The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-30
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men and true men who would face
death with unblanched cheek. But be-
cause they are brave men and true,
their ears are ever strained to eaten
the slightest sigh wrunG from a wo-
mans heart and their stout souls melt
in pitv at the suffering of little child.
That this is no vain boast was show 4
in the great campaign of 1898. when
the ~o"ple rose in revolt against con-
ditions which affected the safety o.
home and WomanhoOd. In that greal
campaign the soft pleading voice
which came from more than two hun
dred thousand hresides throughout
North Carolina did more to &ir the
hearts of Democracy and the white
people of North Carolina than all the
eloquence which Numbered from morc
than two thousand platforms from
Cherokee to Currituck. 1t is the boast
of the Democratic narty that it never
turns a deaf ear to the appeals of the
freside 1t is the glory of the Demo-
cratic party that church and school
and home are written large all over
and all through its legislation. Upon
these foundations the Democratic par
ty has builded the political house In
which we live. There may be--in-
deed, there are-murmurings AMI
mutterinos and threats to tear away
these foundations and leave the house
exposed to the tempest and the storm.
But as sure as God lives in heaven
and reignS in the earth, the storms
may come and the winds may Dlow
and the rains may descend and beat
upon the political house we have
built. but it will not fall. for it is buill
upon a rock of Gods eternal truth
and society's safety.
",The Democratic party, in its plat
form does not deny the right to make
or sell liquor, if n majority OF the
community shall so determine. But,
because it does hear the appeals or
the fireside, because it does stand for
the church and the school and the
home, because it is composei of brave
men. who believe in the protection or
its iefenceless childho ID cnd woman
hood, it has declared, and Nv thal Dec
laration | pray God It may stand
steadfast and immovable; that where
ever in North Carolina liquor is MADE
or sold the laws against drunkenness
and disorderly conduct shall appl|'
ana an officer of the law shall be
there. armed with authority of the
law. to protect these sacred interests
o against the violence. the profanit",
the vulgarity and indecency or those
whom it has debauched and mace
temporarily irresponsible or danger
Gus. A..
are attending our political speaking
this wear as they did in the great
amendment campaign.
1t is peculiarly appropriate that they
should. for the Democratic party is
doing things in North Carolina TO-DAY
which make for the betterment ana
uplift of all the people. especially It's
youth With the Democratic party
standing for the school and home ana
the Republican party standing by the
saloon and the distillery, is it not nat
ural that the motherhood and sister,
hood of the State should be interest
ed i'm politics this year as never be-
fore"
There is no mother here who is not
willing that her boy should be reared
under the influence of the teachings OF
Democracy in this State, but how
many of you are willing that your
sons should be brought up under the
influence of the things Which
the Republican party stands for In
North Carolina?
ST ask everv mother in this audience
to take these questions home win
them and talk them over with their
husbands and sons before election
day."