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I - It i -V. -S -Tuesday THE ASHEVIIXE GAZETTE -October it, mt r.. t I" X: W-.:. .1 S it J- . , vbVY i TL-I U (t j K jL 1 I of controversy feetween Senator Priteh 5"LJLT . 1 ard and Mr. Craig Craig's efforts AsHEVlbL-P, N. C. .President nd i iimet E. Norton. Editor. r L. Cutting. .Business Manar'- The Senatorial Debate INCE Senator Pritch'ard and Mr. Locke Craig closed their Joint debate on Saturday in this city we have heard many expressions s as to the merits of it. it is not wo much to say that every republican is jubilant with the success of the repub lican candidate. Senator Pritchard de molished his adversary. When Mr. Craig rose to speak at the opera house in Asheville at the close of the series of meetings with Senator Pritchard he had the appearance of a defeated man. His whole speech bore out this impres sion, for it was throughout an attempt to erect defenses against the blows h knew he would receive when Senator Pritchard would have the platform. His claims for his party were negative he could advance no reason, at least in national policies, why the democratic party or. any of its candidates should be returned to office and to power. He sought to lessen the effect of the blow spnator Pritcnara wouiu give . . - 1 -J wouia give aemuc racy when he should contrast the demo- cratic years ot oona issuc, w armies, idle mills and coup houses with the present years of progress and prosperity under republican administra tion, by declaring that there is no prosperity now except for those who "toil not, neither do they spin, but even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed as these." He did not he could not deny the calamitous condi tions of the country under" democratic administration, and his efforts to be little the prosperity that has prevailed when the national government has been in republican hands served but to em phasize the contrast of the differing conditions of the nation under the democratic and under the republican control. His assertions that conditions were already calamitous before Cleve land took charge and that the sale of bonds by Cleveland was to pay debts of the Harrison administration were flimsv dpfenses that Senator Pritchard easily and completely demolished. He Challenged Craig to name any debt of the Harrison administration for which one dollar of this bond issue went to pay, pledging himself if Craig should do so that he (Pritchard) would re tire from the campaign and vote the democratic ticket. Craig could not name the debt.- Mr. Pritchard pointed to the unfailing barometej of the gold reserve that was maintained at a safe point under all the Harrison adminis tration, only to fall and fall and fall under the succeeding democratic reign, until the national credit was imperiled and it was necessary to sell bonds and increase the public debt, in a period of profound peace, when the same "brain and brawn" that Craig had said alone made prosperity was present in tht nation. No one looks with apprehen sion at the national barometer now, nor since the nation's affairs again came under republican control. Mr. Craig's entire speech, under the illumination of Senator Pritchard's reply, appeared as a feeble effort. Could he not set up some claim for his own party? Had it no policies that entitled it to consider ation? Were a thousand words of sneering at the Dinsley bill the best the democratic candidate for the sen ale had to offer as a party policy on the question of the protective tariff? Mr. Craig did not make known his own or his party's position on the question, but Senator Pritchard helped him out in this respect and robbed this feature of his speech of its negative quality. In one of the previous debates the sena tor had forced Mr. Craig to define his position, and the senator had made note of it. "I am in favor of placing lumber, and every industry in North Carolina on the free list," the senator quoted Mr. Craig, and though Mr. Craig had a fifteen minutes rejoinder in which to defend himself if this quo tation did him any. injustice, he let it stand as representing correctly his po sition. Senator Pritchard's speech was remarkably comprehensive, and as blow after blow fell on the thin ar mor of his opponent it was appar ent why Mr. Craig had devoted almost his entire effort of an hour and a cuar- ter to erecting defenses, and seeking to render less disheartening to his sup porters