The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-29

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| however. declared the Governor, that
| North Carolinians know how to do.
They were the finest fighters In the
universe. And the men who gave mn
| mortality to the armies of Lee ana
| jackson were not half the heroes thal
| were the brave women of the South
! who lived at home, in patient poverty
| the breaking of the storm.
| The lack of progress OF the State III
| the past cannot be traced TO Il want
! of patriotism, to n deficiency in nat
! ural advantages, but it must be lald
/ to the cause of ignorance and litter
acy. The Constitution which the peo-
| pie OF this State, the pioneers OF I'D
| erty. had first declared in Halifax IN
I1776. which contained the provision
| that for the promotion OF religion,
| morality and knowledge and the good
government and happiness of men, the
| education of the people is necessary
| and shall ever be encouraged, had been
| followed until the children of every
section of the State had the advantage
of a school term of four months. To
carry out this provision of the Con-
stitution the Democratic administra-
ton has spent 100000 in the weak
districts of the State; it had cost that
to obey it's mandates which had been
fulfilled.
IF there is any man who could
oppose that expenditure as wrong he
is not fit to be a Democrat declared
the Governor in ringing phrase.
He referred eloquently to the con-
sentative character of the State which,
the first TO declare for liberty, had
stayed out of the Union until the
ten amendments guaranteeing the
rights of States had been inserted
in the Constitution; which. after
wards, had stayed in the Union until
the call for troops by Lincoln had
forced her to be for or against her
neighbors, when she had gone into
the war as tempestuously as she had
first stood for the rights OF man,
touching elbows with her neighborS,
10 the ilutter OF the battle flag.
Touching ON State expenditures for
the Confederate veterans, the deaf ana
blind. the schools of the State, the
Governor admitted that they were
large and challenged criticism.
He referred to the fact that it had
! cost RusseH's administration $220,-
900 to take care of the States prison
ers in the penitentiary, while under
the last administration the prisoners
had found a source of profit of over
$1,000 to the State.
Each takes care of its own said
the Governor; the Republican party
children.
Replying to the Republican plea
that the people were taxed to death,
he showed that the tax rate under
Russell was Il 2-3 cents. under the
present administration II cents fiat.
For eight years, he said, the Re-
publicans had been shouting McKin-
ley and prosperity. If that cry was
true their charge that tax assessments
l.; fol { TO
ments were too high their plea of
prosperity was untrue. In either
event, they were, as usual, telling a
story.
You hear much of Mckinley and
Prosperity; nothing of Roosevelt and
prosperity. When 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 Republicans
fail to call attention to the increased
revenue which had come from the
railroads under Democratic admins
tration. an increase of so 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 administration
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; whatever
style of dress he adopted, anybody
could wear, whatever he did anybody
could do, whomever he dined any.
body could dine. BY the Booker
Washington incident the President
was plainly setting, by Inference. 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 a 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 appropriately in the deter
mination TO safeguard the rights of
the negro, but we would not be ruled
by him.
Referring to the radical attack on
Judge Winston. he said:
In answer to what | have said my
Republ. can friends charge Judge
Francis ID. Winston with having been
once Republican and having held at
that time TO their views and acted af-
ter their fashion. At the time that lie
held 'Eeir views and ed with them
they were bringing no accusations
against him. but since he has turned
about, set his face to truth and done
great work in behalf of the cause OF
righteousness, they condemn him.
They glorify themselves for having
been for him when he was wrong and
condemn me for standing by him when
he is right. This is the way Of the
world. No sinner ever yet became
Christian whose sinful friends did not
shut their eyes to the virtues which he
had achieved and turn their jeering
faces to the wrongs which he had done
before he knew the truth.
l shall vote for Frank Winston with
as much pleasure as for any man On
the Democratic ticket L know him.
| have known him for a quarter of a
century. When L went to the Univer~
sity OF North Carolina a country boy,
fresh from the pillow handle and the
hoe. he took me by the hand and led
me through easy ways to a knowledge
of the life of the University. He was
my friend in every struggle there and
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