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SUPPLEMENT TO SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 190? s 7 It J PflSt i" Then the Republican Party Gives No Reason Why You Should Vote the Repub lican Ticket, or Why You should Not Vote the Democratic Ticket. i 1 1 u- Republican party had no neurit of infamy behind it in North Carolinaif it could ,nt all of its past its plae ing of a thousand insolent negrcM-.s in of lite in the State, its ,.il- in the m-i lagcim-ni of state institutions its si lanoi-ring ol public money, its paral (.f llie se ho l svMem. the betrayal nt the interests c' "'o l.y the fiitors whom it i in high olli e it these ami all the long list of a" uses which aroused the honest man i i.f the stai io revolution to drive them from pov. i i i. aieli. then it vvoiihl not deserve the support of any fair minded man in the State. Forget, if oil. that it slants today under the leadership and d ............ .. .....n i.no as a miilgi- the I'u.-iou regime befouled the ermine with a charge to a grand jury so foul and hule ,iiui parti-an he was lashed from the bench by the almost universal scorn of the press and ,i'e nt the siate. and then it neither points out any reason why the Democrats should not ,n limed in eo iii iil of the State government, or why they should be entrusted with it. I he Democrat haw had charge of the legislative machinery of the State for a decade, and . .i;i iin.-ut - h ue been so clearly anil so universallv in .. .i.iOiii,s 01 the people and for ,,. of the State thai the Ut publicans in their State platform could not point out but one in condemn, and upon this one ipietion the Democratic position is so clearly right and ili:'t cwry fair-minded man will he compelled, in the- lignt of subsequent development-. 'i i- that its 'po Mioii is right. Tin cue thing that the Republicans c ondemn is the redue pacngcr fa.-cs. It i siitbc iem answer on this qii'-Mion to say that the railroads thciii agreed 'to lli rate now in force. It is a complete knock-out to their criticism to show. :,, -!-ii report of railroad officers do show, that under the reduced rates the earnings of ', , iilio.nl- from pii-sengcr fare have been largely inc reared, while the people of Ihe Stale iicing -a ed .t hundred ihoii-and dollars a month in passenger fares. flu Uepnbii' ins in their State platform say that on- p -op'' had a much more substantia! , .,,.,. aiMMit Ire;' l;t rates than passenger rates, and tw t the Democrats for neglecting these, i ', . "nn.MHr.-u o.d nut neglect freight rales about w hie h they say there was a substantial rii..v iiissi .i .i iiiiv liiiiii" as niiicli relief on intra-State freight rates as was dc-emed i -( .mil they put the power and the money of the State iion io li"ii! the iiieniialilies of inter-State freight ,Tiiini--ii M. nhit h the, are now doing. Alter i' t.iw -i,.- i,. , in i mm i,', I tin I.nirriirr "the i i... . i,i.' ...i on.. has a line hotel located on the right-of-way of tin ....I m, went to Washingion and tetilied before the S rote committee under oath that he I , i ii. ic i vcrnnicnt regulation of railroad rates, that there was 'very little-' complaint linn being too high in .North Carolina, and that he favored leaving these matters to aeljust- ni bet v. een the priiate eifi.cn and the railroad ofliciaU. o on thi i-su.- the Kepul.lican candidate clearly does not deserve the vote of any man i,,. b'-lit ie in government regulation ol rauroau nui- or ui . i' inni. ..,, " ,1, -l;i -ation of hi platform that Ihe inequalities 01 i --eigne i uo-niuiv. .. twocle whi'-h the Slate liouM liai e regtua it ei in juiuhhi.- iu ....-:.