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ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR c M COMRESSIONAL CAHPAM IS ' ALKOST OYER Crawford Triumphant in Debate. Will Win by 1,300 Majority and More Unless All Signs Fail. Rutherford ton,-N. C, ;; . October 27, 1906. After visaing nearly every county in this district, and upon estimates from others on both sides, I can safely pre dict Crawford election is cettain a ad the majority will approximate 1,300 lor Crawford a democratic train of 420 over two" years ago. The counties of Haywood, Rutherford and Buncombe: three most popular counties tfill give Crawford over 2,000 majority and this trio secures his elec lion beyond a doubt. Three other dem ocratlc counties will trive him 3UO more total, this giving' at least 2,3u0 total ma jority for Crawford. The democrat of Rutherford under the able and aggress ive Demticratic . Chairman, John O. Milla. have the-, best organized couuty in the wholt thirteen counties of this empire diatrijSu , In the 170 new. voters recently registered in Rutherford 120 are democrats who will go to the polls, and Crawford's majority is correctly estimated by the inside workers at 8uo, while Haywood Crawford's home coun ty will equal) if, not surpass Rutherford 800 also, or more. The three Above counties will el ct Crawford. Sp it la now a question of bow-much Crawford's majority ."wilLap proximate. In the republican column stands Hen derson at the top which has been nearly 400 republican majority. - Swain and another republican county with 250 each making nearly 900 for the republican majority. Add: three other doubtful republican counties with less than 100 each majority. Then McDowell, an other county, claimed by whiskey ele ment, republicans and democrats with a majority of 75 for either side, is classed as doubtful anbVunknown. In Henderson the republican leaders admit small dissaffection and a loss of few republicans on account of the; two discordant factions: and because the revenue ring at Ashevllle knifed Judge Ewart and helped to defeat his candi dacy.. There is also "a citizens', or union of both parties ticket" in the field against the republican nominee and this will decrease the t republican majority, it is claimed: Brltt has frequently said he belonged to the Adam's faction, lately he has more cautiously said "I favor the Adam's faction." Of course he belongs teethe Adams faction, which has been a kind to him and has en dorsed his candidacy. He is the pet of the Adams, "I sing his song whose bread I eat,'5 is a trite aphorism. It is conceded that Col. V. a. Lusk, of Ashevllle, will be defeated by Mr. Webb, a progressive and aggressive young democratic lawyer. Prohibition and Whlsley are two Important factors in the Bancombe campaign. The re publicans' oppose the Watts law and want the whole county to undo the pres ent law and let thewhole county have a vote upon the question whether the city of Ashevllle shall have bar rooms or not. Tims the republicans are play ing their cards badly and invite a defeat and a democratic triumph.' The pro hibitionists want the law to stand. Democrats' claim a majority of four to seven hundred.: Polk county's democracy is Letter organized and more aggressive. One half the county officials are democrats and the other -half republicans, so the contest is iCloe with a democratic ma jority of one hundred promised by sev eral leaders and organizers. Th dem ocratic nominee; for state senate, Mr. Ballenger, of Polk, told me last night that one hundred, democratic majority is certain, but I admit the Polk election is like the Algebraic X, an unknown quantity. Ask the pld republican war hone, Napoleon Bonaparte Hampton, nearly eighty years old yet can ride a horse most gracefully, and he claims it is republican by nearly one-hundred majority. So take your choice. Men assart and believe a thing because they 7T wish to believe it. I have heard from both sides and try to be. conservative in the above estimate of 1,300 majority for Crawford. Watch and see on Novem ber the 6th, the result and how big his majority. " . Webster and more progressive Sylva on the railroad have a local fight on the question of submitting the removal of the county site to the legislature to sanction a vote to decide this long dis puted question of removal or not. This unsettles the republican and democratic voters near and in these two villages and hurts both parties causing friction to both. Yet this localGgnt affects the pocket books of the voters and - cuts no ice in Crawford's race for congress. The democratic majority was 95. What will it be thisyoar? Perhaps 50 demo cratic majority. In several counties there is lack of thorough organization in each township. Sonic do not report weekly the democratic list of voters and the doubtful voters, aUo the number and politics of the new voters recently registered in each township. Don't yrues8 bliudlyyour democratic string in each township, but examine your list of voters aud report same