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': The Alam ANCE EANER; vol; XXXIV. GKAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1908. NO. 32 PROFESSIONAL CARDS I'll. WILL S. MO, JR. . . dentiSt : '. irnari. ... . ;. N0rth Carolina OFFICE in SIMMONS BUILDING JACOB A. LONG. J. klmeb long, LONG & LONG. Attorney, and Counselors at Lsw GKAHAM, K. 1 - 3 coon:. . Attornay-at- Law, " v 7 GRAHAM, . ... N. C. Offlo. PsttenonBulldlnx Seoond Floor. . . . . -f C A. HALL, UTOBNET AND COCKS ELLOE-AT-L1W, GRAHAM, N. C- I V , OlBoe in the Bank of Alamance Balding, op stairs. ""J. brcrx. w.P.Btitok. Ja. BaNUM &BYNUM, -ttorwy. nd ComiMlor. at rw bBCN8BOBO.II U. "eouatT. Aacf.MlT WBT C. STEUDWICK AtUreey-at-Lew, GREEJf SB0R6 JV, Practices in the conru of AU- Notice of Dissolution. fc. I . T. . " apwan lo mr mi torartfcm, by ,?",n ' H Ux ft or k holder. a- ftM7i iMa, atato at Aorta arhZrT opoa wiwa araoMi . r" " ouiw wim ta. rwauira t2?'1" . -tM of I. onuti Ui. PfiimiruLTT to IM Mauloaof Vj.Jrltt? t of aorta CanMkna, . " aC. raa.Bta. ia r t MM04 MMHIl bn. Mi Qiwmooa of mm oortwirm- ""bT.n ta. MarkboMnUmof, roaw aoa ta morl of tb. tu4 .ifB BrT exiw oa mm ia w i m kLT' "onl. atliuuio j rlbS0S3 and Kniree are Tjr rruned il not property ground wig aharpened. . If jo tranl Zr arpmd right and made to Fwl aa new gire m a trUL r - J i " - moder-Jtion A. Tiisei, tLia cSoa. 1908 It is your Fair. It is Alamance Fair. It is our Fair. It is just what we make it. Bring something to exhibit beat your competitor if you can. Let us make our Fair a deserving insti tution. A means of education to all our industries. RE Republican and Democratic National Platforms Compared. The platform of the two parties this year are as widely divergent ae the candidates themselves are dis similar. The contrast, so favorable to the Democratic cause in the case of the candidates, will be found to be eauallv as favorable in the case of pi atforms. It is useful to note the salient features of this difference, as follows: TBK PREAMBLES. The Democratic preamble rejoices J at the awakeninz of the people to the political corruption by which the representatives ot predatory wealth have preyed upon then, and declares that this must again become arooDle's government administer ed according to the Jefleraonian maxim of "Equal righto to all, spe cial privileges to none." The Republican preamble declares that under the rule of the KepubU can party conscience and courage in public station and higher etandardj ofrtebt and wrong in private life have become cardinal principles of political faith, and that the abuse of araaltti ih tvrannv of power ana all Hie evili ol privilege and favorit ism have been put to scorn by the simple, manly viritues of justice and fairnlar. ' - The Democratic view, aa above, ia nstained. and the Republican view condemned by Presided Roosevelt In hia meseeees and Mr. Tan in bis acceptance of the nomination. In the President's message to un- gress lost January, he said: The attacks by tneee great cor porations on VDS aaxiniauauuu a actions have been given a wftis cir culation throughout tbe country, in ths newspapers and otherwise, by those writers and rpeakers wno, con sciously or nrjcoosdoualy, set ss tbe representatives ol predatory weaiia of tha wealth accumulated on a giant seals by all forms of iniquity, ranging from ths oppression of wage- earners to onlair and unwholesome methods of crashing out competi tion, and to defrauding the public by stock jobbing and ths manipula- of scurioss. Certain weaiuiy men of this stamp, whose conduct U U I MEMBER DATES dhould be abhorrent to every man ot ordinary decent conscience, and who commit the hidious wrong of teaching our young men that phe- nomental business success must or dinary be based on dishonesty, have during the last few months made it apparent that they have banded together to work for a reac lion. Their endeavor is to over throw and discredit all who honest ly administer the law, to prevent any additional legislation which would check and restrain them, and to secure, if possible, a freedom from all restraint, which will permit every unscrupulous wrong-doer to do wnat he wishes unchecked, provided be has enough money." Mr. Taft in his notification speech says that the evile referred to by the fresiaent nave crept id uuriog mo last ten years. He declares that dur ing this time some "prominent and influential members of tbe communi ty, spurred by financial success, and in their hurry for greater wealth, be came unmindful of thecommon rules of business honesty and fidelity, and of the limitations imposed by law upon their actions;" and that "the revelations oi tne oreacaa. oi trusts, disclosures as to rebates and discri minations bv railroads, tbe accumu lating evidence of the anti-trust laws h a nnmner oi corporauoas. aim tbe over-issue of stocks and bonds nl interstate railroads for ths unlaw ful enriching of directors and for tbe purpose of concentrating the control of railroads under one manage ment." have -'Quickened the con science of tbe people and Drougnt on a moral awakening. ECONOMY IN ADMrSISTaATION. The Democratic platform calls at tanriarj to the "triebtful extrava gance" of tbe Republican Congress in ths session just ended, which sp nW.tad 11. 000. 