ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878
The Week At The
National Capital
“Red” Powell Tells Re-cord
Readers of the Racket in
the Congress Halls and of
Tar Heels Up There. *
Special to The Record
By R. E. POWELL
WASHINGTON, Mar. 2$. —Last
week in Washington was about the
most exciting political week since
the present Congress convened last
December.
It witnessed practically every
phase of the coming election cam
paign discussed either on the floor
of the House or the Senate. North
Carolina members of Congress took
no outstanding part in the discus
sions but they have just perspired
through the Santford Martin ques
tionnaire and were not far enough
away from the reaction to that to
go after bigger game.
Leading the discussion was the
Teapot Dome affair, now better than
five years old but still going strong.
Out of discussion of this on the floor
of the Senate came a bitter attack
on Governor Alfred E. Smith, of
New York, which—for the first time
—brought to his defense a coterie
of strong Southern Senators, like
Harrison, of Mississippi, and Bark
ley, of Kentucky, who have hereto
fore been listed as opponents of
Smith for the Democratic Presiden
tial nomination.
Mussel Shoals was discussed at
considerable length in the Senate
and in this Senator F. M. Simmons
took a leading part. The senior
Senator directed the remarks he
made in the course of a speech to
the importance of producing- nitrate
for fertilizers at the government's
great Alabama plant.
This project is more than 12 years
old now and is nearer a solution at
thifl session than it has been since
Congress rejected the Henry Ford
offer. Ford is now entirely out oi
all consideration given to the prop
osition. Th P Senate has passed the
Norris resolution which provides for
government operation of the plant
and for the sale of surplus power zo
counties, municipalities and after
wards to private corporations. The
House is working on all the propo
rtions with tho prospect that it will
evolve an entirely new scheme of
its own.
Political interest probably center
ed around an attack made on Gov
ernor Smith, now the admittedly
leading contender for the Democratic j
nomination, by Senator Robinson,
of Indiana, who was shown to have j
been right thick with the Indiana
Ku Klux Klan. Robnison accused
Ku Klux Klan. Roberson accused
the oil magnate, to the New York
Racing Commission because Sinclair
contributed to the New Yorker's
campaign for governor. Governor i
Smith’s statement, plus the records ■
at Albany, effectively denied all !
this.
Several of the North Carolina
members, including “Farmer Bob” ;
Doughton, of the Eighth. Represen
tative Bulwinkle. of the Ninth and
Judge John Kerr, of the second dis
trict, visited their home counties
during the week. They were sus-!
pected of having gone to find out
how the A1 Smith wind is blowing,
although Bulwinkle, now serving his
fourth term, has a rather stiff con
test in his district. Congressman
Hammer is also opposed for th P nom
ination in th P seventh.. Congressman
Lyon is retiring- this year. with, in
dications that tie will be succeeded
by J. Bayard Clark, prominent and
well liked Fayetteville lawyer.
Visiting Washington this were W.
H. S. Burgwyn. of Northampton,
who is a candidate for lieutenant
governor; George Ross Pou, who ;
was mentioned many times as a can- j
didate but who is not in the race
nor will be, and William S. Moye, i
newly appointed manager of the j
State Fair and a politician of some
note himseix. Burgwyn said that he
would probably lead ail the other
candidates, including Lang3ton and
Fountain, and win the nomination
in the first primary. He ws*> highly
optimistic.
BROWNS CHAPEL NEWS
Mrs. Ann Perry ha 3 been in a criti
cal condition for several days, but it
somewhat improved.
Mrs. Annie Smith of Raleigh spent
four days of last week with her rae
iher, Mrs. C. W. Lutterloh, who has
been shut in for some time.
Mr. E. J. Dark has a new radio in
his home and enjoys the varied pro
grams broadcast from the several
centers.
A memorial service was held just
after Sunday school last Sunday in
memory of the oldest member, who
died recently, Mr. M. K. Perry.
We had over 100 present at Sun
aay school, two classes making 100
Por cent.
Mr. Kiah Henderson spent a short
a t home last week after fin
ishing his business course at a Ra
'eigh institution.
