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... . - - v . v i . f . -'---,-''. " ' - 8 The News " ' HV'N V A; A Pa IT : " ''l f'" .-" XC " P" ' t I Polk County. J J 1 LJK 1 1 ) l? N I ! W jR R'l ( I T J1 -1! -c! , ""us' - SUBSCRIPTION PR1CB gl.oo PEg YlUg. Cl AKjan : V0L- X- ' " - " ' .- ''ypaJLTOimit,' , .... - 7. - .r. -' NO. 26 The Congressional Candidates "Cross Bats" In Columbus. Gudger Scores Ewart, His Record is Laid Bare. . Columbus, N. C, Oct. ; 1904. Special to CitizeD: This is court week here and a very large anil enthusiastic crowd was present to hear the congressional candidates. Mr. Gudger opened by saying that his opponent hardly waited until he reached home after being nominated by the democratic convention at llemlersonville until he challenged him for A joint discussion; that challenge being made with a great flourish ol trumpets, but since having a dozen joint debates J uil$e Ewart had stopped for 'fodder, aiul that he would give any man or woman ton dollars in cash if they, would secure four appointments in Henderson county ncit week, the first one to be in Hender aonville. Judge Ewart's home. Mr. Gudger then discussed the tariff in a reasonable,log k al aud convincing manner showing that the farintr is uot benefitted by the present tariff schedules and discussing Mr. Ewart's positioB in regard to the amendment. lteplylnjj to the judge's critic'sm of the jwll tax feature of the amendment, Mr. Gudger stated that Mr. Ewart was trying to arouse prejudice and bitterness among those who had failed to pay the poll tax and now powi as tbeir friend. But an inspection of the judge's record discloses the fact that he is not sibcere In his representations. In 1000 when the battle was raginjf and the great issue was pending before the people as to the adoption of this amendment, where was this man Ewart? Was he in the thick est of the fight warning the people or the danger and wrongs now so vividly pictured by' him? Echo answers, where? Then he was silent as an oyster. He was sulking in his tent. In 1897, the republican party passed a law making it a crime for a man to tail to pay his poll tax punishable by Im r) l.hnr nn the chain Pan?. Neglect or oversight did not excuse him, to the chain gang he who failed t" pay his poll tax uuder this republican law, must go. At that time Ewart wanted to put you on the chain gaug for failing to pay your poll tax today he is trying to pose as your friend. . ) When the judge had no congressional bee humming in his ear he wanted default ing tax payers put on the chain gang, now . . -m 1 f ms tune nas cuangea. u wonaeroas nmui What a change has come over the ppirit of your dream. "Consistnecy, thou art a jewel," - NatUnal Aid f Public Bad. On the question of national aid for pub lic roads. Mr. Gud?er said that he had al- w- '(-1 - ways favored an appropriation of fifty million dollars to be divided among Jthe states and counties according to population and by them to be used according to the road laws of each county (no tax feature what ever), that he had always stated thatTthe Urownlow Bill was a eood measure, and that he repeated that statement today, but that national aid, for which he contended, was to be extended on the same theory as appropriations for rivers and harbors and in mv letter accenting the challenge for a joint debate I stated my position as follows? ''It U not a scheme to build an Appian Way as you seem to think but it is a sound legislative proposition to give to the people of the inland districts national aid in the construction of highways An the same sense that national aid is given to the peo ple of the coast and river districts, for the improvement of the rivers and harbors, all over the country, thereby making an equal distribution of the moneys appropriated for public improvement. w In my speech in the bouse of represent atives on February 19th, I . said: 'Large sums of money are constantly being raised and used for public purposes and I do .not wish to be understood as opposed io ap- propriations for rivers and : harbors and other beneficial impsovements, which will promote progress and prosperity," but I in tend to agitate the principle of aid for oad8 and the just recognition of the farm ws of this laud along side of and four luaro with any other appropriation for a Public purpose." V - - : o one will contend for a moment thai Al we other appropraitions carry any feature 01 taxation aud my proposition is stated so nearly that it cannot be misunderstood. Jt 18 the duty of the government to build the roads as it builds the harbors or improves the vers. My friend, Mr. Ewart, says that hfi ys not uuderstand my proposition, and it ? Uear lo all that he does not wish to un- -iume. wnat