The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-17

bu- ness men in Official position.
Hut Ne did nat star; out =
speak about tins dut5 III tn.
editor nd rhc business nam. bu. 4,
call Alteration - I'll. model speech
made Is At. john en h,u ase placed
Mr.. Paee in nomination get c~anr9.4
i, j. not like any either nominating
specch .au ever read. AMI liz b. in q
class - itself. AMI because it + 50
good $40 make room ia full fag it be-
luw. Mr.. Johuoson said
Air. Chairman. and Gentlemen ofthe
Convention.
My pleasant duts can by performed
i'm Il very few minutes Truth needs
few words far is indication. IS s.
error that Dr., 4nirs- elaborate 4ua art
fGI defense. The sun. on 3 bright lay.
has no need III hout uut that ID isl
shining. Virtue Is it~ own proelalmcr.
as welt AS lis nun reward
II have the honor 10 present 10 TINS
convention "a gentleman w,il known
to YOU all. and one Who grows III
grace and favor with tht reorl. ~
he Is better known. Iht Is mot al
Iva,z true. Sometimes the best inn
preston men make IS tire hr~t inn
precision. but they iwindie INTO dW.trts
a, they are better known. Four years
aGo tins man WAS "a comparative
~t~ancer Il Tin. p.prl. ~ this district.
today lac is everybody friends.
There are tw" thing, that l Win
To say about the man hose nam" |
viii presently present. one IS that hg
is az clean as q girl ~ hls private life
This. gentlemen. j. 40 small thing 80
be t~ruthfully spoken III "a man ln pub
lie life. Tine time WA hcn purity
IF a mans private life did not count
r.
was believed that only the public
record of Il servant Of the people
came rightfu}lv into the purvieW ar
public gaze. but OF late years popular
sentiment has undergone wonderful
changes. 1t Is now held that a mans
public and private life cannot be sep
aratcd, that they are one ana the
same, and that it is the business Of the
public To cmand that they whom
they intruSt With power shall he clean.
The moral lepcr cannot be tn" strong
and forceful factor III the life of the
state that he could and would hc If
his hands and lips and life were clean.
4 stain on the private life of a public
man wcakens his moral power which
after all is his real strength.
The man for whom / shall shortly
name for his high honor at your
hands, it a hiGh-bred Christian gen
tlcman. who loves his State and wor-
ships God. His life is clear and
white. and in his domestic relations.
as in his public service, he is the same
sincere and square and candid man,
with no haunting fears Of exposure to
.startlc him in his dreams and no lie
on his lips to cover the dark trans
action of a moonIcSS night.
He comes Of sturdy stoCk-pro-
life. honorable II strong. In his
family book there are many leaves.
and every Page is clean. In Wash
ington he Will remain the same
sturdy. reliable. u-npretcntious and
of his business in the sandhills Of
Montgomery county.
Happy the day for Us as a peo-
pie when all our public servant hall
have clean hands and pure hearts.
'Thc other thing to which | wish
to call your attention is the loyalty
this man has always shown TO his
State and his people.
First of all, he is a Democrat. Not !
a commercial Democrat but a plain.
old-faShiOned, Thomas jefferson |
without any frills. He be-
lieves that government does not mean
bounty but protection to the citizen in
his life, his liberty ana his property. |
He is opposed TO subsidies in every
shape and form. and holds that they
are governed best who are governed
He is not swept off his feet
~ II, NcNS III = Afi'A a. tb'A
to be the direct result of Republican
legislation. He believes that the Al
mighty still has a hand in the rcgula-
ton of this worlds affairs; that he
the sunshine and the rain upon
the evil and the good and that at his
the changing sea-
sons come and go. Upon the rock
on which Democracy is founded, and
that has breasted the storms of the
he takes his stand-equal
lights 10 aIl-special privileges to
'tGentIemen. the time has come
when we need in our halls Of legis-
lation. in State and nation. men of
profound and abiding convictions Of
truth and duty. Men whom the lust
of zone cannot buy; men who stand
unafraid in the midst of the legion
nf greed men who hear above the
clamor of Mammon the clarion call Of
conscience. and who 80 right on in
obedience 10 that imperial call. OF
all the periods in our political history.
This is the time we need courageous
and honest representatives. We are
fallen upon evil times. it takes more
manhood today to resist the power Of
money than ever before. Graft and
greed are rampant. The %cingling OF
-hc guinea helps the hurt that Honor
feels. The very temples Of liberty are
invaded. The Senate Of the United
states. the ab1eat body that meets on
he globe. is stained with treason an6
all through our civic life the spirit Of +
graft is stree ming, blightinr. and mil
1eWing whatever it touches. In all II
our places Of honor and trust we need
strong enough and brave enough
% meet this swelling tide Of evil and Il
~foursquare to every win that
blows.
Tn the man who has for two
.erms represented this district in
he Congress Of the United states We
exactly the public official / have J
described. and it gives me great pleas
Ire 10 present 10 this convention fo~ II
domination to the house Of represen-
.ativcs Hon. Robert y. Page. of the {
county Of Montgomery" I
The above is one Of the best five
dominating speeches ever made in a
Carolina. The other three were !
he speech Of Hon. Thomas w. Mason :
# Northampton. nominatip~ Hon = :