DURHAM
COUNTY TACTICS.
A CHANGE NEEDED.
There is no
lias as much i
aspect of
politics that
th
average
.1 teres t for
voter as the local, matterji directly af
Acting himself and his immediate lo
hree democratic papers
Durham jbut little' i.-
)roceodins . of County
, Magistrates meeetings
lalitv. With
'published in
printed of the
i Oir.inissioncrH
&c. Picking i
I vast Carolina
J
I "OYER PRODUCTION."
j ' ' i
Gen. Scales stated in his Durham
speech that money panics were caused
by lover-production" thus showing
that his "free trade," tendencies were
entirely of a party
OF DISTRU
if:
i
THE CAUSE
It seems strange to the Democrats
that
fidenec,
they ask.
J.
the K?oplje hesitate to plac eon
ec in them. "Are we not inier-
mer-
"Shohld ft
nature. His En-
"A . t L,v..4- .IU,.:.,J. i..J. 1.. -v. i ?
elishl Free Trade writers would laugh uyi UP V? 1'
icah citizens?'
'i
not be presumed that we also have
tlianto bd helt
p a paper
we find
ai
: Ktateuu nt of the bills
IJoard of ComAiissioners
published in
an itemized
owed by the
and paid by
the Count v Treasurer.
i
ho has ever seen such a state
ment of account for Durham Count"
printed in the Wipers or Posted at the
Court House t oor. Wh v are Hie peo
ple kept in the dark when they should
be treated with frankness in thismai
ter? Is there! anything that. 'won't
scrutiny
Do they not
stand the scrutiny of
We do not say
say that "the servant
than his lord7'
has a right1 to
is paid out foi
an unconstitut
publication?
that there is but we do
is not greater
land that the tax payi r
enow what his money
; Then again there is
ional levy of the poll
tax at $2.00 in lieu of SL25 the limi-
if j -
ted amount. This the people should
take a bold stand against and as they J
are powerle; to rebuke this disregard
of law at the polls by dethroning the
power that levied it, they should - go
beyond the creature and strike at the
System by joihing in the "Liberal"
movement thai has for its object the
placing of this ixwer of local seliffgov-
ernment again in the hands of the
t . I. '
people where it rightfully belongs.
but of court any person who came
them; With such i an explanation.
Writers on political economy unani
mously contend that there is not, can
not Lje "over-production:" a few mo
ments serious thought should eon
vincej any reasoning man that Gen.
Scalei' position Is not well taken.
Production is thft rt'sult of labor, and or J the other,
labor lis not a cause of panic. To say
is dumb?
supportet
otner as a
wel-nioie
unworthy of confidence
or,of belief : but can they really won
der?
1
with Icertainty what causes money
votes for
his party
panics is diilicult but it is certain the His party wa jits
inn
does
men
-
) false pretences.
not
labor and product jpf our country is
never; a cause and Gen. Scales' "over
production" is a mvth.
no better
1
iani
DR. YORK.
Duifham has heard (York and Scales ;
judgment has been passed upon them
by their hearers. Without dispara-
see tuat tneir candidate
Why? In one place! he is
a h eee-Trader, in an-
Protectionist. On one side
4: ff1'1
let
are trying
want him to s
votes by ; falsi
tenees. It cannot find fault ill
the party, llut
peak
l.,re"
he is
iov is
Ge
it possiblekfor .the members themselves
to jtrust such a party? In private
life men do not trust one another after'
i .. -
deliberate dec
ted.
i ne very p
en. 'Scales we' can truthfully was it not, as General Butler charges.
iiat Dr. York! held his friends contrived
isay t
a nd gained others f-firm. steadfast
friendsi He never jmade an appeal
for himself, never bid for colored votes
or otbers and yet he will have them
when needed: he just charmed and
the
trusted unu they willjgive loyal sup
Do no
wransiins
words wit
Did not the party
n captured : they! listened, they elect "majority in'the House on the
, 'i i ,i .ni i ground that it would change the tan 11"?