W. J. Durham shows very
improvement, if any.
Miss Beatrice Burgess spent fast
Saturday night in the hom p of Mr.
’ iT" atl d was accompanied
10 hei * boarding place Sunday affeer-
Tl °i? n r - W. C. Henderson.. Her
school at Gum Springs is about out.
* rds with Mr. W. M. Perry.
f r\ ?* Mann, J. W. Dark, and H.
, * tv 1 . am brought over 2000 chicks
L eir homes from Carl Gilliland's
«wcnery and a Hickory hatchery.
wa - ike large lot of many
• - ,V ’ * p. • -
iiie Chatham Record
| MOVING BACK TO
GOOD OLD CHATHAM
. It is gratifying to note that Mr.
Rooert Moore, for a number of years
a resident of Salisbury, is moving
back to Chatham. He will occupy
, for the present th p homestead of the
late Lucien Burnett, Mrs. Moore’s
uncle. He will build on the high
way above Bynum later, and will be
in the mercantile business at Bynum.
He and Mr. J. L. Pace of Maxton,
a nephew of Mr. Burnett, are the
executors of the estate of their un
cle, which was quite a cosy on p and
was divided among the considerable
number of nephews and neices.
Court Proceedings
Few Cases Tried, but Three
Big Judgments Rendered—
Mauldin-High Point Bending
Company Jury Tied Up.
There were only five or six cases
tried in last week’s term of court.
The Street case against the Erskine-
Ramsay coal company for $20,000
took up the greater part of the first
two days, and resulted in an award
of $3,500.
Uncle Crump of Haywood lost his
suit for damage against the Riddle
Construction company of Sanford,
for injuries alleged to have been
suffered while working on the elec
tric plant at Brickhaven.
A Mr. Alien, who formerly did
; road work in this county, won his
| suv for breach of contract against
i a Richmond concern, getting all he
i asked for. He claimed nearly two
! months’ salary at S4OO a month.
} The suit of one Mauldin against
1 “he High Point Lending- Company of
i i'oer City $25,000 for injuries al
- ged to have been received while
war .ring in the Siler City plant start
ed Thursday and consumed the lar
ger part of thp court’s time. The
jury late Sunday a verdict
t>r $4750. An attempt was made
to have the verdict set aside.
she court was comparatively idle
au Saturday afternoon, awaiting the
verdict of the jury in the Mauldin
j c&se. The last case tried was the
i aivqrce case of A. J. Johnson of Aak
•ar.d township against his wife An
nie Johnson, in which the divorce
vv*a.s granted.
Moncure News Items
I
j Sheriff S. W. Womble and Dep
! uty Sheriff W. T. L’tley spent yester
j day at A vent’s Ferry, site, six miles
! of here, trying- to unravel the Cape
j Fear mystery. Two fishermen, from
Broadway, D. F. Osborne and C. R.
Fluger, were fishing near the new |
bridge at the old ferry site about
11 o’clock Saturday night, possibly!
100 to 150 yards from the bridge.
Thes P two men said they heard a
j voice, sounding like a woman scream
| ing for help and crying out “Don’t
i kill me.’’ Then an automoble drove j
upon the bridge and the two fisher- j
men also heard a -plash as if some- I
thing- heavy had been thrown into
! the river. The car is thought to have
; come upon the bridge from the Chat
, ham side and left in th p direction of
Sanford.
The two fishermen being frighten
:ed started for help. Sheriff \Yom
ble was called at three o’clock Sun
cay morning. Then other officers
j were notified, spending all day Sun
j day in an effort to find out if a hu
man body had been thrown into the
i stream, and to find out some trace
of a crime. Many from Moncure went
to the scene Sunday evening.
Miss Annie Dougherty a teacher
in th P Farm Life school near Vass,
called to see Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Stedman a while last Saturday. She
was accompanied by Prof. Kiser, a
| teacher of the same school. Miss
i Annie Dougherty is the daughter of
! Prof. D. D. Dougherty of Boone. She
j was a_ former student of Prof. W. W.
j Stedman during the time he taught
‘ Mathematics at the Appalachian
I Training school at Boone.