his own punishment by outlin ing to them what would be the nature of it. The surprise of the day was that Mr. Craig was not stronger on state issues. The little he had to say on state administration was answered conclusively by Senator Pritchard, to whom it afforded an opportunity for placing his party in the most favorable light as regards the public schools of the state. Mr. Craig's efforts to ap pear as an anti-trust champion and his party as the only party opposed to trusts were rendered ridiculous by the citing of Mr. Craig's positon in defense of the ice trust and the record, of the democrats in congress on anti-trust legislation. Mr. Craig's effort to ar raign the sentiment of Confederate vet erans against Senator Pritchard and to represent himself and his party as the especial friends of the veterans met a response from Senator Pritchard that completely demolished Mr. Craig's pret--ty structure. His AsheviVle hearers were especially cognizant of Mr. Craig's opposition to General Carr in the Simmons-'Carr contest for the sen ate, and appreciated the force of the senator's statements regarding that matter. Mr. Craig mentioned the ne gro several times, and when he did so his "fervid oratory" -was most in evi dence. It is the subject that brings yells most readily from the hoodlums, and Mr. Craig's training in oratory has centered about it. . It is hard for him to give it up, but no man can live In the higher politics and insult the in . telligence of the- state, and ae he traveled westward Mr.-Craig ;had this conviction more and more ford upon r him. It was noticeable; that Mr,1 Craig approached the subject rather timidly, forgone who has formerly been- so dar - lng, and for the words he spoke oh "negrp rule" he received the ;'punl,sh? i ment ' due in Mrv Pritchard's .state v ment regarding the ' Windsor' postmas i ,tership:".Thi3 rings , the curtain1-down ' " on; ."negro - domination.",, a Much atten- tion haseen given to the minor to put the senator "in a hole" and the senator's availing himself of the hole dug by Mr. Craig as a place in which to drop Mr. Craig himself, but these were but minor features in the se rious purpose of the debate, at least so far as Senator Pritchard was con cerned. He accomplished the great purpose of his tour of the state With his democratic opponent in the contest for election to the United States senate. He expounded and defended republican Dolicies as those best calculated to benefit North Carolina, and finally forced his opponent to state his own and the democratic -position. Mr. Craig's friends and' partisans, in de fault of an ability to eulogize greatly his arguments after their treatment in the hands of Senator Pritchard, hav: praised his oratory. Such oratory would count for little in the United States sen ate. "What service could a free trade, negro baiting orator perform for North Carolina in congress? Mr. Craig is not versed innational affairs. He follows blindly the "policies" of opposition to everything republican that alone char acterize the democratic party today. But he found Senator Pritchard has been as close a student of all matters that solely affect the state as of those that have a wider range, and in the discussion of questions of state admin- jstration the senator sustained th re- publican position as successfully as in national affairs. Mr. Craig had no ex planation to offer for the great increase in expenditures under democratic ad ministration, that went neither to the schools, nor to pensions, nor to the asylums, and that have depleted' the state treasury and incurred debts to be paid in the future. He was able to show that in the state, as in the nation, the democratic party is lacking In ad ministrative ability. The Ninth Distriet w 7 E a ths are greatly pieasea to learn at Mr. George B. Hiss, can didate for congress in the Ninth district, is recovering from his severe illness and will proba bly be able to renew his work in thi campaign within a week or ten days. j Many reports have reached us of the success of the campaign for Mr. Hiss' election. The work in the Ninth has been vigorously prosecuted, the meet ings throughout the district have been well attended and enthusiastic. Mr. Hiss' friends have felt the importance of doing the work he could not do. and they have found a fertile-field to work in. The Ninth, with its long es tablished republican strength in the northern counties of the district, and the