000. OCX), entail ings deficit of mora than $000,000,-nnn- and denounces this waste of tbe people . money ss a crime against ths millions of working men and wo men from whose earnings tbs great nroDortion ol these colossal sums most be extorted through excessive tariff and other indirect taxes. The Reonblican platform is silent on this subject not even making a promise to reform. . ALAXMIXa tNCBEASl IN omCEHOLCB Tha Democratic platform calls at tention to the increase in ths com ber of officeholders, which daring tbs past six years has amounted to 99.319. entailing ao additional ex penditure of nearly f 00,000.000 a year; and denounces this great and growing increase as not only unnec essary and wasteful, but as indicat ing the pnrpose to keep tbs Repub lican party in power at public ex pense by increasing ths number of SEPTEMBER OCTOBER AlMIAIft!lE U ISLINGTON lts retainers and dependents. The Republican platform makes no references to this significant and alarming state of anairs. THE SPEAKER'S ABRITBARY POWER. The most potent obstacle to the "Rule of the. Psople"is the arbitra ry power which the rules and regula tions governing tbe House of Hep refentatives confer upon the Speak er, ay means ot tnem, toe House of Representatives the people's forum in our scheme of government has ceased to be a deliberative and legislative body, and the will of the Speaker has become supreme. The democratic plauorin pledges the party, if restored to power, to the adoption of such rules and regu lations ss will restore the control of legislation to a majority of ths mem bers of the House. The Republican platform Is silent on this vital subject MISUSE or PATROXAGC FOR IBTAB- MBBMEST OP A DYXASTT. Tbs Democratic platform con- Jdemns the act of the present Chief Executive in using tne patronage oi his high office to secure tbe nomi nation for tbe Presidency of one of bis Cabinet officers. Such sn set marks ths first step in tbe establish ment of s dynasty, and nullifies tbe unwritten law against a third term. The Republican platform is natu rally silent on this point. PUBLICITY OP CAMPAIGN O0JTTBTB0 TIONS. Ths Democratic platform de mands Federal legislation which shall forever terminate the partner, ship between corporations and the Republican Party, by which that party has secured vast turns of money with which to pare baas elections, in return for permission to the cor porations to continus their encroach ments oo tbe rights of the people for example, through tbe tariff tax and the other sources of predatory wealth. That such a patnerohip ex ists was established beyond a reason able doubt by tbe sworn testimony of witnesses examined in the insur ance investigation in New York, and tha open admission unchallenged by the Republican National Com mittee of s singls individual that be himself, at the request of the Re publican candidate tbe Presi dency, raised over a quarter of mil lion of dollars to be used ia a single State during tbe closing hours ol tbe campaign ot iwl me vemo- eratie remedy is tbs enactment of a Jaw prohibiting any corporation from contributing to a campaign fund any individual from contribut ing an amount above a reasonable maximum ana proviaea wr we pub lication before election of all such contributions above a reasonable raiTiirnriTni 29fh and '30fh 1st and The Republican platform is nat urally silent on this subject also, the Republican Convention, when the matter was brought up, repudi ating the plank by a vote of 880 to vi. Driven by the action of tne Democratic Convention to apolo gize for bis own convention. Mr. Taft said in speech of scceptance that, if elected President, be would urge the passage of the law on this subject, but be failed to say that he favors the publications of tbe contri butions before the election, ouch publication intended to influence tbe voters, would of course be value less after the votes have been cast. THE BIGHTS 0P THE STATES. The Democratic platform concurs with Jefferson in believing in "tbe support of the 8ute government in all their riirhU as the most compet ent administraton for our democratic concerns and the surest bulwark against anti-republican tendencies; and in the preservation of tbe (Jen era! Government in Its wbols const! tntional vigor as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad," and opposes tbe centralisa tion implied In the suggestion, now frequently made, that tbe powers of i tne uenerai uovernment anouia ne extended by judicial construction. It declares that there is no twilight ions between the Nation and tbe 8tate in which exploiting interests can take refuge from both: that it is ss necessary that the Federal Gov ernment shall exercise tbe powers delegated to it as it is that be Slate governments shall use the authority reserved to them; but that Federal remedies for tbe regulation of inter state commerce and for the preven tion of private monopoly shall be added to, not substituted for, State remedies. Upon this supremely Important subject, also, so dear the patriot's heart; the 'Republican platform is silent. POPULAR XtXCnON OP SEXATORS The shiftof ths incidence of ths check and balance of the Constitu tion which Republican control of tbs Government has caused has render ed necessary a change in tbe mods of electing United States Senators. Tbe Democratic platform, in nar monv with the innulse which caus ed some of tbe older States to sub stitute popular elections of Gover nor and Judges for elections oftboss officers by tbe Ugialature, -declsrcs that it favors a similar change in the election of tbe United States Sena tors. It does not of course favor a change in the apportionment of two Senators to each State, but a change onlv in tbe mods of their election- that ia. Ifrom tho present mode of election by tne legislature io enac tion by direct vote ol the people. Such a reform, it declares, is ths gateway to other national reforms. 