The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-09-01
DR.. Thompson S Speech



b, ram out ~ the secretary OF
st.,.', t,ic~r Men have ir.qu-"tJ |
com. Ia my Office and said: Tine IAst
rim. xns here, Coke va. here. An0 |
~. mrs, word b- -aid ~ ~. Wa am
i,-, sbaul To tnk.a drink, WON'T you
inio me" lie WAS generous with bis
liquor.
am simply talking shout the Demo
cratic party, which .a,d ~. favor IL.
.~ncy ia administration; 50 do We
hut how are you going To get NJ Not
Inv ,o,ing III. DSiDocra attic ticket.
"D.crncy in Adm narration Now
nv t-Iiow-citiz.b. could 20 furrh-
or than that. I could say that the
A Auditor who proceeded Mr. Aver wa
not the only man who left the Cap.
toll and went to an asy lum Tor q
cuys of the habit OF intOxisatIOn. lie
vas not the only pebble on the "rs>h
there are ott efr' Now when this u
denied, I will give the name III n very
clever gentleman. 'Oh," but you say
at 10 awful that popnIi-t should
rise up here and say things like that
awful" Well, u ~ the truth. aud " II
In not the truth. show that " ~ not me
truth. Those were the days of good
government" in North Carolina. In"
u .mociats want 10 get back 10 that
good government" in North Carolina.
.Juse phus Daniels - one VINO
charges this fraud and Incompetence
and corruption on Popuil-t and Re
publican official, Why does he DO ~
Well 10. was q mighty good friend
of the Alliance when the AllinnC. was
ia power. lie WAS lightly good friend
Of John X. Webster the independent
when the Indeprnts held the balance
of power in the Legislature. You
know the Public Printing business
used be given out rs = piece Of party
pie. 10 is said that Capt. Asbe horse
whipped Daniels IN n scramble for 1t.
The Public Printer would always sub
let to some body else and take fifteen
Der cent bonus. nv. Daniels was Public
Printer for q period Of some seven years,
and he made on the public printing
alone not less than twenty-five hum
dred to three thousand Il Illars n year
for seven years. Now he wants to
get back, and when he II kept out Of
il, il looks like fraud and when he Is
not doing ", IL looks like incODpe-
tence; and 10 another man comes aud
does It better and cheaper, why IL
looks like corruption. We are doing
The printing now at a saving to the
State Of North Carolina Of seven thou.
sand dollars a year less than IL wa
costing under the Democratic Admin
jstratiOn. Why ] heard a Democrat in
The city Of Raleigh say that he could
take the books and show that the edi
TOR OF the News and Observer, who il
bowling "nigger" now, made u matter
Of $l20,O00 90 out Of the State printing
the course OF dozen years by sign
Ing his name and sub-ietting il T.
somebody else for less. do not know
whether he could make that much O
hot; but Bill Day Of Raleigh said j,
and said he could prove it; and # MI
Daniels wants To do anything abOu
u, he can 10 see Mr.. Day. lie saw hiI
once.
The News and Observer has a gres
deal to say about the "rnanure pile
What is the record of receipts and ex
Uenses on the "manure pile" No
let's see. Here are the figures: FrOI
June 18th, 1896, to June 18th, 1870
the Democrats collected s52, SOP 73 ar
spept $G7 40 ~ from June 18th, 1870
to June LIST, 1898 lend OF fiscal yes
for the Board of Agriculture) II
FusiOnists collected S57, 973.75 ar
spent $37 ,3i5.25; which is over $3E
10000 in favor Of the present man,
cement.
You have heard it hOwled that IL
Governor of " Orth Carolina was pa
doning everything out of the penit Ell
tiary; turning cOnvicts loose to vOt {
Here are the facts, | waht to ri,
them to you. Gov. Carr pardOned
his first year; AZ his second year:
lis third year aud SO his fourth yea
Russell pardOned III his first yea
which simply shows that Govern,
Russell psrdoned three fOurths of
man less than Elias Carr a year.
And yet they howl, you know; b
what do they howl for? | have to
you what Joe hOwls for, haven't
We'll, let's look a little bit further ths
that. Let's move on. have got son
very interesting things for my Dem
cratic friends little later.
Many Of you. fellow citizens, ha
seen 10 stated from time to time in 81
Progressive Farmer that the collection
Of the Secretary of States office a
much larger now than they were
former administrations. Months a,
the Progressive Farmer made stat
ments along this line. The busine
manager OF the Progressive Farm,
Mr.. Denmark, is chief clerk in 81
treasury department.. He had the fl
ures, you know. Absolutely nOthi
was said to explain these things f
several months. But our Democrat
friends come up on the campaign, al
they haveg0t to say something. At la
one day, my predecessor, Capt. Coo
came in and wanted me to let him 8
the books. "Why," l said, certain
Captain, | will let you see the books
He saw that had collected more tn,
he bad, and he said: "I am not co.
cerned about which collected the mo.
80 | collected what l ought to have CO
lected and paid over to the State
North Carolina all ! ought to ha
paid" SAID :"Captain, without que
tioning that you paid over to the Sta
what you ought to have paid, ca
show you that you did MT cole
what you ought to have collected" al
l pointed out to him some fifteen il
surance companies whose license fe
he should have collected nine mOntI
before came into office, which fees
left uncOllected, and which | collect,
after he went out of office on Janual
IL, 1897. Nor 10 that all" said /.
collected insurance taxes which "
ought to have collected"
Ii these fees and taxes had remain,
uncOilected, the State would have 10
them. BY the carelessness of Seer
taries in the days of "good COVER
ment," the State doubtless lost mon,
every year.
The insurance companies report
July and January the amount of the
premium receipts and are required
pay to the Secretary Of State two o
cent on their gross premium receipts
went there and cast up his books, al
found that number of companies we
in arrears. l made demand upon the
companies for their fees and take
collected money and paid it into t.
Treasury Of North Carolina viii,
my predecessor in the days OF "go
government" ought to have collect
himself. l showed it to him. We
il was Just where something had to
done.
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