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Tift' i BSEKVER. FAYETTEVILLE. N. C. THURSDAY, OCT, 22, lfOg. C J. HALE, Editor and Proprietor.' C J. Hilt, Jr, Business Manager. U B. Hale, CHty Editor, .j DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL TICKET. for President of the United 8ttoe: WILLUM JENNINGS BRYAN, ... of Nebraska. ' IW Vice-President: JOHN W.KERN. DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. for OoTernor W. W. Kltchin. Tot LieaUJoTernor W. C New- For leeretary of 8tate J. Bryan Grimes. . Fort State Treasurer B. B Laoy. For Stat Auditor B. F. Dixon. For Attornej-Gooeral T. W. Blek- BtL For Commissioner of Agriculture V. A. Graham. For Corporation Commlaaioaer B. F. Arcock. For Superintendent of Education J. T. Joyner. For Insurance Commissioner J. R Toung. Ttr Labor Commiaaiooar at U Bhlpman. SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DI8TRICT. For Conejess H. Dana. I Godwin, of COUNTY DEMOCRATIC TICKET. For the Senate Q. K. Ntmoeka. For the HoaJ. H. Carrie, Jean Jnderwood. . For Sheriff N. A. Watson. Reciter of Deeds W. If. Walker. - Treasurer David Outer. 8 nrreyor Charles Jeaeup. ' Coroner J. V., JfcQouan. Board of County CommLaaianers H. Lotterloh. J. J. Ballard, J. OUt. J. A. Keith. B. R. Baa THE TOTAL POPULAR VOTE ONE REASON WHY IT SHOWS NO MA TERIAL INCREASE, . The foDowlng quotation from a re cent editorial in the Richmond Times- Dispatch is Interesting. It abould be noted, how erer, that the reason why the vote of 1S00 waa only 5 thousand more than in 18M, notwithstanding the increase of population in tboae four years should have added 300 thousand voters, to to be found in th fact, often alluded to by us, that a large part of the Tote of 13.W3402 re ported aa east in 18M consisted of padded returns in favor of McKlnler made by the election officers in the Middle West who bad been purchased by the huge Republican ; corruption fund of that campaign, says the Times-Dispatch: The country's popular vote runs a cartons coarse. It was 11.963402 in 18H, the year of the free silver ex citement. Four years later, despite large Increases of population, the in crement brought the total only, to 12351.651 In 1904. when Roosevelt ran against Parker, it dropped to 13, 119.708. Since Mr. Bryan's first, eea dldacy the population of the country has grown by some 115.000,000. If ft be accurate to count one adult male in very fire of population, we should see some 3,000.000 more voters at the 1 polls in 1908 than turned oat in 189 It goes without- saying that we shall see nothing of the sort The figures above show that the 1304 vote was actually smaller than that of 1896. Though Mr. . Bryan's candidacy has ngurea in, ana inaeea oeen cnieny responsible for, the two heaviest votes that the country has yet polled, it is ..rt.ln -Um .Km 1.i. 41.1a 111 11 UMU I UIC , .III reflect no similar excitement in the pnblic mind. A CRAFTY DEVICE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 1894 AND 1908. One of those "syndicated" letters which are sent oat from Washington to country newspapers contains the following: .' "If financial reports from Republi can and Democratic national head quarters are to be relied upon, there Isn't going to be any opportunity to charge that anybody bought' . next month's election. Cash Is represented to be scarcer than In any presidential campaign since the civil war. it . Now that seems at first glance to be a very Innocent proposition. It In reality, we think, an adroit, cover for the truth which is that the condi tions of the two parties, respectively, in this matter are as . wide apart as the poles. The statement which W9 have quoted was given oat the next day after the total of $248,000 waa published by the Democratic national committee as its receipts (or cam paign purposes. ' This honest expo sure of their "hand" to the public by the Democrats naturally turned its at tention to the 'course of concealment adopted by the Republicans. . The in nocent-looking . and apparently impar tial statement' above was therefore sent, out to the press -in order to ar rest this disposition -on the part c! the public and to turn. Its thoughts In another direction, the words quoted being followed by a very Interesting discussion of the future of campaign methods. The worst of the case under consid eration is that our quotation is taken from letters appearing In Democratic papers. We' would suggest that our brethren be on the alert : i ' It Is probable that the Republicans have a very large corruption fund at tholr commandif they can use It They are undoubtedly prepared to re , peat the tactic of 1898, when they bought Uia elect Ion officers In the J".Kn West and counted McKlnley U. The difToronce In favor of the v---- roar and then- a live c'r - cu instance that the publicity of cam paign funds baa become now the chldf Issue of the campaign. Booeevelt's mistake In . entering into controversy with Mr. Bryan gave the latter the very opportunity be wanted: he made the President's exalted position con tribute, -as no other possible factor could, to the Democratic purpose to expose to the publlo the difference be tween the two parties In this very respect If the reader will observe, Mr. Bryan is following np his advan tage, and. In every speech he makes, he hammers away on thla point Shall the People Ruler Is declar ed to be the paramount issue; but pub licity of campaign funds to the key to the solution of that question, and the people, now wide awake, will see to it that if Bryan gets the votes on the 3d of November he will be the Pres ident no matter how large the secret corruption fund of the Republicans may be. Chairman Mack on the Alert . In one direction the Republicans employ secrecy, as above the accu mulation of a. campaign fond with which to bribe the election officials to pad the returns, aa in 1SSC But In another, they seek publicity for the purpose of frightening the busi ness interests. To head of this move ment Chairman Mack has given eat this letter: Chicago, October 13. 