The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-11-17

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Ii viii not do To dismiss the sub
jet OF the Democratic position In
the campaign of 1904 without 4
candid il brief statement Of fact.
There Is at least one ailusion which
should, in common honesty, be dis.
PEELED before either the victors or
the vanquished turn their back.
upon the old battlefield and move
on ward toward the next one This
much L. due the people Of the
twelve Southern States, having had
no voice In the selection of the
Democratic candidate or the forma-
tion Of the Democratic platform.
were nevertheless the only contribu-
tors to the party's showing at the
last.
A North Carolina contemporary,
the New Bern Journal, after q
(mournful survey of the field. says
this:
"The principles Of Democracy,
North and South, are shown by the
election Of November sth to be
quite divergent. The national plat
form declared for certain issues,
named q candidate who was said to
stand for principles which were sure
to secure the voters, and the result
is seen-the South stands alone,
giving its electoral vote. while the
Northern Democrats, who named
the man and platform, failed to
give a single vote. 1t makes the
south appear ridiculous. 1t had
little voice in naming the nomi-
nee and in determining the plat
form. but gives unanimous vote
to assist the section which had all
the say, but which gave no VOTE"
True enough! But the South may
easily be made more ridiculous still
by accepting as gospel truth the
claim that Judge Parker was de-
feated because he antagonized the
trusts. Such is the hypothesis now
set up by those who forced his NOM
ination on the Democratic party.
He is martyr to the peoples cause.
He persisted in their defense. And
the South, having espoused him
blindly, chivalrously, in good faith,
but as we think, childishly, must
now lament his immolation and
sanctify him with its grateful tears!
The fact that Judge Parker was
originally proposed to the gentle
men who pass as "Southern leaders"
on the score of his standing with
the great financial corporations and
of the country. He
was proposed as the man of all men
who could secure their substantial
support. Judge Parker's sponsors
that the trusts feared
Theodore Roosevelt, and would
make haste to rally around the ban
ner Of his antithesis - Judge
Parker. They promised every
thing. They took the "Southern
leaders up to the hilltop and showed |
them the fertile lands Of Canaan
in the golden sunlight.
Then the leaders went down among
heir people and spread the glad
idings right and left.
1t is the old story. For forty
7ears the South has submitted tol
he dictation Of the Northern DEM
'crats, accepted their candidates,
heir platforms, their ideas, and
heir domination. Through ten
uccessive campaigns the Southern
rs have furnished the army on the
ring line, endured the heat and !
urden of the fight, taken the hard !
nocks, and borne the hardships :
nd the risks. They have never
AIMED a nominee, planned cam I
aign. or presided over a celebra-
on. Now they are told that Judge a
arker went down in glorious de-
at while battling for their cause
nat he sought to defend them
sainst the ravening trusts and fell y
eneath the deadly onslaught. The :,
Southern leaders" adopted him on o
le assurance that the trusts would ii
attribute to the war fund. The t,
'uthern voters are asked to believe
lat the trusts destroyed him be- p
use he fought their battles SO II
urageously! And all the time =,
'dge Parker's managers were So "
'ltlng trust support and launched h
m in an anti trust crusade only O
hen they found that support be- &,
nd their reach. s.
cit makes the South appear ride 81
'us." By all means. Ridiculous
Iced! But what will be said of u
Southland justly said-if 20 20
atherners accept this latest fairy 81
3 and go on with their blind ODE q
nee to New York? IN
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