Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-04-17
E Us HAVE PEACE.

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along political lines, State and nation
al, prompts the suggestion that the
Democratic party might profit thereby
In taking some of its leaders by the
ear, marching them out into the back
yard and acquainting them with a
spanking machine. The rank and file
OF the party in this State is not con-
cerned about Insignificant quarrels be-
tween so-called reactionaries and pro-
gressives. The rivalry between a few
aspiring gentlemen for leadership in
the recent General Assembly-and out
of it's a matter of small consequence
to the average citizen of either party,
or the Democracy itself. The people
want rest from the political turmoil
that has been going on in North Caro-
lima the past two years and they are
mighty apt to resent any attempt that
ray be made to draw them into an
unseemly struggle to promote the in
terests of designing politicians, be they
progressives, reactionaries, radicals,
conservatives, Democrats or Republi-
cans. The people of North Carolina
bread enough cheap demagoguery last
year to last them a generation, and
any man who seeks an Office at the ex-
pense of party harmony will find a
rocky road to travel" henceforth-
LII this State. Petty jealousies be-
tween rivals for political honors may
continue to exist, but the folks who do
the voting r going to keep their
heads on straight.
A tight has been started oyer the
patronage question for North Carolina
which, if persisted in, is not ~calculat-
ed to do the party any good. Last
year, after the Baltimore convention
named the party nominee for the Pres
idency, the militant democracy of the
State united in solid phalanx behind
the Wilson guns. There was no sug-
gestion of progressiveism, conserva-
tiveism, or other 'aisms". GA Demo-
crat was a Democrat" when fighting
had to be done. "Reactionaries" were
all right then. There were no fat Of
fees to be handed around then. Teddy
then. Even Senator Overman was not
considered a reactionary then. Every
Democrat was a good fellow then, es-
pecially if he had been accused of
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Wilson.
The smoke of the battle has passed
the general engagement has been con-
cluded; few Republicans are left to
tell how it happened. Peace should
be abroad in the and and a Democrat
should be a Democrat still. But nei-
Their condition exists G.? A distur-
bance in he household of the State
Democracy has already been started,
before the administration is two
months old. 1t has suddenly been dis
covered(?) that there are reaction
aries" CO in the ranks of the North
Carolina Democracy and Mr.. Presi-
dent Wilson is warned against giving
them more than scant consideration.
The fight is being waged by individuals
with distinctiyely "progressiye"(D
tendencies, who advance the claim
that the administration should seek
to encourage only the progressive"
element of the party in the distribu-
ton of good juicy plums from Uncle
Sans" basket Just how far the Pres
ident will permit a fight of this kind
70 be carried no one outside of his
official family has dared to hazard a
guess. If he desires to assist in main
tanning the party harmony which gave
to him an unprecedented majority of
North Cardinals vote last November,
the line Of cleavage then existing
will remain in tact and "a Democrat
will be a Democrat" still.
We are unalterably opposed to the
Democratic party becoming involved
III an internecine war over applicants
for Federal positions and sincerely
hope President Wilson, and each OF
his advisors. may permit these patron
age matters to. be settled upon merit,
rather than any imaginary factional
alignment. We repeat: THE folks
want peace" and predict that they are
going to register an emphatic protest
against this apparent effort to involve
the North Carolina Democracy in an
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