1908. My Dear Sir: . . The Republicans In their desper ation have turned to the contempti ble methods of 189C in order to try to save the ticket I notice that the Renubliean Campaign Committee has called upon its steadfast friends who will always be found in business cir cles 'who will lend themselves to most vicious methods in order . to frighten the public into the support of their candidate. I do not suppose that they realise that their methods are as reprehensible as common b rib err. '" ' 1 " ' I notice in the. piper, or. octooer 12th that the following persons have loaned themselves and their business standing to the Republican commit tee: John V. FarwelL of J. V. Farwefl A Co. Chicairo. Enos M. Barton, president of the Western Electric Co. James R F organ, president First National bank. George M. Reynolds, president Con tinental-bank. George. E. Roberts, president Com mercial bank. . Clyde -U. Carr, vice-president T. Rrerson Bona. P. M. Sharpies, president Bnarp- teas Separator Company, of Westches ter, Pa. Chan. A. Stevens, president Chan. A. Stevens It Bra. J. Ogdesi Armour, president of Ar mour a Co. All these men give the old story of depression in case of Mr. Bryan's elec tion. By reason of uetr eminent place In business, the Republican com mittee thinks that the people of the country win be stampeded by these stories. . But the people of this conn- try onaot be frightened as they were In 18M: the laborers cannot be co erced or bought; nor can the smaller business men be used as tools to aid m the election of, Mr. Taft. . . - t It as surprfstag that '-those, lien abould assume this attitude of "Proph ets of Prosperity" at time, when the nation is still suffering from the pan ic which was brought shout under the Republican rule. I have set forth the names of these parties, and will continue to furnish other names from time to- time, be cause I want the peosle of the coun try to see the kind of men that they are dealing -with. I want the farm ers, merchants and laborers to under stand that the men to whom they par their noser In every day basinesr transactions are small enough to use the- prominence which has been, eon: f erred upon- them by a liberal pub- He to attempt to bulldon sad dnb them Into submitting to their views of his election.' I hope you will give due publicity'-to these men and to their methods. The people ought to know the men who are so parassn that tney will set forth the cry which cannot help but disturb business more than the election of any one man could. It is these tactics that are disturb ing business, not the politics of this campaign. ;- .--.:-' .;.r .... I have been Informed that m many localities the farmers and business men are organizing and adopting the most radical resolutions condemning these methods and in some eases they -hare gone so far as to pledge them selves not to patronize these men nor the business they represent I would not go so far but I can understand the indignation' which such actions naturally arouse. Please send m the names of any person or corporation resorting to these methods. They seem to seek publicity and we ought to help them to get before their Democratic friends THAT SUSPICIOUS PANAMA CA NAL DEAL A SENSATION. The Observer, ss oar reader know, has had a great deal to say about the suspicious circumstances connect ed with the unloading of the almost worthless DeLesseps Canal stock on the United States Government. We have always believed that officials of the United States government profited by the reversal of th settled policy of this country to proceed by the Ni caragua route. The late Senator Mor gan evidently believed ; so, and the "opportune revolution"; in. the State of Panama, apparently fomented by Roosevelt and his Secretary of War, Taft (the present Republican nomi nee), lent additional, force to the pre valent suspicion, Jt appears that the New Tork World has taken up this nutter, with the result- described in the Appended cablegram1 from , Paris correspondent, which, "."puts up" clearly to; Roosevelt, and jTaff to explain what became of the forty mil lions of dollars which this government paid to the purchasers of. the almost worthless French stocky v.k : j , Says the .World's correspondent: Paris, Oct. IS. In an' effort to solve the mystery of the identity- of those who got the $40,000,000 paid by :the United- States - Government for the Panama. Canal, the. World retained one of the foremost English corpora tion lawyers to come here from Lon don and conduct an investigation. , He Is a member of Parliament, a dlstiri gutahed member of the Liberal party and thoroughly versed.' in the ; proce dure or . me irrencn courts, witn which he has bad long exxpertebce, He came here armed with exceptional credentials.. "' - V ! ; r He has' Just rendered a statement 01 nis nuaings, wnicn in uuunij nuer- 1 eating becuutie of the report that very little of the $10,000,000 went to i-Yenchmen, but most of It to a syndi cate of Americans, . Including, It ta said, Douglas Robinson, brother-in-law of President Roosevelt and Charles Taft, brother of William H. Taft. the candidate for President of the Re-1 publican party and who was Secretary of War in 1904, at the time of the sale of the canal to the United State. According- k this report the Ameri can syndicate, confident that William Nelson Cromwell, the New Tork law yer and friend of President Roosevelt, and Mr. Taft would be successful