The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-09-04
The Republican Stalking
Horse in Politics.
DELUSI0N AND SNARE
How The Party of Bossism Endeayors
to Have North Carolinians Forget
All Rules of Political and Moral
Honor and Think Only
of Pie.
The independent Humbug.


In the Democratic Handbook the
following on 1.-THE Independent Move
ment" shows plainly the masquerade
ing of the Republicans and the plans
that party has on foot this year, its
motto being anything to defeat the
Democrats" In beginning its article
the nominating methods of the two
parties are contrasted as follows:
Nominating Methods of Two Parties
COntrasted.
The Republican party in North
Carolina can neither change its
methods or it's leaders. Leadership
in that party is hereditary; and its
methods the same at all times. This
year that party will repeat its usual
indirect way of asking support. Its
State ticket is d mere pretense. The
real Republican ticket in this cam
paign will be seen in the various in
dependents that have and will spring
up in different localities. direct APP
peal to the white people of North
Carolina to vote the Republican ticket
will not be made. The leaders know
that such a campaign is doomed to
defeat. In consequence they Will
again resort to the Subterfuge of the
past. This year will witness the re-
wal of independentism. Every in
dependent candidate i'll Democratic
counties will receive Republican en-
enlargement and every Republican in
the State will be enlisted under the
banner of independehtism. 1t is the
same old OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in 1878,
liberals in 1884. Fusionists in 1894,
ANYTHING to beat the Democrats, but
Radicalism at all times and under all
names.
independent Democrats.
ANY defeated Democratic aspirant
for office can get encouragement from
the Republican machine. He is told
that he has been badly treated; that
he was entitled to the nomination
that he was cheated out of the nomi-
nation; that the people are for him
and that the Democratic party is run
by rings and court house cliques. He
is told that if he will run for office
he will get more than one-half of the
Democratic votes, and all of the Re-
publican and Independent vote, and
that his election will be a certainty
They promise further that, if by any
possibility he should be defeated he
will be taken care of" and that a
position in the revenue service or in
the Post Office Department will be
provided for thim. These are the
nelu Out " tie u1SoD-
pointed men in the Democratic party.
If the Democrat hesitates he is told
that independently is all right now.
They tell him that the Democratic
party promised that the amendment
would make the whites free; and that
there would be freedom of thought,
speech and action after the amend
ment was adopted. They endeavor to
delude the nearer into the belief that
n a thn "A m N mont 96Ont-
ed all rules of political and moral
honor were abrogated, and that it be-
came entirely proper and legitimate
for man to be- candidate before
Democratic convention, and, if not
successful, announce himself as an in
dependent candidate and try to de-
feat the man who was successful in
the Democratic convention. The Re-
publican party sees nothing improper
in such conduct, for it is color-blind
on all questions of honor and pro-
priety. 1t has been sacking such can
didates in this State for more than
thirty years. Many of the leaders of
the Republican party today are men
who left the Democratic party, after
having failed to obtain promotion as
expected in that party.
The Democratic Party Free From
BOSSiSm.
Inc Democratic party mas AWAY ,
been a party of free men. 1t has never
been a party controlled by committees
or revenue officers. 1t has been COM
posed of nearly the entire body of
the white men of this State. 1t has
always been controlled, both in plat
form and in nominations, by Il ma
jority of it's voters; and these voters
have always been given an opportu-
nifty to express their choice as to plat
form and candidates. No effort has
ever been made to coerce or fOrestall
the action of the people. No Demo-
cratic convention has ever been pre-
ceded by secret caucus, at which the
action of the convention was mapped
out. 1t has always been the party of
the white men in North Carolina. 1t
has been what those white men made
it. It's successes and defeats have
been theirs. While this is true, it is
also true that for more than thirty
years it has been the only party in
this State which has been free from
the control of the machine.
Let them fight as hard as they
please over candidates and platform
and when the decision is made the
minority acQuiesce in the judgment
of the party. No man can render the
State a service as an independent as
valuable as the service he can render
as the member of political organi-
cation. Without a political organiza-
ton a man can seldom accomplish