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The people of North Carolina de sire and deserve an" honest, econom icat. impartial administration of their public hffairs. One or the oilier of two parties has directed the adrn'matration since 1868, and it is by 'Contrast that the people can and must dec de the merits of each, and ..llMt.. claims ot the one over the ether for further confidence. Tleae two pari ies are the Demo. cratic and the Republican. Local differences.' the disappointment and seiSdliness of desigaiug men, the ovei zealous in behalf of a particular sentiment, have appeared upon the scene a:.d misled some good men for t e time being, but the fact is apparent that either the Democratic or the Republ can party will con trol this State. This being so. the respective claims of the two parties are to be considered, and. as "a tree is Known bv its fruit," so shall and wih the people decide the relative merits of tbe two parties. Both have been tried in North Carolina, both have had entire control of the affairs of the State, and the conduct of toll; is a matter of record. Ei.iie f T:i?.a!:ols Vllder Repub- The. Kepublisan party bad nbso pule control of every departsnvnt of ho S'nt.e (1 T-rrMmnr.t from 1868 to .870, dative. ' he r own Cnnsti ntir.. crris!ruc?od bvr cnrjiet-b'io-iii-r.dt ri rs r.n-1 iuoi us.c, Uiid lus e:'C;i ii' 'o t': iiofrsfc! by FedeiiH j.yMit-. lim lasvi'i-i ft-r Stnte s,i A c r: t puS'-'-'es to sixtv-six mi e, vSt.-Mhir't I'Ci-s on the one Lnn-. bed d'-l'i.:'fj' ui!h of p;.j e ty. Ii !-e f:u'.c of this express limitation it th Iwt.uii.kua Legislature for ;.-;;0 !' d n t-.x of eighty cents on he u;.e Lu.iUied hl!ai' worth of :".;. or. c ii.Timw iiiereunner over one miiiion of doilurs. which exor- bi.a .t un was a;:tual!y was'.ed in he notfMis extravagance and corrupt i,ion of that administration, conduct- ir.rr n: sc-i e- Is, building no asylums, railr-als c: otl;pr public or perma- i.at i;tp:-cveuier.ts. save the begin- mug of a enitentiary a thoughtful consideration, it is true, on the part of the party, of its friends. Elate of 'X'axsitiou nnler Demo cratic ICulc. In 1870 tie Democrats obtained cons trol of the legislative or tax-levying branch of the government. Their li'St tax levy 1871 was 52 cents On every hundred dollar worth of proj.eitv, including eight cent3 for .he asylums, ten cents to meet a de licieajy in the treasury on contiacts mde by Republicans in 1869, and twelve ceuts for the Penitentiary, which was incomplete twentyseight cents, lor a'l purposes, les than the Republican levy of 1869. and thir teen cents less for ordinary expens ses of the JSiate .Government than was levied in 18G9 Thirteen cents on the one hundred dollars' worth of property represents nearly one-, third of the present State levy foi ordinary expenses, schools, pen&ions, support ai d completion of the vari ous public and charitable iLStitus tions, aud interest ou several mil lions of public debt. The people can thus conceive the enormous d.ff erence between Uepuoiicau and Democratic administration in the way of taxation and honest expendi ture of the people's ni .uey. The Democra s. for several years succeeding 1871 their advent to power Lad to provide money to pay contracts ma le by the Republicans. After this ihe rate of taxation was regularly reduced, a follows: For 1874. 31 cents oa every one ; imnnre i,.r r r ,,M,.f1 ... jnuUiC hundred dol ors worth of property. 1875, 29 cents on everj one j tiu'vUixu uoiiars worm oi piopeity. For 187u.j29 cents on every one hundred dollars worth of property. For 1877, 29 1 cents on every one hundred dollars worth of property, For 1878, 29J cents on every one hundreTpollars worth of property. For 1879, 24 cents on every one hundred dollars worth of property. For 1880, 21 cents on every one hundred dollars worth of property. For 1831, 28 cents on every one hundred dollars worthToFproperty. For 1882, 28 cents on every one hundred dollars worth of-Arorerty. For 1883, 25 cents on every one hundred dollars worth of property. For 1885, 25 cents on everj one hundred dollars worth of pioperty. -For 1886, 25 cents on every one hundred dollars worth of property. For 1887, 20 cents on every one hundred dollers worth of property. For 1888, 20 cents on every one hundred dollars worth of property. J For 1889, 25 cents on every one hundred dollars worth of property. . For 1890, 25 cents on every one hm.dred dollars worth of property. For 1891. 25 cents on every one hundred dollars worth of property. For 1892, 25 ceuts on every one hundred dollars worth of property. For 1893, 22 cent on every one hundred dollars worth of property. For 1S94. 