The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-20
DEMOCRATS. wHIsKEY AND
MONEY.
How the Democratic Politicians De-
bauched the Ballot In Chariotfe's
City Election.

How the Democratic Politicians De-
bauched the Ballot In Chariotfe's
City Election.
Albemarle Chronicle.
The Charlotte Evening Chronicle
OF last Thursday speaks editorially
of the mayoralty campaign which
ended in that town on Tuesday In
manner which leads one to believe
that the time-honored and paramount
Democratic arguments-whiskey and
money-were employed with the usu-
al results. Read the following and
you will see how we'll the Chronicles
description of the scenes in Char
lotte compare with the disgrace which
was enacted in Stanly County last
fall under the guise of an election
when the alleged good men stood idly
by while the champions of liquor with
and fro with fast teams and hauled
the illiterate and venal voters to the
polls and voted them with as much
complacency as If they had been fill
ing a contract. and no doubt they
handsome rolls raced frantically to
were. The following also proves that
the Democratic campaigners forget
all about prohibition whenever it
suits their convenience to do so and
use al 1.-The liquor they can find any
room for to arouse the depravity in a
class of men who hold a drunken
the ballot-box. The Evening Chron-
icle is thoroughly Democratic pa
per and no one will, or can, deny
it's assertions:
Some time ago-ten or twelve
years ago, we should say-there was
a warmer municipal election in Char
lotte than was that of Tuesday. One
of the candidates for mayor bought
a saloon for a week. The opposite
candidate forthwith matched the
move.
These two saloons did a thriving
business. Drinks were free. The bar
keepers kept account of the number
consumed, and at the end Of the
week handed in the bill. Then there
was whistling in the offices of two
mayorality candidates the bills
! were paid. This is preliminary to
saying that while Charlotte was a
wet town at that time, there was less
drunkenness at the polls than was in
evidence in prohibition Charlotte on
Tuesday last. 1t is not to the credit
Of either side to say that both whis-
key and money were freely used
Hawkins had a good many prohibi-
ton supporters, so did Bland. Yet
these men raised no hand against the
acknowledged traffic in liquor. II
was a case of matching fire with fire
:, What was fair for one was fair fol
. the other. The fact remains, how
ever, that it was a disreputable cam
paign, and good men condoned it. The
Legislature will meet again before
: another mayoralty election takes
place in Charlotte, and the Chronicle
asks for support in a movement tt
have a bill passed that will bring
about a reform in Charlotte campaign
methods"
In making it's plea for reform il
Charlotte the Chronicle ought to in
clude the whole State and all cleo
l tons, because the campalgners II
Charlotte are no worse than the rest
And as there was more drunkenness
: in Charlotte than when the candi
y dates owned only one saloon eacl
they must have had supplies on han'
{ for at least two saloons apiece thi
I time. With these facts before us cal
s any one truthfully deny that whiske,
= and money are the controlling force
with the Democrats at elections il
L North Carolina? And who believe
q that they want a law passed tina
= would interfere with the present 1oy
of liquor into the State which make
Q emergency supplies always easy? Il
It the same issue the Chronicle intro
l. duces it's police court proceeding
}, thus:
It 'sThe mornings Recorders Cour
" this morning consumed nearly tire
o hours, and there were twenty case
= before Recorder Smith. Too mucl
5, zeal for their favorite candidate
l. and a profusion of election booze ha
brought most of the unfortunates in
l., to their plight"
The Charlotte Observer, in editor
rial references to repulsive practice
in the same campaign, employs thi
i sentence:
t. est is deplorable that in the fina
,r stage of the contest money was use
r. in the purchase of votes and that
lie good deal of public drunkenness pre-
r vailed"
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