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C3 i n V 1 .,' : a.,-- ! .) V ft. 11 i r .1. if It ')! 'I ;';:i-'iii il l I iv.;fii HIS 74 -'l c3, Mr i2i : 81 COX TO MAINTAIN HOLDEN STANDARD Boast of a Republican Speaker Intro ducing Cox DEFENDS RECONSTRUCTION Mr. J. W. Bailey Says Cox by His Silence 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 eandi flate ' for elector-at-large, returned yesterday from Yadkinviile, where he spoke on Monday. He reported a very large audience and fine Demoerati-' enthusinsm. He also brought remark able evidence that the Republicans have grov n homeless of dodging res ponsibility for their past and have de cided to defend Holdenism, Itussell ism and Reconstruction. This Is borne out by the notorious Montgomery speech here. "It seems." said Mr. Bailey, in an Interview, "that the Republicans have decided to accept the responsibility for the miserable records made by the two administrations they have had in North Carolina. "At Yadkinviile yesterday (Monday. October 19th) Mr. Bart Brown intro duced Mr. Elwood Cox. candidate for Governor on the Republican ticket, and declared with frenzied emphasis that Ir. 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 Yadkinviile when Mr. Cox came in. I had referred to the fact that in his letter accepting the Republican nomination, Mr. Cox had called upon the people to forget the past and to lav aside the political 'prejudices' of their fathers; and I had expressed gratification that the Re publicans had af any rate become ashamed of their past. I undertook briefly to show why they should be ashamed, and on the other hand, whv :he people of North Carolina could n at forget that under Ho den an I tussell the Republicans had not only proved themselves unfit to conduct our State affairs, but had plunged themselves into corruption and brought the Stale 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, Aycoek 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 T challenged the Republicans to prom ise that Mr. Cox would maintain the standard of Holden and Russell. "You may imagine my surprise when in the presence of Mr. Cox and a court-room fu.l of Democrats and Republicans MK. BKOYVX DID THAT VKIIY 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 i.i 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 liow them.' and so are they kngwn to North Carolina." TO DEMOCRATIC CLUBS 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 close adherence to the welfare of the masses has enabled it to withstand the devitilizing 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 and 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 and devoted 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 and, to have every voter feel that he is an essential element in his party's success. There are thousands of these clubs in the United State today; men of all classes, businesses, occupations and profesions, bound together in one common purpose and actuated by the highest patriotism. You do not find Democratic Clubs inspired? conceived or dominated by men bent upon greed or private gain, but that they are of ficered and directed by unselfish citi zens, who place principle before pow er and men above money. The clpns of Democracy are arising and on every hill-side and valley; by seashore or by mountain brook ih- v are drilling and organizing for the most momentous battle snce Yorlt town, when Cornwallis surrendered Knglish tyranny to American libertv. This vast army of Democrats is de termined to wrest from the hands of a few what God intended for the many, and on the third of November, 1!0S. William Jennings Bryan, their captain, with the high standard of equal rights to 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, wilh his Iron-sides, changed the po litical destiny of Kngland. Why? He cause he had behind him the most de termined men of conviction the world has ever seen. Our dubs are 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 ?ee that every Democrat capable of voting votes. This is the essence of ' ictory. 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 lie 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 i-f ly upon your officers to do all th v. or!:. You are an integral part in this -rat fight, and the ideal club is that club in which every member, regard less of his place or position, presumes to be a lender. 