nas been iSwart's po ?lon regarding the Browulow. Bill? He as 8hown the tactics and experience of a Passional dodger. Last February he was trongly in ra?or of the bm and aafeed me your iepresentatiye to vote for it, bu - uietliately atlerwards on being nominated r cngress he nhifted his position and has . -"uuea to do so from day to day. A lanuujr f Evr art's Position. In February last he favored the bill and as&ed me to vote for it. In June in his printed circular he said that the bill was unconstitutional In his speech at Brevard opening , the campaign he admitted favoring the bill and that he asked me to vote for it tyut pleaded ignorance of its provisions. At Glenville he saidV I (he) was a' fool for supporting that bill." -U'l ' At Highlands he said that he supported the bill "On the statemeut that some man made to the association that Mr. Gudger had written a letter saying that the bill was all right. The judge refused to give the name of the man who made the statement At Aquone he dodged again this time stating that "he hereand' now "withdrew his endorsement of the Brownlow Bill." At Bryson City he capped the climax. He said, "My endorsement was influenced by your speech on good 'roads, and yetthe endorsement was made on the 11th of Feb ruary while my speech was not made until the 19th of February. The jidge is a won derful man to be influenced by a speech eight days before it was delivered. Mr. Gudger stated as he has heretofore, that he intends to work for the people to " secure this appropriation and that if Judge Ewart would frankly state that bis change of mind and positions is a grand stand play for the sole purpose to secure votes on the 8th day of November, he will give his rea reason for these aorobatio stunts. - K warta DeBmaeiatloa of Repabllcaaisai Judge Ewart has denounced the republi can party in more bitter terms than any man in North Carolina. - Hundreds of good and true republicans refuse to vote for this nan, who posing as their friend and repre sentative, has charged his party with every crime known in the catalogue of crimes. Mr. Ewart need hot criticise me, pretend ing that I do not commend him for- oppos ing the force bill, for I do commend his opposition to this bill whioh he character izes in his speech as a damnable, illogical. Inequitable and vicious piece of legislation as was ever attempted to be placed upon the sialnte books of this republic." Now this is the charge that he made against his own party, the party that had honored him by electing him a representative to the 51st congress, and the same party he today aska to return him to the 59th. I am constraint ed, my republican friends, to call your at tention to the chtrges heaped upon your party by the man who is now begging and pleading for your votes. Speaking of North Carolina and the other southern states from 868 to 1872, Judge Ewart said: "The state governments fell into the hands of the most disreputable gang of thieves and plun derers that ever disgraced a nation and the very name of republican became a stench n the nostrils of all honest men, by blood sbed, violence a,nd Intimidation these gov ernments were wrested from the thieves and plunderers and today without excep tion are held by the democratic party." My friend and opponent has so much pleasure in taking votes, I will today ask every republican in this large congregation who believes this statement made by Judge Ewart, please stand up." One stood up and Mr. Gudger said, "My friend, I see that Judge Ewart refuses to stand up and vote with you,n :. Uroltea Pledf. : Reading further from the judges speech: "But the pledges so solemnly made in the Chicago platform have beeu wantonly and cruelly falcifled. A republican senate has deliberately killed the Educational Bill, the senate, in utter contempt of the platform in Chicago, has stricken the provisions from the McKlnley bill relieving the growers of tobacco from the onerous and inquisitorial features of the law, another cowardiyaban- donment of principle. Another broken pledge." . :-::: -y--: Here he calls the lepubllcan party cow ards. ; Let every republican In this, audi ence who believes that his party was guilty nf iinot;her cowardly abandonment of principle" stand. (An omnlous silence, not one stood up, even Judge Ewart himself refuses to stand.) McKinley is a party of cowards. He said that they were in the 'southern states "a disreputable gang of thieves and plun derers." These were the charges made by Ewart, and every republican of courage and patriotism, every, republican who lores his party, will be put to the test on the 8th of November. On the one sido U the great democratic party, the party of the people, the party that I am prwd to represent