interest awakened in republican policies in the industrially progressive southern section of the district, is fal low ground in which to sow the seeds of republican doctrine. Mr. Hiss, himself a prominent and successful bus iness man. a large mill owner. re- ' gards the present campaign and the ! success of the republican party in North Carolina as of great importance from a business standpoint. Other- I i wise, he would not have stepped aside j from the responsibilities and cares of j , large business interests to interest him ! self in the politics of this campaign he would not have accepted the chair j manship of the republican committee in Mecklenburg county, and the nomina tion to congress from a district gerry mandered toy the democrats to handi- cap republican success. Mr. Hiss would also not have entered the polit ical arena had he not the encourag ment and backing of men of his own class of mill men and other business men of character and strength, men of the class who are building up their state as a great industrial common wealth. Republican policies have en abled them to build mills in North Carolina on the continuation of repub lican policies depends the continuation of their success and all it means of wealth and -progress and prestige for North Carolina. The industrial devel opment of the state means general prosperity for the state; it means ac tivity in every line of endeavor, em ployment of men and opportunity for the investment of capital. It means the distribution of money in the state and a consequent stimulus to every line of trade. It means increased business for the merchant and the farmer, and to the workingmaTi in every branch of labor it means opportunity for employ ment, with money at hand to pay wages. For North Carolina to take her stand intelligently, for her own inter ests, in support of the policies, that have promoted the industrial activity of the last few years in this state and that are necessary to its continuance, will open a grand new era for this state. Capital will flow here more freely we will advance more rapidly. T WO circulars to the democratic pressor "interviews'' on reg- istration have been given out within the last few days by F. M. , Simmons, and tooth are calculated to arouse suspicion. One advises registrars- to be lenient in registering ne groes under the educational qualifica tion; the other advises the registration of citizens who have become disfran chised under the poll tax section of the amendment, Simmons stating that the law does not forbid these citizens from registering it only denies them the right to -vote! Why then -should they registei? for what purpose? Mr. Sim mons desires the lists of "registered voters" to be large larger than there are Voters on these lists. Why? POU AND ATWATER TO HAVE OPEN FIELD Special to the Gazette. ... Raleigh, Oct. 13. Today was set for the meeting , of the republican . execu tive committee of the Fourth congres sional -district; to decide whether to place a candidate in the field Only two members of the committee came, and no meeting was held. It is un derstood, that there will be no further consultation on the subject, but that the field will -he left open to Pou and At water to fight it out. - - " . R. Glenn made a - characteristic speech tonight in.' Metropolitan hall to a fairly -large, audience of 'democrats; whq partook of i his .enthusiasm t and cheered him frequently' Information of Interest Editor of the Gazette: Section 5751 of the Code is as follows: "The register of deeds shall he allowed while and 'when acting as clerks' to the boards of commissioners, such per diem as their several boards may respect ively allow, not exceeding two dollars." It is thus seen that the compensation which the 'board of county commission ers pay to its clerk is not fixed, but it is within the discretion of the board how much they will pay, provided they do not ipay more than two dollars a day. Permit me to compare the (payments made by the T. Caney Brown Iboard of commissioners from November, 1896, to January, 1898, and those made by the present board during the same length of time, viz: from November 1900 to January 1902, inclusive, as I find the items upon the records of the county commissioners : Payments made to W. J. Beachboard as clerk of the T. C. Brown board, November 1896 to January 1898, (14 months : March, 1897, W. J. Beachboard, clerk $5.50 May, 1897, W. J. Beachboard, clerk board 8.50 June, 1897, W. J. Beachboard, clerk Iboard 6.10 July, 1897, W. J. Beachboard, clerk fboard 10.82 July, 1897, W. J. Beachboard, clerk iboard 2.00 August, 1897, W. J. Beachboard, clerk 4.00 September, 1897, W. J. Beachboard clerk, fees, etc.. 10.70 October, 1897, W. J. Beachboard, clerk to commissioners 10.20 November, 1897, W. J. Beachboard, clark to commissioners .5.50 December, 1897, W. J. Beachboard, clerk's fees 9.00 January, 1898, W. J. Beachboard, clerk's fees .18.95 Total .'