Mr. J. P. Edwards of Gorysburg,
was in town today, in the interest
of real estate,
Mr. E. W. Edwards, supt. of Er
win Cotton Mills of Erwin, was in
town last Friday also in the interest
of real estate. He was accompanied
by his wife.
Mr. W. L. Williams, of Fayette
ville, a clerk in the post office there,
was a visitor to Moncure post office
Monday.
Mr. H. F. Self went to Raleigh
last Friday on business. Miss Lillie
Hackney taught for him at school
in his absence.
The Republicans of this precinct
held a meeting last Saturday at two
o’clock. Mr. W. B. Moore, chair
man called the meeting- to order. Del
egates were appointed to attend the
County Convention to be held at
Pittsboro next Saturday. Other bus
iness was atetnded to.
Last Monday night two boys of
Moncure. Charles Strickland and
Franklin Morrison, broke into the
Drug store here. Mr. I. D. \\ ilkie,
owner of the store, had been miss
j ing money (silver) out of his cash
j register for several ngihts. He
[ would leave change for early morn
! ing in the cash register, ■ but would
| put his bills in the safe. One night
;he lost about S2O in silver. Then
j Monday night Mr. Wilkie and Dep
-1 uty W. T. Utley set watch in the
rear of the store. At 11:30 o’clock
I these boys were caught. They made
' a key to unlock the store.
Deputy Utley and Mr. Wilkie car
ried these boys to jail and next day
they were tried and bound over to
the next court. They are now out
; Oil bond, S3OO each. This is a warn
i
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY. THURSDAY, MARCH, 29, 1928
:! Tragedy Stalks
I At Midnight
,j A Scream, Apparent Blood
Stains, and Strands of Hair
Proclaim Murder at Avent’s
I Bridge.
A cry of “don’t kill me,” a slosh
| a moment or two later into the deep
! waters of the Cape Fear at Avent’s
j bridge, just below th p junction of
j th P Haw and the Deep, Saturday
i night startled two fishermqn who
i were lingering- late upon the river,
and v brought them in haste the
I bridge.
j
: They had, observed a car on the
! bridge at the time of the cry, which
j had finally gone away toward San
| ford. What was apparently blood
{ stains and actually strands of hair
! were later discovered on the bridge,
;• giving greater semblance of the per
! petration of a horrible crime,
j The. fishermen, Messrs. D. F. Os
; borne and G. H. Singer, of Broadway,
hurried to the home of Deputy Sher
iff Henry Harrington at Brickhaven
and brought him. back to help make
an investigation. It was past mid
night when the officer arrived at
the bridge, and though an hour or
more had elapsed since the cry and
the slosh, it is stated that the three
men heard some one calling a half
mile, possibly, below the bridge.
Search that night was unavailing.
With morning came the officers of
Chatham and Lee and hundreds of
other curious or interested persons.
A considerable stretch of the river
! was dragged in an attempt to dis
j cover the body, if any was present.
I Talk of dynamiting the stream on
| Monday arose.
Attention turned to possibly miss
ing persons, and it was discovered
that a Sampson county young- wo
man had not been seen at her
boarding house in Sanford since Sat
urday. It was discovered that a
certain young man had called for
her grip. He was held. Officers
went down to the home of the par
ents of the young woman at Gar
land and found that she had been
:at home that day. She returned to
j Sanford Monday. The suspect was
j release, though he had been identi
i fied by a filling station keeper on
j the road from the bridge to Sanford
i as a man who had come to the sta
j tion the night before from the
: direction of *the bridge and in a
j rather nervous condition, and had
j purchased an aspirin tablet.
Thp question that may be long in
! settling is whether there was a brut
j al crime committed or whether some
j one is guilty of a gruesome hoax.
' Were some folk interested in secur
ing the dynamiting of the river for
the sake of a harvest of fishes? Was
it really blood? if so, w r as it human
, blood? A test had been sought of
! that point when this article was
j written.