In selling the Panama Canal to the Unit- j ed Btates, bought up the securities of the Canal Company at a ridiculously low price compared with the price paid oy tne united states govern ment Though the form ; waa gone through of sending the $40,000,000 here through the banking house i f P. Morgan A Co.. instead of French stockholders getting the money most of it waa distributed to representa tive or the American syndicate mem bers. The report made by The World's lawyer makes clear the fact that full information of the Identity of those who get the SMUMO.000 Is In posses sion of the Roosevelt administration la Washington, all records of the payments having been turned ever to the United States government, . In his report the English lawyer retained by the World says: Company Has Vanished. "I have never known tn my lengthy experience ;of company' matters, any public corporation, much less one of sneh- tast'lmportance, having so com pletely disappeared and removed all traces of its existence as the new Pan ama Canal Company. This company having purchased the assets of the Compagnie Unlver selle de Panama (the old or De Lea se ps Panama Canal Company), brought off the deal with the Ameri can government So thorough has been its obliteration that only the United States government can now give information respecting the new company's transactions and the Iden tity of the Individuals who created it to effectuate this deal, and who, for reasons best known to themselves, wiped tt off the face of the earth when the deal was carried through. - Under the terms of the agree ment between the United 8tates and the new Panama Canal Company the United States not only took over ail he rights of that company on the Isthmus of Panama, but, to : Quote from the contract the plans and archives at Paris.' "M. Lamarquls, the official liqui dator of the Compagnie Unlverselle de Panama, which sold its interests to he now vanished company, was seen. bnt In antwer to Inquiries said: 1 know nothing of the books or transactions of the new Panama Ca nal Ccmpanv. J can give no Informa tion concerning them, nor do 1 know utrbody who can. "Leadltr French lawyers were also consulted and they declared there was no machinery, legal or otherwise, bv b'rh its records could be brought to IgM. . ..... Mysterious From the Outset A brief account of this company -wove bow mysterious is Its history vid bow effectual were the precau tions taken from its very inception to coyer up itn tracks. Tbe new . company which acquired -.U the rights of the old company, was formed December . 21, 1894, with a capital of jS5.000,000 francs, divided into 650.000 shares. Of these 600,004 shares ;irere subscribed . for in cash, and the remaining 50,000 shares, fully qadd, were tgiveav to . the , Columbian government of - which the Panama fekmia was then' a territorial part , rThU stock of the new company was originally .registered, so transac tions in If could 'be traced, but power was subsequently obtained to trans form it into 'bearer' stock, which passed from hand to hand without any eeord being preserved. ' The onir list available 1s of the original stockholders, lodged with the Tribunal of Commerce In Paris, but this to worthless, as it fails to' show he names of the owners of the stock at the time of the liquidation -of the company, and who actually received their , pronrrtiona of the purchase money paid by the- United 8tates.' The Opportune Revolution. The extremely opportune Panama revolution relieved the new company of Its obligations to Colombia, it betas held that the sovereignty having pass ed from Columbia, she was not en titled to compensation for property now possessed by another sovereign state Panama. The monev was duly paid over by the United States to the new com pany, but no record exists here of a single person who received the money or the proportions m which it was paid. - The liquidation .of the new com pany was finally closed on June 30 last sad the offices of the liquidators were shut . No one la there to give the slightest Information concerning it although questions are still arising necessitating information. The American Ambassador here was entitled by the agreement to all the archives of the company for his government and those, archives should include a list of the persons who re ceived the purchase money paid by the United Btates. - It Has. therefore, in the hands' of the Washington authorities to dis close the- names of the persons who profited by this gigantic and most suspicious deal. ? .. ROAD IMPROVEMENT, STATE' , AND NATIONAL, ; - At the Joint meeting of the Good Roads Congress. and the North Caro lina Association of County Commis sioners held in Greensboro on Thurs- day tost the committee on resolu tionswhich consisted of Messrs. Jo seph Hyde Pratt; P. H. Hanes, W, A. Graham, I, . 8 Kuykftndall, John Pat terson, George Ronntree and Michael Schenck--submltted a ! report, which was. unanimously adopted, as follows Whereas,, a" majority of the tS counties of the Stat have given their approval to good roads, it is hereby. . "Resolved; That, this congress en dorse fof 'the measure proposed by the 'committee 'for' the establishment of a highway eommtosion in the State and of Stat aid to counties in the ac tual construction of roads. . "Whereas topographic maps of the various counties of 'North Carolina will .be, pf rerr. great assistance in the county ; commissioners of North Carolina In road" and drainage work and io wunty'supVlntendents of pub lic ' Instruction In educational work, be It resolved: ' "- , v That this' congress' Is of the opin ion that the causeof education and the good roads work In North Caro lina, will be materially assisted If the State, will cooperate