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COX TO MAINTAIN HOLDEN STANDARD Boast of a Republican Speaker Intro ducing Cox ■■ DEFENDS RECONSTRUCTION Mr. J. W. Bailey Says Cox by His Sijence Acquiesced in The Impeachment That He Will Maintain The Stand ard of Holden and Russell. The Republicans Have Decided to MaKe The Best of. a Bad Cause and De fend Reconstruction, Holden's Regime and Russell ism. Mr/ J. W: Bailey, Democratic candi date " for elector-at-large, returned yesterday from Yadkinville, where he spoke on Monday. He reported a very large audience and fine Democratic enthusiasm. He also brought remark able evidehce that the Republicans have grown hopeless of dodging res ponsibility for their past and have de cided to defend Holdenism, Russell ism and Reconstruction. This is borne out by the notorious Montgomery ep.eech herei., - "It seems," said Mr. Bailey, in an Interview, "that the Republicans have decided to kccept the responsibility for the miserable, records made by the two administrations they have had in North Carolina. "At Yadkinville yesterday (Monday, October l-9th) Mr. Bart Brown intro duced Mr. Elwood Cox, candidate for Governor on the Republican ticket, and declared with frenzied emphasis that Mr. Cox. if elected, would main tain the standard set by Governor W. W. Holden, adding that all that he and his party asked of Mr. Cox is that he should make such a Governor of North Carolina as Holden made. "Mr. Cox was present and by his si lence acquiesced in the impeachment. Brown's 'extraordinary declaration came about in this way: I was speak ing to a large crowd of Democrats in the court-house at Yadkinville when Mr. Cox came in. I had referred to the fact that in his letter accepting the Reipublican nomination, Mr. Cox had called upon the people to forget the ram Keep the Democracy Close to the People.—Success of The Club Movement. —Its Importance and Value.— Organization Aggressive and Active.—How to Be Helpful. . The Democratic party, since its in ception, has been anchored near to the hopes, hearts and happiness of the American people, and this closfe ' adherence to the jiwelfare of the masses has enabled it to withstand the devltilizing consequences of repeated defeat in national elections. In North Carolina it has been found that the most effective way of reach ing the people, high and low, small and great,- has been through this splendid -instrumentality of Club Or ganization!. The present campaign has received close attention along this line with strong andi sympathetic support by the Democratic Organization and to day there is scarcely a precinct, ham let, village Or town in the State with out an association of active Demo crats, militant and enthusiastic, loyal deXfoted to the principles of their party. The underlying idea of Club Organizations is to bring the Demo cratic men of the precinct, county, State and Nation into closer union; to harmonize differences, to arouse in difference r and to have every voter feel that' he is an essential element In his patty's success. ' There are thousands of these clubs in the tJriffced State today: men of all classes, occupations and profesions, bound together in one common purpose and actuated by the highest patriotism. You do not find Democratic. Clubs inspired, conceived or dom[p&ted by men bent upon greed or privatS gain, but that they are of ficered and directed by unselfish citi zens, who place principle before pow . er and "fnein] above money. The clans of Democracy are arising and on" every hill-side and valley; by by mountain brook they are drilling: and organizing for the most momentous battle since York town, when Cornwallis surrendered English tyranny to American liberty. This vast army of Democrats is de termined tp wrest from the hanfls of a few ifrhat God intended for the many, artd 'On the third of November, TOl DIXON,! AUTHOR OF. Introduced First Pension Bill in 1385, Which Was Pass ed Over Opposition of Republicans, Including Pritch ® Now, After Democrats Have Increased tension Appropriations to One-Sixth of All Taxes Collected b««ate Government, Republicans Pretend to Supe rior Friendship to Confederate Soldier. It is a. fact which may haye been forgotten fey a great many people, and whiclj deserves to be remembered, that th# author of "The Clansman" and "The Traitor", Thomas Dixon, Jr., was the author of the first Confederate pension'bill adopted by the State of North Carolina. and which was the be ginning, of the system of pensions to Confederate soldiers in North Carolina He came to the Legislature from his native county of Cleveland in 1885, at 21 of age. and drew and intro duced .and chamDioned with his bril liant eloquence the bill to pension Con- Cederajq soldiers, and the claims of the oia veferans were so well presented by him that when the roll was called out A a Democrat in the General 5* voted against it. This was Urr?L n ® lnK of the Pension system in. uie State, which has been so popu« ur, and «o generously recognized as TW^.