22 cents on every one hundred dollars worth of property. While constantly reducing the rate of taxation the Democratic party has Completed and supported the Western Insane Asylum; The Penitentinrv; The Goldsboro insane Aoj'luro for the colored; The Ilaleig'i De-if, Dub, and nMud Asylum f:.r the colored; The Agricultural and Mechanical College for whits'?; The Agricultural r.nd Mechanical College for the colored race; The Normal and Industrial School for Young Women; Contributed and still contributes to the support of the Oxford Or phan Asylum for colored children; Provided pensions for our wounded soldiers and widows of soldiers (the amount expended now reaching nearly one lundred thousand dollars per annum). For public schools 760,923 81 rVr the A. & M. Collesre for yr tl whites 15,000 00 For the A. & M. College for colored 2,500 00 For Xormal a d Industrial School for white girls... 10,000 00 For Normal Schools for col ored teachers 8,750 ,00 For Normal School at Cul- lowhee for whites 1,500 00 For Normal School, CroaUn Indians 517 00 For the University 20.000 00 For Orphan Asyluru for whites , 10,0o0 CO For Orphan Asylum for col ored 1,500 00 Totai for Education $830,090 81 Under the administration of the Democratic party railroad and other properties of the State heretofore exempt from taxation are now taxed thus adding about twenty-five mil lions of do' lars' worth to the taxa ble values of the Stute, mate'ially increasing the revenues of the Stat", cities, counties and towns. To such an extent has the party succeeded in distributing and equal izing taxation in the State that, as a matter of fact, the agricultural aud laboring pjopk pay less than one. third of the taxes collected Tor State, school ana pension purposes, while, it will be shown elsewhere, the ex penses, salaries, etc., of the entire Executive, Judicial and Legislative Departments of the GoTernment are nearly paid by special, poivilege and license taxes collected by the Treasurer and Executive officers fr. m corporations, insurance com panics, seals, etc., etc Schools. In no way can a stronger or more striking contrast between the two parties heir fidelity to the best in terests of the people be shown than in. the matter of the administration by each of the public school system. A statement of the appropriations and expenditures of the money CoN lected from the people will nore than vindicate the claims of the Dem ocratic party to continued confidence and support. Taxes were collected for school purposes by the Republicans in 1868 35,866 01 1809.. . -. 167,jGS IS 1S70 203,411 01 Which were expended by that" same patty as follows: In 1SCS, Expense account.. $ 5,919 26 Investment In State Bonds 29.946 01 Total $ 35,806 01 Not one cent for schools. In 1869, Expense account.. 9 6.158 18 Loan to the university ..3,000 00 State Loans to meet State Liabilities . 158,000 00 Total. ?l(i7,158 18 Not one cent for schools. In IS70, Common schools... 8 3D,9S1 86 Expense account... 2.014 00 Investment in Spe cial Tax Bouds 150,000 00 Loan to University. 10,000 00 Loan to D., D. and B. Asylum 2,000 00 Tax on polls refunded. ,415 15 Total $203?411 01 Making a total amount collected during the three years of Republican control of $406,435.02, of which only $38,981, 86 have been spent for com uaon schools. The "loans" to the University were used to pa' salaries of school-masters without scholars, whose entire energies were devoted to the collection of their salaries and sustaining an aching void in the Lalls of that timehonored institution. Sow for the Democrat Rccor'l. The Democrats obtained controal of the Legislative branch in Decern ber, 1870. They did not levy eighty cents on the jne hundred dollars' worth of properly, as the Republi cans did, but proceeded to ieduce taxation very heavely, and appljiae the money so collected, to the utmost farthing, to the well-being of the people who paid them. The public schools became at once, and have continued, an object of special con sideration. In 1871 there was col lected for school purposes $177,497,. 94 and expended directly for school teaching $174,753 20, and each suc ceeding year a like fidelity to the school interest was observed, each year showing an increase in school cxpenditurts. In 1877, when the Democrats ob tained control of the Exscutive as well as the Legislative Department, there were expended, for the educa tian of the children of both races, $289,213 32, and each succeeding year as follows : 1S78 $324,287 10 1879.... 326.040 85 1SS0 352.882 Co 1S81 409,658 88 1852 509,736 02 1853 621,295 46 1SS4 624.815 87 1S85 569,206 84 1SS6 615,009 23 1SS7 610,627 66 1888....- 734,967 88 1889 714,127 47 1890 723,13S 04 .1S91 744.680 19 1S92 769,070 36 IS93 7-30,923 81 Including the appropriations of 1893 tbe several Normal Schools far the education of colored teachers, tLe Agricultural snd Mechanical Colleges for both races, the Normal and Industrial School for Young Women, the Orphan Asylums for both races (which are really edaca- tional and industrial instituliano) and the University, there was expended in that year, under Democratic .ad ministration, over eight hundred and thirty thousand dollars, out of a total tax collected for all purposes of one MILLION THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIVE KIGHT HUNDRED AND NINE. TY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND SEVENTY-THREE CENTS (1,395,890.73). Who pajm this tnx? Taking the sum expended in 1893 as a basis, we find the fallowing, acs cording to the Auditor's Report for that year, to be the sources from which the money was derived : From white Polls M..240 From Colored Polls.. . . ... S2.870 26 From Bank Stock . 