A reward of SIOO is offered for
evidence leading to the arrest and
conviction of the guilty party, and
that applies we presume to the per-
Detrator of a hoax that led to such
hardships and expense as to the
perpetrator of a real murder, or it
should so apply.
One result of the search is the
near serious illness of Sheriff Blair,
who spent part of Saturday night
and all Sunday in the search.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the many friends
for all the kindness shown us dur
ing the seikness and death of our
dear husband and father. May the
Lord bless each of you.
MRS. J. M. DISMUKES & Children.
FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS
To the People of Chatham County:
I hereby announce my self a can
didate for the Register of Deeds of
fice of Chatham county, subject to
your approval in the Democratic pri
mary in June 1928. If if am re
nominated and elected to succeed my
self in office, I shall endeavor to
render the best service possbile.
Thanking you for the past support
given me, and soliciting a continua
tion of the same in the coming pri
mary,
I am vours truly,
C. C. POE.
EDUCATIONAL RALLY
Mr. C .W. Farrar, manager of the
Carolina Hotel, Sanford, accompani
ed by Mr. W. H. White, district dep
uty, were visitors of the George
Washington Lodge, A. F. & A. M. at
Bell’s last Saturday. It was an ed
ucational rally of the Lodge, and
the exercises of the day were in
charge of Mr. P. G. Farrar, educa
tional secretary of the lodge, who
made a strong presentation of Ma
sonic principles. It was Mr. C. W.
Farrar’s first attendance upon the
lodge snice his initiation in it elecen
years ago, though h p has visited sev
eral others during that period.
ing to parents to look after their
children and know where they are
at night and at all times.
The Epworth League met last Sun
day evening as usual. Miss Ruth
Womble, the president called the
meeting to order, Mis s Lois Ray was
also present. Miss Amey Womble
was the leader and made a splendid
talk.
The Junior and Senior reception
will be held at the school auditorium
next Saturday evening. A good time
is anticipated.
{Senate Has Mud
i Throwing Contest
| Couzens After Mellon’s Goat
’ j —Oily Muck Dashed Upon
' j Democrats as Well as Re
publicans.
| By \\ illiam P. Helm, Jr., Washing
ton Correspondent Lor The Record.
"WASHINGTON, iviarch 26. —Oil
again drenched Washington last
week. Congress, here supposedly co
make laws, declared a field day "and
dished dirt. It splattered, an oily
muck, on Democratic as well as Re
publican linen. The Senate, in a
fine frenzy under the forensics of
Couzens and Pat Harrison, resemb
led a hot-baby revival meeting with
everybody being converted. It spat
fire and spouted brimstone; and Un
cle Andy Mellon, counting up the
income tax money down at the other
end of Pennsylvania Avenue, was
badly scorched.
It seems that Mr. Couzens of Mich
igan, who used to pal around years
ago with Henry Ford and made a
barrel of money in the automobile
business, has had it in for Uncle An
dy for some time time past. For
years and years Mr. Couzens has
been unable to see the Secretary of
the Treasury, even under the most
powerful miscroscope. Even the
mention of Mr. Mellon’s name has
been sufficient of lat p to start the
generally affable Mr. Couzens off
toward nuttiness at breath-taking
speed.
M ell, feeling that way on general
principles, Mr. Couzens had a relapse
last week when the full importance
of Mr. Hays’ testimony began to
sink in. It will be recalled that Mr.
Hays told the Teapot Dome commit
tee about a little deal in Sinclair
bonds he tried to put over with Mr.
Mellon. When Mr. Couzens heard
about it, the lid blew off. So did
Mr. Couzens, who went into his pri
vate otfice and sat himself down and
wrotp himself a powerful resolution
with which he galloped shortly af
terward into the Senate chamber.
Mellon, according to the lengthy
whereases of the Couzens document,
had been guilty of almost everything
from kissing the cook to spitting in
the preserves. Specifically, Mr. Cou
zens charged that Uncle Andy had
been privy to the Vare debauch, had
held stock in Heaven knows how
many companies that had dealings
with the government, against the law
and kept mum about the Sinclair
bond business for four years and had
helped- the Pittsburgh Coal Company
to block a Senate investigation.
