Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-08-13
The South'e Part in the Campaign.
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News and Observer.)
A few days ago Mr.. Zach Nc
Ghee, a talented newspaper cor
respondent at Washington, sent
out a story to the effect that the
old Democratic leaders from the
South had been eliminated from
the Democratic campaign this
year, or had eliminated them
selves. Some people under stood
that Mr.. McGhee thought this
elimination good for the party,
Others proceeded to score t b e
Bryan leaders for the supposed
lack OF recognition of Southern
men in the campaign. One Of the
statements in the correspondence
was to ask, "Where was Baily In
the Denver convention? Where
was Tillman? The simple answer
is that Mr.. Bailv and Mr.. Till
man are both very sick men, the
first i'll in New York city and con
fined to his room, while Mr.. Till
man is in Europe. Both were elec
ted delegates to the Denver con-
vention and there was general re
gret that the party was denied
their advice and assistance at
Denver and in the campaign. Up
on the important committees to
manage the campaign are q doz-
en- Southern editors, headed by
Henry Waterson, of Kentucky;
Clark Howell, of Georgia; Col. R.
M. Johnson, OF Texas. OF the
twenty members OF tho executive
committee eight are from b Q
South. The membership Of other
important committees including
such men as Senator Culberson.
of Texas; Senator Daniel, Of Vir-
lginia; Senator Rayner, of Mary
Ian; John Sharp Williams, ofMis
sissippi; Ex-Governor Francis, of
Missouri, and Governor Hoke
Smith, of Georgia.
The Democratic party is the
only party in America t h a t
knows no section. 1t is national
in it's makeup and in it's leader
ship. Men from Maine and South
Carolina, from Mississippi an d
minnesota, have equal voice in
it's deliberations and in it's coun-
ellis. Sometimes some Southern
men feel that because the South
furnishes the mostelectoral votes
the South should have the COM
manding voice. They forget that
there are more Democrats in 0
hio than in any two Southern
States and more Democrats in In
diana than North Carolina. Be
sides if q State where the Demo-
Gratis rarely win were d g n i Q d
equal participation in the coun-
ellis OF tbe party the party would
have no reason to expectgrowth
and victory in those States.
1t is both just and wise that in
Democratic gatherings and in
Democratic councils every State
should stand upon an equal
plane-eyery man an eqnal whe-
ther the electoral vote OF his
State was cast for the nominee
or whether d majority OF the vo-
ters in his state belonged to the
opposition party. The spectacle
of the 1900 Democrats in Ver-
mont, in the certainty of defeat,
without reward or the hope ORE
ward, marching to the polls at
every election and praying 10 r
their unenlightened Republican
neighbors, has been embalmed
in Henry Grady's immortal
speech in Boston. In the councils
OF the party those true and stur-
dy patriots are honored. 1t will
ever be good politics to pay
most attention to the big doubt
full States like New York, Ohio
aud Indiana, for it is necessary
to carry the electoral vote Of
those states to win. but the Dem
ocrats of the sure State Of Mis-.
'sissippi and the Republican state
Of Vermont allfeel that they have
q place OF equality at the Demo-