We ask you to come out of the wilderness and vote with' us. You will either do this or you will vote for Judge Ewart and by your ballot say, "Ewart was right when he denounced the leaders ; of the - republican party asthleves and plunderers.'s Every man who loves his state will vote the dem- cratic tieket In November; if he will study her interests and his own and every repub lican who believes that his party was not thieves and plunderers, that they were not cowards, will - repudiate Ewart and vote with lis in the coming election. : The lead ers of his party who have gone to the great beyond, those men who made the early record of that party, if they could be heard would condemn this man and relegate him to the shades of private life forever. If he was a true republican you might vote for him, but rjteH yu that he will abuse you, that he will bolt his party, that he will nrtll rn Yifa rvorfw ;" atlmAa Iia p - out of revenge for the ; failure : of his v f rvorf V ir ctIva hfm tKaf nio favman f K a t ' ltC fn j wr fw UJLU UCV piVlVlUitUU fjUAIj k may ask of them, and then again he does this in a vain effort to catch democratic votes ' ' . Beading further from the speech of Mr. Ewart: "I know what it is to be a repub lican In the souths Ten years agoI made a campaign as an elector on the Hayes and Wheeler ticket r. with a pistol ia my hip pocket -1 have had the mournful pleasure of gasing upon my grave and reading own epitaph." There the judge was ir .: nauonai capital in isau proclaiming to - world that he has read his own epitaph looked into his own grave and that it was necessary for his own protection to go armed with a little pepper-box, pop-gun pistol, stuck away back in his hip pocket. Was our district In the eighties so lawless as this, or have they been grossly misrep resented? : . '"::"-. v:? ?; Jv ;-' Judge Ewart has written his own life, and, he sails into friends and enemies aa.ko. Im mediately after the republican convention of 1892 refused tore-nominate hiin for con gress and nominated Judge Pritchard in his stead, the 1udge then rushed to print and said in the Asheville Citizen, "I sup pose that these gentleman will neverbe satisfied until they succeed in placing upon the Federal statutes a law that will put Federal bayonets, negro judges and negro deputy marshals at every voting precinct in the south." This is the way the judge talks, about his party when they refuse to give him what he wants, and I verily be lieve that if he hail not been nominated a Hendersonville last June he would have had some other interesting interview re garding his people. : t v After Mr. Gudger closed his speech Judge Ewart In the course of his remarks boasted of his Independence, that he could rise above party, and Mr, Gudger replying asked, "Would you have the constitutional amendment repealed If you could?" Silence" is his only response, and yet he boasts o his independence. - ... Mr. Gudger again asked, "If an effort is made by your party to cut down southern representation in congress on account of the disfranchisement of the negro, will you bolt your party .caucus?" No answer comes from this man of Independence. All his independence Is gone, the word bolt has lost Its charm. My friend will go back to private lifea wiser man. GOV. AYC0CK GOING NORTH. Will Speak in New Jersey, West Virginia, Connecticut, Maryland. New York, Oct. 4- Judge McConvllle, chief of the speakers' bureau of the demooratice national committee had partially arranged the itinerary of Gov. ernor Charles B. Aycock . : The cities wherein he' will speak have not been agreed upon, but the Governor will be in West Virginia October 24-25; Indi ana, 26-29: Connecticut, October 31, No vember I; New Jersey November 2-3, and Maryland, November 5. It will be noticed that Governor Aycook will spend three days in Indiana, and it is understood to be the purpose of the committee to arrange for him a num ber of engagements, some of the . meet ings to be held during the day and oth ers at night. Democratic leaders now have an eye single to the Hoosler State, They are satisfied that if as much head way can be made in that state as has been made in this and other doubtful states, there will be some real basis for democratic hopes. A great army of soell-blnders will be sent there, for the favorite democratic combination in sight today is the solid south, Including West Virginia and Mary land,New York, New Jersey, Indiana, Nevada and either Colorado or Delaware. The later would giye the exact number of votes neces sary, while the former combination would give two to spare. Ta Uerataa Yte. . Mr. Earl P. Haugel, of the , German American Parker Union, returned to New York yesterday from Connecticut, where he ha been