The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-18

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'he United States the appointment Of the gov
erhcfs OF the various states. who were to
d a veto on all state legislation. These proyi-
sionS, as may be seen at Z glance. involved the
essential character O! tie government. and. al
though purely republican, came much nearer "a
tne British mocel than any other BY their reeog-
no OF Glasses and of the political rights u.
property, while, By the treatment Of the states.
q Aighiy centralized national government was 70
supefSede entirely the confederate form.
A careful perusal of this excerpt will
convince a great many Republicans
that their proper place is not in the
Republican party, but in the Demo
cratic party, where the friends Of free
uo1n are battling for the republic. Some
Tune G Senator George Graham Vest
said in an interview:
our people must understand that this is the
Hiost important fight that has ever faced the par
-. AheIe must be an awakening to the fact tha.
~ = hepub!lc against empire IS not a mere
campaign slogan. The phrase i ali ,rn+hf.1
flahs at Washington, very definitely laid our.
mean 10 override the constitution. The Republic
an ieauerS De.ieve IN the teachings of Alexander
hamilton, who said that the government of Great
britain was the nearest model CT all the govern
ments ever devised by the brain Of man The
Hamilton idea lives at Washington TODAY. Ne.
kinley and Hay believe in it. The secret plaus
OF the Republican leaders are "a strong govern.
ment, without constitutional limitations Tr:.
IS the fight. The lines are drawn. There can be
no clubbing. 1t is the constitution Of our fathers
against imperialism.
At the time these words were INTER-
ed many considered them radical and
not justified by the facts Of the situa-
finn Int I 1n1optol 10 10 c,- 49, W
derson's speech at Chicago and Roose-
velts speech at St. Paul justify every
syllable of Senator Vests interview.
A Notable ~onvert
The latest notable convert to Bryan
ism in the east is the venerable author,
soldier and littcrateur, Colonel Thomas
Wentworth IIigginson. He was q dis
tinguiShed soldier during the civil war,
he was a member Of that famous liter
aiy cOterie composed of Emerson,
LonGfellOw. Lowell, Oliver Wendell
Holmes Il other worthless who shed
lmperishable lustCr on Boston and the
human race. The disposition to rat
from Mckinley does not seem to be
confined to any condition or class Of
people or any profession known among
men. 1t seems to be universal, extend
ing from the humbiest citizen Of the
republic to the most influential in the
land.
Do2.ivcr and Lands.
This summer have had joint dis
cussions with the Hon. J. 2. Dolliver,
now senator from Iowa. and with Hon.
G.. 3. Lands. representative from III
( 49, ~ No.
and with Colonel Davidson Of
Chicago, whom the national commit
tee sent to Lancaster, O., as q suDsti-
tute for Senator Deliver. These lee
lures extended more or less owe ten
different states. from Boulder, Colo,
on the west. to Mountain Lake Park,
Nd, on the east aud from Springade,
Ark. in the south to Madison, Wis. in
the north. | have made careful inQui-
rieS Of all sorts of men to ascertain
the real political status. and it is my
we'll matured opinion, given for what
it is worth, tina ii the election We're
held new Bryan would receive from %
to sc majority III the electoral college
and that the next house Of representa-
tiyes would be Democratic by from &c
! to 100. Whether the Intervening two
months viii help the Democrats CT Re
I publicans is q matter about which &c
man can definitely p-ophesy. For the
} last six months things have been com
ing our w:y with great lapidity. TWf
months more OF the same trend Of uf
fairs Ii our victory will take on tie
proportions OF 4 landslide.
J Everybody | saw in Maryland ad
mits that the state will so from 10000
to $4,000 Democratic. Senator yelling
ton gives the latter figure. This mean.
q gain Of three or four members III Tho
house, which ia Q close contest WOull
mean the election of 3 speaker and al
the good results to follow. IN hanss:
there will be q gain OF from four tx
six congressman. In all human prob
ability they Will also replace Senator
Baker with q fusiOo:st. We will likely
have a solid delegation Of Democrat:
in the house from North Carolina. I'll;
way the Evans and RrownIow faction!
are fighting in Tennessee, it looks liz.
that state for the first time in man.
wears will have a solid Democratic del
ecation. There can scarcely be 9 doub
that we will gain two or three repre-
sentatives in Iowa and that HaWlcy Q
Texas will be replaced by q Deinocra
and tina Major Pearce CT st. Louis vii
be succeeded by Butler. q Democrat
All signs indicate q gain Of severe
members i'll Illinois, SO that the pros
poets are decidedly in favor Of th'
proposition that We will have q Demo
cratic house.
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