-.. St Their Platform laio.a further cMension and improvement of the public school system. ,1 on thi .,i.eii oi ihev do not ,leene support, even forgetting the r.-cord ol their disastrous i.'.i .. i kit,- iii nnwer. l'ur the public schools are being im- ,',Vc7i and cMi n'r-d now by the Democrats as rapidly as the wealth of the ,f the people to lie taveei win ju-eiij. doubling' p nioiis m t onrciiorate souuers. roigiee... ....... "... j - lie" III! I)V tile- IX'llMKnns in mi im r ...'...- .f,hkui, mi,! Dial after it was esianiineu not cie-serve support fanel at each se- ability of the Stale- permits i.e. I s loo IIIMI :i i: n n.-i f I . or oue--siiii oi llll tl tae collect eel hy tlie siaie. ncm--, foiif. derate pciisii ners inan tut- revenues to IVileral ic-nitner. ih, fin or election of county s.-hoo i,;., i in each county tin uronosiiion. for it would place ..... n lien tlie-v were last in powe .1 . . I. . ... .1 . - ni-d unlit' tlftit -eil in I he Slate. . ... J "r i.V:-.1.w.,l..'ot llemo, racy is the Ire-men.lous improvement . . . . .i.. i.. ii. I, lie , , liool- in imiirowd i ? IIU lll't-ll libit 11 III I i " !.---- liiiildiiur-. and largelviiicreasi-d attendance licv and management oi icliiud the (Governor and Corporation rates before the inter-State Commerce ac know ledging this grievance on freight rates lrmdv man 'of the Southern Itaihvsiy."' Mr. .1. I'l- Soiithei-n. ; i , a grievance ra tes. of i-laturc. II V Ol II" I I hev lawr vi,,n to t'onlederate soldiers was .. . ..1.1: .....i,....-. ..r tl... I .- ' K. -publicans" came into poucr the y di.l not ine reae it one penny, they lu '. . i.- ..... ii.-.t Inn,,, ri t on :t i Kiire- gold, lor ... i. let... -,il.-.i:.in,;ill in. reaseel the- 'ii-nsion i ti. i eil:iiin-e. as ubtantially ;s thi n-,1 uiilil the fund has now mi i ,e- for State and the abil- that our system of iinous o and when Win ZEBULON B VANCE, Governor, SenatorThe Leader of a People. Ringing Statement From Chairman Eller of the Reasons Which Inspire Confidence in a Great Triumph on November 3rd. Our public speakers and the Democratic I'res havegiien -uili. ieui reasons why the Demo cracy SIliyCXD win in lJclow are some of the re-iion why ihe DeniiKrac y WILL win this campaign: Our older men have memories, and our younger men have heart to feel and minds to understand, llccon-.! ruction and 1'iisioii, llolelen-Hueil- lhitlcr-Aeiaiu-Moiilgtiucry--Couiiiieiit i wasted. The Republicans have not dared to raise any vital iue. r.eateu in 'its on White supre macy, in liinci on the Sun rage .Miicmimcm in ltui on the c barge nt cvtiaiagauee. ami nun a record on temperaiK e legislation that means noihing but COWW KWCi:. the now make OXK proniiso and prefer OXK charge. A promi-c to inc rease Confederate pensions and cempl $2ltU from taxation; a charge against Democracy for railroad favoritism, and for war on railroad. They condemn passnger rate reduction without offering to ini reae the present rate; thc-y favor freight ratO regulation and name Cox, its inieleiao- e'lieiny. to ncn k ibis reform. There are not enough competent, honest anil decent white nu n in the Ke publican party of Xprth Carolina to give to her people good government ; a nil il lias liee-n settled that none but white men tan govern them. The Anglo-Savon spirit Is asserting jtcif against Ihe yellow peril of the Pacific; Coast niiel the negroes' demauel in the North; and Mr. Tail's si radii, e upon the Ohio and Xatloaal platforms, for Crumpae kcr's bill and gaint Soulli'in sub rage laws, is a bitl for negro votes at a ruinous price, not only in the South, '- it e-wr i here. Without a foeman in X"erth Carolina worthy of our sfe-cl, oi . i onl.il, in is the weakest point in our armor. But very love of our party and it prim iples