with the Fed eral government In, the preparation of these maps by making a direct appro priation for this work. , "Whereas, the growth and develop ment of the resources of the State of North: Carolina to -vitally dependent upon good Toads; and ' r -i 'Whereas, the most substantial aid that the Federal government can ren der the agricultural .Interests of .the united Btates la to. aid In the im provemcnt of public" highways, and Whereas, Congress is authorised In Section 8. Article 1 of the constitu tion of the United States to estab lish postoffices and post roads,' hav ing the unquestioned right to use any public highway for the transportation and delivery of the malls and also for ua mrvement of troops without the necessity of obtaining the consent of the several States, and it. therefore, appearing that -it would be a proper exercise of this authority to at least assist in the construction and main tenance of public highways, and Whereas, the rural delivery sys tem has now- been established, the government has spent and is spend ing Immense sums for the Improve ment of rivers and harbors, providing better and more efficient means of transportation In the various States, and'' "Wboreas. bv the Hatch and Morrill acta, the f'-rloal of aiding States tor atjirut'uri' colleges and experiment stations (though not as yet by direct appropriating) without aa attempt or suggestion or rederai control, but such funds being given over to the States upon certain conditions being complied with, there, be It Resolved That the Congress of the United States be urged to meet this vital need of the country by mak ing a substantial appropriation for the establishment of- such highways, the funds being apportioned among the 8tates And turned over to State au thorities upon the compliance of the several States with such terms and conditions- as the Congress of the United States In Its wisdom may di rect 'W. ... ... Resolved, further. That aK.ttr at this resolution be transmitted t the President of the United States, with a request that he direct the attention of Congress to this matter, which means millions of dollars to the agri cultural interests of the United States. STATE HIQHWAT COMMISSION. The Congress heard, read and discus sed at length a bill to be presented to the next Legislature of North Carolina creating' a State, highway coin mission. ' The : proposed bill t pro vides tnai tne . commission . is to be composed of the -State geologist aa chairman, the Commis sioner of Agriculture, the professors of civil engineering In the University of North Carolina and the North Caro lina College of Agriculture and Me chanic Arts and the four members constituting' the geological aurrey board. The highway commission to to appoint a competent civil engineer and such assistants as the service may require:. ' The commission shall instruct as-1 sist and co-operate in the building and Improvement of public roads in such counties, and townships of the 8tate as shall comply with the provisions of the act Bulletins and reports 'on he subject of road Improvement are to be prepared and circulated. In order to obtain the benefit fls of the act the commissioners of any county may at any time, by resolution, request the highway commission 1 to Improve any .road or section of road. the highway engineer shall, upon re ceipt of such application, investigate and determine whether the road in question is of sufficient importance' to come within the purpose of the act All highwsys improved shall conform to the standard of construction estab lished by the commission, and no high way shall be less than eight nor more 'han sixteen feet in width, unless there are special reasons why ; It should be of greater width. ' The work is to be done by contract all contracts to be awarded to the low est .bidders, subject to the approval of the county commissioners, and1 no contract Is to be awarded at a greater; figure than the sum estimated by the- highway engineer. An apportionment of the expense to to be made between the State and the county In which theroad may be sit; uated, at the ratio of one-fourth for the State and three-fourths for the county.. All contracts are to be made by the State, signed by the engineer and attested by the chairman of the highway commission and shall be ap proved by the county commissioners. The county commissioners, .shall have the authority to select the kind nf materials to be used, and the Stats highway engineer shall furnish infor mation as to the probable cost The bill provides for the appropria tion of $100,000 annually for the pur pose of carrying out the provisions of the act . ... "let There be light."- ... Mr.. Bryan keeps hammering away at what, ' as we said when Roosevelt rushed into print, has come to be the leading issue -of the. campaign the concealment by the Republican man agers of the source of their campaign fnnda.. In the last analysts, this the reason why the people do not rule. But not alone does he demand light on this subject, but he points out In ringing sentences,-the dark ways of the Republicans In respect to the elec tion of senators, the tariff, the trusts labor, the Philippines, and the secur ity of be nk depositors. In his speech at Denver on Friday night delivered to cheering thousands in the vast Audi torium where, his nomination took place three months ago, he said: The Republican policies are with out form and void. Darkness con ceals their plans. The awakened eoff- sclence of an aroused people calls out "Let there be llghf "What evils are marshaled behind the Republican ticket? What debts are being contracted? What mort gages are being given? Let there be light' - ' ' '-- DEMOCRATS SET EXAMPLE, The Democratic committee haa set