.$81.27 Payments by Reed board to J. J. Mackey as clerk of board, of commis sioners, November, 1900 to 'January, 1902 (14 months): February, 1901, J. J. Mackey, clerk of board $53.50 J. J. Mackey, services as clerk 46.45 July, 1901, J. J. Mackey, clerk to V 1 . iuaru no . I 0 J. J. Mackey, clerk to board. J. J. Mackey, clerk toboard.. J. J. Mackey, clerk to board., J. J. Mackey, clerk to board. J. J. Mackey, clerk of board. 44.73 37.05 56.05 6S.00 47. G5 Total $470.03 Payments Reed board, 14 months, to clerk of board $470. OS Payments Brown board, 14 months, to clerk of board 81.27 "Enormous increase" on part of Reed board $38S.S1 What do the Buncombe taxpayers think of this? j According to the records the Reed Board has paid out to the clerk of the j board nearly six times as much as the Brown board did during the same . length of time . j I do not mean to say that this is all that was paid out to the two registers of deeds during the periods mentioned, but that the record shows that the foregoing amounts have been ipajd out to them by their respective boards as , clerks to the 'hoards. If the Buncombe county taxpayers are in favor of an economical county administration, clearly they will not vote to continue Reed Rule. INQUIRER. October 13, 1902. ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE PARK CONVENTION The following announcements of the park convention, which is to be heia here October 25, are being sent through out the rural districts of the south eastern states: "Inasmuch as the bill now pending has already passed the senate and has been favorably reported to the house by iw wmunucc uu agriculture, and in asmuch as our represntatives have al-1 ready beed., promised that a hearing would be given the bill in the house eajly during the coming short session, we believe that the measure has every chance of passing this coming winter. "The importance of holding a conven tion at this time will be appreciated by all those who have the success of he movement at bear. "Arrangements have been made with the Southern Railway company for re duced rates and invitations have been extended to the boards of trades of ail the southeastern cities; a general invi tation will also be issued to interpstpfl parties through the press. , "Pro. J. A. Hn1mo fhoai xj;ri -haa Q0r.tQi 0 h nonvpntlnn mMia n,or v, known speakers who are. enthusiastic advocates of the measure will also be present . "The Knoxville chamber of commerce is taking an detive interest in the coming convention and has promised that a large delegation from Knoxville ad vicinity will be present. "Arrangements for the convention have been left in theh ands of a joint committee composed of three members from the Asheville board of trade and three members from the Appalachian National Park association. "Signed R. P. Hayes, J. A. Nichols, C. P. Ambler committee from Appa lachian National Park association. . "B. M. Jones, G. H. Lambert, W. F. Randolph, secretary committee ar rangements, committee from Asheville board of trade." Secretary Ambler says that a lare number of towns and cities in the for est reserve belt have accepted the joint invitation extended oy tne Appalachian Park association; the Asheville board of trade, the Knoxville and Raleigh chambers of commerce and the New port board of trade to be present, and that every indication points to a. big convention. . Nothing has yet been, learned , as to reduced railway rates. (District Pas senger Agent Darby is now In Wash ington, conferring with the officials. - '.. " v . i : Vafiity ie the tool thais! 'dearest1 to the heart of the dem.'