Therefore, continued the docu
ment, fire him.
And the United States, long ago
looked up to reverently as the "great
deliberative body of the world,” pro
ceeded to indulge in the small-boy
pastime of making faces and calling
j names. It raved, ranted, shouted
and raised the roof. At times there
were from four to eight honorable
Senators scrambling for recognition
from the Chair and even the expert
stenographers couldn’t keep up with !
the din, A stranger, looking down ■
from the gallery, would hav P been ;
justified in concluding- that he had .
entered the bughouse.
Such was a cross-section of last 1
week’s hectic story of the doings of i
the noble Senate. Imagine, for in- j
stance, the Democratic leader. Pat j
Harrison, getting up and reading;
Will Hay’s bulletins, written back in '
j 1920 when Hays was Republican j
chairman, trying to raise money.
• “Boys, get th P money,” Harrison j
quoted from the bulletin. “Harding ;
and Coolidge have the confidence of ;
the people. Buy, boys. Get the j
money. The weather is hot, th p men j
are on vacation, meetings are hard
to get; but boys get the money.”
That was one of the bulletins the j
dapper Mr. Hays was quoted as fcav- j
ing written, Here is another one, i
as recited by Senator Harrison t-o an j
interested and deliberative Senate:
“There are hills to climb, but if
you want to make a hill at the
same speed you have been running
the road is ievel you have got to give
it more power. Give her the gas;
step on it. Get the money.” ,
And at the bottom of Mr. Hays’
• cute little appeals, said Mr. Har-1
rison, was this : j
“Our readers are requested not!
to make this publication public. It I
is confidential. It is exclusive. The
names and amounts subscribed by
donors should not be made public.”
And then Mr. Harrison was off;
with a lashing for Mr. Mellon — j
“Handy Andy,” Mr. Harrison called I
; him—such as only a silver-tongued j
j orator like Harrison can give. .
| The cost of this bilge to the Ar»er- j
; ican people k* $960,000 a year (the (
| salary of 96 noble Senators at $lO,- i
i 000 for every working hour, $330 a !
I amounting to nearly $3,000,000, all j
! told, for the Senate alone in the f
I course of a year. That is $250,000 j
a month, nearly SIO,OOO a day, $2,- ;
i for every working hour, 33 a minute, j
j minute, 55 cents a second.
And ther p is considerable doubt, j
! even in hard-boiled Washington. a.sj
jto whether it’s worth the money. m
: The hysteria spread. In a whoiljjM
; gratuitous way. it appears, the name j
iof Al Smith was brought into the ;
j discussion on charges that he had j
: been the campaign beneficiary e,i
| Harry F. Sinclair and that after
| wards the New York Governor had
| appointed Sinclair to the State Rac
j ing Commission—charges that had
brought a (sizzling response from Al
bany.
It spilled across the District line,
into Maryland. There the State Rac
ing Commission barred from the rac
ing tracks —have deka.p shrd siirfLss
POU OPPOSES SETTI NG j
UP ANOTHER BUREAU j
By Helm News Service, Inc.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 28.—Rep-I
resentative Edward W. Pou of North j
Carolina, voted last week with a [
majority of his colleagues in the j
House aganist setting up another ex
pensiv e federal establishment m the [
case of the Federal Power Commis- j
sion. A bill to grant the Commis-1
sion a staff of engineers and clerks J
was. voted down, 179 to 168.
The Power Commission parses up
on applications to construct power
plants on navigable streams. Its
only under the present law
is its Secretary and its work is done
by employees lent to it by various
Departments, as required by law.
j The plea was made that the Commis
sion should have its own staff, but
the House apparently feared setting*
another government bureau up in
business and decidide to continue the
present arrangement.
Musical Concert
Public School Musica l Concert
to be Given Friday )Evening
—An Opportunity fxtr Com
munity to Show its Appre
ciation.
The school administration wishes
to give public expression of its ap
preciation of the work done in the
public school music in the primary
and elementary school of Pittsboro.
