THE MONROE JOURNAL
G. M. I:easi.ev & Bw., I'uMishfrs
K. K. 15easi.ey, KJitr.
Tuesday. Hay 2. 111.
Uaycr Crow Platform.
On tl.c day rvit"liiijj the vc!i
ly !:i-h lit was nominated !'r
ni.i.Mr ( JlitnrxK- last Tud.i.v.
ir. J. .1. (Yon ivMiiil the f.'liv-
iiiir ML-iit-d cirvuiar aM,vv.f I to
tl f voter l tlu eity of ll.u':
I have l.vu urged l'y many
jH-ople to ru'i Ur mayor. I am
ninuiiiir m t!ie following j'l.it
ftrii :
lt. To imike the city gov
ernment self siisfainii.sr.
-lid. To eut out all llee.ll.'vs ex
jH'll-ies and all needless jo'-s.
:!rd. T give the .p!e of
North M'Hiive lit same ooi'Miht-
Ittioii we do the ImI,u;v of the
l it' .
4lli. To to it t!i:it no eity
1ii!s are s. ld In-low their aetital
value.
."til. To iii.set She hooks of
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jio iiuuii'v is pan oim. no oivie:i
...ll : 1 ..... ..il:il!l.v to '
lil UMH it' l IH tl linn t
.'.air authored a! a r.-L-iuarj " p n-. h:it tliat u W!.I t;
liu ! of :.ll '.he ;i!,h r::.-:i.
we have had frm t!u' Ui-r a'l
the.' yi-ar nnl- they de id' to
a.-t somewhat aloi:-' tie l:in m:j:- M' L. i.lh PuUi tlom. r. rr.
rtst.-d in the i-h:f -ni ef .Mr.
Reactionaries Seek To
Both Parties.
Control
1-1 i:f .n
( row. that is to hae u roj oni
hle head !w u! give it time
. : !. ... ...... ..It
a:.il a.Teiiiion euouviu n. !..
jiraetieal find well t:id'"d out
ns'ilts. I'nhss this is d-ne. two
v.ars from now we will have the
Mine disire for a ihitnge j'ir !r
elu aire's sake. Mr. trow has as
sumed voluntarily the leadership.
ll;s eard warrants the l.elief thit
he has undertaken the j .' with
a knowledge of U difl'ieu'ties and
respolisihilities. Let the J.eopl'
give eolilMiendatiotl i:nd eiieoiir
agemeiit to him and let us see
what ean he accomplished.
Of the planks in the above plat
form immVrs three, four nd
eight are self evident and should
need r.o argument nor is there
roor.i for disagreeiu -nt. Nuiv.hers
live and tea are praeiieally the
sa '.ne. and they ate all i'uportant.
As has tnvll sai l. tli'V iivVllrU'
ow will , alert,
that noti.'.hg
not
(m! rent
la'i or
i
" l i
i.:id
tith. To hay lioihinc
j; ; 1 1 ! n tr :'p.:i . n v ai!
j'i-i!, ;... !:;;iy,i .
7ih. To try to improvi
i''i;lil!"M ho gr.id u !:
i'.-; iir;!:'T hi tter l.'aea'ng
belter i!isei;'Iiiie.
Mli. To i'leoiii'.ige in every wa
nil the file companies in tin-it-ffforts
t save property or life.
!'th. To i'eoig.mi'.e the n.!iee
depart mi ti! into a harmotiiniis
working unit.
10th. To have a waiehl :l over
hight over the city's w fi
nances, etc., and if anything g 's
ugaillst tile good of the whole
people to call a halt.
If the gaud people of Monroe
see fit t't elect me, 1 will look
jitter the eity 'a interest the best
I ean. and will try to h" faithful
t' evry trust.
The .lournal desires to eom
'U nil Mr. (Vow for two things.
Tiie first is that he has taken the
people into his ennl'iilenee end
told them what h- stands for and
what h" hopes to do. lie 1ms is
sued a platform and his in'.ir.iiiis
1 ration should he judged iieeurd
ingly. If the people know what
ni adniinistrat ion stands foraud
what it lias promised to i.eeotu
rlish. thev ean keen their eyes
open and see how well it is be
ing deli', and after tiny have
(I'i'li il a iui!!i en Ids o u pub-,
lislied platform, it is their d:it
to sti.nd by 1 1 : i i i and gie aid
and i U 'liiiragenii'iit in the car
ring out of the same. The see
ond point ;!i il Mr. Crow is t he
ormm tided for is that he hi's ns
Miined that the head of tii: tie!:
et should he the h".ul and leader
of the iidiniiiisl ral i'.ei and be re
sponsible for what is done or left
lituloi.e. If the mayor of a town
is inn the head and front of the
government of the town, he had
as well not be mayor. It may be
mi id that the mayor has no b'r.
islative function and cannot do
anything except what the ald
ermen wish. That is true, but it
is ix t. an answer to the argu
ment that the mayor should be
the la ad and leader of his ad
ministration. If ho ean t legis
late he can stand for his policies
end if the aldermen will not car
ry them out he can go to the peo
pie and tell them just why he
can't carry them out and who is
responsible for the failure. And
should there arise any disagree
ment between the aldermen and
the mayor, he cau show the peo
ple and they can act accordingly.
