The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-11-01
THE POLITICAL ISSUES.
MIR. WATSON DISCUSSES THEM
AT UNION GROVE CHAPEL.
He Tells tie People What the Demo
cratic Party Has Done-Charley
Reynolds, the Politician.

was addressed Monda night by Hon.
Q. B. Watson, and he handled the issues
of the day ia his usual able manner.
! He said: cit was well for US that our
| ancestors provided for frequent cleo
| tions. If this were not so our people
| would lose all interest in the manage
ment Of our great government.
"You do not come together every
two years to choose between two men,
but between the principles of two
great parties.
s'Two years ago when the Democrats
came into control of all branches of
| the government, there w8S a great du-
| ty on them. They had been out of
power 81 years not being able TO pass
a bill or even an amendment in that
| length of time.
"When Mr.. Cleveland was elected in
| 1884, he saw the condition our govern
ment was in. He sent to Congress the
strongest message which has ever been
read, and his position on the situation
scared the money kings of the North.
They got their heads together, put
their hands into their money bags and
bought the election, putting in Benny
Harrison as President. They were
afraid the Democratic party would
get control of the reignS of govern
ment and their robbery would be bro
ken up. We have got the governm
now, and every sensible man can see
for himself, that times are getting
better and they will continue to i'm
prove. If the Republicans do get con-
troll of Congress, as sometimes hap
pens in an off year, they can not
change single law on the books in
side OF three years, for Grover Cleye-
land stands with backbone like
stackpole, to veto every bill which
may not suit his doctrine"
The speaker paid an eloquent trib-
ute to our beautiful far-reaching coun-
try. and said: CAN our people need
to do to make us even greater is to
place themselves under the great law
of nature, free and unlimited inter
course with all the people of the earths
We should say to other countries:
Send your~ships to us loaded with the
products of your factories, and we
will exchange for them the products
of our farms. We will not tax your
goods if you will buy ours.
"The South is cotton country,
supplying three-fourthS of all the cot
ton used in the world. A Republican
government put such high tariff on
the goods sent here from other cOun-
tries, that they could not afford to
buy our cotton, but went to South
4 merica and have there established
the cotton Industry, which accounts
for an overs locked market, and the
consequent low price. Take the tariff
off foreign goods, let them come in,
and our trade will return. Democrat
ic doctrine is to give this country the
unrestricted use Of all the markets of
the world.
Suppose our county should put
tax Of cents a pound on all tobacco
brought from adjoining counties.
Not wagon would cross the county
line, and our merchants would lose
the vast trade which they now draw
from these counties. The policy is
the same with the government. The
countries of Europe which have here
tofore bought our products, are look
ing elsewhere for the same goods, be-
cause our government taxed their
products so high they could not sell
them here.
"Our people saw the condition our
affairs were getting in under Republi-
can rule, and elected the Democratic
party into full control of the govern
ment. One Of the last acts of Mr..
Foster, Secretary of Treasury, under
Harrison, was to go before Republi-
can Congress and tell them that the
treasury was almost empty, and to
| in the sum Of two hundred million
dollars, and sell them for gold, to re-
store the national credit. Congress
said 'No, the Democratic party is
coming in now let them fix things
They went out of Office yelling pan
ic," from Harrison down to Willard
Masten, till they couldn't get their
lips far enough apart to say bread and
butter.
The New York papers warned Cleve-
land that it was not safe to carry out
the policy OF his party. Did he notice
| them? No! He sent his message to
Congress, telling them to go ahead
| and do what they were called upon to
| do. In February a Democratic House
| introduced and passed bill, which it
| took Congress, where the Democratic
| majority was not SO strong, until Au
| gust to get through. BY this act
| twelve million dollars bounty which
had been paid by the Republican par
| ty annually to the sugar planters of
| Louisiana was turned into the nation
| al treasury to help pay government
| expenses, and that amount taken OFF
| the tariff. Republicanism teaches
! Capitalization of wealth and power,
| Democracy distribution, and equal
| chances to all.
Charley Reynolds, ohe great politi-
| clan and statesman of Waughtown,
| asked me the other day why we did
not build factories ourselves. / told
him this: Suppose l had dozen men
working for me at fifty cents per day,
and was making over 100 per cent on
each of them When I would start
out on Sunday in q spanking turnout,
if should pass these men as they
were walking to church, and ask them
why don't you ride?' the reason is
plainly illustrated. We can't get rich
by trading with each other. We must
have intercourse with other coun-
tries"
Mr.. Watson spoke of the American
Tobacco Co. The firm composing this
Gigantic trust each had a buyer on
our markets before it's organization.
They took away all but one, and the
, price of cutters was reduced from
to Is cents per pound in less than G
months.
zone week from tomorrow we vote,
said Mr.. Watson. ''Let US do nc
.. scratching. Vote the straight ticket
from Chief Justice to constable, and
> everything will be al right"
M. Watson was followed by Mr.. L
M. Swink. who urged the club tt
| work, from now till election, aud rol
| up good Democratic majority in thi
= | county.
! The Club meets again Saturd a.
|, | night.
T. German at the Cove.
!. A Walnut Cove correspondent write
as follows:
: The grand hop given by the youni
Z men. of this place Friday evenin