success this year would
mean the taking away of the South's
just part in national affairs. 1t means,
he said, a reduction of Congressional
representation and a reduction in the
electoral college. The New York Tel
egram, referring to Bryan and his
speech in New York, says:
He represents more than has APP
peared up to this time. A note of
warning was sounded on Saturday
night by Mr.. Hill which may not be
disregarded Not to elect Mr.. Bryan
this year means the placing of all
election machinery throughout this
country in the hands of the Republic
can party. 1t means the de-Democra-
thing of the South and the giving
away of all Democratic chances of
success for decades to come"
Instead Of men at the head of large
business enterprises in the South vot-
ing for Mckinley, they ought to be
fighting them with all their might.
Another era of reconstruction, force
bills or negro rule would be more
disastrous to Southern securities than
anything that could happen. Mr.. Hill
sees that these things would follow
in the wake of complete Republican
victory. He warns the New York De-
mocracy against helping an admins
tration that would seek to entrench
itself in power by controlling the cleo
ton machinery throughout the whole
country. If that warning is needed
in New York, how much more is it
needed in the South, which is to be
the object of Republicans hate and in
Justice!
The Southern business man who
votes the Republican ticket, votes to
bring back the evils of carpet bagging
and negro rule to the injury of bust
ness and manufacturing. He also
votes to humiliate the South by deny
ing it fair share in the control of
government. There is no escape from
these two propositions.
Gen. Ell. Kyd Douglas has a reply in
the Baltimore Sun to an. address by
so-called Democrats, which contains
food for reflection along the line of
Gov Hills warning We make this
extract:
''You are forced to defend or con-
done Mr.. McKinley's earnest and VIC
lent advocacy of the Force BILL. which
do you do? You have not forgotten
that four years ago, when doubtful
Democrats shook their heads and
frowned at the mention of the Force
bill, you replied with joeund earnest
ness, oh, the Force bill is dead be-
yond resurrection and you voted tfor.
Mckinley. = x x De- you doubt
that if Mckinley and Roosevelt
are elected with a Republican Con-
gress that an effort will be made to
pass a Force will with the avowed in
tention of Furnishing Mississippi and
Carolina and with the real intention
of securing negro Republican domino
ton in all the South? Do you not
gather this from the speeches of
Roosevelt and other Republican lead
ers in this campaign? Are you will
ing to risk such a consummation? |
cannot go with you. l was CleVe-
land Democrat when you were, and
am vet. [ have not forgotten any
more than YOU have that when he was
President he was denounced in season
and out of season. in Congress and on
the stump by Hon. William Mckinley
for his 'honest-money' views and for
his enmity to silver currency. Pray,
what has converted you to such Nc
Kinleyism? / am not much given to
quoting Senator German, but when he
would vote to make leather legal cur
rency rather than see the infamous
Force bill put upon the South he ut
tered a hot sentence that will be re-
membered and repeated from the Po-
tomac to the Gulf long after your
labored Declaration of Principles
sinks into 'innocuous desuetude.
Southern men who are tempted to
vote for Mckinley and Roosevelt, re-
member that you are also voting for
a return to conditions that are inju-
rious to property and business as well
as subversive to the right of each
community to govern itself.
One of the advantages the Demo
Gratis have in the Middle West this
year is that they are in control of
most of the large cities. In appealing
for money to- be used in Chicago, the
Illinois Republican committee recog-
nizes this fact when it says: 1.-The
control of our city by the Democrats
has increased the work which must
be performed by the Republicans in
order to secure success"
Col. o. II. Dockery has announced
his candidacy for Congress in the