™ P r °P er that every succeeding \ Legislature has increased past and to lav aside the political 'prejudices' of their fathers; and I had expressed gratification that the Re publicans toul at any r%te become ashamed or their past. I undertook briefly to show why they should be ashamed, and on the other hand, whv the people of North Carolina could not forget that under Holden and Russell the Republicans had not only proved themselves unfit to conduct our State affairs, but had plunged themselves into corruption, and brought the State into humiliation. I added that while the Democrats point with pride to their past, holding aloft the names ot Vance, Jarvis, Fowle, Scales, Holt, Carr, Aycock and Glenn, the Republi cans come before us with apologies and ask us to forget. I went on to say that all the Democrats claimed for W. W. Kitchin is that he will maintain the noble record from Vance to Glenn, and I challenged the Republicans to prom ise that Mr. Gox'would maintain the standard of Holden and Russell. "You may imagine my surprise when in the presence of Mr. Cox and a court-room full of Democrats and Republicans MR. BROWN DID THAT VERY THING. "It appears that the Republicans have decided to make the worst of a bad cause and defend Reconstruction, Holden's regime and Russellism. It id their load—let them carry it. They are responsible for these administra tion; the record is theirs. It was said of old 'By their fruits ye shall Know them,' and so are they known to North Carolina." 1908, William Jennings Bryan, their captain, with the high standard of equal rights all and special privi leges to none, engraved on his banner, will lead his army to victory, but po litical battles, like actual ones, depend upon the loyalty, courage and patriot ism of the privates. Oliver Cromwell, with his Irpn-sides, changed the . po litical destiny of England. Why? Be cause he had behind him the most de termined men of conviction the world has ever seen. Our club»iare mere squads in this army, but they are the mud-sills upon which rest this nation's destiny. Their efficiency as units determine their strength as a whole. No party is stronger than the voters who supply and sustain it. We have got to win, and we summon the Democracy of North Carolina to clean their guns for the coming conflict. The few days remaining for work must be utilized along practical and personal lines; that is, the clubs must see that every Democrat capable of voting votes. This is the essence of victory. There ought to be a special committee in every club for the sole purpose of seeing that Democrats get to the polls; the old men who are unable to come must be brought, and the young, if unmindful, must be re minded. Democratic clubs offer every mem ber opportunity to labor for his party, and if the hundreds of clubs in North Carolina do their duty as units, there will be one of the completest Demo cratic victories North Carolina has seen for years. Club members do not rely upon your officers to do all the work. You are an integral part in this great fight, and the ideal club is that club in which 'every member, regard less of his place or position, presumes to be a leader. The Democratic party has placed its destiny in your hands, and. to you it looks for final vindica tion on November 3, 1908. Respectfully, O. MAX GARDNER, State Organizer Democratic Clubs. CONFEDERATE PENSIONS the amont given to this purpose. unti\ it has now reached $400,000 per year Si ? f the total taxes collected oy the State. As the Republicans are this year making a pretense of championing the cause of the Confederate soldiers it is worthy of record, also, that in this Legislature of 1885. when Dixon's pension bill was adopted by solid Dem ocratic vote, it was opposed likewise oy an almost solid Republican vote, the Journals of the Legislature, show ing the following votes in opposition: In the House, Brim. Bulla, Chappell, on, Henderson, Husse. Lockey, Pinnix, Pritchartfl, Roulhac, Thorpe, Wall, Ward, Whitted—l4, all Republi cans. In the Senate, Chadbourn, Montgomery, Robins, Swan, Taylor and Thomas—6, all Republicans. It is also.worthy of note that the only Legislatures since which have not increased the amounts appropriated r ° r . old veterans were the fusion ' Legislatures. ic CLUBS CHARLES B. AYCOCK. ROBERT BROADNAX GLENN. Ex-Governor of North Carolina- , Governor of North Carolina. ■ • Two of the heroes of the battles of '9fi, '9B anil 1900, who went furthest into the camp of the enemy. The administration led by each of them as Governor will go down in history as among the most distinctive in the history of the State for brilliant achievements hi peace, in educational ad vancement, in moral uplifting and in industrial progress. . HE THE MONEY FOR DEMOCRATIC 1 IMPROVEMENTS COMES FROM 1 Only 36 Per Cent, of Taxes For State Government