Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-03-23
Revnsue Collector LecturesSeu,h.
erners For Standing by Faith
of Their Fathers.
FAIRBANKS BOOM LAUNCHED
Mad: Few Remarks
OF Non-Partizan Character Which
Were Devoted to an Appeal For Es-
tab'ishment Ct Justice and Recoen;-
ton of Property Rights.
Made Few Remarks.
(By Associated Press.)

tbE Associated PreSSD
GREENSBORO. y. c.. March 22.---s
Three hundred guests. including Re.
puhlieans O. prominence from North
Carolina ard ether States. attended liz,
banquet of The Tarhee! Club here to.
hight. a, which Fice-PresiGant Fair
banks and Revenue Commissioner Ie;
lies were the principal guests OF honor.
On catlir:: the meeting to order. ,ha
toasimaster, Hon. Henry Spencer
blackburn. read 4 telegram of regret
from Postmaster General Cortelyou. r..
eTctlin" that he could not be pres cnt.
The tcaslmasrer then delivered a short
address. in WHO he congratulated the
Republicans Of the State uron The
elimination OF the race issue ana the
dawn!n% OF a better political day il
this section
Vice President Fairbanks followed
Mr. Blackburn There was a trcmcn-
@ous ovation as he arose, and. after
:, few preliminary statements. he said
il" would no; make 4 partisan sreet:n
lie told CT the elimination Of sectional
lines and raised much applause ~ re
4ferrins,to General Joseph Wheelers
part in the Spanish American war. sc
Ordained tc Promote Justice.
Republican government he said.
was ordained to promote Justice ia
secure each and all in the fullest pos,
sihe enjoyment OF equal rights. both
private and under the law Every
American must stand before the law
upon a plane Of perfect equality with
his fellow Americans. Our laws must
be inspired by Il sense OF Justice, let
us teach the love OF Justice at the fire
side; in the school room, in the pull
pit in the press, in the counting house.
in the factory; yes teach it every
where fer unless justice anides with
us government is mere mockery.
Let us safeguard the rights of
property; protect that which honest
and patient industry has acquired. But
first OF all. better than all. preserve in.
violate the rights OF men Of a low and
high degree
Political Parties Essential.
Political parties are essential to
popular government They have exist.
ed from the earliest days Of the repub-
tic and they will continue to the end.
1t is OF vital Importance. therefore that
they should be hgh-miDdei and patri
Otto that they should stand for those
measures which are wholesome and
Which tend TO advance to the utmost
degree the public veal They should
support sound and conservative poll.
cles which are the only sure FONDA.
ton OF industrial and social progress
and OF enduring national greatness.
Revenue Commissioner ]. w. 'Yerkes
spoke en- Political Peonage in the
South" After calling attention to tile
evidences of prosperity in Ncrt' Caro-.
lima and saving that the new s,ruct-
urcs all bore the sign built since
1876 he continued
Your ancestors, men and women.
broke away from servit,,le, religious:
and political and sought freedom Of
action OF heart and conscience here.
They flung away family ties. traditions.
inherited beliefs. ancestral tendencies.
when existing conditions. dominant
and rational. demanded the surrender.
They obcyed the call Of their present
and met the demands OF that present
Yet many OF their children. men OF
high standing and admire. bic traits
today are Democrats not because
the present demands it. hut because
Ehantom. spectre. a shade, a poi
teal busahoo made and used for por.
sona!. selfish political interests and
called Negro Domination. frigltcns
them from The path of known civic
DIZZY and honest political action Tbs
result is political penna se-politicul
seffdcm. thraldom to man OF straw
That spectre and because some say
i is not respectable t. he Rcpubii
can in the South, make some Of y:uu
dishonest politically
Further on he sal You demand