The daily state chronicle., 1890-09-30
THE RADICAL. CANDIDATE FOR
SOLICITOR.

the local differences among the Demo
Gratis OF Wake, the KING It's of Labor
betrayal by JOHN NICHOLS, and the
Doodle of CHAs. D. UPCHURCH, has pub
lished a long card addressed "to the
voters of Harnett, Johnston, Wake and
Wayne counties" asking their votes.
His card is full of sophistry and lacking
in that fiaDkness which should charac
terize candidate for Office. He does
not say that he is a Radical and that he
has no hope of election unless the ne
groes give him solid support. He does
not say that he will vote for HOOVER, a
colored barkeeper of Raleigh, to repre-
sent the good people of Wake in the
Legislature in preference to Mr.. GEO.
DAVIS, Mr., W. B. UPCHURCH, Mr.. A.
M. SORELL or Mr.. A. D. JONEs-four OF |
the best men in Wake county, three OF
whom are prominent Alliancemen. He
does not state his record at
all. He knows that the people
will never endorse it, and instead
he seeks with all the sophistry he can
employ to divert the attention OF the
people to other matters-matters purely
political. In one breath he declares that
the office of solicitor is not political
! office, and then consumes most of his
circular in discussing political questions.
1t will be observed by every intelligent
man that all the legislation he advo-
Gates is Democratic doctrine If he were
in earnest in advocacy of this legislation,
lie would join the Democratic party
Let us notice what he advocates:
First-The repeal of the Internal
Revenue system. Well, the voters will
say "MR ARGo, your party is in power,
why dor yuu repeal it?" And there is
no answer he en- make. The Mills
bill provided for al amel'oration of most
of the hardships of the system and MR..
ARGOS close political associate, JOHN
NICHOLS, voted against that bill In the
present House, North Carolina Demo
Gratis tried to secure a repeal Of the In
ternal Revenue system, but CzAR REED
would not allow it to be done. The
truth about the Internal Revenue sys-
tenn is that outside of North Carolina
and Virginia, and parts of Geor-
gia South Carolina and Tennessee,
neither party is anxious to repeal this
system. North Carolina Democrats have
!. done all they could to secure the repeal
Republicans have done what they could
That is the status Of this question, and
!. any attempt upon the part OF Cor ARG(
to make capital upon the Internal Reve
nue. will fall to the ground.
SECOND He advocates q reformation
of the Tariff along Democratic lines
Then in the name OF all that is manly
] the people will say, why doesn't h
JOIN tie Democratic party?" And the,
will a0swer that il is because he expect
to deceive them by advocating Demo
. cratic doctrine, while afliliatilg Wit
Radicals It is his patty that has pu
al the burdens upon the people; it
his party that has made binding twin
:" free for Western farmers and trebled th
: duty on cotton bagging; it is his part
= that has lowered the duties on article
classed as luxuries and increased it upo
the necessaries; it is his party that ha
:, : disseminated every year more and NOR
e. = against Southern farmers, and whic
:, is responsible for the aggregation of til
wealth of the country in the hand
= of few individuals, to the impoyerist
- ment of the people at large. There
no man that knows this better than Coz
:" ARGo, and yet he remairs Radical an
tries to gain favor with the people
pretending to be in favor of Democrat
'' reforms. He must leave the Radio;
:, party if he is honest in his profession!
~ THIRD-He discusses and endorses tt
- maxim ''all elections ought to be free
- yet he carefully avoids all reference /
III name to the Infamous Force bill. Ho
~ any patriotic North Carolinian can di
cuss the freedom of elections withor
~ specifically denouncing the Force bill
"' something that no man can understan
- except an Office hunting Radical. {
can explain it, probably, in the san
- way he can explain why he can af1iliat
% with the party that continually and m
% liciously heaps dishonor and oppressiC
= and rank injustice daily upon the peop
cf his section.
:, He winds up by congratulatins Il
people that ''for the first time in thir
. years the people are determined to vo
for the man, and not for caucus or Ri
nominees" The intimation here is tb
A. MR.. POU, the honorable, sober, and u
-. right Democratic candidate, is a ril
:. nominee. The CHRONICLE need not s
:, that such an intimation is not trr
- Every body knows that Mr.. PoU W
~ nominated by the patriotic white far
0rS business and profoScioool ,,on q