The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-12-06
THE REcEs ELECTION.


week and the official vote has been
announced, which shows that the
democrats lost instead Of gaining
votes. The Daily Industrial News
writing on the result Of the election
says:
"The democratic press Of the State
has been attempting since the cleo
tion TO convey the impression that
the result of the election was 8
sweeping victory for the democracy
and showed conclusively that the
political drift was towards that party.
The facts do not, however, bear out
this assertion.
The State Canvassing Board is
now in session at Raleigh and the
result has been announced from all
counties, except Gaia VIDA, from which
county for some reason the returns
are defective. With the exception of
this one county the State gives
Franklin McNeill 121, 947 and Robt.
M. Douglas 75,457, a majority OF
46, 400 for McNeilI. The News and
Observer estimates the total vote at
1913 400 for Mcneil and 1900 for
Douglas, Democratic majority in
the State of 6.400
Let us take these figures to be cor
rect and compare them with the
vote two years ago. In 1904 Glenn
received 128,76l votes and Harris
79.505, a maj 'rity for Glenn Of 49,
256 Comparing thesa figures we
find that this year McNeill received
1851 less votes than Glenn received
in 1904, while Douglas fell only
1885 votes behind Harris vote of
two years ago.
In other words, the Democratic
loss was more than twice as large as
the Republican loss, with a net re-
ductiOn in the Democratic majority
of 1856.
1t is true that in one case we have
ia ken the vote for governor and in
the other case for corporation COM
missioner, but this year there was
no gubernatorial election and the
corporation commissioner head d the
State ticket. If we take the vote in
1904 for corporation commissioner
ms cad of the vote for governor we
fiud that 326 additional votes should
be addsd to the Democratic loss, in.
cTeasIng the reduction in the Demo
cratic majority to 1882.
Just how our Democratic brethren
can get any great amount of comfort
or consolation out of these figures
we are unable to see. Perhaps their
jubilation Is caused by the fact that
they expected to be hit harder than
they were, and that they are thank
full not 80 much for what they re-
ceived as for what they escaped"
It will be seen from the above that
the Democrats lost many more votes
than did the Republicans. Ever
since 1900 there has been falling
off the democratic vote, and this
falling off will resemble landslide
in 1908. The democrats promised
the voters in 1900 that if they would
pass the Constitutional Amendment
they would give the people reign
of good government, that they
would reduce the taxes, give us bet
ter schools, provide for the old SOL
diers and for the helpless insane.
What have they done? They
have increased taxes by putting a
higher valuation on property, they
have given longer school terms in
some cases by consolidating districts,
which makes the distance too great
for many children to attend (besides
they have issued 5000, 900 in bonds
which have not helped the situa-
tion.) The old soldiers are getting
a mere pittance and many of the in
sane are still confined in common
jails because the money that should
have been appropriated for them
was used to increase the salaries
and create new offices for party pets.
The democrats have had full sway
for eight years and they have failed
to make good single promise. The
tax payers are waking up to this fact,
and when the majority of them see
the true condition of affairs under
democratic management there will
be a landslide from the democratic
party and the false cry of negro will
not avail.
If every Republican will do bis
part for the next two years we can
carry the election In 1908.
Remember, we carried the State
ten years ago when the outlook was
not as promising as it is today.
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