for several weeks making arrangements for German mass meetings. The first of three large mass meetlnsrs will be held in New Haven on Wad nesda v evening. October th, and one in Hartford on Friday evening, Oc tober Tth. From that time on, German democratic mass meetings will be held nightly in all the- more Important towns in Connecticut. -Mr. Harigel said: - "The German vote in Connecticut will be cast for Parker and Davis. hn.vA never seen the Germans of that state so' nearly a unit in their support o a candidate as they are this year. . A large portion of the Germans in the state are employed in its many factories, and they wilne and all vote for the dem ocratic candidates on. both the national and stft tickets.: "Some intimidation i9 being used, and many of this class have been threatened with the Joss of their positions if they vote the demabratic ticket, but I talked witn awee number , of the . workbnsr 'ethemselves and also with the oatnent Germans, and on every nana m assured, while the Deoole were afraid to come out openly in sup port of the democratic candidates for fear that they would lose their positions, of th eir hearty.support They assured me privaly that they would attend the mesttngs and would vote he"tlcket. "I am con3dentthat the German vote alone wilLmake it possible for Judge Parker to carry the state by 5,000, and If ot 1 elements of the democratic art Wtha Nutmeg State do any thine ji;ic6 as well as the Germans will do. udge arker majority will be very - much larger." PENITENTIARY. Rm11s AdatinUtratUa. aiiriry i. 1897, to January 1 1901: Receipts from penitentiary...... $527,9346 'legislative appropriations 225,616.60 Total ....v.... ......... ...i........ 753,548.76 Average receipts per month.... $15,698.93 In this Is not included an annual appro priation of 500 for religious exercises, making $2,000 for the four years, nor the amounts, paid as rewards and expenses' for the recapture of escaped convicts; neither of which items has been available Uunder Ay cock's administration; nor does it in clude the $60,000 of bonds issued for the purchase of the state farm. Disb'mta during Bame period. . $781,712.49 Average rjeriaonth.... ............ 16,287.75 In the above4s included $33,262.69 paid during Governor r Aycock's administration on debts contracted under the Russell'ad- mlulstration. f r ' Ark' A4atia1atratia. Jan. liiu, ia Jniyll904 (43 months): Receipts from penltebtiiry....:.$573, 129.71 Legislative appropriation... Nothing. Average receipts per month. ..... 13,645.94 Disbursements for same period. 463,907.95 At. disbursements per month... 1 1,045.42 Cash and cash items oil hand ' ' July 1. 1904. ............ 1 90,313.08 With no llablU'-les. j ... . - 8'''' ' '" ; : ' Stat PrUa Blw Puvs Beveaae .. There is one other soufce of revenue in this state of which the pfesent administra tion is justly proud and that is the peni tentiary of North Caroliha, which has here tofore been such a burden upon the state. Under Governor Russell's administration there was appropriated out of the state treasury for the penitentiary $105,414.10 in addition to this there were issued bonds to the par value of $110,000 which sold for $120,203.50, making a total of $225,616. 60 which was paid out of the state treasury or running the penitentiary. This does not include the $60,000 of bonds issued for the purchase of the state farm. We now have on hand iu North Carolina bonds, a sufficient sum to pay for ihe bonds issued for the purchase of the state farm -that Is to say, we haye on hand in bonds $61,425; and we have cash In handv $49,490.73. Blaaer Save ta tae State. It will thus appear that the present ad ministration has saved to the state through me operauon oi ue peniienuary, as com pared with the vformeri administration, $836,532.38. . In other words, Governor Uussell s administration i cost - the state $225,616.60. . I . - " yy ' " mii r M:,'"'y VERY GOOD REPORT. Democrats Are Now Certain ot . Carrying New; York. A special of September 80th to The Rich mondNews-Leader reads is follows: "Democratic poliucians who have talked with Judge Parker dming his present visit o this city now say they are ooafident he is to be elected. One man who talked with the candidate a month ago jand again yes- tnnfav ' mairf In.V WhnA T'flnt with Jndge Parker be realized that there had been a slump in the campaign. Mat ers were not goingwell at national head quarters, and he seemed blue and discour aged. Yesterday I found him in excellent spirits ana connaent or ; success, ue has heard notning out goon reports during the last two weeksr All his egllers tell him he will win. Judge Parker is certain that he will carry this state" i vl - : . This is a good report, and certainly there has been a perceptible brightening in dem ocratic prospeets withing the. past week- an improvement -which can be both seen and felt No party 4a ever safe of its pres idential ticket witnoui wew- York, and it looks now as if both Parker aud Herrick are pietty certain to , carry i New York.'