the example. For the first time in par national history national com mlttee ha taken the nation into Its conflfidence and given forth a list of its contributions- This to In the in terest of honest policies and honest government It . opens a new era. Win the Republicans dare to defy universal demand? . r , The Republican national conven tion deliberately voted down a plank pledging publicity,, and the Repub'l can candidate Insists that the contri butions should not be made public until aner tne election when the In formation can be of but little service. "We demand the election of Sena tors by the people and this in the In terest of honest government ' Let senatorial elections be held In the day light and not behind closed doors in secret caucuses wbere corrupt Influ ences can ebeat the people out of rep resentation. The Democratic conven tion declared for the popular election of Senators. The Republican conven tion by an overwhelming vote reject ed the Idea and the Republican can didate has merely expressed a per sonai inclination toward this reform, . The public demands light on the tariff question. The Republican plat form deals in generalities. The Ian-' guage may mean anything or nothing. The speeches of their candidate Inten sify the gloom that the convention threw over tbe subject 'Let there be light,! that the people may know If the tariff schedules are to continue to be made by a few beneficiaries tbeir own interests or by the people's representatives for the, people s good. "What doas the Republican party Intend to do with the trusts? Let Its plana be stated. Let its remedies be made known.. 'Let there be light' on thla question also. We have aeen one of the greatest trusts obtaining legis lative permiaalon to absorb a rival la this to be contnued as a settled policy of the Republican party? It la not sufficient to and fault with Democratic remedies. What to the Republican remedy ? The people are entitled to know. What la the Republican party go ing to do on the labor question? Here again there to need of light The Re publican party pretends to be the friend of labor. . Let It define the friendship that It pretends to show. If It la going to" oppose needed labor legislation let It boldly declare It and not betray the toller with a kiss. THE PHILIPPINE QUE8TION. "What la it going to do on the Philippines question? It haa enorm ously Increased the appropriations tor the army and the navy tor wars that ought never to come. It has boasted of possessions In the Orient while the Filipinos clamor for an announcement of the nation's policy. 'Let there be light' Let the national purpose be proclaimed, that the world may know that we have not surrendered ' our ideals or abandoned the principles of government that have given us our pre-eminence among the nations. - "What is the Republican party go ing to do for the restoration of confi dence among bank depositors? What assurance is it going to give that the savings of our people' will be protect ed from loss? "On every question the Democratic TUlrfv itnnnnniwka itm nlan ' n4 ant. forth In detail the remedies which K proposes. .The . Democratic party takes the people into its confidence and aubmlta Its policies to their Judg ment Let the Republican party be equally candid and open -Its- books and Its, plans, -'Let there, be light' TAFrS:VI8IT TO .NORTH CARO- . LINA. . . :. His Statement of Its Purpose as Much a Reflection on the State aa His Greensboro Speech Was on ; : His Party. '-t.-'-A-.r ' '"TV- il " ' Raleigh, N. C. Oct-14. The reason given by Mr. Taft for his visit to North Carolira and -other Southern States la aa much of a reflection a -the State as a whole aa his speech tn - Greens boro to the Republican State Conven tion in 1891 was to bis party in this State. He to reported in the New Tork Tribune of last Sunday as foV lows: 1 ., '1 am going South to make a few speechesone in Kentucky, one tn Tennessee, one In North Carolina, one In Virginia, and one in Maryland not so much with a view to carrying those States aa to show the people down there that no matter what they think, they are a part of the union, and, being a part of the Union, they ought to vote for the Republican party, voting tor which will make them a part of the nation, and give to them that influ ence which people of their Intelligence and energy and progress and enter prise ought to enjoy." This is nothing less than a charge that while the South is bodily a part of the Union that Its thought to not loyal to the Union and that the only means by which the South can. estab lish its loyalty and become part of ths nation to by allying itself with the Re publican party, of which Mr. Tart said. In speaking to the representatives of that party, assembled in convention In Greensboro Just two years ago: "In my lodgment the-. Republican party -In North Carolina- would ) be mqch utrooget as 6ting party if all the Federal offices were filled by Dem ocrat (An the State offices Were "lied by Democrats.) And again: "As long, however, ss the Republican par y in the 'Southern States shall rep resent little save a . factional chase for Federal offices in which business men and men of substance In the community have no desire to enter. and in the result of which they have no interest we may expect the pres ent pniuicai conditions of the South to continue. ' 1 ' Mr. Taft'a surprising statement can be accounted for on no other theory than . his propensity . for . making breaks. North Carolina's loyalty to the Union, in thought and sentiment as well as in fact '"I" not be question ed by any 'one but Judge "Taft or Judge Montgomery, and for the sim ple sake of convincing them It will no more ally Itself with Judge Taft-'s "unfit North Carolina