a;.d the dt-tei-miuatlon to maintain the prestige, power, influence and voting sneiigih of each cotini hi our own conven tions appeal power! .illy to every Democrat to aiid hi vole io the sweHin, tide of ililoiy. I'ossism has run its course, Cannonism has bee ome an IT o e : iid the big ti k hurt been splintered against t'.ie armor of W illiam J. lirian. The pe p; h:-. l.nuieel and expre-Ncd a purpose to rule, and despite the protests of the false- and t'i'i- fu-.orcd few. they know that they can fule by thi ascendency of the Democratic party and by that party alone. The majority o' our fellow men arc Democrats at heart; J'u-y are now united; the Re publicans urc divided. Re-hold thein shouting one thing to the public, whispering to "My dear Marriman" another! 'There is retribution in hi:or": "Corriipti-.u mi not more than hon esty." With a patlic-S uitten treasury Republicans are forced t enter the market for negro votes which the empty elimcr pail has forceil up to the leiel of the Dingley tariff a condition which alls for a corrttptlo i fund from contributors who know thai the day of reckoning1 is at hand, he dawn Of public i y and purity which lb-van's election tiher in. larger proportion ot our state Xalional t.oi ernine-nl giies of board- by pop man cm and superintendent: rtiev .to not de.ervi- the Mipport ol any the schools ikh'I; into pontic au.nn h n in tlie State, when the average attendance One of the most glorious i- ,,.., yani n.......,ot.o ... "' Ml. 4 ()N. o.a.ose-el in lli.-ii that their J i epti nue a 1 1 !' .......i,i,",i in ii Imt w as oie rw he In.e .l by Ihe ti-v UeeOs lllioll llie- lilliiit i..i,.i,,i. iniini 'iaiii- tintil tlu'.Roosev 7. t s.. len-d that within the lat y i,,ft more neoli le- left the Vniteil it from foreign countries. t.. hail the spec tacle in i,. ..in- shores from tlie terror -bores, lindiii" the Teddy bear yet l.nxl. o. forgetting all the things that arc i ; Iin:i "iie no inte-lligent re w ii y the sehiMd fe change being propo.--n , houses and Rlltler. .... ' ii... i,..v-..,ii:il oron.-i I e-M-mplion . .. i 1....1 .i.iIImis mIiu-Ii would relieve nearly all of the neu ,l IttO lllllil..- - I . .1 i.roiiei t v taxation. Ihey snieij el hi i, position. . They pret. n.l to favor r. slri. lion of i.utmgrat ion. bu their in, ,... ..... t.i ilio eieoloA 111" classes Ol poucr in tin- ai cm, . . iV ..... b.t, wl.i.li admitle-d the m ns of -It panic nrtile labor conditions in nos iir. lor llie nrsi time in no i i .m State-s for foreign couniriis man came i i :.ivei nor Avcoc k nut ii in one of his speee h- t'his last year of the subject of the Czar, fleeing of the Russian bear, upon laneung upon ;eo more terrible, and rcnirmns to nis name eioiipilienl. lle-vv and eilieiene v. Ihe- IH-motriilic , clearly enlilled to be- continued Irmii I went y-livt; roes of the de-crve support on tins party in the conn- passed, yet the Republicans cif X'ortb :.. ..... wi.i... t,ir,,,i y..t( lOII W liy ,111V lll.lll III to. ..,i. .. he shouiel not vote the Democratic ticket. In recalling the entire history of govc guard in hikh ollieial e-an point with pride" te every vulnerable spot i . i...t :. liar features e.f the illustrious Vance- the id... of .) lP ,-.r " ,,'ed a .mu, on m.i.-nt of ihe Stan- of North Carolina. V.r;...,!V,M.A:Vt v V,' the renuireinc nls of high ottic c. It tation who latltd to measure iioiioi-.i.m j . ' ..,, . ,. ,,s eiiemies to una a ivhie h U stood sponx". ...... r-- of rec-onstructiou iuimiiutratiui for the- high carmv i.l of il iiPlio'i and shame c itizetiship ollicc- a. .1 . ... till.. Iit'.ilt.. Ill IO llll 1111 ll wiii- t nc fm' . . ... . , I.,: : ....II. I n... ,i- ..I- "sol.i:..