As has been published in the col
umns before this work is sponsored
by the Parent-Teacher association,
and the music department of the Wo
man’s club. The plan was that at the
end of the school year Mrs, Bynum
i would give a program to meet as far
as possible, the expense of tire work
that had been accomplished. The
time for this program is nevr, Fri-j
day evening, March 30, at 8.
Public school music has meant j
much to the school. We ace sure j
that the patrons feel the same way j
about it. We are depending upon
the community to show by their
hearty support of this program that
it desires the work to continue perm
anently. . j
The main feature of the evening
will be an operetta named “Midsum- !
mer Eve,” a musical fairy play, by
the first, sceond and third grades.
There will be besides this several
choruses and duets in costume from
the fourth grad p up.
The music director has put much
time upon the practise and costumes
for this fairy performance and we
feel safe in saying that every one
will enjoy it.
The school wants this program to
b P a financial success, but it wants
more than anything else to aee chat
the community is back of the work, j
GIANT LAWYER IS PEEVED SO,
FINDING AWNING RATHEE LOW!
South Orange, N. J., March 27
I Robert Strange is strangely tail. 6 j
! feet 2 inches, he is in all; and while i
! walking under awnings he m often !
; bumped quite ruthlessly,
j In plain prose, he has been an-j
; noyed so often by this that he has I
• written Peter A. .Smith, a village,
(trustee, requesting that a. city ordi-|
I nance be passed requiring store i
j awnings to be at least ,si>: and one j
| half feet above the sidewalk. He
; is a lawyer by profession.
WHAT PRICE H USB AMO
• |
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Duluth, Minn., March 27.—A Du
j luth man advertised, recently that j
ihe would marry any woman in the J
i world for SIO,OOO. Another Duluth ;
[man countered in the want ads with j
j a $7,500 proposition. Now they are j
I both being flooded with letters.
j i
j Palmico, and Laurel—any ab.d all j
1 horseflesh owned in whole or part by J
Sinclair, and announced that it did j
so because of the Teapot Dome and j
kindred revelations. j
Th P tawny Bill Borah of: Idaho j
took hold of the sqandal, too, ’and j
started a subscription fund to retutn j
ito Sinclair the $25,0,000 he had ;
j contributed in bonds to the, E.epub- i
i lican fund in 1923. Timea are 'mot
| of the easiest and raising .$260,000,
even for virtue’s sake, is,-no picnic
or church sociable affair. At latest
reports, Mr. Borach had raised some
what less than $2,000 and was going
strong. At the present rate, the j
; money would be returned about i
j 1950.
Then Senator Nye of North Da- j
; kota, the chairman of th f . Teapot i
< Doipe committee, got mouthy, The l
thing’s contagious, it seems. It bur- [
( rows into men’s reasons. Nye said i
| ator Borah ever took.*’ And the ]
j it was “the most foolish stefl Sen
i next day, a bevy of Senators romp- j
' ed all over poor Nyc.
i Next, came the proposal that ~he j
i Teapot Dom p committee dig into
j Warren Harding’s estate and see if
; any Sinclair boodle was concealed
; there. Now' Mr. Harding may have
ghees duped by the Ohio gang of j
ificoundrels, but nobody ever called!
hhim a crook. .TKS& imputation on
jthe dead President was hotly resent-'
|ed by some of those cknie to him!
in his life time, but so long as the j
point had been raised they were eag- j
er to have the committee dig away
and clear up its own dust.
There was a few odds and ends of
other business done in the Capital
iast week, but oil was the main at-!
traction. The gusher’s gushing—un- j
controlled, maybe uncontrollable. On- j
ly an inscrutable and silent Provi- j
dence knows where next may blow!
the scorching flame.
VOLUME SO. NUMBER 28.
' Senator Reed Roasts
j Republican Robbers
, Thousands Hear the Great
Missouri Senator Lay Bare
j the Grafts, Etc. That Have
Discredited the Republican
Organization.
It took Senator Jim Reed two
full hours Monday evening at High
Point to set forth the crimes and
misdemeanors of the Republican re
gime and to display properly the skin
of the flayed Daugherty, Fall, Mel
lon, Denby, Hayes, et cetera.