Federal Office Seekers' than ft win snoport Judge Taft In his and his party's alliance with the trusts and protected Interests upon which he relies to purchase his election to tbe Presidency. "WHERE IS SENATOR SIMMONS.?" Correspondence of the Observer. -The anonymous Raleigh Reporter for tbe Washington Herald of Oct. 6th In his utterly false and ridicu lously absurd argument that Senator Simmons Is Inactive and out of ac cord with his party, asks the ques tion, "wbere is Senator- Simmons?" Had this scribbler been desirous of printing facts, or giving out the truth, be could have , seen Senator Sim mons In Raleigh more days than one calling at Democratic headquarters and giving his council and assistance to the Chairman -of, the Democratic Executive Committee,' -He could have seen in the public utterances of Chair man Eller; widely printed. In tbe State papers that: tbe Senator - would make an active and -able campaign for his party this year; he could-have seen a list of appointments- for 8enator Sim mons running from Oct 9th to the election. ' . , --- .... -... But- since he has been deaf and blind. It to doubtful if be can read the following extracts from Senator- Sim mons' great speech at Shelbv. N. C. Oct 14th, 108, on the subject of "Bry an and Kitcnin." . , Simmons en Kttchln snd Bryan tn His Speech at Shelby, Oct. 14th. It is well known in North Carolina that I did not support the candidacy of Mr. Kltchin for Governor. I advo cated : for nomination for that office another great North Carolinian. There waa nothing In my support of Mr Craig's candidacy which lntereferes in the slightest with my giving Mr. Kltchin my cordial support. 1 was in favor of Mr. Craig until tbe majority or my party decided In favor Of Mr. Kltchin. From the minute Mr. Kitch In's nomination was announced. 1 have been as it was my duty be as was the doty of every Craig man to De as earnest a supporter of Mr. Kitch in's election as I as .up to that minute or Mr. . Craig's nomination, Mr. Kltchin Is. entitled to my support He is entitled to the support of ev ery Craig man In North Carolina, and what is more, Mr. Kltchin Is worthy of my support and their, support. ' He Is an able man; be Is an honest man; be to a courageous man: be hates evil and he loves tbe right If he Is elect ed there are many evils, he will seek to reform them; . if there are many wrongs, he will seek to right them, but his sense of Justice to so strong he will not in seeking to remedy one evil or one wrong, suffer another, wrong to be done and every interest In North Carolina will be safe In his hands. Of course,, be will be elected-bv an overwhelming majority, as he ought to be, and aa the best Interests of the people of this State require that he should be, and when he is elected. be will prove a worthy successor of Chas.' Brantley Aycock"r'and Robert Broadnax Glenn. And now what shall I say about Mr. Bryan? It I ahould undertake to tell you who Mr. Bryan to, you would tell me there waa no more use tor me to tell you who Mr. Bryan to, than to tell you who Zeb Vance waa. If I should attempt to fell yon who Mr. Bryan la. what Mr. Bryan stands tor, you would tell me there was no more need for me to tell you what Mr. Bry an stands for than there waa for me to tell you what Jefferson stood for. If I abould attempt to eulogise Mr, Bryan, you would tell' me there was no more need for me to eulogise Mr. Bryan .than there waa for me to eu- logtie Webster or Washington. If I should attempt to defend Mr. Bryan against the criticism and assaults of his political adversaries, you, would tell me he needed no defense, that-his life and record, which to known to all men, Is his all rufficlent defense. Standing as he does the foremost private citizen In the world, the great est orator that ba appeared since the eloquence of Demosthenes shook the Arsenal and thundered over Greece to Macedon and Artaxentea throne, his name Is on every man's lips throughout this broad land, and no man names it to ask who is .or what he stands' for, but only to in quire whether In him the cause of popular government will triumph or again go down In defeat .Whether he win be elected or not I cannot tell. I can only aay that unless they buy victory from him again as they did in 1896, I believe he will win. I can only say. that I do not believe there to anything to-day between Mr. Bryan add the White House except bribery, coercion' and Intimidation. I do not know, we will not know until' the bal lots are cast and counted what tbe re sult will be, but those of us who be lieve in tbe immortal principles of Democracy know what our duty lis. and all we can do to discharge that duty with an abiding confidence; that the. faith of the fathers in the right and capacity of tbe people to rule themselves has not and will hot- per- isn jram- tne eartn. - - . v , SALIENT POINTS IN MR.-BRYAN'S V . TARIFF SPEECHES. ; Baltimore Hpeecn.i We hear no more of tbe 'infant in- uusyies' tnat must oe tenderly cared for 'until they can stand upon , their ieet;' there, u no suggestion that tbe foreigner pay the tariff,' and. nothing about the "home market These catch phrases have had their day they are worn out and cast aside. .The Repub lican leaders are no longer arrogant and insolent; they cannot longer defy tariff reform. Tbeir plan now la to seem to yield without really yielding. Are we not Justified in saying that 'the people cannot safely intrust the execution of thla important work, to a party which is so deeply obligated to the highly protected interests as to the . Republican party T. The 'fat- frying' process has become familiar to the American people. If the farmer and the wage-eara- er are really the chief beneficiaries of the -protective system, will the Re publican candidate explain why the farmer and the wage-earner have con tributed so little to- the. Republics campaign fund? 