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A Consistent Record of True Democracy HEYEB FALTERING OB WAVEBING A HAIR'S BREADTH. The Democrats of the Fifth District honored themselves yesterday in unani moiialy renominating Hon. W. W. Kitchin for Congress for the sixth cou eeciftive time. Mr. Kitchin, while one of the youngest men in Congress, is the oldest in point of service of any North Carolina member either in the House or Senate, and no man of bis years in cither Jdouse is an abler or more capable servant of the people. He was first elected in 1800, when the whole State was in the hands of the Fusionists, and he owes his first victory to a magnifi cent campaign in which he championed the cause of the whole people and handled without glovee the trusts that feed on the people, not forgetting to show how the tobacco trust, with head quarters in hie district, was robbing the people. During all the years he haa been in Congress, without faltering or waver ing a hair's breadth, he has stood f#r fundamental Democratic principles just as Ilia distinguished kinsman, Nathaniel Macon, did, against monopolies, and special privilege and the like. He stands firmly on Democratic ground, He does not light special privileges in New England and be silent while the tobacco trust robs the farmer of his Slate. He does not declaim against the iniquitous ship subsidy and then vote for a more iniquitous subsidy to the Southern Rail way been use it runs through his dis trict. He stands for principle and makes no exceptions or saving clauses for the trusts of his own Stnte. It is because Mr. Kitchin's record has been so consistent and he has championed old fashioned Democratic principles so ably that he has held the confidence and en thusiastic support of his constituents. Four years ago, when some timid Democrats doubted the wisdom of "standing pat" on the Kansas City plat form. Mr. Kitchin made a speech in the Democratic State Convention that hax been equaled only once in this decade, and that was by the speech of Mr. Ay cock in accepting the nomination for Governor. During the recent session of Congress Mr. Kitchin made several im portant speeches, the most notable being bis masterly speech against the subsidy for the so-called fast mail of the South em Railway and the L. and N. lliat speech exposed the pure subsidy of the sugar-coated proposition, and though able men Bought to find plausible ex cuse or reason for supporting the sub „jdy —or "steal." as Hen Tillman calls it no argument could answer Hill Kitchin's terrible onslaught upon it. He was powerful and effective because he stood upon the solid groun I of an eternal principle. When he had finished the subsidy majority, that had formerly been large, "swunk" to one majority, thus foretelling its unhonored doom. While Mr. Kitchin does not belong to that class of statesmen who measure usefulness by getting "pork" for their districts—though securing appropria tions for needed improvements is an important while the least service of a statesman —he has not failed to get money for public buildings for his dis trict and lor Guilford Rattle Ground, and the Fifth District has more public buildings than any district in the State. —Haleigh News and Observer, July 3, 1000. KITCIIIVX POSITION IN OUKKttNA TOHIAL CAMPAIGN OF IJMIB. ( Kxtracts fritin speech o* W. W. K itch in. delivered in Kttleigh, June 4, 100 H.) "The Democratic party is in favor of regulating the natural monop olies, but you can not regulate trusts, fur trusts are unnatural monopolie . I have found no intelligent man who thinks tliut we can fix the price of trust products. Voii can hedge them around as much ns you please, hut so long as they tlx the prices they will plunder the people. Hut they will not plunder the farmer to the extent that they will kill the goose that lays the golden egg. They intend to pay the farmer enough to give him a profit, hut they will (ix the lowest price that will still keep him producing the products. When you find t.iat you can not regulate them you are driven to the position that trusts are iniquitous and should noi exist. "When the monopolist fixes the price, a fine is no punishment on h.r\ He will get it back out of the people. You must let the human beings hack of them know that it is better' to Obey the law than to violate it, io let them know that if they hold the law in co'tempt and break it at will, they will be put behind the prison bars. "These special interest* will not pick mo out as the nominee of the Democratic party if they have the power of naming the nominee. Don't understand me to aay that the in n who are not with me are under the railroad and trust influ ences—m..ny are; don't understand me to say that Craig and liorue would t make good Governors. "If they (the special interests) thought I was a bad man they would gladly present the evidence. 