- unarioiie ouserTer. - r Bros:er Into His House. 8. LeQuinn of Cavendish, Vt was rob bed of his customary health by invasion of Chronic Constipation. " When Dr King's New life Pills broke into! his house, his trouble was arres'd and now he's entirely cured. They re guaranteed to cure, 2oc m all Drn2 Ctores. I . . .. . " ' I ' 1 11 1 ,. REPUBLICANS DISTURBED. Not Pte'edS k Situation in tie Ecipire State.; .. DEMOCRATS ARE ENTHUSED. Judge Parkers Letter of Acceptance ; Put New Ufe into the Or-1 ganization Everywhere. ; Washington, D. C, Speelal i There are visible evidences that' the republi cans are greatly disturbed oyer condi tions In New York, and it is generally understood that : Chairman Cortelyou's hurried visit to this city was for the purpose of consulting with the president about the situation in the Empire State. Not only do the republicans realize that hey have lost their grip on the state, but they are fearful lest the result of the New York situation, which is ap parent to every one, will have a disas trous effect upon the republican cam paign In all the doubtful states. Cor telyou's plain-spoken words are under stood to have given the .'president's al- eged feeling of confidence a severe jolt, and it was freely said during the -day that the subject was the chief topic of discussion at the cabinet meeting to day, i - There is no doubt of the fact that the effect of the hopeful democratic situa tion in New York is reflected all over he country. Many democrats feel that the success of the party is almost . a sure thing. They believe that the only requirement for carrying the election Is to get out their vote and to get out the independ ent vote that they regard as quite surely to be for their candidate. There have been many evidences in the last few days to the effect that in all the doubt fal states democrats have been so en couraged by the outlook in New York hat they are putting fourth unusual efforts to carry their own states. Nothing has promoted the democratic eeling of confidence so much as Judge Parker's letter of acceptance and the enthusiastic reception accorded to it by the independent press and public. It is to be the fighting ground of democrats everywhere. With only six more weeks of the campaign from this day the dem ocratic managers have decided to make herculean efforts to swing all the doubt- ul states into line. None will be over- ooked and the leading lights of demo cracy will take the stump everywhere there is what may be said to be a fight- ng chance. The last three weeks will be a whirlwind finish in which eyery democratic Orator of note will be asked to take part. The first onslaught is to begin in Indiana and West Virginia next week. The best speakers the dem ocrats have will sweep through those two states. William Jennings Bryan is to be among the number, being sched uled for thirty speeches in the state, of Indiana. It there has ever been a time when democrats have been inclined to get to gether with a mighty pull to capture both the presidency and thehouse of representatives it is the present. The leading men on the committee have never favored a long campaign. ; They have always declared that October 1st was early enough to start speakers, and in spite of criticism they have awaited their time. Democrats who know the purposes of the national committee de clare that within a short time the dem ocratic campaign will take on great ac tivity and that within a couple of weeks Parker stock will lead in the political market. K How the School Fund is Divided Between the Races In 1883 there was ' spent for the schools for whites $306,805,55; for colored, $260, 955.87. ' There was spent $1.04 per capita tor white children and $ 1.50 per capita for colored children-a difference of 46 cents in favor of tho negro. In 1884 the expendi ture per capita was 96 cents for each race. In 1885 to expenditure per capita for; white children was $1.09 and for colored children $1.15 -a difference in favor, of the negro of six cents. : In 1886 there was expended for white children $1.16 per capita and for colored $1.04 a difference, of 12 cents in favor of the white chddretv'; In.1887 there was a difference of nin cents in favor of white chjldren. In 1888, there was a dif ference of twelve cents In favor of white children. In 1889 there was no census of children. 