The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-04
SENDlNGOUT PACK LIES
Appointments for Speakings in the County or
Monday and tuesday Night. Think False
hoods Cannot be Reported. Sensible
Citzsns vii! pay no Heed 10 Men
Who Sneak About and Make
False Statements on the
Eve Of Election.

publican ticket in Wake county.
From first to last it has done it's work
in a sneaking manner, it has not dared to
come into the light, but has skunk away
into dark corners where it could plot its
dismal and shabby campaign.
It's county ticket was named by one
man, n chronic office seeker Most of the
men named on the ticket have with
drawn, refusing to permit the use of
their name, and yet this Sneaking crowd
has printed tickets bearing the names OF
mon who have more than once refused
to accept their nominations or permit
the use of their names. No Self-respect-
ing party will put on its ticket men
who spurn their party and treat it's
nomination with contempt But the
"Sneaks" seem to think they can gain a
little respeetability by pursuing such a
course.
The campaign has virtually closed. On
every stump in Wake county, day and
night the Democratic candidates have
discussed the issues of the day with the
voters. They have sent out their can
didates to preach the Gospel of Good
Government, They have nominated
ticket of honest, capable, fit men, These
men have appealed to the people upon
high plane and have convinced them that
the Democratic party deserved to win.
During all these days and nights that
the Democrats have been speaking to
the people face to face, what has the
Sneak party been doing? Have any of
it's candidates addressed the voters in
any precinct? Not one. Have they sent
out any literature stating their position
upon public questions? They have not.
They have been sinking about the city
and country, begging this or that man
to go on their ticket, offering induce
ments to men to vote for them, and in the
meantime seeking in the public mind to
convey the impression that the Demo-
Gratis had no opposition and that they
need not work to get out their vote.
Last night the reason for their gum
shoe, sneaking campaign became appar
emit They believe the Democrats OF
Wake are lulled to sleep in a feeling of
security, and so they have planned their
campaign, as they think, at too late a
day for the Democratic leaders to warn
the people and bring out full vote. If
all the Democrats in Wake feel that it is
necessary to vote, the Sneaks know that
their name is Dennis. But if the Demo
Gratis say: I'VE have no opposition. II
is not necessary to vote. Everything is
going our way''-then the Sneak party
thinks it can slip in. That is its whole
line of campaign, as it came to light last
night.
No party or crowd of men, who stink
about the county, make up tickets in
back-rooms, put on unfit men and men
who repudiate their nominations, aud
wait until the last day before the cleo
ton before they open their mouths-no
such gang can get the support of many
decent Wake county voters, OF all the
people in the world, the people of Wake
county love fair play. They do not like
folks who take them for fools. They will
have nothing to do with a gang that is
afraid to ask their votes until the day
before the election, in order to be sure
that their false statements will not be
exposed. The people should pay no at
tention to the charges the Sneaks will
utter on Monday and Monday night for
these will be as false as their whole
reputable.
A LYING CIRCULAR
1t was also discovered last night that
the Sneak party bosses had gotten UP
a campaign circular containing a pack
of lies, which are to be distributed just
on the eve of the election. 1t starts out
by giving what it says are comparative
statements under State Treasurer Worth
and State Treasurer Lacy. The figures
given IN this circular are not correct and
show an attempt to mislead
The whole circular is full of false
statements. In fact from beginning to
end there isn't a truthful statement in |
the circular. The chief feature of the
circular seems to be an imitation OF |
Senator Pritchards attempt to scare the
farmers by telling them that next June
the Tax Assessors will increase the as
sessment of their lands Every other
species of property is now taxed to its
fullest eXtent"-and there is added the
words, THE land next" Every farmer
in Wake county who has an acre of land
knows that it is assessed by farmers |
in his own township, and he is not afraid |
To trust them to make the assessment |
They know that the talk of unfair as
sesSment is miserable trick of dema-
gogues, and they will pay no attention
10 it. There is nothing in it. The Dem
ocrats will not do anything except what
is fair, and all stories to the contrary
are false.
The next statement in the lying cir
cular is that Mr.. Herbert E. Norris is
1.-The attorney for the Tobacco trust
This is a plain, simple, unvarnished lie.
Mr.. Norris is not now and never has
been, directly or indirectly, an attorney
for the Cigarette trust or any other trust,
and any statement to that effect is false.
If the so-called Independents had any
decency about them, would they keep ST
lent until just on the eve of the election
10 send these out to the people? The
Democrats weeks ago sent out their doc
uments and presentation of issues os that
The voters could weigh and investigate
for themselves. That is the only way