1 have incurred their hostility because 1 have alwaya had the courage to stand for the rights of the people and have not acquiesced in their wrongs, because 1 have always stood for the interests of the people and have not courted the favor of the railroads and the trusts. • • • "Suppose they (the special inter eats) can defeat me in this cant-" paign. Will they not say to your 6tat« officials and to your' Con greaamen and Senators, 'Behold the fate of Kitehint Do you remember hitnT Kitchin's severest critic never accused him of deserting the people, of bowing before the public service corporationa, and the people deserted him and retired him from pullic life. Sow, Mr. *ublic Servant, you had better listen to ua or wa will turn you out of office.' They play politics all the time. Every cor poration that aeeka special advantages over the people playa polities all .ut time Wherever they can secure a paper, or a clique, or a special influence, they m have secured them already, for they never deep, but always play polities. "They say Kitchin is a dangerous man. I defied my critics to nam* one vote or act in all my career that was danger ous or unsafe, and they have never an swered, and being unable to answer M»t about to mislead you and misrepresent me.—Raleigh News and Observer, June 5, 1908. A PBOPIIECY FULFILLED. When Hon. Clins. W. Tillett nomi nated him for liovernor he said: If he is elected Governor, then be will lie Governor. If lie is elected Governor, then there will be no power behind the throne. If he is elected Governor, there will be no clique nor ring formed around where he sits. Historians tell us that the intrepid and independent Cato the Younger plunged a dagger into his heart rather than have a king rule over him, and I will tell you of a truth that if \V. W. Kitchin has the alternative put before him, he will suffer his hesd to be severed from his body rather than have a boss rule over him. i Yet with all his boldness and inde pendence of thought, I defy any man to lay his hand upon a single act of bis that can properly be called revolutionary or dnngerous. The pages of the Con gressional Record will lie searched in vain for a single vote or a single ut terance hostile to the Democratic party or inimical to what he, in the exercise of an intelligent conscience, conceived to be for the best interest of his coun try. I do not deny that he has been bold and aggressive, but I do deny that he lias done anything to frighten any persons except those whose consciences liave made cowards of them. My countrymen, the man I represent thinks that the evils which oppress anil grind the face of the people should all he destroyed, but I promise you this, tliut in his effort to cast out the devils from the body politic, he will use no wand except that simple shepherd's staff of Democracy —"Equal rights to nil and "pecial privileges to none." No man that is engaged i n Hr) y legitimate bu»i 11ess will he disturbed by any agitation of his, hut on the other hand, he will use i very power that God has given him to conserve and preserve the magnificent resources of the State. Afraid of him? I tell you verily he will not break a bruised reed of a struggling industry nor ];iench a smoking (lax of honest toil. Down from the humble farm where labor, in the sweat of their faces, "the mun with the hoe" and the woman with the broom, all the up to the gilded palace, where rest iji luxurious ease the man with the bond* and the woman with the diamonds, he believes in absolute jus tice and equal protection for all. If you wi|| make hiui Governor I will under write bis bond and get ten thousand solvent freeholders of the State to sign it with me to the effect that when be has closed his four years' career it will be recorded in the annals of the State that the Commonwealth never had a Chief Kxecutive who did more for the upbuild ing of all its worthy enterprises of labor and commerce. • ■ If we turn to the argument of party service, I yield to no man. I have heard it said that there were some others who did more for the establishment of white supremacy. Why, gentlemen, the man 1 offer you was born and bred in Halifax County, and lie sprang from the loins of a man who bore a name that help less children uud defenseless women and timid men conjured with in the dark days of the Black Peril. And in our epoch-making contest for the adoption of the Constitutional Amendment not one upheld it with more seal and ability