Col lected From Poll and Property Taxes and a Large Part of this Goes BacK to the Counties From Which It Comes Improved Schools, Enlarged Asylums, In* creased Pensions, Etc., Come From Franchise, Privi lege, Railroad, Insurance and? Other Corporate Taxes. No doubt a great many people have been puzzled, to know how the Dem ocratic administration has been able to make the extensive improvements in the public school system, build so many new school houses, enlarge the asylums, largely increase pensions to Confederate soldiers, etc., without any increase in the property or poll taxes for State government. The report of the State Treasurer for the last year shows that only 30 per cent, of the revenues of the State government are derived from the gen eral property and poll taxes collected by the sheriffs and that in forty-one counties of the State an amount in excess of this amount is actually re turned to the counties in the appor tionment of the school fund and in the pension payments, and in the oth What It Means to Vote for Sir. Cox. "Winston Journal. When a Democrat votes for Mr. J. Elwood Cox for Governor, he is prac tically voting: Ist—To place all election machin ery in the hands of Republicans, the Governor having the power to appoint the election board. 2nd—To place the penitentiary in the same hands that had it ten years ago and ran it in debt over $300,000, the Governor controlling this through a board appointed by him. 3rd-—To place our splendid hospi tals for the insane, our excellent schools for the. deaf, dumb and blind, our State University, Normal schools, A. and M. Colleges, etc., • all under control of Republican j.oards. 4th —To place the appointment to fill all vacancies in the United States Senate, all vacancies in State offices, Supreme and Superior court judge ships, etc., in the hands of a Re- .. n "SKEIN' THINGS AT NIGHT." ? f J er counties a large per cent, of the State taxes collected are returned to them for these objects. The balance of 64 p«r cent, of State revenues is derived entirely from fronchise taxes, privilege taxes and taxes on railroads, insurance compa nies and oiher corporations. This is a remarkable showing as indicating the progress that has been made under Democratic government in equalizing the burdens of taxation. For a long time the State collected most of its income directly from the citizens, while corporations, especially railroads and insurance companies, did not pay anything like their pro portionate share of taxes and but com paratively little money was realized by the State from franchises and privi lege taxes. publican. v stli—To absolutely kill for four years all effort looking to the pre vention of discrimination in freight rates, the Governor being the life and spirit of the prosecution. These are some of the things you will be voting for should you vote for Mr. Cox. Don't fail to vote for your Demo cratic Congressman. North Carolina now has ten Democrats in Congress, and by all means should hold the solid delegation. The only way to put an end to Joe Cannonism is by elect ing a Democratic Congress. If the old man should be defeated in his district, as now seems probable, and the Re publicans should hold tlieir majority in Congress, they would find another Joe Cannon to put In the Speaker's chair and stand between the special interests and th- people. It is time now for a people's, Congress. WHY HIS PRIVATE CHAR ACTER IS CONSPICUOUS (Interview with E. J. Justice.) Much has been, said by Mr. Cox's party friends of his personal charac ter. I do not think it would be proper for me to say anything against his private character, if£ were disposed to do so. and, besides, I know of noth ing to say against it. I freely grant that he is sober, pays his debts, is not immoral, and contributes to his church. • I believe this to be true, not withstanding the attack upon him by the editor of the official organ of his party. If Mr. Co*-; were a Democrat tin? possession of a good private character would not make him conspicuous. It is tlie rule of tlie Democratic party to nominate decent men for office, and when the Republicans make so much noise about the nomination of a man who has a good private character it would seem to indicate that with 'that pary it is the exception. Notwith standing Mr. Cox's private character is good, there are few men in the State who are, by their interests, environ, ment antl views, *so disqualified to serve tlie people in an official capaciti es Mr. Cox. He has for years been tlie all-round "handy man" of the South ern Railway Company in Guilford county. The arrangement has been profitable to Mr. Cox and, I have no doubt, to tlie railway company also. Mr. Cox his given evidence of his high appreciation of the favors the railway company has bestowed upon him, and he is as prone to think with it as the sparks are to fly upwards. I did not know whether I was going to get strong enough to fight in tills campaign, hut when the Republican Convention met and put on their ticket old Dr. Cy. Thompson for one of the best paying offices of the State, the "pizcn" broke out all over me. He was once a Democrat, but he went over and fused with the Republican party and helped to defeat us in 1894, and when they nominated him the "'pizen" broke out just like measles. (Ap plause.) I couldn't put my finger on a place that wasn't "p.zeiied." (Ap plause.)