The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-11-03

declared the Governor in

ringing phrase.
Gov. Aycock said that in the cam
paigh OF 1900 he made one hundred
and eight speeches, Or rather he de-
livered the same speech one hundred
and eight times, because the same
! audience did not have to hear it but
once, he humorously added, and in
every one he had spoken one sentence
which he was at this time willing to
have live. He said then that ii he
was chosen as Governor, his every
endeavor and all the power which he
| could bring to bear would ba eXerted
| towards the education OF the chill
dren of the State. That sentence lie
had spoken from Hanging Dog to
| Chicamicomico and, when he thought
of the fact that if the State-six hum
dred miles i'll length-were swung
around on Hanging Dog as an exis
it would reach to Chicago, his pride
! in the fact of the unprecedented
majority OF 6O,354 votes that was
given him was intensified by the
magnitude of the people and the sec
ton which he had been chosen to
serve.
Touching on State expenditures
for the Confederate veterans, the deaf
and blind, the schools OF the State,
the Governor admitted that they
were large and challenged criticism.
lie was specific as to amount and
declared that while much money had
been spent for these and other need
ed and necessary causes, the Demo-
cratic party would spend much more
and asked if there was q man who
objected to Or begrudged one dollar
SO spent to hold up his hand.
He referred to the fact that it had
cost Russell's administration $780,
600 to take care of the States
prisoners in the penitentiary, while
under Democratic administration
the prisoners had proved a source OF
profit of over 500, 900 to the State
Each takes care of it's own, said
the Governor; the Republican party
Of the cOnvicts, the Democrats of the
children.
Replying 20 the Republican plea
that the people were taxed to death,
he showed that the tax rate under
Russell was 21% cents, under the
present administration p cents fiat.
| For eight years, he said, the Re-
publicans had been shouting Mckin-
| ley and prospesity. If that cry was
true their charge that tax assess
ments were too high was false; if tax
assessments were too high their plea
| Of urOSDeritV was untrl1a
| You hear much of Mckinley and
prosperity; nothing of Roosevelt and
prosperity. Whenever Roosevelt s
name is mentioned, the temptation
is too great to shout Roosevelt and
Booker Washington
The Democratic party is proud OF
what it has spent, but the Republi.
cans fail to call attention to the in
creased revenue which had come from
the railroads under Democratic ad.
ministratiOn, an increase of 60 per
cent, and the increased revenue Of
more than 100 per cent from banks.
| Since the election of 1900 no State
had progressed or blossomed as had
North Carolina. 1t had cost money
Who regretted the cost? Barring
| the money that had been put into
the minds of the children and spent
for the benefit of the widows and the
old soldiers, the present administra.
ton had cost far less than the former
one.
The Governor touched briefly on
Roosevelt and the Washington Incl.
| dent, saying that the danger lay in
the idea that the President was the
representative of the people; what.
ever style OF dress he adopted, any.
body could wear, whatever he did
anybody could do, whomever~ he
dined anybody could dine. By the
Booker Washington incident the
President was plainly setting, by in
ference: an example, and teaching
the principle of social equality
This is a Caucasian race, declared
the Governor, and it will never sub
NIT to or approve OF such practice
or such an example. He had a right
to talk this way, because, following
his oath, he had gone over the State
and courted unpopularity in the
determination to safeguard the
rights OF the negro, but we could not
be ruled by him.
Gov. Aycock paid his respects to d
circular issued by the chairman O.
the Republican executive committee
OF Vance county (Mr. 7. T. Hicks
In this certain questions had beer
asked and certain answers demanded
The speaker answered them most
effectually and scored a telling point
at every turn. He said he had the
chairman in a corner and he would
put in hole and make him pull the
hole in after him before he got
through with him. The applause
that Gov. Aycock received when he
told where the money had come from
and for what it had been spent show
ed that he had the crowd with him
and that the course of his admins
tration was endorsed and approved
On this point of how the Demo
Gratis had raised more revenue with
out adding to the burden of taxation
placed upon the people Gov. AycocE
paid high tribute to Hon. James
K. Young, Insurance Commissioner
He gave the figures showing the in
creased revenues derived from the in
surance department and compared
them with what the State got from
the same source under Russell's ad
minlstration. The reference to Mr.
Young and the workings of his de-
partment was especially gratifying
to his friends here at home and nc
part of the Governors speech was
more generously applauded.
The crowd was attentive and in
good humor and heard Gov. Aycock
with genuine pleasure 1t was a fine
speech and the subject of much favor
able comment.
At the conclusion of his speech
many persons in the audience went
forward and shook hands with the
Governor