sted and they willierive loyal sup- ?. i t j 'i rt
xjiu. it uui jiujiiumiu uuu uicci, inr; var-
Wrhat the tax
what theyr are
what should c
be accorded th
jdete statement;
payers demand and
entitled to know and
leerfully and quickly
ibm is a mil ana com-
uiidei' oath of all bus
iness transactions fully itemized, iii
volvihg money since the estab-
on. uur vote is sonu ana gaining lisl0. because he was a Free Trader?
trengjh. Durham County can be Did it not take up and tiy to pass a
vheeled into line. Let it be "York bill, because it was "a; first firm step
ind lical Self Government" for our- toward free trade" Did it not lbudly
I . i ti ' , I appeal to Republicans tree iTraders:
seivesu i3iaine anu x roiectionv ior
the nation. Now is! the time for
Work-jonl' four weeks to election
day,' Work quietly but work all the
!. . 1 . : . . . . 1 ' . '
of
eption has been Itletec-
-. ;. '. : : ' " i
atform of the pi.rt
after a labor of thirty-six
hours with deliberate, intent to de
ceive?
ty
this trick
me'n now see f he par-
abotit the meaniiir of
Words ? Contrast; the
i deeds.
T.
"Behold, how' praye we are;how loval
our devotion to "principle"? But now
same, i
lishment of the County, j Let us have
that and then let steps be taken to put
money in tlie treasury to meet current
demands. Witii property assessed at
millions we luWe a treasury unable. to
meet demands drawn ! for cents.
When may we
look for such a state
ment? Let the tax payer have it or
let him have the opportunity to pro
tect his future "by his vote in Novem
ber.
Keep it before the people that every
measure of legislation since the war,
calculated to impose upon the igno
rance of the unlettered and unlearned
is ot democratic origin and. concep
what is it doing? Take up its organs
and their Editorials; rrohibitiont, day
a,uer uay; yiie sianuers aoout a ( pure
and worthy family : vile falsehoods
Let the people know that poll taxes " iti t Vi' i T J ,
t 1 1 1 that mftn likrt PrAsidont VrnnlMokr fiil
are leed this year while property is bound to say that they cannot believe
exempted : let them jknow that the them. Is this jail? Not a word about
Magistrates of Durham County have the tariff after jail these speeches;; af-
evied latax on the poll of Seventy-PMtuI1Ug aH revenue reior
! mers. iiomonfttlin.Ti thi? KTnptlv
five cents more than our fetate Uon- A. . ' a l i v -
; . , lino, aim llujMlluir UIVIV. X1.U -15111
Tell them that and such a party bej trusted? j
I he men do not trust tKemselves.
They knojv that, their party is! dis
honest. They know that it is desti-
NEW YORK FREE TRADE CLUB. xyu
i j tnat u is so Hungry lor spoils that it
This iclub numbers 314 members and will
. i c t ri i '.! o , , i.I.'J ' j
i wiuiwseu i lawyers, oo genue- Had, or fancied it had, for fat places,
men of leisure, 75 merchants, bankers, They kiiowj that it has no defined and
and brokers, chiefly, importers, 27 lit- honorable aim. Men who seek power
terateufrs and publishers' 14 presi- in nrdr tA dn-ih
uvui! t ia .o, vv,,,t vf puicijaviB, an amomon inat is grand ana wormy,
the remaining 17, including 2 foreign This party hafi no idea how it could
consulsi belonging to 9 different pro-s do the country good. But it has a
fessions; or businesses.! low idea, on a level with the craving
NolaWintrmPn Kp. nn eK. ot a ieast, that the offices would be
stitution' allows.
ask theni how they are to help them
selves, i
most desirable j
rio manufacturers. Te farmer feeds, stlch a party to be
most filling. Hqw is
tnisted?HA- Y.
tion.
pays and supports all these.
Tribune.