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. TOM DIXON, AUTHOR OF CONFEDERATE PENSIONS Introduced First Pension Bill in 1885, Which Was Pass ed Over Opposition of Republicans, Including' Pritch ard. Now, After Democrats Have Increased Pension Appropriations to One-Sixth of All Taxes Collected by State Government, Republicans Pretend to Supe rior Friendship to Confederate Soldier. It is a fact which may have been forgotten by a great many people, and which deserves to be remembered, that the 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 years of age, and drew and intro duced and championed with his bril liant eloquence the bill to pension Con federate soldiers, and the claims of the old veterans were so well presented by him that when the roll was called out not a single Democrat in the General Assembly voted against it. This was the beginning of the pension system in the State, which has been so popu lar, and so generously recognized as just and proper that every succeeding Democratic Legislature has increased the amont given to this purpose, unti 11 nas now reacned $400,000 per year, one-sixth of the total taxes collected by 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 by an almost solid Republican vote, the Journals of the Legislature show ing the following votes in opposition: In the House, Brim, Bulla, Chappell, Katon. Henderson, Hussey, Lockey, Pinnix, Pritchard, Roulhac, Thorpe, Wall, Ward, Whitted 14. 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 for the old veterans were the fusion Legislatures. The Repubii. arguing that can candid ; Congress sh ; elected becni. cratic Cor; have no inf.u. Republican By the same - people sliGi! Democratic men this yea the next I!c; resentatives Democratic Cannon hnv he a back; Dcrn't fail ir. full vote for ocratic Cc: Every one c have been i ai : rcscnta?iv?s c; i terests cf the r. s a pub!., fcr 1 in d . .s. -'Sir "V-o """ r n t s CHARLES B. AYC0CK. Ex-Governor of North Carolina Two of the heroes of I lie battles of '!. '!iS ami 1900. who went as Governor will go down in history as ainonji tlu most distinetiie in the vaiKCinent, in moral uplifting and in industrial ii ircss, ROBERT BR0ADNAX GLENN. Governor of North Carolina. furthest into (lie camp lii.torv of the State for of the enemy. The administration led by e.icli of lliem brilliant achievements in peace, in eilm ationul ad- U. I ll'e dun-- r . ould toiiiv: lit 1 1 n lii i Hut l-ler I hope I II more louiejil taM,. I , , In pi from Hie I'.a-i i" . line 'iid lell (hi- im people. I Ii;mc not Ion liiloreti and urand hiM o von tlr't no -li'ol.. hand Mid in iiiui.iu ran party over lln -e I'Ulldi hildrrli. ( Ap'l:; i Im-:iiis- I lre tri'-ii ii if liaviim tried it in tie- p.i tumid nolliing bin 1'iiin I i iiiiiml Ik'Iii bui liln i. Ii. Watson. '. 'i ji I' .i. WHERE THE MONEY FGR DEIilOGRATIG IMHUTS GOMES FROM Only 36 Per Cent, of Taxes For State Government Col lected From Poll and Property Taxes and a Large Part of this Goes Bach 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. WHY HIS PRIVATE CHAR ACTER IS CONSPICUOUS Xo doubt a great many people have been puzzled to know how the rm ocratic administration has been :i 1 ! 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 :;tj 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 anil in the pension payments, and in the oth er enmities r; ! State tax"S c.,11 them fur tlleM' The balance e revenues is ill I'ronch'ise t;i s. irge per cent, of the etel are returned to l.bjeets. f i4 per cent, of State rived entirely from privilege taxes and taxes on railroads, insurance compa nies and other 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, whil 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 frem franchises and privilege- taxes. What It Means to Vote for Mr. Cox. Winston Journal. AVhen a Democrat votes for Mr. .T. Elwood Cox for Governor, he is prac tically voting: 1st 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 $::uu,Ooa, the Governor controlling this through a board appointed by him. 3rd To place oar splendid hospi tals for the insane, our excellent schools for the deaf, dumb and blind, our State University, Normal schools, A. and Af. Colleges, etc., all under control of Republican boards. 