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T VILLE Ms Ashe Saturday Register. Hp. VOL. 11. NO 44 CRUSH THEM ALL. Exceedingly , Important that Webb, Murphy and Glenn Be Defeated. No Legislative Reform Possible in County if They Win Legislative Candidates Defy Public Opinion Candler, Baird and Thomas Will Give the People Re- .;: lief. . Let tho people remember that the defeat of the Ring commissioners, sheriff, tax collector and others of that ilk will not bring all the relief demanded if the Legislature candi dates of the PEOPLE- Candler, ' Btiird and Thomas, be defeated. The defeat of the Ring oonnty officers will insaro honest and economical govern ment, bat it will not mean the plac ing of the officers on salaries, and thus saving from $10,000 to $15,0000 year of the pooplo's money-, and turning it into the smooi fund 'for the educa tion of the children of the county. By all means defent the Ring candi dates for tha county offices. Decent government is impossible with tha' gang infesting the court homo, bat . place equal importance on the defeat : of Webb Murphy- and Glenn. The election of these men moans that tbero shall be no LEGISLATION for the benefit of the people; it means the same outrageously large compensation to the county officers paid ont of the tax money wrung from the bands of the teople; it means the enriching of few office holders and the with - holding of a large amount each year . from the fnnds for the education of the children ! it means the enabling of a set of officers to raise a large corrup tion fnnd each successive campaign to debauch the electorate and prepecu ate themselves in power: it means that the suburbs are to be bold up and dragged into the city without Liicir uuiineu b , it means, iu a wuru, the continuation of the old order of outrage and tyranny. ' .... xna ning. cuuvecuon wil,ica met here last June and smothered to death everv vestige of the genuine Democ racy of the county, which ruthlessly and cruelly kicked out of the conten tion anti Ring candidates, made but one declaration of public policy, and that one an outrageous violation of Democratic principlo the rule of tho majority. The Ring convention offer ed the people no relief on any line nt all. A resolution favoiable to a Greater Asheville was passed with a whoop and a hurrah, and without discussion. No relief from any to t the ninny burdens which have been piled upon the people was promised. It was one miehty, turbulent struggle 3or POWER and PELF, The interests of the people were en tirely ignored. The Ring acted on tho presumption : We are in, we call ourselves Democrats, the majority of the people are Democrats, we will bold them to us by the Democratic label, they have not the sense to nee throngb . our scheme, they will vote the same old way, we will run things for oar selves and ourselves alone, the PEO PLE SHALL PAY THE TAXES, and vote for US. If Democratio princi ples bad been consulted, tleGreater Ashevillo proposition would bave teen made dependent on the will of the people of the suburbs. Bnt no. They felt tliev had tbe power and they were determined to exercise it, deter- mined to run rough shod over public opinion, over all the sacred rights of the people. They want more taxes and proposed to find other people and other property on whom and on which to levy and collect tribute. And the terrifio campaign which has been waged1! against the leaders of the Ring has bad no effect on them. They are still determined to rule with an iron hand, still determined to build np the Craig-Reed Dynasty, still determined toriaeroueh shod over the people, still determined to levy and collect taxes, and use the money to strengthen tbe Ring. Webb, Mur phy and Glenn have not made one single pledge to secure legislation for the benefit of the people, no not one single pledge to lighten the burdens of those who support the government, not one single pledge to plaoe the officers on salaries, and turn more than 1100,000 in the next ten years into the Buncombe county school fund for the education of Buncombe County's children. They oppose all these needed and just reforms. Webb says, "there will be a Greater Asheville, if 1 am elected," and ibis without regard to the will of the suburbs. Murphy says the people shall have no relief even if the candidate of the PEOPLE should be elected for the Legislature will be Continued to PJ IS It If Not, How Much Does the County Owe? The Ring Afraid to Trust the People Buncombe County Taxpayers Kept In Ignorance of Their Financial Affairs. This newspapor has been strictly honest in all of its efforts to give the people information relative to their affairs. Hundreds of questions nave been asked the lenders of tbe Conrt House Ring in regard to public mat ters with which they are very famil iar, but with one aingle exception all information liaB 'icen with held. The leaders of Hhd IdJtig-.