The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-10-13
TEN VITAL QUESTIONS.
Some Things for Voters to Consider
Shall 1t be Roosevelt and What tie
Stands For, Or Parker and the Con-
StitutiOD?

cHdu u Dc Roosevelt and What he
Stands For, Or Parker and the Con-
stituti0n?
The New York World which is tax
ing an active and earnest interest i'm
electing Judge Parker, has presented
the ten living questions in this cam
palgh, us tsees them, in IL singularlv
strong and clear way. They are ten
strong arguments in favor Of electing
the Democratic candidate which will
have great weight with independent
voters. The World declares that
"the real living, burning questions
OF the campaign are:
Trough Rid + or ,dSco
Shall the people OF the United
States have for the next four wears
IL personal or II constitutional
gOvernment-the sovereignty OF Il
party dictator or the sovereignty of
the people-a Rough Rider or ii Judge
for chief magistrate?
ll-Re etorm the Tariff.
Shall the tariff never be revised ex-
cept with the consent and under the
direction of its beneficiarieS-by "the
friends of its abuses, it's eXtortiOns,
and its Observation-Disclosures shall it
he revised in judicial spirit by ''tlle
friends of the masses and for the
| common veal?
IIi-CurD the Trusts.
Shall monopolies like the beef trust.
controlling universal necessaries OF
| life. continue to receive the prOtec-
tion of IL sheltering tariff, and enjoy
still longer indulgence in the non-en-
fOrcement OF antitrust laws by real
son OF their enormous contributions
to party campaign funds and their
potential influence with party lead
ers?
IV-Abusc of Power.
Shall the action of the President
in ridding himself OF the one success
full trust prosecutor in order to place
the corporations-in making his
former private secretary and head Of
the Department of Commerce q cam
paign fund solicitor from the very
corporations he wds appointed to
"diligently investigate in appoint
ing a railroad corporation official
Secretary OF the Navy, and d poll
teal agent of the Southern Pacific
Railway to the head OF the depart
ment to supervise and curb corpora
tions tall to aid his campaign)-shall
this surrender of the Rough Rider
be approved by the people?
N--No Corporation Rule.
Shall the rule of corrupt corpora
tions in politics and their controlling
influence in government be further
enlarged and confirmed by continu-
ing in power Il party closely allied
with them by the granting OF special
privileges III the tariff, by the cleo
ton of corporation agents to Con-
gress and to State offices, and
through the reconstruction OF the
Cablinet to meet their views?
VI-St the Extravaganza
Shall we continue a policy OF reck'
less extravaganza, as evidenced Dy
the expenditure OF more than ~,
800, 10000 during the last foui
- | NtttIS, vi VIC iSt'i' II W -
= able economy?
| VII-Check the Corruption
Snail corruption bred OF too long {;
lease of power, as instanced IN tn
! half-disclosed postal frauds, Ill the
: land office scandals, in the pension
= abuses, in the sale Of offices and nego
! tiation of corrupt public contracts
:, by Senators Dietrich and Burton, II
a the purchase of a seat i'll the Senat
..ss bv the Democrat, W. A. Clark, rat
=. fed by Republican Senators and l.
!. ascendency and executive recognl
y ton of notorious cOrruptlons an
i professional spoilsmen, be condone
and continued?
VIII-No Big Stick Blus
Shall the attitude of the Unite
States toward foreign nations b
that of a bully with the "big stick
. and Il chip on his shoulder, or sha
we return to the policy OF Washing
, ton and Jefferson-"Peace and frlent
ship with all nations, entanglln
, alliances with none'-mindlng OF
own business and expecting otht
6 nations to do the same?
|IE-What will the Filipino
!" Do to Us?
- Shall we continue the malevolel
effect upon ourselves of sO-called "b
neyolent assimilation" in the Phil
mines until it is too late to wlthdra
" from that deplorable and un-Amel
, can adventure in Asiatlc colonlails
ra which becomes all the more DANCE
Gus the more we impose upon the
~ the veneer of our civilization-al
g until the hybrid and forever ALI
IF races of those islands shall De lncc
VI norated into our body polite,
cast the dies in our national conve
tions. as the delegate from HaW'
did at Kansas City in 1900; to pa
ticinate in our elections. to sit In o
. CONGRESS-. and eventually to help
Govern those who now by force II
pose upon them government VIII
ont consent and taxation wlthO
representation?
I|N-"Let us have Peace
. Shall we, forty years after the e
of the war and after a complete
Cancellation of the once hostile Stat
tear asunder by revival OF the s
tional issues the honds OF fraternl
and concord-and this when the p'
al. ple OF the South have just secul
the nomination of a cOnservat
and sound money Democrat