-s of 1 be I'OilllllOil gOOil 1IH "? "K m,,, ......i w : ii l,ii I, s...,.!!!. and cort nplioll ill ol tlie stale, ami mhtiihius ......i ... ........ .... - inoi for succeeding Democratic aemiimsii-.iuoii.s .-i e..i - . ,. iiu..i lm.se palms.' ... "i.i....i.. on V..iiol SniKii Not one dollar of dishonest money ciei st. mc c, ,,. c ' not theory v. ;r. n ,t mi.nl..f honorable se rvice can only be HceeMiuiee. .; .. " . - , S(aU.lvec . ..... . .it lit'- i,.i,ri"ii eai -i.ijv" . was tin run-. i .............. by his famous declaration to llie .. .. ..'I ll.ls but fact- an -upon I In tact thai the parly ha within it ;l ...... t.r i.-.si .r sill llie lies larm.-r. ine oese .. Hirers, bankers, e tc.. and upon this foundation of palriolie honorable and faithful service, (iove-rimieins will maintain ' X tThe list of Demernoratic guberna toriai leader sine most illustrious and laithlut ii. VANCE. SCALES, rOWLfc,, produces uc h leade itv in- accounted for on .i... liuv.r.allil eioiit.i-. . in, Io ; .I.oi il lias ocen s .,.... ... the- level of the- power Kiconstruetion comprise an honor roll build thc-m its They of the rec-orel ol cannot Stale's JARVIS, s long as Democracy as Hi additional hemic HOLT, CARR, proves that it maintain it WATSON, AYCOCR, lei, within its self the At 1.1.4.. (Ill lU'l needs no prod from orm c aro...... ... p..- .. . -7 , inie re is of the people. stiior Isira GLENN, KITCHIN. life, and that it majorities are The slumbering conscieiie'c- of a nation has awaked to the call of De mocracy and Us leader. It is known lint his defeat in '(', was e-ompa. steed by a corruption fund that stagger .sc.irgoe r:ni ni. s 1 i,.:,iin.(iili against !i"i,0l)t, proclaims liial Ihe real i -11 e ik-.-i 0:1 trial ua mil 10 to 1, but SlG.-'iO to i" l-l! ce nts. Apart from the- purchase of thi election. llie K p.iMiean have made and can make but one- appeal, and t'oit appeal i to sehish hit crests, privi lege against principlt, money itgaiut m;, iiImmmI. tin stomai h against the heart. It comes from the privileged interests, leoni Roosevelt and Tuft, a subsidized press, and from those who think thai pro-peril. v leaks through the coffers of the owr-rie-h. And il tak ' oi- nml veihuu" from the putrid lips of a political parly that shout i, eelaiid I'auic" at ils opponents and denies ils own olTspring. n such an tip pea I llu-y are lost. The world has outgrown the creed of selfishness and oppression, and mail's inhumanity io m. in. ;reed, ihe life of plunder and ihe Keniiblicaii ticket or OF THE STATE WILL XOT FORGET; .. .. . ,,.,,,' oi me X'aii, iini ieuiicii 111 T THE l'EOl'LE .. VImtis --" Marlon Rutlcr, they SHOULD not forget. and the Suttons retain their ed venom they the amend- :e 1.. i.s. ,.... fr m-nctlcallv annul registrars make 11 important, umi j ' s lony except by s long as the Montgomerys WILL not LET them forget. Tii.. i.iiwei- ihev would have iiieni bv appointing Republican Kcpnblic-an National Platforms ,e,e,,oi. ol sontl.ern rep. "T, .stility to our Southern due for lre-tilelil maiue.iui p - - . , .....ns -.nel iini crow car taws to piacac const 1 at the itli it would Ik I OOI. ism to iuiso. s long as the re arc sponsors for Reconstruction am. 11 to i-emen.ber they CANNOT fo.get, the negro Fusion government jv?'-. 1 -p. .-j - m&m. -w Jk mm ' m krv - A If f 'M f if ' -wi , &"m Kir V $t . 1 ':"Jiy t yy-s: ' i' The labor vote is in ilsejf ieeii. cisiou of the man who saw hi lighl at Denver? Who doubts his c hoie e- of I'e-eleral Chime cllor .' Who doubts tin to he dealt with in the Federal courts of ihi elect ion. W ho e'oiibts the de pin neel at ( hie ago anil re-c ogni.ed a trial bv his p,-e-rs insleael of 11 estini.