-S.'k.l!,, .itfarp'uy, Glenn,' Reed, Glenn aam, Wulls, Reed again nna the balance of tbcm stand like brass monkeys, silent but brazen. No information escapes thoir lips. They can only equeuk now and then, when they go "way off vamier" n the country to take "dinner on tno grounds, " lie und slan'tur. Ihis is all TliegRing orun enn tell ail about how Gadgei is chewing Ewnit iu bits nt each appointment, and spitting tha bits out on tho cold, cold uround, but it cannot tell tho Bun combe people how much tho county is in debt. It can not explain why there are a long train of standing jurors in the oonnty, or tell anything about the violations of the law by tbe Board of Commissioners. It has nothing to say nbjut tho viota t on by tbe Reed Dynasty of all the rules of common decency aid official propriety in furnishing the county "supplies," and reaching down into the treasury for tbeir pay. It can't even inform an anxious taxpnying publio tbe size of tbe floating debt of the county. The first two years of the rule of tho Ring tbe county was plunged in debt about 150.000. Ihis hi d to be paid with an issue of bonds on which the people are now and will for years and years bave to pay large sums in inter est. This Reed ''floating debt; was paid off and tne Ring given another chance. Taies for lQOTt were ontrageouslv and unjustly increased. Immense sums were wrung from tho hands of toil, and a steady stream of money) poured into the connty .treasury. It was squandered, reoklessly expended, and at the end of another two years the. county is again bankrupt- the ' great, proud and prosperous County of Buncombe in bankrupt condi tion. What a commentary. But tbe Court Bouse Ring is not bankrupt not much. That ctowd is reveling in ease and luxury and some of them in dissipation. ' How much does tbe county owe as floating debt? Is it $00,000 more or less? These questions have been aakod many times before, but from the! lips of tbe Ring comes, no answer. SILENCE, SILENCE, SILENCE. Gentlemen, of Buncombe connty, what are you going to ' do about UT You have a right toTpresume that the Court House King has plunged your countv in debt In the last two years not less than $00,000. In another two yoars, under the financial manago meGt, of that crowd of recklors spend thrifts yon will stand face to face with a floating debt of $120,000 or more. Do yon not think it is time to call ahaltT Do you not think it is time Continu d to page 8 ASHE VILLE. N. C. SATURDAY 1 V I1CA.WEBB. FSEO 1 l 1PW -M-l ! I-1- M-M I .i..i..i..i"I"I - . t TO THE PEOPLE OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY: The Republican party in convention assembled denounced the flag . ; ' iJ'H of the law by the present county administra tis -sBi Tuij, id retrenchment and reform; called attention to the i large and unreasonable amounts received by the respectivi officers; urged remedial legislation intended to protect the tax-payers, and at the same time to limit the office holders to salaries and fees com mensurate with their duties end responsibilities; and promised to" convert the excess over and above such reasonable amounts into the common school fund of the county, whereby the school term will be increased to eight months. i'; The marvelous growth of our county" in population and wealth during the last few years has caused a corresponding increase in the salaries and fees of the officers, so that now they receive three and four times, as much as did seme of their predecessors, twice Vch j'-Mii Pfjthe S-;;v r'.nr btates senator. ' : ::' Vi'e call attention to the fact that the Democratic Legislature cf i3gg, in response to the demands of the people, fixed the salary of the Treasurer at $1,200 per annum, and two years later, in open tiefiancdVof public sentiment, increased the amount to $1,750. , We pledge ourselves in favor of such legislation as will require the respective officers to keep public records of all fees received by them, and to account for such fees in the same manner as the Clerks of the United States courts are now required by law to do. We hold that $3,000 per annum is a fair and reasonable com pensation for the Sheriff, Tax Collector, Register of Deeds and Clerk of the Superior Court, respectively, and we favor legislation limiting the officers to that amount, making proper provision for the payment of the necessary deputies, and requiring all moneys above that required for the payment of the officers and their nec essary deputies to be paid to the Treasurer for the benefit of the common school fund. We believe that such