than he, and the astute chairman of the Detn ocratic State Committee caused over eighty thousand copies of his speech on the subject to be circulated all over the State. TRUSTS SHOULD MS DESTROYED. (Extract from Governor Kitchin's In augural Address of 1000 on Trusts.) J lie man who by foul means willfully and needlessly takes the life of a rival under our law forfeits hi* own. The cor porate monopoly that by foul means will fully and needlessly destroys its rival by wrong-doing for the purpose of exacting unjust profits from the public, should forfeit its existence. All the power of the State in all of its departments should he exerted to destroy every unnatural monopoly, every industrial trust that commits wrong upon the people and their industries. And the fixed policy of regulating the natural monopolies, the public service corporations, should he maintained. INSISTS ON PLATFIRM DEMAND. (Interview of Governor Kitchln in News and Observer, February 2, 1900.) 1 consider our platform was a direct endorsement of the famous subsection A, which failed to become a law at the last Legislature, and in my judgment this Legislature ought to amend our ex isting law by adding the substance and effecting the purpose of that section. STRONG AGAINST TRUSTS. ( Extract from Special Message of Qov ernor Kitchln on Trusts, February 10, 10U0.) It is needless to repeat at this time facts and arguments showing the evil of private industrial monopolies oom monlv called trusts. Few advocate tbem, and fewer, perhaps, think them right. • # • The opportunity has come to make such conspiracies criminal and to pre scribe punishment for such conspirators. You are face to face with the duty of obeying the mandate of the Democratic Convention. • • • A mere statement of the proportion that a conspiracy by purchasers to put down the price of an article produced bv the labor of others la wrong, U ao clear and convincing la its simplicity that it would seem idle to argue Ha juatice to any American legislative body. The universally acknowledged princi ple of self-defense, applicable to Btntea as to individuals, would destroy a Con spiracy so damaging in ita effect and ao general in ita blight. The duty of re pressing wrong and protecting thoae who can not protect themselves requires the lawmakers to put the whole power of the State against such eonspiraciea. 1 therefore recommend that ihe General Assembly comply with that declaration, because it ia right and ought to be the law, and because the dominant party ia pledged to its enactment: and I also recommend that the putting down or keeping down by purchasers of the prices of articles produced by the labor of others in pursuance of such conspiracy be made criminal. Fear of the wrath of those who violate a moral princ.ple, and who threaten, if the Legislature of the State of North Carolina complhes with the wish pf her majority, to punish the communities si ready in their grasp, rather than obey the laws, should not affect the judg ment or paralyze the efforts, as it can not nullify the duty of thoae whom the people have chosen to do their will. UNDIMINISHED HOSTILITY TO TRUSTS. 1 (Extract from message of Governor Kitchin to Legislature of 1911.) Legitimate corporation and joint stock companies are beneficial and greatly develop the State, inspiring an enterprising business spirit, and no one can speak other than words of praise concerning them, but private monopolies are tyrannical and intolerant. A free people desiring justice and hating op pression should exert their entire govern mental power to destroy thein. Under our dual system of government the Fed eral law has sole jurisdiction over inter- Htute commerce, while the State is eu premu over commerce wholly within her territory. It behooves the government of every State to exert its entire power in contributing to the destruction of monopoly, the restoration of competition in industrial life, in limiting trust evils, in protecting her people, ami in com pelling compliance with and in punishing violations of her laws. • * * 1 have n deavored to obtain from the several solicitors, who have in the last two years represented the State in the various ju diciul districts, definite suggestions which in their official experience or otherwise have occurred to them as proper amendments to strengthen our low. One of the ablest has suggested that the words "article or thing of value" used in said law probably in eluded only tangible things and would not include telephone and telegraph mes sages. Although the Corporation Com mission lias the power to regulate their charges, I recommend that you consider the language used in the statute with the view of including practices which are prejudicial to the rights of the people, and for the purpose of including rates and tolls. 