immediately' to your headquarters. Organize and work with tact and vigor, until sunset of November 6i.h, then report result in each couuty and each township to your eountj cbuiiman. On sunrise of election day work at the polls, have plenty of conveyances ready to bring the halt and atred to the polls. Seek the tardy and disaffeoied demo crats with conveyances and carry these early to the polls this is an important factor in a democratic victory, for one fourth of the democrats fail to go to the polls, through carelessness or indiffer ence to the importance of one vote.. Too many democrats fail to vote and there by help, theenemy . Have a llst"of voters at each precinct and send early and often for the slow and indifferent or careless democrats; It is impor tant for every man to vote and do his duty. ''England expects every man to do his duty," was the slogan in a naval battle that brought glory to England. So if you expect a democratic victory for Crawford let each democrat work and vote. If the democrats stay at home and play fool and thereby aid the enemy, you may expect defeat. Work and vote and all will be well. . W. H. Miller. Crawford's Superb Campaign. Will Win by 1,300 Majority. (Special Correspondence.) Messrs. Crawford and Brltt have spoken in every one of the fourteen counties to good . and appreciative crowds, without and friction, except one p!ace. Britt is a good talker and a good dodger in an argument, deals in clap. trap fallacies to catch, votes and harps on the republican rot of Protection and Prosperity which has brought us all our wealth and our big and profitable crops. The Dingley tariff made every man prosperous and I wonder If it brought on the San Fran cisco earthquake and disasters. The facts of history and republican leaders like Blaine, John Sherman and others, deny emphatically Brltt's claims about prosperity and tariff and Crawford proves that he is wrong yet Britt shuts his eyes to the light of history. Crawford demonstrates his republican arguments and puts holes in his clap trap 'fallacies, and ridicules his mis statements to catch votes. Britt has tried in vain to show that tariff helps the price of lumber, wood pulp and talc, yet dealers In lumber and talc deny, his claims and assert that they compete successfully In Europe and oth er foreign markets in hard woods and wood pulp comes here free. He claims to be fair and courteous, yet he dodges often in debate and fails to "tote fair." - When -Crawford, the skilled cam paigner and vote-winner, holds up in debate the silver dollar that republican legislation has made a huge debt by substituting bonds for silver in circula tion, Britt here dodges the issue: and pretends to believe Crawford is - free silver and against gold, while he is for gold. Thia is a plain dodge ana not the Issue in debate. Crawford is for the Income tax that makes corporate wealth and millionaires with over $5,000 annual income and 'with United States tax-free bonds pay tribute or tax to the govern HENDE RSONVILLE, if. 0.1 ment that protects their wealth. The government and state cannot tax these bonds law and contract forbid this, so they escape ' taxation on bonds. Britt says empthatlcally he opposes this tax on Incomes and opposes a'change In the constitution so as to provide for "an" in come tax. V: Crawfords record In congress has been manly, aggressive and reflects hon or upon him who accomplished much good in legislation. .Yet Britt claims in debate Crawford has done nothing . but send me to do something. - This ex-school-teacher and revenue man or "still-cutter" for five years, must be a whale clad In clerical black and gold spectacles on an aggressive nose, to assume and presume he can do so much, yet so ignorant of legislation and parliamentary law as not to know the vast dl ff erence between a senate ; amendment to the House bill and the , original House bill that Crawford sup-i ported. Britt claims contrary to facts that Crawford thirteen years ago 1893, voted Against the bill to provide for a car coupling automatic device 'on railway trains to protect llvoa of railway em ployes and passengers, and reads from Congressional Record Senate amend ments to House bill In which Crawford voted against the Senate amendment wlih other democrats, yet supported the original House bill that was accept able to the railway employees and their friends. Britt brings this Into cam paign after thirteen years, asa trick to catch votes, but people know Crawford too well to assume that Crawford is an enemy to labor Crawford says he voted for the House bill to, provide automatic car coupling device to protect life, but Brltt does not know the differ-' ence between an amendment to a bill and; an original House btllVand poifiif jng to Britt, adds, "I cannot put a man's intellect to discriminate the difference between an amendment and an original House bill, yet, the facts are against you. No man can go to congress on a false issue or on false pretense (ap plause).'' Crawford is a true man and