legislation will be welcomed and approved by the honest yeomanry of Buncombe County without regard to party affiliations, will prevent the favoritism that is often shown ward-heelers and henchmen and denied others, and put a stop to the large corruption fund that is raised biennially to influ ence voters and to perpetuate the tenure of one set of officers. - W. G. CANDLER, Candidate for State Senator. J. S. T. BAIRD, Candidate for the House. F. W. THOMAS, Candidate for the House. .HI:IMI.IMIM,.,I..IIil.I.II,.I.t FRAUDS AND FORGERIES. A Warning Given by the Re publican Chairman. To the Republicans and Anti Ring Democrat of Bnncombe County: One of the many sharp practices introduced among the "children of tbe mountains" by the eastern politi cians who bave pitched their tents in Bnucombe county, is that of sending out torged letters just bofore the election. Then "smart" men, just a day or so bofore election, send ont scores of letters addressed te well known Republican workers In the several precincts, which letters pur port to bave Jlen written by the Republican county chairman and bearing his name, advising the parties receiving them to call on other well known Republicans for certain amounts of money, etn. A vvniiv tvj on hud, yuuuuijr iu 4 MORNING, NOVEMBER soma to W UCocK1 r I"I"t"I"I"I"I"t"I"I"I"I"I"l"I - :"I"I"I - 'I - ,t& t, ar more than a. United T no such letters will be sent ont by me, antr that any Republican or anti rine worker r;eieving what purports to be a letter or order from me directing him to call on any one for money o'r any other thing should, consider the same a fraud ' and a forgery for a fraud and forgery it will bo. , Let all Republicans and anti ring Democrats be on tbeir guard in every other way. The ingenuity of an eastern politician has no limit. They will resort to any sort of a trick to cause tbo toast trouble or annoyance or disappointment. Let not one be deceived by any of thoir sharp practices. R. B. hoberls, Ch. Buncombe Co. Rep. Com. Any letters or orders of the char acter described above purporting to come from roe and bearing my name will be frauds and forgeries. Let no one be deceived. C. B. Moore, Ch. Rep. Cong. Com. A vote for thea Ring Legislative candidates is a votv agaiuKt tbo school children of Buncombe county. 5, 1904. Ill '"Of. DID CHARLIE CRY? Strange Report That Comes from Lower Hominy. The Ring Leader When lie Saw th Picture of Greatnets and Splendor Vanish Shed Tears, Not for the Pec pie, but Himself and His Ring. Tbfl Ring caravan pitched its , tentf at Rand Hill a f jw days ago, and took "dinner on the eronnd." The crowd which greeted the member" in tha erstwhile Democratic stroneholrt via very small. The good people of Lowei Hominy are thoroughly giclt and tired of tbe management of ihe countv bv the Ring, and n.anv voters tliere have see'n the Ifghr,' and "will voto' aninst the Ring. Good Democrats in Lowei Hominy, plaiity cf 'tliom, have scot through the schonie of the politics nondescript nnd adventnrors who ffav and fatten at iho expente of the peouli by wearing a Democratic label. Lnver Hominy Democrats know the dii, r one between tho eenuinA Democracy, and tho counterfeit kind now in ct n trol of the pirty mn hi&ft?. Thsy know that tho Ring is iaimin; tl e county and the Democratic jnrty, and the only chance to save tho chan ty and the true Democracy is to def a the Sing every man of them. Well, the caravan took "dinner on the ground," aid Charlie Webb marii a speech, and cried so it is said. Thi- is bard to believe, and we do not givf it us a fact, bnt only na a report. But it may not be so surprising after all. It is said that clerks in the public service when they lose their jobs frequently broak down and cry like spanked babies. If this be true, why should not Charlio, ponr fcrrtli a flood of burning tears when he real ized that all tbe power of . his fervid eloquence, all tbe magnetism of bis cbarnrug personality, all the poten tiaiity of his eastorn Democracy and all bis squealing of lie and slander had failed to attract a crowd respectable in point of numbers, and when the few present were listlesa and indiffer ent, nnd gave no evidence that they cared a rap for him or his Ring any way. Tbe picture of future greatness and power and graudeur and splendor which bad danoed before bis eyes for years began to fade. Dimmer and dimmer grew the scenes which have tickle his fancy. No longer could he see in his imagination oimself leap from, tbe capital on the Nense to the capital on the. Potomao. . No longer could- he picture himself a great statesman making laws for an hundred millions of people, and for a domain which stretches' half way around the earth. The glory which be Lad conjured np for the