2nd SEPTEMBER 29th and 30th OCTOBER 1st an 2nd In his speech of acceptance Mr Bryan says: "Every remedial meas ure of a national character must run the gauntlet of the Senate. Tbe Presi dent may personally inoiine toward a reform, the House may consent to it; but as long as tne senate obstructs tbe reform, the people must wait. "Shall we open the gate," he asks, "or shall we allow tbe exploiting interests to bar tbe war by tbe con Urol of this branch of ths Federal Legislature?" The popular electioo of Senators would require an amendment to the Constitution. As far Deck as the Fifty-second Congress a tesolutlon proposing ths necessary constitu tional amendment was passed by that body by a vote that was prac tically unanimious. A similar reso lution psssed the Filtv-third Con gress. Both these Congresses were Democratic. Tbe Republicans gain ed control of the next Con gross as a result of ths elections of 1894, snd in tbe Fifty-fourth Cobgrsss ths proposition died in eommittee. Tbe sentiment, nowever, nas so grown among tbs people that it has forced three Republican congresses since to follow the example set by tbe Democratrats; nearly two-thirds of the States have recorded themselves ia its Javor, and three Democratic national plslforms those of 1900, 1904 and 1908 have demanded this reform. "The United States Senate, however," as Mr. Bryan points out. 'impudently andarro- tanlly obstructs tbe passage of the resolution, notwithstanding ths fact that the voters of the United States by an overwhelming majority de mand it And this refusal is tbe more significant when It Is remem bered that a number of Senators owe their election to great corporation Interests." Tbs Republican National Convention of 1900 and 1904. follow ioc the Senatorial lead, ignored the snbject, and tbe Reonblican Nation al Convention of 1908 rejected the proposition by a vote of 866 to 114. With the Dsmocratie platform favoring the popular election of Senators by a ouamioue vote of ths Democratic National Convention, and tbe Republican platform ailent oa tbe subject by a vote of 86fl to 114 in tbe Republican National Cooveetiort, tbe suggestion of Mr. Taft that it to not a party question is of course wUbont weight. Ia Tefpanee to the qnesUon, Shall tbe prople ruler' which the Democratic platform avers is the overshadowing issue ia all ths questions bow under discussion, Mr. Bryan In his speech of accept ance describes tbe obstacles in tbs rale of tbe people under three beads. These are: The purchase of the Presidency by contributions of money from tbt favor-eetking corporations (referred to above in this article); tbe control 90S uf the Senate by the 'exploiting in tenets, who are able to maintain lobby in the State Legislatures, but not in every homestead; and the substitution of the arbitrary rule of the Speaker for that of the major ity of the House of Representatives (referred to above in this article). But it is the popular election of Senators, which the platform de scribes as "the gateway to other na tional reforms," which shall re-establish tbe rule of the people, and Mr. Bryan baa pledged himself, if elected, to convene Congress in ex traordinary session immediately after tbe inauguration and to ask among other things for the fulfill ment of the platform pledge in re spect to the popular election of Sen ators. -. :.. TBI TABIP7. It will be noted that up to this point tbs platform has concerned it self with tbe question of reform In tbe administration of the Govern ment, so that it may become respon sive ones more to ths popular will. Tbe remainder of the platform is de voted to fiscal and otbsr subjects with which party plstforms have cblefJy dealt hitherto, and wnicn do not require elaboration in an article of this kind. First among these subjects to pro perly placed the tariff, which was the tbin edge ol the wedge of tbe class legislation which now has caused the life of tbe many to be nudnlr strenuous and without ade- ouate reward, in order that the lew may accumulate colos sal fortune. On this subject tbe platforms of tbe two parties present a clear-cut issue tbe Democratic platform adhering to the doctrine ot tbe Constitution, and tbe Republi can plstform declaring lor class leg tolation ("protection so called) in defiance of the Constitution. The subject to treated exhaustively by Mr. Bryan in hia speech at Des Moines, Iowa, on tbe 21st of August, a copy of which may be had on ap plication to the Slats or the Nation al Pemocrouc ueaoquanera. - Briefly stated fha Democratic platform calls lor the revision of tbe tariff by tbe reduction of important duties; whereas tbs Republican plat form calls for a revision oi tne una without srtedfying whether the re vision to to be op or down. It says "in all tbs tanfl legialaUon, ths true principle of protection to beet main- j tained by the imposition ot such du ties as will equal the difference be tween the coat of production at borne and abroad, together with a reason able profit to American industries," , and that the "wage-earners of this country are tbe most direct benefi ciaries of tbe protective system." 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The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.)
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