The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-03

fD-- FOR the county officers To
this Mr.. DreWry answered that e" fad
always been against th@ ft- system
land believed fl paying every ofhceF
or ! fair and reasonable compensation.
He thought best 10 ascertain the lees
before making tH- salaries. ana ihat
Wake never had better officers
Here Mr.. Franklin put y aho1h.'
question. Are YOU in favor ~ q -
cent railroad ate I'm North carolina
Mr.. Drewry first declared that the
statements assailing him as being =
railroad man were untrue, 'hdt n
mad only had a little interest IN the
Raleigh and PamIicO sound railroad
and that in tie road had failed Il
would have lost everything ] had on
Garth He declared that his course
in 1903 In aiding In making up the
Revenue law when the present Lieu
tenaut-Goyernor was appearing Tor the
Atlantic Coast Line" showed ne Was
not for the railroads. as also his vote
ON the Fuller Bill. AS for the z
cent rate | am in favor Of reduction Of
both passenger and freight rates. /
don't say two, or two and q nall, Or
three cents. as / have not studied the
matter. but ! viii stand for such re-
duction as consistent with the rights
Of the people and fair 10 the railroads
1t would be unjust 10 the railroads 70
reduce 10 a figure that would cripple
them"
He spoke for good roads and in
1900 asked the attorney Of the county
commissioners CMr. Gatling) TO pre-
pare a road law. Several got TO-
gether and one was evolved. l
! had nothing to do with it. but to meet
with some representatives and the
! county commissioners, but don't deny
, responsibility for the act. but say IL
was better than that Of 1895 Does
not believes the 1903 law was unpop-
ular, but il did not go far enough.
There was large expense an the taxes
and work We're necessary. The pay OF
80 cents a day To work the roads was
fair as "then farm labor was worth %
or 60 cents a day, as | understand.
Believes county roads should be
worked by taxation and If not enough
then there ought TO be a bond issue
to build the roads" Don't hin 1t a
just claim that the road law of 1903
ran the county in debt, and under the
present law there is the d~ispensary
fund to help.
1T is absolutely false" declared
Mr.. DreWry, that l ever favored
Keeping the d~ispensary money in Raj
cigh. One-third for schools. one-third
for roads and One-third for Raleigh
did not seem right and L thought half
to The county and half to the city
right, but finally the present figures
were adopted, and that division il
now agreed upon by all in Raleigh
and there is no kick
ileI MT. DTeNlS lOOk up tHt mat
ter of his being an insurance agent
and said that he was and had been
in the business nearly all of his life.
but | am not connected financially
with any except home companies
Am State agent for one of the Oldest
and most conservative mutual insur-
ance in the country, with
out a blot or blemish on it. and that
if we are to have insurance legisla-
ton in North Carolina it is to be along
the lines Of mutual IL
the question comes up in the Legisla-
ture it would seem wise to ave one
man there to speak for the insurance
business and in the interests of the
people" Here MI. DreWry declared
the insurance business to be next to
the ministry of God" and that lin
the Legislature there ought to be a
man to speak Of the principles under
lying this great business"
Mr.. Drewry's speech took thirty
three minutes. and except in the col
colloquy with Mr.. l.. S. Franklin
his remarks hardly nose above a con-
VerSatiOnal tone.
Percy j. Olive is Vigorous.
Percy j. Olive, opposing Mr..
DreWry for the Senate said that he
stood on this record made in the
House. He suoke with energy, and in
his address criticized the position of
NIL. lDlcN1N ana NIL. bIeNlS > paper
in many matters.
He said he was glad to see Mr..
Drewry at the meeting, and SYM
pathized with him in the sickness of
his child, but he wanted
DreWry to tell him and the
people his position, in place of the
requests for heart to heart" talks in
his office. Mr.. Olive hen as at Car
ner show the falsity of charges
against him of soliciting or receiving
one cent of Insurance policy money,
and of the charge of receiving money
for tYpeWriting work from the
County commissioners. His position on
the insurance question he stated as at
Garner, to have companies invest in
the State and be regulated. On the
rOad law he repeated his promise of
legislation providing for no more per-
sonal work. now that the county is
out of debt with money on hand. AS
to Mr.. Drewry's statement of farm
hands to be secured at so cents a day
he said that in his section they could
hardly be got at one dollar a day, and
that Negroes got this. while the road
law of 1903 put farmers at half that,
then it should be all or nothing. III
the division of the dispensary money
he told of his work to secure this, n
said:
Il don't know what was Mr.. Drew
rvs attitude. but his paper fought
the division, and was Smelling us day
after day and calling it a robbery of
Raleigh" In railroad matters Mr..
Olive fatty said he would vote for
nothing higher than a Pc cent rate,
and that when he was fighting for the
Laughinghouse bill Drewry's paper
was saying lit ought to be killed III
two minutes and a~pplauding a three
cent rate, which was unjust to the
poor man. He believed in fairness to
railroads and to people. Denied being
under domination Of one man or set
of men. but thought for himself. Is
for putting officers on a salary basis
that is fair for the best men and using
the surplus on the roads. FaVorS
stringent child labor laws. To ques-
tons from Mr.. J. T. Broughton Doth
he and Mr.. Drewry favored working
conVicts on the roads.
Mr.. Charles L.. Harris Speaks.
Mr.. Charles Harris. for the House,
reiterated his position as stated at
Garner. that he would stand on the
Democratic platform and in insurance
matters would vote as Governor Glenn
and Commissioner Young recon-