future flitted away like a pleasant dream, and be "awoke to find himself just Charlie Webb, a country lawyer. No wonder be cried. Who can blame hinif But crying will do him no good Ho and bis crowd bave dragged the Democratic name in Buncombe county through cesspools of scandal ; they have kicked anti Ring Democrats out of tbo primaries and out of the con ventlon ; they have repudiated every principlo of tmo Democracy, sat upon it and spat upon it; they have un dertaken to erect upon tne rninsof the Democratio faith and' the Democratic party an autocracy to rule with an Continued to Page 6 PRICE $1. A YEAR. HONEST ELECTION! Are Plans Be'nj Laid to 5J ear Bun:ombe? Let the Ring Beware The People HT ' Not To'e ate Frauds and ''Tricks.. IV Year. : The claim of the Ring candidate' that they would win by 1,150 to majority is on a par with the fabrk, ' tions of the Ring organ. The tnzik is they ('now they have been whipwt all the way tbrouBb this campaifc. They cannot defend the record tW have made. They can not even sea ' an excuse for tbe unions and fsnt- rageousjnerease in the taxes. Tiry , cannot give any excuse for the ,reik. less extravagance in the use of fis money wnu.g from the hands of hoes toil. They stand dumb as images when confronted with tteir- o!Hcial misdoings, except now. nti hen to screech lie and diHt They have created standing ?mi all over the county in ordor 'Si :jr piiitiusl debts, and strength ting. Jurors have been sc . A without authority of la-v. Tm a mn'y treasury has bean used as wt of family "', strong box, and Vat u.k v commissioners including the clause man have sold "supplies'' re tV county, and paid themselves ont;. the bard earned money of the tazp? era. Wood, coal and water have Vbhc paid for by the county for the nae the jail in direct violation 3 Va-w These are a few of the many offon committed by this Ring, and eiml by The Saturday Register iu tbe -j.M' t'o months. And the answer tie been "lie," "slander." Democrats of Buncombe co.-.nty, was there w u time before when tbe men claiiwajj to represont vonr party could not d fend their rocordB These mea ai-e ab solutely resting under these oliaTstv and yet have tho gall to ask thepeT to grant them another leaso of psvfc in order that they may continue 45a Carnival' of Blo'Bn l !miu Bnt tbey have given up hop. V beincr endors3d by the - majority of V volorsl The? are preparing to debirc-ta the electorate with money and vrtiU key, nnd the n Mmplet.! the work fe-y f and. L:ist weak a sort of ''council of war" was held in Kin Ueadtjaartetv Is it not a fact tl at the counselors :d& rnittod their def 'at and that ' Jofca Henry Reeil was regarded bh the Mr. gint sinlter en the line Is it no a ffc chat th?y said ths country ' rxwji-. were aroused nnd bullheaded, ataf. that feeling was such tint sufcessEtt frauds conld not be perpetuated in ttM rural precincts Is it not .a fact ttjsfc the city precincts were selected, taut that the frauJs sre to bo perpetraJwr in the counts Let not tbe King manipulators ) gino that they can Blip along in tfcfzr -nefarious schemes like el'miy 3usr in thickly weeded swamps. Thff will fail. Tbey know not bii ta . trust People whom they imagine wUT do tb ir bidding will gJrethem a-.tej. . Now a word of warning. This elec tion f HALL BE FREE, FAIR AM HONEST. The people- are aroaeed Such outrages as occurred at FLct Creek and Limestone four years ap will not be TOLERATED. ' H Aa Ring attempts to carry this eleotiv by fraud, the storm which is uo w iv ing about the heads of the leaders wtt be bat a gentle breeze when M.. pared witn the tornado of mdienaiijo, whi -h will sweep over the whole ooc ty. The people who are opposing that Ring are not doing It for fun or tr . party politics. They are fighting for ho ant connty government, an hoc est administration of justice, ' bti et juries, better schools, lower tax. and tbey are determined to have a& no. VEST ELECTION. tt all honest men be on tbei guard. Do not bo caught nappcg. Do not be confiding. Dem.ieJ, ,' BOLDLY DEMAND that overy quali tied voter in tbe county shall, if L presents himself, vote for whom t pleases, and then see that bis vote it- counted and retarned -just as cart. This is honmity; anything eloo k dishoneity. Lt the henchmen of the Rini? i . every nook and corner of ho county .- understand, once for all, thatt bit shall he an HONEST ELETIOX. I is believed that the great' major ity of tb i meu selo ;tej to htld thai election are upright ana lionet. -brave and courageous, and can not he induced to do any wrong, aim mit see that every qualified vbtcr ebtX have the right to cist his balJoit or whom he plcnses, and count ait J n. Continued to page A
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