The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-09-02

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hlul adherence to those thinos rho,
hlade Tor this republic The enlen-
aiu reputation which it now has &c =
world power. "a :" .
endorse the national platform Of
~ it'Pubilcan party adopted at Phil
''4pHia' ana point with pride 10 the
uneAahipled prosperity which a Repulg-
mean administration has brought IN the
country at large.
ihttliIgehce being the corner stone Of
the state. and the education NJ the
i'asSrs being dependent solely nnon on
puElc schools, We favor the snnnort ~
hctAc taAat'on of at least q forr manths
s.iool IN every scnOol district in me
si'"' and We cOndenr the Uanocrati,
taily Tor its failure 70 provide nrcra r
'CucatlohaI facilities 1or the eiucarion
- ,Et i"ci ehi:.iren OF the Sac during
Us i'aSe c1 rover from. 1870 20 l2a5
we favor generous public aid to all
charitable institutions of the State. and
tiie enactment of such pension laws as
VIII give me eX-Confederate soldiers a
more generous and equitable distribution
of this fund thar is provided for nv The
present pension laws.
We favor such State 1agis1a+ion &c
VIII encourage the Investment of cabi-
tai, both foreign and domestic and H.
1851 ait Ht
respectfully invite caDitalists FROM
abroad TO come among US and assist in
the development of our wonderful re-
souI cee.
We invite the attention Of the people
CT the State to the clean. able and
economic administration of our State
government by the Republican and POM
list parties from 1897 to 1901, and chal-
leiSe 4 comparison of it with the present
reckless management Of our affairs by
the Democratic party.
We arraign the leaders of the Demo-
cratlc Iarty as false to every pledge
made l.. the last campaign.
IE3y promised to reduce expenses and
instead OF doing 50 they have Increased
expenditures in almost ever, DEPART
H,ent of our State Government.
They promised to curtail rather than
increase the number of offices. and in
stead of doing 50 they have increased
the number Of judges and solicitors
from twelve to sixteen, and have made
other increases by providing for the en-
ployment of clerical help tina has not
heretofore been deemed necessary under
similar circumstances
1hey promised to reduce salaries. but
instead of doing SO they have increased
~ . did y duIllS MS term
of office, in violation of the constitution,
and have provided many ways by which
the people are today taxed far in ex-
cess of any rate they nave heretofore
had to pay.
They promised to reduce taxation,
and instead of doing SO they nave leg
islated so that our receipts increased
within three years in the sum of $780,
1897.
They promised to reduce expenditures,
and instead of doing SO, in three years
they nave increased expenditures IN the
sum of 81, OSS, 545.
They promised, by affidavit and other
wise, that no white man would be dis
franchised under the amendm ent to our
Constitution, but instead OF observing
their pledge with respect 30 this natter.
TIE Democratic State chairman is now
forced to admit that $4,000 white nen
Will he denied the right &c V tie at The
aFI reaching electioa
We condemn them for their unwarrant-
ed effort to impeach two of our Supreme
Court Justices for purely partisan pur-
poses, for following precedentS establish
d by the Supreme Court of this State in
a long line of decisions covering a period
of more than sixty years.
We further condemn them for the en-
actment of legislation appropriating the
money Of the people for the purpose Of
defraying the expenses of persons in
dicted for the violation of laws which
they had sworn to obey, and for granting
amnesty to such persons from prOsecu-
ton in the State courts.
We declare that when the Constitu-
tional amendment was adopted by the
people of North Carolina two years ago,
it passed out of the realm of politics, and
that if Governor Aycock. Senator Sim
mons and others keep faith with the
people in the pledges then made, there
can be no such thing as a race issue in
the present campaign.
THE DISTRICT COMMITTEES.
Members of the District Executive com
mittees were named as follows:
First District-Geo. E. Buchanan.
Second District-D. w. Patrick, Greene.
Third District-G. w. Hunt.
Fourth District-Claudius Dockery,
Wake.
Fifth District-W. T. O'Brien. Durham.
Sixth District-W D.. Sutton, Bladen.
Seventh District-W A. Bailey, Davie.
Eighth District-E. S. Blackburn.
Wilkes.
Ninth District-Thomas S. Rollins,
Madison.
Tenth District. NJ. Moody, Haywood.
Six members of the State Executive
Committee for the State at large, were
elected as follows: B. F.. Mebane, Rock
ingham; j. r. Wilson, Mecklenburg; Fl.
IS. Harkins, Beaufort; E. c. Duncan,
Carteret; w. p. Bynum. Guilford; Il. v.
Walser, Davidson. j. c. Pritchard was
then unanimously named as chairman OF
the State Executive Committee. TINS
completed the work of the convention,
and at 1915 Chairman Price being called
for proceeded to make a speech.
Captain Price, the chief attorney Of the
Southern Railroad. aroused enthusiastic
applause among the heelers, only IN ms
TRADE against the peoples candidate and
friend, Judge Walter Clark. 1t was not.
perhaps, exactly polite, but it was a part
of the natural order of things that the
railroads great attorney should be Sc
lootad IN 6ofama tho candidate whom the