Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1904-06-30

enough to pay the bonds necessitated
BY Republican speculation and ineffi-
Cheney. We pledge the party to con-
tlnued business-like and humane man
agement Of this institution.
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT. 81
We call attention to the<s success that
has attended the establishment Of the
creased Our annual receipts by $780,
600, and furthermore, in addition to
this Increase, that fees now received by
the State III this department which for
merly were allowed to the official col
lecting them, are more than enough to
cover all increases and additions in
salaries of executive and judicial Off
GERS.
TAXATION.
We pledge the party to fair and
just system of taxation. in which all
subjects of taxation shall bear their
just and equal proportion of the bur-
dens of government:
THE STATE DEBT:
After long and careful de1iberation.
and confidence with many of it's cred
itors, the State of North Carolina ad-
justed its debt upon basis so fair
and honorable as to win the approval
of the financial world and to secure rat
ificatiOn by nearly every creditor of
the State. During the present year at
tempts have been made to reopen the
question settled at that time by the
States Wisest and best men. The Demo-
cratic party in 1904 approved the set
tiement made in 1879 and will forever
oppose any and all attempts from any.
quarter to set aside the settlement then
| made. It will abide the mandates of
| the courts, but it will not consent to
reopen the settlement that was alike
creditable to the State and fair to the
holders of it's securities.
CONFEDERATE VETERANS.
The Democratic party established the
system of pensiOning Confederate sol
| d;ers and opened the Soldiers Home to
the care of the veterans who responded
to the call of the State in the war be-
tween the States. Every dollar given
them was appropriated or forced by the
| Democratic legislatures Or Democratic
public sentiment We pledge the party
to fuller discharge of debt that. can
never be fully paid to these aging he
roes who offered their lives as a sacri-
fee upon the affairs Of their country.
THE UNFORTUNATE CLASSES.
| We point with pride to the record
of the Democratic party in it's care
of the unfortunate classes Of our State
and promise to continue to enlarge~our
charitable institutions until all the in
digent insane are cared for at the ex-
rense of the State.
IMPROPER AND ILLEGAL RECEI-
VERSHIP.
Corporations being creatures Of the
law should be under control of the
sovereign and amenable to the law
But being useful and necessary in
struments of business all their rights
should be guarded and protected by the
law. Like other citizens, they shOulC
be protected from wrong oppression
Especially should they be protected
from suits in form to procure receiver
ships, designed to wreck the propertie:
and transfer them from their rlghtfu
owners to the possession and cOntrc
OF financial adventures.
We call upon Congress to enac
laws clearly defining the powers o
Federal judges in the appointment o
receivers, and to protect corporation
against improper and illegal appoint
n.entS.
FOREST RESERVE.
We favor the establishment Of th
Appalachian Forest Reserve and ufg
t our. Senators and Representatives t
, continue their efforts to secure tn
j establishment of the same.
DEMOCRATIC RULE NECESSARY
, At no period in the history of tn
republic has the Democratic part
+ been so necessary to the welfare {
! | the people and the cause Of free go1
ernment as it is today. A great COZ
servative force, it stands a barrier b.
tween the recklessness of organize
. greed and the depression of oppresse
humanity. It's mission is to give libe
ty and Justice to all, monopoly an
! | tyranny to none; to restrict the Fe,
= eral government within the ,constit1
tionai limits of it's authority; to r.
: sist it's every aggression beyond th
J scope of it's delegated power; to lin
: its power of taxation to the needs {
. the government economically admin
Z istered: to distribute impartially tl
!, burdens of government; to- presert
: unimpaired the reserved rights of th
o States and of the people; to maintai
!. the right Of local self-governmen1
these are and have always bee
among the fundamental principles
the Democratic party.
S 1t is especially necessary to restri
: the executive head of the Feder
/ government within the constitution
h limits of his authority, and no arg
: ment of temporary expediency ca
r justify the assumption by him
j. powers conferred exclusively upe
It the legislative department of the go
5, ernment, or the violation by him
r plain provisions of constitutions
l. statute and treaty law.
~ TRUSTS DOMINATE THE REPUE
II CAN PARTY.
= For the last eight years the Repub
70 can party has been in complete co
troll of the Federal government in
it's branches. During that time trus
r. and monopolies have multiplied. The