'Are the present leaders more hon est than ' the ones who framed the existing tariff.- Are they not lh fact the same men who are responsible .for tariff extortion-, during the . last dee- ' Tariff' measures wbfeh embodVthe principles 'of protection are not drawn by legislators, although as a matter of 'courtesy they generally bear .the names of legislators; they are really drawn by the representatives of the interests which demand protection. "We would not expect a Jury to dp justice to tbe defendant if it was com posed entirely of the relatives of the plaintiff; neither can we expect a Con gress to do justice to the masses If it-is composed of men who are. In sympathy .with, and obligated to, the corporations which have tor a gener ation been enjoying special privileges. . "As all taxes must come ''oat of one's Income, no matter through what system levied or collected, they are, in effect Income taxes, -and taxes on consumption are really graduated in come taxes, the largest per cent be ing, collected from those with the smallest income, and the smallest per cent from those with the largest In come. - The whole system Is vicious. Busi ness should not be built upon legisla tion; it abould stand upon lti own merit, and when it does stand upon Its own merit we shall pot only have purer politics, but we shall have less fluctuation in business conditions and a more equitable distribution of the proceeds of toil. - "Protection does not make good wag es. Our better wages are due to the greater Intelligence and skill of our workmen, to the greater hope which free institutions give them, to Im proved machinery, to the better condi tions that surround them, and to the organizations which have been form ed among the wage-earners." ' x RALEIGH LETTER. . Raleigh. N. C Oct 17th. 1908. "I have Just finished a preliminary poll of the counties of North Caro lina and I feel that I can safely state that the majorities for Bryan And Kltchin will be approximately fifty thousand in this State." .This declara tion came from State Chairman, A. H. Eller, at the close of his week1 labor to-night Two more weeks of splendid work like the last .two In the western coun ties Insures Crawford and Hackett and a aolld delegation of ten Demo crats In the next Congress. Mr. Taft'a visit to the State means two thing:.-..'''.'"' -..:': '.c--'--.i. First: . He knows that the West is against him, that the solid north is broken this time, and that he to lost unless he can swing some of the Southern Btates his way. . Second: : His hostility to white nu- premacy under our suffrage laws, his support of the Crum packer Reduction of Southern Representation, his alur at tbe Sonth's loyalty to .the -Union will insure an Increase In the Demo cratic majority in the next Legisla ture. - . - v . .-, -. The Republicans have misjudged the people of this BUte. - They took !i for granted that what a few boister ous fellows dubbing themselves "the business interests" were saying was the sentiment of the real business men and the -wage-earners of - the State. Because a great deal of trou ble - and bitter fight followed the enactment of the railroad rate law and a few newspapers and mugwumps laughed over the stern light our State administration had to put np to pre serve the State's integrity, tbe Repub licans thought it would be popular to put out for Governor a man who has always stood against reduction of rate 'and who awore In the Investi gation of tbe Senate Committee at Washington that our people are satis fied that there Is no unjust discrimi nation in freight rates. But they for got that tbe people - of North Carolina have memories. They for got that ; the v- Democratic party, through Its platform promised the people reduced rates and endeavored to prevent these unjust discrimina tions. They forget that the Demo cratic party's position waa endorsed by the people overwhelmingly at the polls. They forgot that the Democrat ic party fulfills its promises and ful filled this one. They forgot that time would vindicate the position of our honest and forealgbted party as it would the position of an honeat and farslghted man. They see to-day the greatest railway systems of the State. making more money tnan tney am Just prior to the new tow. But the RepuDllcans nave ineo io deceive the people as to railroad leg islation by rpreadlng abroad two. re- norta. The first was that the Demo crats had put all their attention on passenger rates and none on the ques tion Of freight rates. Thla was whol- and most maliciously false, aa-ev ery well-informed person Knows. , - Tbe legislature not only passed a bill : reducing freight rates, making the rate In this State the sum of the locals, less 26 per cent, Instead of the sum of the locals less 10 per cent, as under the old tow, hut also passed a bill appropriating money to fight the matter or discrimination against North Carolina towns, and the administration la . now doing an, in ita power, to break up this ruin oua discrimination. - The second great falsehood the Re publicans told waa that this rate legis lation forced the railroads to reduce the number of freight and passenger trains. It to astonishing how many railroad employes believed this. Some Democratic railroad men hastily said Til desert my party.' It did not oc cur to them that ten thousand men were dtamlszed from the Baldwin-Locomotive' Works In Pennsylvania the month before this North Carolina bill went Into effect; that 8,000 men were told off the Illinois Central and tens of thouaanda had joined the armies of the unemployed; and it did not oc cur to them that the panic, now Just ly called' tbe Roosevelt panlor reduced the quantity of freight hauled. It did not .seem to occur to railroad em ployes that the cheaper rates the more people Will ride and the more freight will be hauled and . more cer tainly he wt)l have his Job. No, It was not tbe North Carolina Legisla tures thit brought on this panic- and everybody with a spoonful of brains knows It;.: : 'v , ..