-ite he puts on himself, whether .1-. a e batte l or a a man'.' The business world has dec libel lhat Ihe ni" hi -man- of "bank ;.;nieN" must on. that money must come out of Its hilling, that good banks must be protected against runs and the- humiliation of script, ami lhat depositors must be guaranteed a return of th'ir deposits. First dismissed )V .r, 'Inn, next appioveei by him to win Kansas, ami now opposed by him to pla cate Wall Stve-el Ihe people uudcl-stail. There is a gronuel swell for Drynn and Demoe-racy like that of 't)2, lirst felt in the- Central Vi--l; this is the- heart beat of the country mid is un mistakable evidence of Ihe party's v . o vie lory. The pe-ople have- made up their minds lhat Congress miisi again bc-i-oiue a deliberative body; that the lyramiy of a Republican speaker must no: tii-it ( -.nnnii must .,i- d.-leale-el uiiuc: polls or in the House; that Rrvan must have a Congress in sympathy with Ihe people: and to ibis cud ..', ,11 v ,.roiina evpeil cwry man to 00 hi only in the cli-clieni of TI-..N Democrat to Congress. And finally, we are going Io win bte-i-ue of the eonl-at betwecii the standard bejire'rs of Ihe two parlie. I'rvan. standing upon the wisest and truest platform ever adoplecl by a political parly, bound by what It says as well as what is left unsaid, and with a conception of the 1'reside-ncy as forty .. . i.-.i ..i- vv list. iii.-i. hi .is Di-moi 1111 ie as that of .lelle rson. Tuft, standing muni 11 olafioi-m loo faulty to hold UP his weight, and clingin but "my policies." Kite bin. I rue lie service-, untrammelled by the the pursuit of monopolistic gain, f and his long anil inglorious service a most complacent adjunct! WHO to nothing to the people unci e vpcriciu en 111 inc i.i.i aiiii of spi-cial interests. I'm fresh irotu e-h from his light on Irelghl regulation o" the Soul hern ICailwav or which he is HOI l!TS THE 111 SI LT? A. H. ELLER, Chairman, State Demoeralic llM-culive CommilteC. t " ((i'-V - IW -l ' teflK -i i . t-i "Woodman spare that tree. Touch not a single bough, In youth it sheltered me, And 1 11 protect it now. them Into the Ri- ' " ... .... . our nroxy to tuc n-an u . . . .;. n:io . - . ..... ,.t ,.,1, ,.h sir 'i-,itt siirt. lust two ycais K4. . .... nviUru ns t:.K.'n uiui" ,. . i.'i.ii fill in Xorth Carolina we n.iu . . ,.f ,:, ,.h Atr. l'""1" par y which Mr. Tatt invite, in, to join is tn, - y ; rapLi a y n ti.e official orgun of tho Fartj;: . , i n-V.. ,. tZm i state Convention at (Jre-nshot as r .pi iaa 'l;l".i,i .rnniPr as a voting party if all 3dU"I my judgiuent ti e Rc-publi. an party 1" -W r - uu- K P licai. party In the Southern States , tiri'St?fL mwu -- - . .. . .... 41 r nifii tihv imic jliuvi -f unu w W. KITCHIN. Democratic Nominee For Governor. in I , -ei. Carolina the same Kim. -hall strive to Rlvo to tlie peopie .i -;; - - Wcn my predete8o . 1 .. 1 . .1 .,vu7ineaivn aiiiiuii"... c . ,. .Mill, ai ...... j. - - - , to 11113 3""- .! w.,...i ...1,1 i:,ernrir tiienn. imvc s,..-- , thp ucmociauv- . t have to 1 ii. c-con . JStSrSS l& .WWUl U J?KrXt Woh Vould about a. appro a '.TtScJ. c JS3T& 'MpJU a,outcd to a chareo asa,.t Has Si HKSfe-s s wsr ami Vmm'ie ought to enjoy." .l ft : r ?' Civ" z-iy. 7? 4 r. ' Am y v- - i. ' 1 X e; - -' fix HON. W. C. NEWLAND. Democratic Nominee for Lieutenant-Gcvsrncr. Tlie nomination of Mr. Xewlanel for tliU high ofTiec when he had Hot sought it befcjre the Convention met. was a high compliment, anil an exhibi tion of the disposition and tho ability of the Democratic peop!, to select capable and worthy men to .serve the people with geograpiucai lairii"- aml lo distribute lt houor -tin 11 always use vvnai umuvuvv - -e p. the peopl4?,"
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