890, there was a difference of 16 cents in favor of white children. In 1891 there was a difference of 15 cents in favor-of white children!; In 1852 a &ier- ence of 15 cents in favor of white children. In 1893 a difference of 51 cents in favor of white children. - In 1894 a difference of 16 cents in favor of white children. In 1895 a difference of 14 cents . in favor of white children. In 1896 a difference of fi cents in favor of white children; In 1897 a difference of ,one cent in fayor of white children. In 1898 a difference of 21 cents in favor of white children. In 1899 a dif ference of 21 cents' in favor of white chil dren. In 1900 a difference of 26 cents in favor of white 'children. In lQoi dif. ference j of 43 cents In favor, of white children. In 1903 there was spent for the education of white childreh $784,454.62, and for the education of "the colored children $249,137.57; a per capita expendi- ure ior we wmtes ox $1.72 and for colored of $1.13-a difference in favor of "the whites of 69 cents per canita. Per 1903 tw " was spent for the education of white chil dren f8G5,700.17, and for the education of colored children f 252,820.54; per capita expenditure ef $1.89 for whites.and $1.14 for the colored, a difference in favor Of the whites of 75 cents are capita. ' These are the facts and they speak ' for themselves. Governor Aycock's Greensboro speech. Training for Young Farmers The popular course for young farmers In the North Carolina A. & M. (ViWa. ... -a-w . Raleigh, N. C, known as the short course in dairying and agriculture, opens this year January 4th, 1905 a d continues for ten weeks closing March 10th, 1905. V On account of miny improvements in the line of work introduced. the work will be far more interesting and Important than before. A. new course in farm engineering- that, will be viven In connection with the other studit s will add much to the impor tance of the work. 'This studv will em. brace rural architecture! and 'arm machi nery, and special stress will & placed upon : designing barn, houses, silos, etc. Another course that will be added is that of Farm Management, which will Include ' a discussion of the management of the farm in various details." . -- A third new course that will be offered - will be the cotton, course, which will in clude cotton -growing, judging, breeding. - and soil management In all of its phases. It is believed that the cotton course will be especially important to the young farmeia in our State, and it 'should receive the at tendance of every young 'cotton farmer that can get away " from home during the winter months. J V" 4 4 " No entrance examination is required inT these Winter - Courses and no tutition is charged at all. ' Practical courses are here by open to all who desire to better them selves In the various lines of agriculture. : The total cost for ten weeks including board, room, light and" fuel, etc, Is but $30.00. Young men contemplating attend, ing should send In their application at once to C. ULBurkett, Professor of Agriculture, West Raleigh, N. , C, as all students are registered in advance to the opening date. New York is Now Taken Out of the Debatable Cob-. A CLOSE POLL MADE. Herrick is Now Certainly favorite ' For Governor. , .. " i u "j - -. New York Oct. 1. The field marshals of the democratic national committee have officially taken New York out of the doubt ful column. That is, in ttre. private com munications which the campaign managers are constantly having with the leaders in the various states the statement is being made that New York Is certainly democra-it and leaders elsewhere are adjured to reo double their efforts to the end that victory in the Empire State may mean 'victory in the' nation. ' ' ' ' ' It Is believed that the moral effect of these assurances on the democracjr at large ' will be altogether salutary - In arriviBg at thejconcluslon that it.was safe to claim the Empire tate, officially, at this early stage of the .conflict, Mr. Taart yid his .assist-, ants relied in a large measure on - the. pre dictions beng mnde by Senatnf iPat Mc- Carren, the Br-ijf'lv! ba..who is insisting that NewYrkitT will give 150,000 ma jority for ihe dt-moeratic. ticket. - He says the democrats will certainly' gain J.S per cept;' oyer their rote, of two years ago, and that the state is .surely In .the. democratic column. He says the canyajs made undr. the direction ;of shows this to be the sUte of aTdri jhat he.; has never chased auy rainbows and does not care to establish the reputation for doing rainbow chasing thislate Jn4 life, -; bemo cratlc managers also point to thV fact that on the' Broad sUeet cur6 'ihe bddi have llehgthened on Herrick, the democratic can didate for governor, . from even money, which prevailed at the bei-aics cf the weekj to 10,to 8. - : LONGER DOUBTFUL I.