1 also recommend that subsection "g" be added as follows: "For any per son, firm, corporation or association to contract, to combine in the form of trust or otherwise, or to conspire with any other person, firm, corporation, or as sociation in restraint of trade, com merce, or manufacture in this State," I further recommend that an addi tional subsection "h" be added as fol lows: "For any person, firm, corpora tion or association to monopoliise or attempt to monopolize or combine or conspire with any other person, firm, corporation or association to mono- i li/.e any part of the trade, commerce or manufacture within this State." These two sections recommended are the substance of the two most impor taut sections of the Federal Anti-trust Law. J recommend that the use of coupons in packages of merchandise or other nrticles of value be forbidden in this State. I also recommend that in purchasing goods, wares or merchandise for the uae of the State or any of its institutions Jthat it bo provided that preference shall he given to the products of independent manufacturers and deal A rg. The Constitution places the control of all criminal prosecutions in the Su perior Court in the hands of the die trict solicitors. I recommend that the Governor be au thorired to employ special counsel to assist in prosecutions under our anti-trust law, and to employ special agents to investigate the facts upon suggestions from a Solicitor that such investigation is desirable in any case of supposed violation of such law, and that the Treasurer be authorised to pay the compensation and expenses of such eoun sel and agent out of the public Treas ury upon the Auditor's warrant issued, upon the Governor's approval. I r also recommend that said law be amended so that 40 per cent of the fines collected by virtue of any prosecution thereunder be paid to the Solicitor, such special coun sel assisting him. and the private proee cutor or prosecutors, if there be any, In such proportion as the trial court may adjudge. 1 also recommend that it be provided that any violations of our anti trust law shall subject the offender to a penalty o» one hundred dollars a day. which may be recovered by any citisen of the State, and that any person, firm, corporation or association injured by its violation shall, npon having his ae tual damages legally assessed, have a judgment against the defendant for three times such actual damages. ATTITUDE TOWARDS TRUSTS UNCHANGED. (Governor Kitchin, replying to News and Observer, July 20, 1911.) My attitude toward trusta haa never changed. I aui aa anxioua to aid in the deatruction of private monopoliea and the punishment of offenders aa I ever claimed to be. I never said that I could destroy the American Tobacco Company or any other trust operating throughout the United States, if elected Governor. And yet you have tried to make your readers believe that I never promised the people to uaurp the powera of the Legialature or the judiciary. I have al wave regarded the great truata aa pil laging plunderera of our progreaa, and I shall do what I can to relieve tha people from their oppress ion under tha Conati tution of thia State and tha United Statea. Theae commercial pirntss I have fought from my youth up to this day. 1 have alwaya thought and still think rieh and great offendera ahould bs punished as well aa others. • • • The Governor of North Carotins ia the only Governor in the United States that lias no veto power, and the Governor, without the power to veto legislation, can have little power beyond the reason of hia messages in securing legislation. *ou have constantly opposed giving the Governor the veto power. » striking comparison of the powers of Goversors is found between the Governor of this State and the Governor of New Jersey, who hsa the veto power; who haa the power of appointing the Secretary of State, the judgea of the Supreme Court, the Clerk of the Supreme Court, the dis trict judges, the Attorney-General, and the district attorneya. A Governor with this power, disposed to use the "bis: stick," can be very effective in legisla tion; and yet the Governor of New Jersey has not driven the American To bacco Company—one of its chartered in stitutions—from ita borders. ANSWERS DEMAND OF THE PRO GRESSIVE SPIRIT IN THE PARTI. (Interview of Hon. A. H. Eller in State Press, August 21, 1012. 