The Journal lias always con
tended that a mere swapping of
men was no remedy for what
ever difficulties stood in the way
f the administration of the town
government. As a leading busi
ness man said some days ego,
about everybody in town who
would accept an aldermanie. posi
tion has served at one time or
another on the board and all no
doubt did the best they could.
Hut now, with the exception of
Mr. Lee, we have a new set en
tirely. We have no doubt that
these gentlemen will do the best
they can 'as the others have
done. 15ut to l3 fair, we hope
nothing better from them than
iuiiiative I" see that thin:- '-"
n.i.t. lb' will hae a v.atih
." I o -siuiit of tl: eiiy "s pub-I".-
,. !.':;re." That is all e":bra
. :.' I me:,u- ti':il Mr. Cn.w
v.'.i L'.e his hands y.-n every
.!; id of the town's business and
nill ran it. and ho il I n it mean
;1 .at things ho ;! 1 be left to j"g
aloiis; jus! so long as noi hil'g ter
rible happens. It should mean
that the administraiioii will have
a delnite.positivc plan of mak
ing the right things h; pp"'i. and
if they happen wrong it will
point out fivtiky why sueh was
the ease. and invite the jvople in
to its eoir.ivh'iiee. and i'sk them to
assist in righting it.
Seetiolisone i;!ld two follow the
ones jlls! spoken of. it' the
'.a teli fid oversight" is e.vrted
'.here ean le no doubt tha these
oilier s-vti'UiS will ei in" right.
Seetion six is merely the law
on the statue books and should
ei! 'o;;il!er !! diffiel'liy.
Seetion s 'Veil relates to a mat
ter that the i dminis' ration is noi
ehiiiged with. That is the duty
i t the school directors. Whatev
er the iidmiiiisiratio'i may feel
t In- needing at t enroll at the
s'l'.ool .-.hotild b" pi'iil'ed out to
tii- seh-.i'l trustees. If they fail
to r. :!i' ily any jum gt u vai i
t'liell the people will kiloW V. lu-lll j
to blame. I'ut tl.at up to
,1 e s M'.oi'l iioji'-il.
Section nine is vlti'l. The town
wants tie- laws enforced impar
tially. Ti e way to have an hiir
mouiolis police force is to give
the fhi-f ofpoliee sui'i'i'iii" au
thority in Lis ib-pat ineiit and to
hold him responsible for the en-
foreenielit or the llon-etlforeemclit
of th.' laws, liu! you can't hold
liim responsible unless he is giv
en that complete authority. The
police ought to work entirely un
der his authority.
In eonclusion.it is s-areely nec
csaary to say that this article is
written, not iu criticism of any
past, present or future official
whatever, but in the hope mere
ly that it may help to point the
way t) the good results that we
all desire. Mr. Crow has taken
the job. Let us all help him to
make good.
FRESH
BEANS,
STRAWBERRIES,
CUCUMBERS,
AND
EVERYTHING
ELSE
GOOD
TO
EAT.
H. WALLER
Son metropolitan newspaper do
cot n quire that their editors shall
pod even ordinary intelligence
If they did, several men no engg- j
ed in bef jgging knowledge by writ-1
icg editorials would ba earning an ,
honest living at manual labor. No-1
where is there displayed such gross
ignotanceof public sentiment as on
the editcrial pages o( those New
York newspapers which wear the
greatest air of profound wisdom.
The foregoing paragraph is writ
ten with the New York Sun particu
lar in mind. It applies with equal
force, however, to several other great
journals of the most provincial city
on the continent. Published as they
are within the zone of crooked'
titiance, and drawing both inspin j
tun and sustenance from big busi-1
ness, these newspapers are apparent-1
ly unaware of the existence of any !
voters outside the arta of their own j
city, or of any public sentiment:
worth taking into account except'
that dictated by Wall Street. i
The best illustration of this utter 1
provincialism is furnished by the;
present political attitude of these i
newspapers. They are laboring to,
bring about a condition whereby the
progressives of both old parties shall j
be prevented from casting a pvogrcs- j
sive ballot iu the presidential c!ec-1
turn text year. They seem to be-;
litve that such a conditiou can be;
created. They assume that the re-1
actionarics will be able to control
ihe republican par'y, and to bring '
about 1'resiJent Tafl's reuomin;iti..a.