- I quote from the Annual Report of President Finley of the Southern Rail way Company, just Issued: The financial panic of October, 1907, had its effect In an immediate busi ness depression which was startling in its sudden contrast to the condi tions which had crowded upon all Am erican Industry . for several years. This was felt as keenly tn tbe Indus trial south as tn any part of the Unit ed States. The operating revenues of this company had steadily Increased for ten years, until they had their cul mination in earnings of $5,547,203. 35 for the month of October, 1907, which was the largest month of gross reve nue In .the history of the company. But with . Nov. the recession began. The average dally earnings for the 4th week of Oct had been $199,393, while for the four weeka in Novem ber they were $184,522; $176,263. $172, 704, and $161,140, respectively . Sworn railroad reports show the 1 o J 1 i 1 HOGtiESS The Southern standard of super lative satisfaction. Purity person ified. Nature's natural cooking fat, for all purposes, from bread making to fish-frying. .Economy, Wholesomeness. and healthful-' ness combined. - There's none ; other any where near so good. O III o -Wmmm GUARANTEED DEPOSITS It now looks as if the Government might guarantee bank deposits. ' This . . has not been Cone yel, the mm AJ A UUU1U . Al AA A 1U LI A1JJ U Ull IX J W;V ).- k. ,; .v-. y; fi ;;;-. f ,-. ;-rv .- - --y, 11 ' ' "YOUR DEPOSIT IS NOW tJDARANTEED BY $100,000 Capital Paid In, and $60,000 Surplus and Profits; T Additional Liability of Stockholders $100,000. Solus Security to Depositors More Than One Quarter of A Million " ' , Dollars. " COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS DEPARTMENTS . H. W. LILLY, Preijdent. JUO. 0. ELLIJrOTOH.V. P.&Cuh'r.. , JR0. E. HIGHT0WER, Ait Cash!,. ' SCHOOL BOOKS I . School Books. Slates, Crayons, : Tablets, " Copy Books, sVo., iko. i Price list of books furnished upon application. -;f KafA nbstantial BOOK COVER given away with each book purchased. Tlic New Doolc Store Company, , , Opposite Post Office, Southern passenger receipts for 8 months, ending Deo. 31, 1906, at old high rate, were $957,664. For 6 months, ending Dec. $1, 1907, i l-2c. rate, $1,047,586. Shall passenger rates be Increased'' Shall freight discrimination go on to please Mr. cox? - win the Ropubll. cans restore the old high rates and stop the fight for just freight rates? We accept the Issue. Under the Democratic law the rail. roads are making more money and there to left in the pockets of the people of North Carolina, under the l-2c. rate a saving of 1100,000 a month more than a mlll'on a year On this record we appeal to the peo ple. . Senator oimmons' interview. Senator Simmons stopped over to day on his way from Charlotte, where he spoke to a most enthusiastic audi ence last night going to Elizabeth City, where he speaks on Monday. The Senator has been speaking dur- lng the past week In Randolph, Rich mond, Cleveland and . Mecklenburg counties, and expresses himself as be- Ina- mnM than itlAaaM arlth 4ha nnltftl.- cal conditions prevailing in the sec tion of the State through which he has Just traveled. He expresses the opinion that the majority both for the State and Legislative tickets will be fully up to the standard of the . last . few years. .He found but very little trouble In the party anywhere, and found wherever there was trouble, that it was of a purely local charac ter and rapidly disappearing. He be lieves that while we will not get out a full vote this year, as we never do in North Carolina, the vote win be fuller than it waa In the last two elec tions. Everywhere, be said, there was great confidence among : the Demo crats In the election of Mrt Bryan, and 'his, together with other causes; had vrouscd unusual enthusiasm, which nromlsed to rapidly Increase as the election approached. And he express ed the opinion that Democrats gener ally were taking an unusual amount of Interest and that every effort was being made and would continue to bo made to poll as full a vote as possi ble". ; .- - '-'.. V Speaking about Chairman Eller,. he said he found evidences of his work everywhere, and heard many , very complimentary things of his vigorous and., efficient management He said that Chairman Eller's appeal for thu full vote, In order that each county might have its rightful-, representa tion. In the convention of the party, had bad a fine effect and that he found Democrats in the countlea where we have large majorities ef fectively using this argument to se cure a full vote. Speaking of the Re publicans, he said that outride of Fel eral office-holders, postmasters, reve nue officers, etc., he failed to discover much interest among Republican vot ers. : In one county in which he spoke he said, one of the big Republican "guns" was advertised to speak In a Republican stronghold, at a plc-nlc oc casion, and that his entire crowd, men, women and children, consisted of less than 50. The Senator after speaking a few days in eastern Carolina, will return to the West the latter part of next week and devote most of the time between then and election, to the Eighth and Tenth districts. Vi-ii.'; i iL S ii o o m q III o III; corroN - oiLco. but if your account is with , nrnm vim' Fayetteville, N, C -
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