-v - . To Buncombe Taxpayers DON'T Imagine that all flours are alike. There is a difference, a big difference. So much depends upon having pure, white arid nutritious flour that the subject is. Tvorthyv your careful Investigation and consideration. You will be better satisfied In se lesting "Clifton" flour, a fact that everyone who knows anything about flour will tell you. In purity, white ness, and quality "Clifton" flour ex cels all other flours. Don't Imagine that because "Clifton" flour is a high grade flour that th price is high, because the price is low, in reach of all housekeepers. Cheap dour is dear at any price, while "Clif ton" is the least expensive and is the very best that you can buy. BRANSFORD MILLS. Owensboro, Ky. The sorrows that are drowned in the i cup rise as ghosts at the bedside. Appalachian Mineral Water For the Table Utsnd instead of c ffe and tea, it aids digestion is very soft. Phone 95. APPALACHIAN MINERAL WATER CO. p. t College street. Ready-to- Wear Will be ready in a few days, and in it we will keep ready-to-wear garments, for ladies, miss es and children. We have given much thought and attention to this depart ment and have 'bought for it only such garments as we can heartily recommend to our trade. The Goodness of these Garments, combined with their beauty, We know will give entire sat isfaction to "particular, women of Asheville. We call your attention just now- to Blue and White Polka Dotted Foulards 24 inches wide, especially desir able for shirt waist suits at 8 cents a yard. Silk and Wool Plaids For' waists or. whole suits 38 inches wide in red, blue and green effects, a big value at $1.00 a yard. BON MARC HB The Dry, Goods Shop, . '. .-' t .15, SOUTH MAIN STREET., aches The Biggest Stock in Town for Home or Office at Bainbridge's Books, Stationery, Engraving. I . . 1 1 u e. . UP No dinner is started right, without cliiu. wucia Liitj a.w utc . auu best are FRANCO-AMERICAN FRENCH SOUPS Julienne Bouillon Mullfcataunv Ox Tatt Tomato Beef Mutton Broth Consomme Clam Chowder Pea Chicken Gumbo (Okra) We also have Campbell's, Libby'sand Van Camp's Soups in 10c size m strictly first class. --wi RICKMAN'S Phone 188 He'll do the rest. 20 So. Main St. XXXCKXXXXXXXXXXXX5000000X GOAL! We 3 re not in the ice business but give exclus attention to coal. We carry' all kinds. Oua'itv IV and u eights guaranteed. Citizens' Coal Company THE BEST STOVE ON EARTH ASHEiYILLEi HARDWARE CO On the. Square. Professional Dp. A, StauFfer, VETERINARY SURGEON. Graduate of Germany. Office: Chambers . Weaver's Liv ery btable. Phone i. SELECT SCHOOL MISS FORD'S PRIVATE CLASSES will meet September 23. 222 Haywood street. Phone $79. Eod. till Sept. 2. AUDITORIUM. SPECIAL ONE NIGHT THURSDAY, OCT. 16 Mr. William Bonelli .AND.. Miss Rose Stall I In Paul Leicester Ford's Brilliant Ro mance of Colonial Times, Janice Meredith Dramatized by the author and Ed ward E. Rose. The original colonial furniture, scen ery, properties, arms and effects used in the 200 nights' run at Wallack's theater, New York, will he employed in this roduction. The most elaborate and successful colonial drama ever seen upon the stage. A Strong Supporting Cast PRICES $1.00, 75c. and' 60c. Seats on sale at Pfafflin's Monday, October 13th. We have a fine lot' of nice large pre serving pears, Just received from the Chimney Rock country. Order quick tor they are groingfast. HIRAM , UNBSirr, ;.. 450 . South :Maln street, ' Phone 200: 1" t City Market Phone 800. , ' - , ; ' - INKS 47 Patton Avcnu, good hot soup. It tones up the stomo v Duuy, uuu uu wuii ine BEST The X SEASON PHONE 238 X Can be used in your home if you want i(. Call up Phone 87 and the ASHEVILLE HARDWARE COMPANY will send it to you. It's name is COLb HEAT5R for wood or coal. W. E. Rankin. G. J. Williamson. Rankin Sc Williamson PRESSING CLUB Membership $1.00 per moath. Re pairing and cleajiing carefully done. Ladies' work given special attention. All goods called for and delivered promptly. Phone S22. Office Opera. House Block. The Auditorium OCTOBER 15 Jules Murry Presents The Talented Young Society Actor r.Paul 6ilmore Haddon Chalmers1 delightful Comedy of Temperament in The Tyranny .... of Tears "It depends for its power on its fidelity to human nature.'1 Seat sale now on at Pfafflin's. NOTICB. I would call the attention of all ve t- ra of Buncombe county that it is impor tant that when you register you do jo under the "grandfather clause" o: J J constitutional amendment. By d so you will avoid any question a? your right to vote. A word to wiseis sufficient. D. L. REYNOLD: Chairman Ex. Com. Citizens' Ti D. and S..W. till Oct 25th. T ? FREE PONIES. A rare opportunity for the children learn to ride, every day, opposite n court house on College street. - fTiU Oct. 15 v . ffl a. 1 f -.:- i . . ,t J