1 Upon being asked what he thought of the senatorial couteat, Mr. A. U. Elljr said in ellect: Governor Kitchin is making another victorious campaign. This is bard for some people to realize, but it is plain enough to those who understand anil sympathize with the aapirationa of the Democratic masses. There is and has been a considerable number of men in and out of the party who would shape and prejudge public sentiment against him, no matter when or to what public position he aspires— these men always have him "beat* until tlie people are heard from. His services to the public and to the principles of Democracy stand out in brighter and bolder light the more they are carped at by his critica, or eon trusted with the records of those who liuve opposed its platform and its policy. 'J be progressive spirit in our party today is a manifest purpose of the peo pie to have leaders and public servants responsive, not to speciul interests, but to the general good. W. W. Kitchin answers this demand. No vote or act of his, contrary to the declared principles of his party, will ever call for labored defense or expert explanation. A discussion of his public record will never be construed by his friends as reading him out of the party. Where he leads the rank and (lie can follow with confidence. He ia able, true and courageous; his heart is pure and always with the people, and they are not tired of honoring him. "Indeed he seems to me None other than an ideal leader, Who reverences his conscience ss his King." WELL EQUIPPED. I was a supporter of Governor Ay cock, but since his death 1 am for GOT ernor Kitchin. 1 have known Governor Kitchin well and favorably for many yeara. His long service in the House of Representatives and his general equipment will At him for the dutiea of a Senator. W. T. CBAWTORD. Waynesville, N. C. v SPLENDID VICTORY VAST BENEFIT TO THE PARTY. The writer recalls vividly the hard fight VV. W. Kitchin put up to redeem this district wnen he begsn his political career, and what an incentive his vic tory was to the Democrats of North Carolina, especially this western fcec tion. The writer was a resident of Winston-Salem at that time, and in this district everything else went Republi can from President down. "The only bright snot" was the election of "Kitchin," and it was celebrated every night during the week in Winston- Salem liy about 1,000 young men, who marched through the streets. Your election at that time was of vaat benefit to the party. O. W. Kr.RNEB. We heartily concur in tue above. F*ANK F. KKBNEE. R. P. K TONER. JNO. G. KEKNEB. Kernersville, N. C. EXPERIENCE—ABILITY PRESTIGE. If Governor Ritchin y is sent to the Senate the people may rest assured that they have sent no new hand at the bus! ness, but one of experience, ability, and prestige. He served twelve years in Congress as a member of the House of Representatives, and he will have been absent only four years. Many with whom he served are still in the House, and quite a number of them are now in the Senate. If there ever was a time when a man's influence in the Sen ate toas measured by his length of serv ice instead of his ability and the things he stood for, that time is hsppily past. It must be remembered that the suc cessful resolution to oust Loritner from the Senate was one of the firat acta of a brand new Senator. W. D. TunifO. Statesville, N. G. THE OLDEST EDITOR'S ESTIMATE. "The candidate for Governor now (1008) may not equal some of the can didatee of the paat for that high office, but in ability, character, training, ex perience, and peraonal worth, I recall none in aixty yeara I would place above W. W. Kitchin, and I am not a poli tician or office-aeeker." —Dr. T. B. Kingsbury In Mewa and Observer, June 21, 1908. A DEMOCRA J IK EYEBT ESSENTIAL. In my acquaintance and aaaociation with tha public men of North Carolina in th« last thirty jmh I ktn sot known a mora conscientious, patristic or cleaner public nun than GOT. W. W. Kitchin. While a member of Congress with him for two terma he waa beyond question the beat debater and the moat influential member of our delegation. He ia an able man, a apiendid speaker, well and favorably known in Waahing ton, and I believe if elected to the Senate will exert an influence in our national affairs which can not be anr passed by any member of the preaent delegation. And, beat of all, he ia a Democrat in every eaaential of that term, and ia much needed at this junc ture of our public affaire when the principles of our party ahould be en forced, rather than be discarded and ob scured aa they are by aome of our public men. JOHN D. HELLAICT. Wilmington, N. C. FAIR IN POLITICAL DISCUSSION. I consider Governor Kitchin one of the fairest men in political diacuaaion I ever heard speak. I have heard the speech he is making in hie preaent cam