4.475 21 From Railroad Property ............ 29,630 57 From General Property by whites.....354,2il 75 from Qeaeral Property by Colored. 12,273 62 Fiom other surces"""". ........ ............. 115 00 Also from eutrles of vacant lands. corporation tax. Interest on four percent. State bonds, and sale of swamp lands, received $31,087.19 and expended 26,233 1 Total expended for schools $760,923 el Of which the whites pay over six hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Notwithstanding this discrepency be tween the amounts paid by the two races not a fait, we know, of our colored people no one can know better than the latter the earnest and faithful endeavor of the Democratic party to deal justly and impartially with them, and aid them in all res pects in bettering their condition and elevating themselves in all that cons stitutes good and useful citizenship. Evpence or Democratic Admin istration. There was collected in 1893, from all subjects of taxation, for school and pension purposes $1,395,899 73 Ot which was collected on lands out side of town lots $281,820 63 Horses..... ........ 18,749 68 Mules 16,127 44 Cattle.... J... 12J263 34 Hogs 3,746 10 Sheep....: 922 89 Farming utencils 33,048 93 Household furniture and other per- sonal property..... 51,673 0 Total paid by our agricultural class - $ 422.494 65 Leaving collected from all other sousces.... ..$ 973,403 03 The economy of the administra tion of the State Government, Exec utive, Judicial and Legislative, is certainly worthy of the commenda tion of the people. The Executive Department, salrles etc.. cash $ 34,167 58 The Judicial Department, including salries - 60,71 99 The General Assembly '. - 65,976 16 Total cost of the State Qoveru- ment.for salaries, etc" $160,857 33 There was collected last year, in special, privilege and corporation taxes, from railroads, express com panies, insurance companies, banks, seal tsx and fees, paid directly into the Treasury, and not a general tax on the property of the S'ate, the sum of $151 685,12, or $9,172.23 less than the entire cost of the Executive, Ju dicial and Legislative Departments. There was collected in 1693, on a!I lands outside of town lots, hor ses, mules, cattle, hogs, sheep and farming utensils ..$370,679 06 On "all other personal property" (household furniture . 51.815 57 (This last item including such . property in towns as well as In the country). Making a total from such sour ces of . $122,494 C5 Out of a total tax collected from all sources of $1,335,899 73 Of this latter jam there was ex pended for education...... ..$"0.,W) '1 For pensions 9.".fe6i IZ $525,1,50 'i Can tbe people d .-ire, with this re cord before them, to turn the admin istration of their affair- over to the Republican party, or those who are avowedly the allies of that party! We submit these facts, taken from the official records, with the fullest cur.- fidence, believing our people will continue that party in power which basso faithfully and honestly and justly administered their aff irs. Not a breath of scandal or c rruptio has attached to the administration of af faires since the Democratic party was placed in control. Every interest of the people, "of all classes, has ber carefully looked after, protected and improved, so far as legislation and administration can do it. We have the cheapest government of any S,Re in the Union; we have peace at horre among all classes, and Prov dence has this year abundantly blessed us with bountiful crops and spared us from serious sickness. With Divine blessings thus vouchsafed us as a people, we have only to push' forward our high calling, continue the gov. ernment in tbo hands of those who have proven themselves faithful ser vants, and happiness and prosperity will abundantly bless all our labors. County GOvernmnet. By the Canby Constitution a change was made in the method of administering county affairs, which proved disastrous to the people. The utmost extravagance prevailed, heavy taxation was followed by a aquan dering of the people's money ; county debts were paid in scrip, and scrip was far below par. County flourish ed, but the people were plundered. In 1874 the people elected a Leg iglature in which two-thirds of both houses were Democratic, and that body submitted a proposition for changing the county government sys tem. The people ratified the proposi tion by 13,605 majority, and the Leg. islature of 1876 restored the only method of managing county affairs which had prevailed among our peo ple from time immemorial. The change has proved extremely beneficial. In twenty 6even counties the saying to the people during the first three years af the present syss tern was $314,594, The expenses in those couaties during the last three years of the Canby system were $314,594 more than during the first three years of the new 83'stem. And now in every