The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-03-16
ANNOUNCEMENT.

| | have resigned my position in Wash
| ingtOn, d. c., and returned to Raleigh
| to undertake the active editorial man
agement of the News and Observer upon
| its entrance on it's thirty eighth volume.
! Never in the history, of the State, eX-
cept in the similar evil days of 1868 80
| was there greater need of bold and
: fearless newspaper at the capital OF the
State to expose the revolutionary pro-
| ceedings of the men whom chance and
conspiracy have temporarily put iii con-
troll of the destiny of the commonwealth.
/ In this crisis that confronts the pa
triotic people of my State, | could not
r., feel that / was doing my whole duty. as
a loyal son. in any other way than by
becoming an active member of the army
that must needs band together to redeem
/ the State from the rule of prejudice and
revolution.
| The people of North Carolina are at
heart patriotic, honest, and conservative.
They love peace, concord and justice.
They want to control their own destinies
and will not brook boss rule. They have
| fallen on evil times, and have felt the
burden of low prices and unjust legis-
| latjon. Because in two years the Demo-
|
| lation of quarter of century of Re-
publican misrule, many good men voted
against it's candidates last November
and many more did not vote at all. The
| Democratic party deserved a measure of
| rebuke because it had not done its full
duty. But in the disappointment Incl
| dent to continued depression, the gov
eminent of the State was turned over to
/ TO-
/ rupt hands
! The people have been deceived. and
! grievously are they repenting OF the re-
suits of NOvember's election. When the
/ high handed proceedings of this revolt
tionary body are fully known there will
! be revulsion of feeling and those who
| prefer reform to office" will repudiate
the men who have betrayed their trust,
and sought to carry them bag and bag
gage into the Republican party.
| l have never lost faith in what Mr..
Lincoln called the plain people. | know
| the honesty of purpose that actuates
them, and l know that they are and ever
have been the stay and prop of the
Democratic party. They will come back
| to their fathers table and, turn away
| from the husk upon which those who
| joined the Fusionists are now feeding.
| They will repudiate the leaders who for
gain have tried to sell them to the Re-
! publicanS-gold standard, protection
force bill and all. Those who are honest
| Populists will shrink from the unholy
alliance, falsely called marriage, which
selfish men, for money or office, have
procured to be celebrated between them
and their ancient enemy.
THE. Populist party is organized as y
protest against the legislation of the
Republican party was the Populist
| slogan three years ago. Now, those who
have been the trusted leaders of the
| Populists have either formally Joined
| the Republican party, or. what is worse
are acting the part of DR.. Jekyll and Mr.
| Hyde, and pretending to the PopuIists to
| be PopuliSts, while at the same time
promising the Republicans to stand by
them in every emergency. These two
| faced men may win place and position for
awhile but the day will come when their
! hypocrisy will be exposed and their sin
| uncovered and they will be seen in their
F, true light and detested by all good men
In the contest for the redemptior o.
| North Carolina, the State calls upor
| every son to do his full duty. Just as
certain as light follows darkness, az
| truth crowds out error as right succeeds
over wrong-just so sure will the Demo
cratic party be called again to admins
ter the affairs of the State
For twenty-five years, this party of the