aggress ive campaigner who knows the, people and gets close to the voters. Brltt is a ooldrblooded proposition, that does not mix with the crowd and does not know how to win votes. Crawford is a sure winner with at least 1,300 majority. Britt is "not in it" Crawford has got the coon and gone on. Britt can cut up more blockade stills, or return to reve nue office atNAsheviIle, as there will be no republican congressman like Black burn to prosecute next year. Craw ford's majority will exceed 1,300, pro vided democats work and go to the polls Nov. 6th. About one-fourth of the democrats neglect their duty and fail to vote their choice and thereby help the enemy. Thorough organization before elec tion, complete list, of each and every voter, democrat, republican and doubt ful buggies and vehicles to bring to the polls the infirm, aged and doubtful voters early In the morning visits .to each indifferent democrat in every pre cinct and an escort to convey him to the election before nootf -bring newly reg istered democratic voters to the polls and this will make democratic gains lists of challenged, or Illegal voters In each precinct work with tact and vigor until sunset on Nov. 6th and all will be well with us and the democratic ticket. Remember that the thirteen million men who are entitled to vote are the agents and trustees of the eighty mil lions of people of the United States, and the men who fail to perform ' their dut y and discharge cheir trust by not voting, are to say the least not loyal to the gov ernment, which has honored and trust- ed them. . i The American voting citizen Is an uncrowned ruler of the greatest govern ment the world has ever seen; let every democrat prove himself worthy of the high position he occupies. Comments of the Press Crawford the Man of Influence. The election is not far distant. There has never been a compaign made in Macon county since we have been a citizen thereof, with less excitement and strife and bitterness than the pres ent one. But what we desire to speak of more particularly just now is the con- gressional race. Everybody knows that two good men high-toned gentle menare making the canvass in a man 1 ii 11 V T H URS D AY , NOVEMBER 1, 1 906. II MELY ner highly- creditable to both. The people have heard their speeches quiet ly, without any undue demonstration, and it seems that the . voters want to cast their ballots in this contest for the best .interests of our people in this the Tenth district, arid elect the man who can do us the most good ""as our repre sentative in congress. It is true that there are many good citizens who will go to the polls on elecr tlon day find vote for Mr. Crawford sim ply because he is a democrat and they are democrats, without any other con siderations in the matter. It is equal ly true that other citizens as good, in fluenced by the same motives will cast their votes for Mr. Britt simply because he is a republican and they are republi cans ai'd will not vote any other way. But all the voters of Macon county do not belong to these classes. There are many who are open to honest convic tions in the matter. They prefer the man who can most ably and effectively serve our interests in congress. Hon. W. T. Crawford is the man who can do this. He has already served two or three terms in congress and has a large acquaintance with the duties of a con gressraan, and a large influence among the members of congress, and in the de partment of the government,-and can accomplish more for his constituents than Mr. Britt can. The people have tried Crawford and found him true in every respect. His record in congress has been unimpeachable. During this campaign Mr. Britt has net been able to spring a single charge against his' re ord. In private life he Is a high toned, Christian gentleman, and the people of the Tenth district know they can trust him. It is up to the voters of the Tenth dis trict who are not tied down to party Twari to usethehr good sense ad best judgment in selecting the candidate to support in this election. There will probably be no money spent on either side this year to debauch the ballot-box and buy -the votes of such men as are so low and vile as to sell them Neither Crawford nor Britt can countenance such vile proceedings, making the clean campaign they are making so far. The Press is decidedly of the opinion, that under all circumstances, it is best to vote for Hon. W. T. Crawford as the man who can most ably represent us in the next congress. Crawford is the friend of the common people of this district, and they are not going to forsake him on election day. The reports from all parts of the district are very encouraging, and indicate Crawford's election by a large majori ty. While Mr. Britt will not go to congress, he will be well provided for by his party and will not suffer. Re member, too, dear voter, that North Carolina will have a solid democratic representation In the next congress. Franklin Press. - Hon. T. W. Crawford. Mr. Crawford has made a canvass of