Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-07-11
Favors Forest Reserve.

inland water way from Norfolk, Viz
| GINA, to Beaufort inlet, North Car
olina. While both Of these projects
involve great benefits to the State.
they are also Of national Importance.
! The II preserves our mountain for
ests and conscrves our water supply
promotes the public health, main
I tains IL water power and aids aori-
culture, the latter will open up a free
outlet North and South for the water
borne trade of eastern North Carolina,
equalize traffic rates and promote the
! prosperity Of our people. It's con
struction will also greatly increase
the coast-wise trade between tie
South Atlantic and North Atlantic
ports. We urge L Senators and
Representatives to continue their cf,
forts to secure legislation for the cs.
tablishment Of the one and the con-
struction Of the other.
Equal Rights to All.
We reaffirm our adherence to the
time honored principle Of Democracy
Of "equal rights to all and ~srec;a'
privileges to none' and we con,?amn
subsidies, gratuities, bonuses, trusts
and monopolies. For nearly ten
years the Republican party has been
in absolute control Of all departments
Of national government with p4wcl
to change unjust conditions and t.
rectify evils. Yet, during that time
colossal combinations Of capital have
dominated the people, and illegal per
version OF corporate laws have stiaeG
competition and unfairly limited the
opportunity of the individual citi-
zen. Wealth thereby illegally obtain
ed has been unsparingly used to con-
trol Legislation and corrupt elections.
No honest effort has been made. or
is being made, by Republican %leoisla-
ton to cure or eradicate these evils.
We denounce the hypocrisy Of the
Republican party which, while pre-
tending to legislate against these con-
ditions, deals only with the symptoms
and not with the disease. The I'M
fair. t%yrannical features Of the So
called ''protec:ive tariff" have made
these things possible, and no perma-
nent relief can be secured until its
obnoxious features are removed. To
remedy this evil we demand a thor
ough rev:.ion of present tariff laws.
Trusts Denounced.
The growth of the trusts and 9TH
er nordinate aid dangerous combina-
lions of c%aIital, the tremendous and
! rapidly increasing absorption and cen
tralization Of the wealth Of the coun-
try III the hands Of a chosen few, all
dlc to p~remadilated and systematic
legislation i'll behalf of special inter
ests by the Republican party, demand
a change i'll the policies imposed upon
the country by that party and make
the passage Of restrictive laws an i'm
perative necessity.
We denounce the appalling system
Of corruption heretofore practiced by
the great insurance companies. where
by money intrusted to them for the
benefit Of widows and orphans has
been devoted to the enrichment Of IA
vOred individuals and to the cam
paign fund Of the Republican par
ty.
! The Tariff.
We denounce the present inioui-
tous, unjust and trust-creating pro-
tective tariff imposed upon the people
by the Republican party and demand
It's immediate revision. to the end that
all unjust burdens shall be removed,
and especially those upon the necessa-
rlcs Of life and those that enable the
trust to extort from the people I'M
reasonable profits and to sell their
products to consumers at home at
greater prices than are charged for
the same goods to the foreign consum-
Ter. ,
Debate on Platform,
After the report was read Mr.. Jno.
d. Bellamy, Of New Hanover. moved
that the perpetuity clause be stricken
out. MI. w. Fl. Powell, Of Tarboro,
seconded the motion. The amendment
i'd not carry. Mr.. J. D. Murphy, Of
Buncombe, asked that an amendment
be added to the platform to give the
corporation commission power to fix
just and reasonable tolls and rentals
to be received by telephone compan-
les. Major E. j. Hale insisted on his
resolution endorsing the Chicago plat
form and other things and moved
that it be added to the report of the
! platform committee. N . S. Spence
moved as a substitute that the resolu-
lions be laid on the table. There were
calls for a vote. Spence's motion car
ned. A division was called and a poll
OF the counties taken. The result was
33l against. and 345 for. Senator
Simmons offered the following substi-
tute to Major Hale's resolution:
Senators and Judges by Direct Vote.
Resolved, That the Democratic par
ty, IN convention assembled, declares
itself in favor Of the election Of Unit
ed States Senators and Federal
judges by a direct vote Of the people:
that it also favors the enactment of
a graduated income tax and for the
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