county in the State ex penses are paid substantly in cash, and the people suffer no loss either by being plundered or by scrip be ing below bar. Indeed, so well ba3 this system worked that the people generally are entirely content with it, A few poli ticians are, however, always express ing dissatisfaction, and nothing would satisfy them that so protects the people anl keeps the county funds out of their clutches. It is even said that should the op position succeed this year and have control of ths Legislature they will not repeaLthe syslem, but will ap point an additional lumbar of mag. istrates of their owl political faith sufficient to give them control of all the counties, every school district, the election machinery. Board of Magistrates, etc So it appears that they are not seeking a bBtter method of governing thecouatie3, but are on ly after the spoils of office. The loss of the Legislature this fall will mean, not the repeal of the present system and the substitution of an elective system, but an increase in the number of magistrates suffici cient to turn over to the fusionist the Boards of Magistrates the County Commissioner, the Board of E luxa tion and ihe Superintendent of Pub ic Instruction for each county. In other wor. Is, it means ihe tun ing over to the fusionist of all the ;;ow rs which levy and disburse the -ounty and school taxes. A simple ct ot the L?gi-lature is sufficient to accomplish this. Can the people of North Carolina lisk losing the Legislature? the dish m:roi:i: KI.G. XIIE Since the Republican party has absorbed the Populi&t party, and pro i poser to make common cause against j tbe people, it is wtl! to examine ti e ! dish . this combination proposes to j snbmlt for public consumption. Mr. Marioc Builer. in a 8' (!: ceoamr v.-er" -I . " i a r Mil ( m. 7t0 lt- 1 1 J , 1 . M If - oeuvereo some wbck ago m friends in South Carolina. fi. in Populist of the South and the Peo pic's jar. f th Nor-;: - 'w were one aiul ujc Ujo suum in syni pathy,jurpw nnd p;'?- . Tb leader of tL: ? party in the United State3 Senate .u i House of Representatives have, through var-v ions and sundry bills introduced. stated , very unuiistuk lv t he purpose and intention of that party. Let as see: On July 9Ui. 1894. Senator Peffer submitted a resolution to tbe 6enate. the fifth resolve of which is in these word : FTfc That all revenues of Government ought to be raised by taxes on real estate." The present revenues of the Gov ernment are about five hundred milK ions per annum. As burdensome as this is, collected from tariff on inv ports, internal collections on liquors and tobaccos, on incomes, etc, U Is made necessary to carry on the Gov- ernment and meet the paramount contracts made by the Republican party. Not one cent is colt ! from lands. But what do the Populist propose! In the first place to raise all the revenue by tax on real estate. In the next place those same Pop- ulistic representatives have Introduc ed bills requiring appropriations to carry them inty effect of upwards of FIFTY BILL"ONS OF DOLLARS. Ihe entire wealth of the country. as estimated in the Census Report for 1890, is sixty five bil.tons of dollars Yet these Populist in the Senate and House haye introduced mea?ures which would require the Government to collect out of every sixty-five dollars of propeity fifty dollars to support the Government under Popul.sURcpub'icaiicosoprras tions. - The following will show the sum total of appropriations required to meet the bills named: Representative Davis's bill (No. 3436) pro viding for the loan to certain mortgage debtors Is estimated to require not less than the sum of .10.00Q,000,003 Representative Clover's bill (No 6254) tc loan to States, etc., 60 per cent of assessed val uation of property is estimated to require exceeding 12.000,000,000' Seprcscntatlve Clover's"' till (No2999) is var iously estimated to re- ' quire the sum of from $8,000,000,000 to $15. 000,009 000, say. 10,000,000,000 Senator Peffer's bill (No. (976) to loan to exceed ing $2,500 to any indi vidual applying having real estate security, pro- vides for an Immediate issue of not less than $700,000,000, and an ul timate issue of much more, being similar la principle to IIoue bill 3436 above quoted. Representati?e Kern's bill (No-5446) were not In- " clued in previous esti mate?, wvoulJ reiulre of not less than .....LOOl.OCO.OOO Reprejsen tati vc ""Watson ' various bills are not es timated, beinjr included in their principles in -previous estimates. Representative Hudson bill (No. 3181) would require the immediate isue of Representative 1'avU' in-, dii.stiiil army bill (No. 6767) would requiiea-i annual expenciture f Senator lcflerj clnniy bill (N'o. 1330) :v.j.o-prhtt-n Repre-iMitative Ii ,,'4 hill (No. 7'JV) f inter nal inip;- v.-in- 0. s uj- propriaies Vii -i m anno.ij .i.vro 1 i i ,u i. i 1 a i ii.i.. 1. Repre ntatfvp It ;i .1.509,034,000 500,053,000 6,500,000 600,O3J,ooo 1, ;. ( I ) r.,. -r- rininaie i:c u - i.ot thistle apnroprl li -i- I,00f,000 20,o-v,vq prpr4.ite ' o -o ,oou ( Jouti.jiied 011 4ih. page)