paign for the Senate, and it is perfectly legitimate from every standpoint. He makes no personal attack on his oppo nent, but con flues hia remarka entirely to his public record, made up of his public acts and utterancee. While his speech is bold and forcible, it ia in no sense bitter or abusive. So long as the people are expected to rule, it is not only proper but necesaary for public questions and the records of public offi ciate to be discussed before the people. NET MCNEKLCT. Monroe, N. C. IN ACCORD WITH WILSON. Any one who hae read carefully the speech of acceptance of Woodrow Wil son and caught the spirit of that great utterance must realize how well Gover nor Kitchin fits into the splendid scheme of government as outlined bv the next President. Few men can be found whose life and political creed show them to be so well suited as he to serve in the Senate and help work out the pro gram outlined'for the new era. O. MAX OABDXER. Shelby, N. C. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE. In the ordinary acceptance of the word I do not consider Governor Kitchin in the light of a politician. He seems to be in partnership with the great body of the people and be boldly lays his cause befofe them, scorning the cheap tricks of the ordinary politician to flat ter and fool and use the people. He has unbounded confidence in the intelli gence and patriotism of the people and of their ability to govern themselves. He is a Democrat in the highest ami best sense of the word. RODOLPH I)nmr. Jacksonville, N. C. DEVOTION TO DUTY. The indications in Mitchell are thst Kitchin will receive at least two-thirds of the votes cast in this county, and his strength is materially Increasing. What I specially admire in the life and character of Governor Kitchin is his devotion to duty. His chief concern seems to be not whether a thing la ex pedient or popular, but whether it is right. The rule of right is the only aafe rule to follow in statesmanship as well as in the ordinary affairs of life. V. R. BUTT, M.D., Supt. Co. Hoard of Health of Mitchell County. CLEAR MENTAL VISION AND SOUND JUDGMENT. During all the years I have known VV. W. Kitchin—and I have known him from his boyhood—l have found no weak spot in his life or character. His poise and self-control are conspicuous characteristics. While he is alert in mind and body, he is never rattled or excited. On the floor of Congress, in the hurly-burly of a State Convention, in a joint debate on the hustings, in the office of Chief Executive—everywhere, he has carried the same poise and self control and evidenced the same clear mental vision and sound judgment. W. F. MAHSUALL. Kaleigh, N. C. LOYAL TO lIIS FRIENDS. One of the dominant traita of charac ter in Governor Kitchin is his loyalty ■to his friends. He makes them few promises, but he never forgets them. This they know and they do not ask or expect promises. He went into the of fice of Governor without a pledge or a promise to any man, and if he is elected Senator it will be In the same manner. He ia not now parceling out collector ships, clerkships, postmasterships, and the like, and promising them secretly to friends in return for services in his campaign. They know that if elected he will be free, and every friend of his will have a fair chance and a square deal, and they know he will not forget them. LUTHEB M. CARL TO I*. Roxboro, N. C. TRUSTS STILL AGAINST HIM. It ia a noteworthy fact that while the great majority of the people of Granville County are favorable to Got ernor Kitchin for the Senate, every American Tobacco Company man in the town of Oxford ia opposed to him. His well-known hostility to the trust* 1« ample Explanation of thia fact. During liia whole political career he haa fought the truata, and thev have alwaya fought him in return. They are fighting him probably harder in thia campaign than they ever did. • T. N. Bub well. Oxford, N. U. FINS TYPK OF PUBLIC BEBYANT. For nine yeara I have known W. W. Kitchin aa Governor, Congreaaman, and man. I have a aineer* admiration far * - —-7 ' , /n him. He is • tine type of pablie lerrut I believe he always endeavors to realise the high saying that "publie oAee Is a publie trust." No purer man ever set foot in the nation's capitoL Eloquent, magnetic, forceful, fearlesa, with a heart beating for humanity, be would greatly serve and honor hia State in the exaltad office of Senator of the United Statea. WHITEHEAD KXDTTX. Salisbury, N. C., August 18, lßlt. ABLE AND PROGRESSIVE. I have been fsmiliar wits Governor Kitchin's record while a memjer of Con gress snd sines he has been Governor of North Carolins, snd while he displayed conspicuous ability