4th To place the appointment to till 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 publican. nth- To absolutely kill for four years all effort looking to the pre vention of disc rimiuation in freight rat s, the Governor being the life and spirit of the prosecution. These are some of the things you v.ill be voting for should vim vote for Mr. Cox. Don't fail lo vole era I ic ( 'oiigi-essniati. now lias leu Dcinocr and by all means solid delegation. The for your Deino Xorlh Carolina a Is in Congress, -liould hold the only way to put an end to ,loc a nuoiii.ni is bv elect ing a Democratic Congress. If ln- old man should Ii - del'ealed in his district, as now seems probable, and the Re publicans should hold their majority in Congress, iiicy would lind another .foe Camion lo put in the Speaker's chair ami stand between the special interests and the people. It is time now for a people's Congress. (Interview with K. 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 I were disposed tu do so. and, besides. 1 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 -he true, not withstanding the attack upon him by the editor of the otricial organ of his party. If Mr. Cox were a Democrat tli- possession of a good private charattci would not make him conspicuous. It is the rule of the Democratic party to nominate decent men tor olliee, a'o when the Republican-, make so much noise about the nomination of a man who has ii good private chariK'ler it would seem to indicate that with that pary it is the exception. Nothw ith staiuling Mr. Cox's private character is good, there are lew men in the State who are, by their interests, environ, nient s'nd views, so disqualified to serve the people in an ollieial capacity as Mr. Cox. lie lias for years been the all-round "handy man" of -the South ern Railway Company in Guilford county. The "sirrnngomciit has been profitable to Mr. Cox and. I have no ou!)l. to the railway company also. Mr. Cox his gicn c iddicc of his high appreciation of the favors the railway company litis bestowed upon nun. anil lie is as prone to think with it as the sparks are to i'iy upwards. I did not know whether I was going to get strong enough to light in this campaign, hut when the Republican Convention met and put on their ticket old Dr. Cy. Thompson lor one of the best paying ol'lices of the Stale, the "pien" broke out all over me. He was once a Democrat, but he went over and fused with thA Republican party and helped to defeat us in IS'll. and when they nominated liim the 'pi,en" broke out just like measles. (Applause-.) I couldn't put my linger on ii place that wasn't "piened."' (Ap plause.) Cyrus n. AVnlsoii. 1 want to sai lo joii lo do nothing dangerous. It is dangerous lor a Dem ocrat lo scratch a ticket. don't cur scratch them (applause). because when I scrlch them I have left in niv gun only half a load, and when I shoot I want a whole load, both of powder ami lead. Cyrus li. Watson. From The Philadelphia Record, October 11, 1908. bEEIN THINGS AT NIGHT." SHALL PASSENGER FARES BE IMLffl! The Democrats Gladly Accept the Issue Raised gainst Them by the Republicans on Reduced Fas inge Fares and Show by Sworn Reports of Railr j,.:' 0 . ficials that Railroads Have Been Greatly Bmt ju?i by the Cheaper Fares, While a Hundred Thi?a;ar.d Dollars per Month Are Being Saved to the Pfcpic. Will The Republicans Restore The Old HirjH Hates? Democrats Are Also Striving to Cor r set the Freight Discriminations Endorsed by Hon. J. Elwood C:x. The one issue -which the Kcpiihli 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. Dear 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 lie 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 n defending their action in this mat ter as one of their best accomplish ments for the hem-tit 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 Carolina. The sworn reports made by the of ficials of the Southern Railway to the Corporation Commission show that for the six mouths, ending December ::l, I'.xu;, under the' old high passen ger rates, their receipts from passen ger fares in .North Carolina were !t 7,l