The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-11-01
The Call To Duty.
DEMOCRATS URGED EARNESTLY TO WORK
AND VOTE FOR BRYAN.
Chairman Simmons Appeals toFriends
of Reform and Good Government to
Unite for the Overthrow of Trusts,
Imperialism and MckinIeyism -
Every Bryan Man lust be Gotten to
the Polls on Election Day.
RALEIGH. N. c., Oct. "a, 1900.

The Democratic party has grappled
with the far-reaching question Of
negro suffrage, and has solved it.
In local affairs, the people Of North
Carolina now enter an era of changed
political conditions that will remove
race antagonism and the clashings Of
the races, and that will tend to secure
quiet, continued good feeling, and
prosperous industry in the homes of
all the people. This glorious result
las been accomplished mainly by the
effective work of the local champions
of the good cause. All honor and
credit are due to the press, the party
workers, the public speakers and the
local organizers, to the committee
men and the Democratic clubs. 1t
was these who brought to the polls
that vast array Of voters, who, ar
raging themselves beneath the DEM
ocratic banner, secured the adoption
of our reform measure by a ma jority
of fifty thousand votes.
Also of immense interest to the peo
pie is the triumph of Democracy in
the National campaign. On Novem-
her the 9th the people of the States
are to pass their judgment on the
great Federal questions of the day.
Many of them are Of momentous i'm
portance, some relate to finance. some
relate to industry, and nearly affect
every family in their homes; others
relate to cur Federal government, the
capitulation of our country, and bear
upon the perpetuation of the liberties
and privileges of the citizen, which
we have inherited from our fathers,
and which we are in duty bound to
hand down unimpaired to our poster
ity.
On all these questions the Demo-
cratic party stands by the people, our
platform is clear, positive and with
out duplicity. Its principles are the
teachings of Washington, Jefferson
and the patriot fathers. Our stand
ard bearer, William j. Bryan, is
known by all men for his honest
devotion to his political convictions,
and his zeal and determination to
carry them into operation, and his
spirit of self sacrifice. and his large
sympathies for struggling humanity.
No leader has arisen in a hundred
years who was Csc strongly imbued
with sympathy for the manhood Of
our country. 1t is the flesh and
blood, the men and women of the
land, the great masses of the people
whose interest he strives to promote,
and whose rights he proposes to guard
against the insideous encroachments
of men seeking their own selfish ag-
grandizement. The election of Bryan
means the overthrow OF the trusts,
the death Of those rings which, under
McKinley's administration, have
plunged our government into courses
full of peril to the future of our coun
try.
Immense was the effort made to
defeat him four years ago, but the
change of few thousand votes would
have elected him, and would have
prevented all the evils of McKinley's
administration. And now another
great effort is being made against
him. The trusts and the rings die
hard. They fight for life. but the
people are against them. The people
are rallying everywhere to the stand
ard of Bryan, and Democracy never
had a leader anywhere with such big
crowds to hear him as Bryan has had
in Indiana. Illinois, Ohio and New
York. These outpourings Of the peo
pie bespeak their sympathy. They
mean victory for William Jennings
Bryan. But what shall be the voice
of North Carolina9 The Republican
leaders have been devising means to
give our electoral vote to Mckinley.
They think that our people are apa
thetic. They believe us over-conti-
dent. They count on light vote.
They expect that Bryan men will not
go to the polls, and they hope to gain
the victory through our negligence.
l appeal to every Bryan man to come
to the rescue. Iappeal to every citi-
zen who wants to see Bryan and
Stevenson elected to bestir himself.
In particular l appeal to every work
ing Democrat, who did such splendid
work last summer, to aid once more
in making a supreme effort. | APP
peal to the Democratic press. the
most potential political power. I ap-
peal to the committeeman, the party
workers and the clubs. None of
these have ever failed the party in
the past. Last summer they covered
themselves with glory. Today the
party and the country call them once
more to the post of duty, and commit
to them the banner Of Democracy, be-
lieving that they will again secure
the victory. 1t is the call of patriot
ism. and l know that this appeal will
not be in vain, but that every Bryan
man possible will be brought to the
polls, and that every vote possible
will be obtained for Bryan and for
our Democratic Congressman, and
for the success OF Democratic princi-
pies.
A full vote is indispensibly neces-
sary. Every Bryan man must be got
ten to the polls, and now make my
last appeal to every white man to do
his full duty to the party. the State
and his race.
/ +. NJ. SIMMONS,
| Chairman Dem. Ex. Com.
/ ?. NJ. PEARSALL, Secretary.