the Tenth District,and expresses himself as being highly pleased with the con ditions existing. In the compaign he lias continually had his republican op ponent on the defensive, and has made votes everywhere. Ten days before the election we are unable to make any estimate of the ma jority Mr. Crawford will obtain. It seems to be universally conceded that he will be . elected, but by how great a majority it is hard to conjecture. He is very popular in this county and will carry some republican votes which to-' gether .with the solid, democratic vote of the county will probably give him tight hundred majority. . It is proba ble that his majority in the district will reach three thousand. It is no time, however, for lethargy. Every democrat should go to the polls and vote early." There ' shouldV no rely ing on others. Every man must do his duty if we are to see the majorltwhlch Mr. Crawford is really entitled-to. Let every democrat endeavor to carry the full strength of his neighborhood, and in that way the full strength or the democracy can be carried. Our can didate deserves every democratic vote, and ought to receive all. Waynesville Courier. , , Mr. Crawford Scored a Ylcflbry. The recent publication of Hon. W. T. Crawford's- great tariff special on the floor of congress, Jan. 25th, 1894, re minds us of an important victory he had ffO previously scored for the tobacco farm ers. The McKlnley Law 'repealed the tax on leaf tobacco, but retained a pro vision requiring the farmers to report all sales of their product to United States Commissioners, giving the quanti ty sold," the party to whom sold and date of sale. And upon failure to so re port they were liable to indictment and subject to a heavy fine and imprison ment. ' Mr. Crawford, ever watchful of the' interest of the farmers, as well as all other constituents, charged Mr. Ewart in the campaign of I890 with failure to guard the interest of the people when he voted for the passage of the McKin ley Bill, and In that campaign he (Craw ford) promised the tobacco growers that he would do all in his power to have this odlious and vicious law repealed. When he went to the 52nd congress true to his word, Mr. Crawford Intro duced the" bill promised and succeeded In getting a favorable report from the judiciary . committee. The measure elicited a long and interesting debate in the House, which was participated in by the leaders of both sides, including Mr. Dingley, father of the present tar iff law, and Mr. Stone, who was subse quently governor of Pennsylvania. Mr. Crawford and Mr. Stone crossed swords in a battle royal and, judging from the Congressional Record's report , of the debate, the governor-to-be got consider ablyworsted. In fact, Col. J. Wiley. Shook, who was at the time editor of the Clyde Register, congratulated Mr. Crawford, in warm terms, upon his vic tory over the republicans. The bill passed and thus it was that Mr. Craw ford proved himself able to protect his people and do them a real service. Tkere will be ho more able or worthy champion of the people's rights In the 60th congress from North -Carolina than W. T. Crawford and th democracy of the tenth district will do itself proud by, rolling up the largest majority for him this time that was ever given a demo cratic candidate for congress in West ern North Carolina. And they will do it Ashevllle Citizen. Will be Triumphantly Endorsed at the Polls. Elsewhere in this issue is published an article dealing with the remarkable progress made by Mr. W. T. Crawford in the present campaign. The series of his joint debates with Professor Britt, his congressional opponent, have served to place Mr. Crawford in a bet ter and stronger light before the people of the Tenth district than he has ever stood in before, fot that he has at any time been a subject for criticism, but the latest strength as a campaigner which Mr. Crawford possesses has been more fully aroused, and, unless all signs "gang aglee," W. T. Crawford will be triumphantly endorsed at the polls next month. And it is fitting and proper that he should be, for his entire career, both in private and public life has been unstained by any step in a wrong direction. Every democrat in the district should stand fast by his con gressional candidate, every member of the "party of the people" should make it a point to see that his neighbor gets out to the dolls on election day. By do ing so the Tenth congressional district will be represented in the next national legislature by a man who is a democrat from his head to his heels. Ashe vi lie Citizen. a.ooo Majority for Crawford. The congressional Executive com mittee , with , W. T. Lee of Haywood county as chairman, Is making a vigor ous campaign for the success of Hon. W. T. Crawford. His speech in con gress on the tariff is a document worth preserving, and will be found folded in to this week's issue of the Ne ws as a suplement.