— Cyrus B. Watson. I want to say to you to do nothing dangerous. It is dangprous for a Dem ocrat to scratch a ticket. I don't ever scratch them (applause), because when I scratch them I have left In my gun only half a load, and when I shoot T want a whole load, both of powder and lead.—Cyrus B. Watson. SHALL PASSENGER FARES BE INCREASED? The democrats Gladly Accept the Issue Raised Against Them by the Republicans on Reduced Passenger Fares and Show by Sworn Reports of Railroad Of ficials that Railroads Have Been Greatly Benefitted by the Cheaper Fares, While a Hundred Thousand Dollars per Month Are Being Saved to the People. Will The Republicans Restore The Old High Rates? Democrats Are Also Striving' to Correct the Freight Discriminations Endorsed by Hon. J. Elwood Cox. The one issue which the Republi cans have raised with the Democrats in North Carolina and given the dig nity of of a position in their State plat form is a criticism of the last Demo cratic Legislature for reducing rail road passenger fares in North Caro lina—that they have made it possible for the people of the State to buy railroad tickets for less money than they formerly had to pay for them. Bear in mind that the Democrats have been in charge of our Legisla tures for ten years, and in these ten years they have legislated so well and so wisely for the promotion of the interests of the whole people of the State that in all this record the Re publicans find nothing worthy of cri ticism in their State platform but this one matter of railroad rates. The Democrats gladly accept the issue they thus raise, and take pride in defending their action in this mat ter as one of their best accomplish ments for the benefit of the people at large, and have the advantage of being able to show, rrom the sworn reports made by the railroads them selves, that, while they have thus cheapened passenger fares to all the people, they have at the same time increased largely the net earnings of the railroads from'passenger fares in North Caroling. The sworn made by the of ficials of the Southern Railway to the. Corporation Commission show that for the six months ending December 31, 1906, under the old high passen ger rates, their receipts from passen ger fares in North Carolina were $957,564. For the six months ending December 31, 1907, under the 2 1-2 cent rate, their receipts were $1,047,- 588, an increase for the six months of $80,024; an increase of $13,337 per month and of nearly SSOO per day. Like reports from officials of the Atlantic Coast Line for the same pe riod show $432,065 under the high rate and $475,086 under the low rate; an increase under the low rate of $43,021, or $7,170 per month and $258 per day. Like reports from officials of the Seaboard Air Line show passenger re ceipts 0f5226,887 under the old high rate, and $303,802 under the new low rate for the same period of six months; an increase of receipts un der the reduction rate of $76,915, or $12,819 per month and $427 per day. These are facts. They show beyond the point of cavil that the sug gestion made by the Republicans that the have done the railroads an injury in reducing passenger fares is absolutely without foundation. It is true that the railroads,,in common with every other class and form of en terprise in the whole country have suffered greatly within the last eigh teen months, but their troubles are traceable to the empty freight cars with which the Roosevelt panic filled side tracks from one end of the coun try to- the other. As shown above, the railroads, Independent Candidates. (Asheville Citizen.) It Is safe to say that nine out of every ten independent candidates are men who have tried and failed to get office in the Democratic party. Before they were beaten they talked long and loud about their devotion to party principles. Being beaten, they become abusive of their former party associ ates, desert the principles they once extolled so loudly, and in every pos sible way show that it is profit and not principle that controls their political action. Of course there are a few excep tions, but this is the rule. What honor * is there in such a course—what principle? Who can trust a turn-coat? Who .can put con fidence in the man that is blown about •'by every wind of doctrine, finding a resting place only where his personal interest dictates? For these reasons all db-called inde pendent movements in politics start °_J*t discredited in the eyes of right thinking