as a men ber of Con gresa, he has shown even grester ability as Governor. He has m-maged the af fairs of the great State so wisely snd so weH that the people hsve made their greatest progress without turmoil or strife. Yours very truly, JOHN A. RABBI NOES. Greensboro, N. C. NOT PURITANICAL. While the life of Governor Kitchin is one of unususl purity, he is in no sense puritanical. He accepts men as they are made, knowing that some are wesk and some strong, that some must be con demned, but not in bitterness, thst aome muat be judged in charity, but that all are entitled to conaiderstion. As a re sult all clssaes and conniptions of men are his friends. D. C. PABKS. Hillsboro, N. C. DEMOCRATIC AND PROGRESSIVE. 1 regsrd Gov. W. W. Kitchin as one of the cleanest men I have ever known in politics. A man of hia intelligence, of his undoubted Democracy —being al ways progresaive—and of U unfalter ing adherence to Democratic principlss und platforms, should be our next U. 9. Senator. No person ever doubtea where he stood on any question, snd no person who knows him will ever conclude that he believes platforms are made to get in on. My admiration for him is profound, and I aincerely trust that the people of North Carolina will learn in time, for the good of their own interests, thst no fitter man for the position he seeks can be found in the state. Yours very truly, E. K. WATSOH. Burnsville, N. C. A FO3 TO BPECIAL PRIVILEGE. Governor Kitchin's life has been in entire harmony with the best and high est conceptions and practices of the Democrstic party both in State and na tion. Hia record is so clesn in both pri vate and public life that his bitterest enemy can not sttsck it, and there is, therefore, no need for his friends to defend it. His long career in publie life as Rep resentative in Congress snd ss Gover nor has been one long, loud, persistent and consistent protest against class leg islation of all kinds, snd in him the protective tariff heresy, msil subsidies, the trusts, and sll privilege seeking in terests have found an implacable foe. The present progressive movement the Democratic party as expressed in the platform of 1912, snd as expounded by Woodrow Wilson, ia the logical out come of his life slong advocacy of cor rect Democratic principles, and Gover nor Kitchin's supporters for the Senate naturally find themselves at the fore front of the Democratic procession, and in thorough accord with the spirit of Democracy. MABU MAJKTTE. Columbia, N. C. STRONG WITH TIIE PEOPLE. At this time the whole country seems to be turning from the sordid policy of tariff for protection. It ia unfortunate that any Democrat should sound a false note on this question. To protect the industries at home is all that any Re publican uesires to do, and home to him is his own district and his own State. Tariff for revenue only will triumph in the end, and it will be a long time be fore the Democratic party will permit any man or set of men to commit it to a policy of protection. When it does, it will die and deserve to die. In thii crisis the party U fortunate in having leaders who sound the note of warning, and few there are who more ably expound the Democratic doctrine and hold to its fundamental principlea with greater ability and tenacity than Governor Kitchin. He defends the party against the inaidioua attacks of special privilege with a power and conviction of right that makes him strong with, the people.—Greensboro Record. MITCHIh FOB TIIE SENATE. We shall support Governor K itch in because we believe he will beat repre sent the progressive, militant Democ racy of this State, and because of hia ability, experience, and loyalty to the principles of his party, which demands equal and exact justice to all people. Aa a young man he withatood the temptationa and pitfalls of Waahington, and in hia mature years be will not forsake the cause of the people. The lamented Aycoclc waa known aa the Educational Qovernor, Qlenn ia known aa the Prohibition Governor, and Kitchin should be known aa the Pro gressive Governor, because the State has made more progress in almost every 11M during bis adminiatration than in any like period in its whole hiatory.—Tlx Clayton Newa. EARNEST SUPPORT OP KITCHIN. We believe Governor Kitehin meas ures up to the high atandard aet by tfce people, and like the immortal Vance, his heartbeats will be in uniaon with the throbbing heart of the great com mon people, and hia officii acta, if elected Senator, will ex pre*- the will of the party, outlined in the Democratic platform, and therefore we give him Mr earnest support —Warrenton Record.
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