Tti . I'm- the six months eiidmi' December Ilia", under the 1-1' cent rate, their receipts were $1,047, 588, an increase- for the six months of $80,(124; an, increase of $i:!,":!7 per month and of nearly $o00 per day. lake reports from officials of ' the Atlantic Coast lam- for the same pe riod show $4::j.'itir, under the high rate and $17T..ixt; under tin- low rate; tin increase under the low rate of $4::.0lM. or $7,170 per month and $2."S per lav. lake reports from oflicials of the Seaboard Air Iim- show pusscngec re ceipts oI'$i'lm;.S.S7 under the old high rate, and s:;o::,S02 under the new low rate for the same period of six months; an increase (' receipts un der the reduction rate of $7lj,! 1 ,". or $12,S1'J per month and $427 per dav. These are facts. They show beyond the point of cavil that the sug gestion made by the Republicans that the Democrats have done the railroads an injury in reducing passenger fares is absolutely without foundation. It is true that the railroads, in common witn every other class and form of en terprise in the whole country have suliered greatly within the last eigh teen months, but their troubles are traceab e to the empty freight cars i l t?hV'.1,K' Roosevelt panic li.led trv t!rVh r:,m "e ond f tiu- - tr.v to the other. As shown above, the railroads,' from the sworn rei. hi ollicei s. h.l e In ell I !. 1 1 ii ' ! hurt, by the cheapening - lares. And while ibis i ; disputably true, how al - CStS Ol' till' people? II' been affected ? They have becll save of one hundred tlloiisaii every month since the i went into effect, and tln that continues to them . money which they now 1 pockets, their banks, or their iiei ils. The Democrats an this issue, and cha lldr. Mentis to sav that, it a -with the lower, tln-i v.. the old hU'h rates and !" pie again to bae to ctnt, difference between i the reduced fares. Another enactment ,.; i is lature in t h inter- m -which wis so learl in ! that it passed almost u tion. was to make a i per cent from the lm a 1 on shipments bet wc.-p , Slate over two or n,..- , the tola I of two or n i Still anotlu r rli.n inn : ti-rest of the people o- i -the empowering of if. - ; the Corporation Come, all reasonable mean power of tin- Slat, t erimina t ions a i:a i n -1 v eit ies in ! a or i !' 1 1 '.iroliiui eit ii s. u i- a ii oughly ontta-eons an" that in all orl I. c.... been to, ind bat on them, tin- lion. .1 I. 1 tepubl ica li 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 : i - i lOVlTllor I I I- h M a).. lion I oi iii jssji in. a 1 : authority, are mm n before the I nti 1st ; i t, ' mission to correct tin Perhaps it i.ia'u i e.Xpecte.1 of .:m I just claimant- l - - . win n ex-Sec t-ctan Shaw wtis s;eikii L Hie hitter's li el I a ' 'a rolina did a n ! one word o 1 1 .,s, n metits tor I, nni which In- n i.- i,. i. cm III pa iu ii i -.-1 a ' ' Some so. cot. o 1 wise make i.s I;-. ' t he large na i t they contain '' district w bi la-l : : didate lakin:: a-! . a a t time on I e - 1 1.: factory shut d-m n shut calls,-.- to :: about l;e.l'!;e.i : lotto I'lSI 1 I -. . . Helirv Watte' that if I i a.- this national .-'.--t Mllire a level!. In- ' sen ta t i cs of i i ' I i l lege. 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. Uefore they were beaten they talked long and loud about their devotion to purtv pr.nciples. l?einS beaten, thev become a ',"S'dees',frtthtbir "T-nor party MeVso thithel vv ha t 1, s course-w,;aV pHnc a irust a turn-co-if vci, vu" restinli'V"KL,f.tUftnn'. finding a interest dictates? W1,er his 1K'rso,ial Pendent ZTS ' . -o-called In.le- out discred7teTXn" ?S wunKtng tolk and usual. end up in the defeat 1 1 1 1 i wander frem ' il ea use they d id n t v lind usualh tie I confidence of f ai general public but to win the tru.-t new allies. They a now. "U things of which Mm construction da' bm Us back in power, e- 'I hey want u- t -' we can only juuuc -" the pilot. lieu Mo-, -Children of Israel lo the w ildt-i ne-o he 1 1 a people rctid to 1'oi-i.et crs in i-;gpt and i'i their Inmdagc: but it ' to te history of tin- - crs you will see that w forgot l Ik iiiscIm-s ami that In' was Icadiii- 1 lie told them lo ' h upon the Iroiitleto .u wear them upon lb. light" hand.' l'!'"- 1 i ' i -1 1 ! ., ; n'J ... 'I' r I 'I,