The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-12
MANY EYES ARE
FIXED ON FOLK
He May Be a Presiden-
tial Possibility.
WORDSBY BRYAN
No Man Can Be Picked Out lust at
Present as the Moses Who Will
Lead the Party Out of
the Wilder
WISEW ORDSBY BRYAN
ness.
by CICERO W. HARRIS.

Washington Nov. IA North
Carolina Democrat greeted me this
morning for the first time since the
election, bursting out into a big fit
of laughter at the extent of the Re-
publican victory and the Democratic
discontinue. Certainly the result
seems to make Democrats more cheer
ful than if it had been closer. An
other group of North Carolina Demo-
Gratis met on f street, near the Balti-
more sun Office. Among them was
Col. Henry G.. Williams, Just from
Wilson, where he had gone 10 WORK
and vote for Parker and Davis ana
Glenn. The Colonel, who is the Nestor
here of North CarolinlanS, said that
ii beat anything we have had since
the Greeley campaign, wnen so many
refused TO vote for an old aDoiitionist
He seemed to be discouraged as to the
future.
There continues to be talk as to re-
organization and new departure.
Some persons eyes are fixed on Folk
who alone of Democrats seems to have
been victorious in Missouri, where 50
many good men, Cockrell, Cowherd
Benton and others, went down in the
cyclone. If he makes an exceptionally
good executive, although he Will be
hampered by a Republican Legisla-
ture, it is predicted that he will loom
up later as Il presidential possibility
himself says that nobody can be
picked out just yet as the Moses TO
lead the party out of the wilderness.
and seems to desire to have no special
talk about himself at present. This
is wise. Premature consideration or
the man focusing of thought ON him
TO the exclusion of others may Lead
TO disruption, or at any rate to faction
fighting.
The situation was ably described by
Representative McDermot, the lone
Democrat, left in the New jersey dele
cation which by the last previous cleo
ton contained three out of ten mem
bers of the House, engaged in a con-
VerSation with your correspondent this
morning. He said: 1.-The Republicans
have won such a considerable triumph
this time that they need to walk
circumspecting. Secretary Taft was
wise in his warning. l think that every
prominent Republican might safely
stick up this placard over his desk:
Remember 1S12-1876. You recOliecu
in the first year the Republicans re-
peated their victory of 1868 and rub
bed it into the Democrats. Yet in
1876 the country went Democratic. al
though that party was cheated out of
the fruits of the victory. The Demo-
Gratis themselves can take encourage
ment from the lessons of those years.
But we would also need a Tilden to
lead US.
Among both Republicans and DEM
ocrats there is a feeling of sadness at
the retirement OF Senator Cockrell
from public life at the end of his pres
entterm. AS one Republican said to me:
1--WE have no man his equal to send
here in his place, and it is a pity we
shall lose his great public services
Several members of the victorious
party have expressed the same regret
TO me since the returns were received
The slaughter of good and true men
in Congress is most pitiable. Cow
herd and Benton. as well as Cockrell,
in Missouri Robinson and Miers in In
diana. Sucking i'm Michigan, Wilson in
New York, Thayer in Massachusetts,,
are among those who suffer. Perhaps
it is better to say the people suffer
in their downfall. The Republicans
sustained no conspicuous loss any
where, although coming near doing as
i'm the person of Representative Bah
cock. chairman of their Congressional
Committee.
Rural free delivery in ordered on
routes / and from Unionville, Union
county Length. "A 12, and 20 1-6,
area square miles; population, l,Sl2;
number of houses. 420.
Tilden post Office has been discon-
tinued Bonmore and Hillside have
been superseded bv rural free delivery.
new schedule ON the Danbuly
rural route No. 1 is announced