folk and usually end up in The Republicans are arguing that Republi can candidates for Congress should be elected because Demo cratic Congressmen have no influence in a Republican Congress. By the same toKen the people should elect Democratic Congress men this year because the next House of Rep resentatives will .be Democratic and Joe Cannon bossism will be a bacK number. Don't fail to get out a full vote for your Dem ocratic Congressman. Every one of the ten have been faithful rep resentatives of the in terests of the^people. Now, I have done the best that t could tonight—the best in my way. But later I hope to be able to make a more Jogical talk. I wish I were able to go from the East to the Tennessee line and tell this message to all tlio people. I have not long to live. I have children and grandchildren; but I say to you th&t no stroke of this right hand in putting the Republi can party over these children and grandchildren. (Applause.) I say it because I luive tried it in the past and. having tried it in the past and having found nothing but ruin and disgrace, I cannot help but fight it now.—Cyrus B. Watson. from the sworn reports of their own officers, have been helped, instead of hurt, by the cheapening of passenger fares. And while this is true and in disputably true, how about the inter ests of the people? How have they been affected? They have been saved an average of one hundred thousand dollars for every month since the reduced fares went into effect, and this is a saving that continues to them every month— money which they now have in their pockets, their banks, or invested for their needs. The Democrats are glad to accept this issue, and challenge the Repub licans to say that, if again entrusted with the power, they would restore! the old high rates and force the peo ple again to have to pay the 25 per cent difference between the old and the reduced faVes. Another enactment of the last Leg islature in the interest of the people, which was so clearly just and proper that it passed almost without opposi tion, was to make a reduction of 25 per cent from the -local freight rates on shipments between points in the Ststfe over two or more roads from the total of two or more local rates. Still another enactment in the in terest of the people of the State was the empowering of the Governor and the Corporation Commission to use all reasonable means within their power of the State to correct the dis criminations against North Carolina cities in favor of Virginia and South Carolina cities, which are. so thor oughly outrageous and unjustifiable that in all North Carolina there has been found but one man to defend them* the Hon. J. Elwood Cox, the Rejaublican nominee for Governor. Governor Glenn and the Corpora tion Commission, acting under this authority, are now prosecuting suits before the Interstate Commerce Com mission to correct these abuses." Perhaps it could hardlv have been expected of him—partisanship has its just claims up to a certain point: hue when ex-Secretary of the Treasury Shaw was speaking with Mr. Tafton the latter's recent tour through North Carolina did anybody hear him repeat ohe .word of those unanswerable argu ments for bank deposit guaranty which he made before it became a campaign issue?— Charlotte Observer. Some spectacles which would other wise make us tired, are redeemed by ttie large element of humor which they contain. In this Congressional district we behold the Republican can didate taking advantage of the abund ant time on his hands as manager of a factory shut down from panic-depres sion causes to go around with boasts about Republican prosperity.—Char lotte Observer. Henry Watterson, the Greij.t, says that if Democracy does not succeed in this national election that it will re quire a revolution to oust the repre sentatives of entrenched special privi lege. , the defeat they deserve. Those who wander from the Democratic fold be cause they didn't get a nomination will 1 find usually they have not only lost the t confidence of former friends and the general public, but have-failed aa well to win the trust and respect of their new allies. * t They say nojv, "We did do those things of which you charge us in Re construction days, but if you wiH let us" back In power, we will be good." They want .us to the past, but we can only judge or the future hy the past. When Moses was leading the Children of Israel for forty years in the wilderness he frequently found his people ready to forget their taskmast ers in . Egypt and the awful days of their bondage; but if you will go back to the history of this greatest of lead ers you will see that when they so far forgot themselves and complained that that he was leading them on to die, he told them to "Keep these things upon the frontlets of thine eyes and wear them upon the fingers of tliy - right hand."—Cyrus B. Watson. L
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