- It is not simply to elect Crawford his election was assured the day he got the nominationthe ques tion is one of majority. Nothing less than 2,000 will satisfy the committee, and It should be much more than that figure if democrats do their duty. Bre vard News. The CBgreMinal Campaign. Taking up the congressional cam paign in this district, The Citizen would pause a moment to congratulate Messrs. Crawford and Britt on the clean and gentlemanly contest which they are con ducting. Free, absolutely so. from any approach to bitter personalites, their joint debates arouse interest and Inspire confidence, in that truth is not snbser- VOU XVW NO. 45 0 n it f viated to slander and vituperation. We trust that the county candidates will . lines, and they can feel reasonably sure of greater interest and larger crowds at , i-ueir uiscussions. .. ;"' " The congressional outlook for Demo cracy in this district is, in The Citizen's Opinion, a most Antvinrftortnop rtnn. an A 1 a 1 reports from the country at large in dicate that the next house of representa- : 111 x . jii uvea wiu uavtj aa enure uinerent com plexion. The people in the Tenth dis trict share in the the general .dissatis faction which pervades the country. They would' not permit 'themselves to to be represented by a Republican con gressman at the timn when the anti Roosevelt landslide"sha,ll have converted a Republican majority of 114 Into a Democratic surplus. Such a turn of , affairs will be a most fitting rebuke to the imperialism and court mummery of Mr. Roosevelt's administration. The Democray of this section has no apology to make; in presenting Mr. Crawford as the congressional standard bearer for this district. Possessing a record in private and public life that cannot be attacked, the party which nominated him knows that It has chosen wisely, and they who elect Mr. Craw ford in November will4 say that thev did well. Throughout his political career the present Democratic candi date has advanced step by step in the confidence of the people who know him best, and whose interests' he has always had at heart. No false step is recorded to blight his prospects for the future, and in again sending him to take his place in the halls of the national legis ture, the franchise holders of the glor ious Tenth act with credit to themselves, and evince their appreciation of the man Who in the past has served them faith fully and welL Citizen. " ' . laic I arm not Bothering. . - (Special to The Citizen .) Canton, N. C.v Oct 23. Your corres pondent came out on the Murphy tram from Ashevllle ' yesterday ' with Mr. Frank R. Hewitt, who received consider able support In the congressional primaries last summer for the democratic nomina tion. He was on his way to Hewitt's sta tion, where his famous, talc mines are situated. Mr. Hewitt has large business interests, but enjoys talking politics very much these days and speaks freely his opinion concerning public matters. He is one of Mr. Crawford's most loyal sup porters and predicts a decisive' majority for that gentleman at the November elec-' tion. . . . Mr. Hewitt's attention was called to Mr. Britt's statement in his speeches with re ference to voting to maintain the tariff on talc, "whether Mr. Hewitt votes for him or not." - "That makes no difference to ne,w he replied. "I told Mr. Britt this morning that the tariff did not affect my business one way or another, and I eared nothing about it. The price of my product is con trolled solely by the natural law of sup ply and demand. When our talc mines, were first developed the Morrill law pro vided a tariff of $2.00 per ton., The ached- ule under the McKlnley law was $4.00 per ton, first quality. The market price ad vanced one dollar per ton, but within two years fell off $2.50. The WilsonGorman bill followed and prices remained the same. The Dingley law put a 20 per cent, ad valorum, value assessed at foreign point of production, or 40 to 50 cents. Again there was no change in . prices until the Dttiiojf uui piuuuuii uovaiuc afparcub . on the market." ' - - Continuing, Mr. Hewitt said: "After an experience of thirty-five "years in the pro duction of talc and barites, I find that tar iff . laws r do not control prices. In fact, j we have little competition on . the home market and I . often ask customers to im port foreign goods because we are unable to supply the demands for- the product of our mines. The tariff puts a bonus in the hands of combinations at the expense of the people and I am unalterably op posed to that kind of thing. " Mr. Hewitt spoke emphatically, and his utterances were those of an honest, con scientious man, who has decided convic tions and courage ; to assert what he be lieves to be right. He is a democrat from principle and stands loyally by his colors, advising his numerous friends to' do likewise. Good for everything a salve is used for and especially recommended for piles. That is what we say of De Witt's witch Hazel Salve. On the, market for years and a standby in thousands of families. Get DeWitt's. Sold by F. V. Hunter.
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