Therefore their energies are being'
oirected toward the capture of the
liruocrd'.ic party by t:.e plunuYr
bund for which they fpeak.
Their object, of course, is to nam
inate on the Democratic ticket a man
likeJudson Harmon, or some other
candidate as satisfactory as Presi
dent Taft to the forces of reaction.
They believe, or sm to believe,
that the progressive Democrats and
the progressive llepublieans, as in
days of old, can be induced to align
themselves on one side or the other
in a sham battle between these twin
candidates of special privilege and
vested wrong.
It is already apparent that, bar
ring ome political cataclysm, reac
tionaries will control the Kenublican
..!.. r.n,i il.o IV.oi li.nl Toft n il! I
be renominated. Whatever the pro
gressive leaders may do whether
ihey bolt or jield a nominal alle
giance to the party nominee the
progressive rank and file will not
vote for Mr. Taft.
These progressive Republicans can
be attracted to the Democratic ticket
if there is virtue enough left in the
Democratic party H attract them.
Much depends, of course, on the de
velopments in the new Democratic
Congress; but even more will de
pend upon the action which the Dem
ocratic party takes la its national
convention, namely, the character o?
its nominees and the declarations of
its platform.
If the schemes now incubating in
the financial centers of the country
cau be worked out, no c-fl'ort will be
made by the Democratic party to at
tract the independent and progres
sive vole. The plan is to nominate
a reactionary in each party, and firm
in the delusiou that the voters can
be bamboozled forever, to let the
election take care of itself.
In the light of what has happened
in the past few years lo awaken pub
lic sentiment and to enlighten pub
lic intelligence. i3 it possible that
such a scheme can succeed even at
the ntxt election?
Grandma's Existence.
Grandma (impatiently Dorothy,
I do wish you would be quiet a little
while.
Dorothy Now, grandma, don t
scold. If it wasn't for me you
wouldn't be a grandma at all."
He Was Dense.
Hhltdlphli Record.
Blobbs When she wasn't looking
I kissed her.
Slobbs-Wbat did she do?
Blobbs Rt fused to look at me for
the rest of the evening.
A Family Affair.
"Father, have you been much up
in airthips?
"No, never. Why do yon ask?"
"I heard mother tell auntie you
were once quite a high-flyer.
Queer Human Nature.
Button Trmnmrtpt.
"Man's a funny proposition!"
"What now?"
"When he reads a medical book
he fancies he has every disease des
cribed, but let him read the work of
a mora ist and all the faults pointed
out he sees not in himself, but in his
neighbor."
An Angel-Man.
A witty young lady says: "If you
want to find out a man's real dispo
sition, take him when he is wet and
hungry. If he is amiable then, dry
Lim off and fill him up and you hate
an angel."
Attractive Inducemennts
ON SALE AT B ELK'S
Our Ready-to-Wear Department is rapidly growing
into one of the main features of this store and is be
ing constantly added to with desirable attractions.
Ladies, Misses and Chil
dren's Wash Dresses.
Priced so low that you can hardly resist buying
them on first sight They are made of Standard
grade Ginghams, absolutely fast colors, neatly
trimmed with Embriderics and Val Lace and In
sertion. Children's Dresses from 4Sc to $1.43
Ladies Dresses from 98c to $4.98
One special lot of Ladies Brown Linen Dresses, a
regular $3.00 retailer, handsomely trimmed with
red pipir.jj and buttons, going for $3.98
Also a very choice lot of Sheer White Lawn and
Batiste Dresses that are beauties, priced $1.98
to $3.75
Another New Lot of Deep Embroideris
and Flouncing's.
Just arrrived. Don't fail to see them. They will go in a hurry. 27 inches wide in new
and neat desigr.s with bands to correspond. You will agree with us that the price is right
when you see them for 39 and 45c yard
New Neckwear Novelties.
Ladies Neckwear to meet every fancy in the latest Fads and Fashions Jabots, Dutch Col
lars. Sailor Collars, Linen Collars, Spring Maids, and the Dutch Marquesette Fichu, the
real novelty of the season in Ladies Neckwear.
Watch Window Display for Above Specials.
W. H. BELK & BRO.
Headquarters lor Your Money's Worth.
Another Car Load
Coming Thursday,
May the 4th, 1911.
In this car there will be most
ly liorses and brood mares and
a few mules. Come to our sta
bles Thursday and look thru
them. We are sure you will find
something to satisfy you if you
need a horse, mare or mule.
LIVERY.
We are going to use part of
these horses for our livery. We
are better prepared than aver
to suit the traveling public. Try
one of our teams. We will make
the rig right and the price right.
THE SIKES CO.
MONROE,
NORTH CAROLINA.