Fifteen hundred people crowded
the auditorium in wftich he spoke,
while the overflow had poured into
the great gymnasium to hear him
through a loud speaker, and possibly
other hundreds or thousands were
listening'in by radio.
Senator Reed had come to High
Point under the invitation of the
High Point Democratic club 2200
strong. Democrats had gathered
from practically all quarters of the
state to hear the distinguished speak
er. Thos. J. Gold felicitated the au -
dience upon the marked interest
shown in the Senator’s visit and in
troduced C. F. Tomlinson, who in
troduced the Senator, ascribing- to
him the characteristics of courage,
intelligence, and character.
In reply to the rather inept state
ment of Mr. Tomlinson that unfor
tunately the Senator was not South
ern born, the speaker said he was
born in Ohio, sojourned in lowa a.s
a lad, and lived in Missouri, and had
come to North Carolina, and that if
he is not a Southerner, he has cer
tainly been headed south. However,
there is little difference between the
people of the various sections of
the country, though in some sections
regrettable to say, they do not show
as good judgment in political mat
i ters as in others. The women are
i as beautiful in the one quarter a&
in another, and the men are as ug •
lv. So long as the virility of our
men and the fidelity of our women
survive, the country is safe despite
i minor differences.
| Launching into his speech, he said
[ that government is a practical busi
ness and requires as real attention
on the part of the people in times
of peace as services in times of war.*
He opposed the woman’s, suffrage
amendment upon th P ground that the
matter of the electorate was an as -
fair of the states, but the amend
ment passed over his opposition and
he accepts it gracfeully. But he
would remind the women that what
had formerly been their privilege, to
interest themselves in the affairs
of the country, has now become an
absolute duty, and that the good
| women should vote, else instead cf
woman suffrage improving the poli
tical situation it would mar it, as
the bad women of the great cities
would be corailed and voted. He
was not there to make a speech in
1 the interest of himself but in that of
I the country. Yet, there is no satis
faction in having- to ascribe evil to
any one, particularly those high in
the counsels of the government, but
he knew no other name for a man,
! big or little, who is guilty of larceny
except thief, or of one who sells his
country for money except bribe-tak
i er. He should set forth the facts
and the facts were not of his mak
ing.
Men cannot always agree, some of
1 the audience had possibly disagreed
with himself at times. If a man
and wife cannot aiways agree, how
is it possible for any man to agree
! with all the people in everything?
Platforms should embody the points
! of agreement and not the difference
I es. There are fundamental princi
! pies upon which, presumably, all
\ Democrats are agreed, and these
should be the planks of the plab
! form, honesty in high places, presurn
! ably, being one of the cardinal items
!of agreement. Minor points upon
! which differences exist should not be
; embodied in the platform.
! He wouldn’t abuse Republicans be
i cause they are Republicans. He had
j once been a rabid partisan, but
; when he saw the men from all the
parties, from all the races, from all
the churches, alike go to war, shoul -
other, he determined no longer to
for the common cause and for each
der to shoulder, and dare and die
i rate men by their political allegiance.
In either party the average man
j has little to say in the selection of
I a candidate, but if there was any
i Republican in the audience that ha 4
anything at all to do with the choice
j of the Republican candidates he is
, a very old man. They laugh at us
i because of the long-drawn contest
j four years ago, but it was an open
, contest and openly fought out, and
j the issue not determined at three
j o’clock in the morning by five men
in a hotel room, as in the case of
, Harding.
| The cancer has been gnawing a<
the vitals of the Republic for ffity
, years. It began when the Republi
i can party decided it was a govern
mental, function to make some in
dividuals, or some classes, rich a*
1 th ft expense of all the rest.
\Vhen the special interests be
: came the benefactors of govern
j ment, they next became the source
of Republican campaign money
Matt Quay raked up great cam
paign funds, but he got only a spoo
nful from the hogshead of fat tha<
! the tariff and other laws in the in
j terest of the few ha denabled the
i money barons to squeez p from the
■ people. Dudley later made himself
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