The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-24
.REAcr1oNARY MOVEMENT IN NORTH CAROLINA.

The most remarkable editorial that
has appeared in a southern newspa-
per in a decade was printed in Tues
days Richmond Tirnes-DiEpatcn- IL
shows a lack OF knowledge OF true con-
ditiong in North Carolina that IL aEnaz-
ing. and it's attack upon Governor
Glenn's policy and the action OF the
General Assembly is as gratuitlous as
IL is unjust and misleading. Its but
+ ting IL to advise the people OF North
+ Carolina to follow the lead Of an anti
Democratic newspaper and its AFRO
CANT presumption 20 dictate to the
voters OF North Carolina is something
hat will be resented by the fairm-nd-
ed people Of this State. In order 70
let the people understand why inns
Richmond paper lends Itself 10 an un-
I lust attack upon Governor Glenn ana
the majority OF the General Assembly
Of this State, it is but necessary 70
cav that the Richmond Times, then
owned by Mr.. Joseph Bryan, the pres
ent owner Of the Richmond Times
Dispatch, bolted the Democratic ma
tional ticket in 1896 and has persls-
family stood against the policies OF
railroad regulation necessary for the
protection OF the public. As long as
it confined its advice TO the people OF
Virginia that was a matter that con-
cerned the people of that State. When
that paper. presuming TO take a hand
in North Carolina politics, declares
that the Governor of the state Is pur-
suing a policy that is ~"cripp!lng his
own people" and adds to that the in
suit that the Governor is an ignora-
mus and seemingly is not conscious
of the harm that has been done
when the Richmond Times-Dispatch
thus holds up TO the world North Car
olina as a State that Is in a "reac-
tionary movement; as a State that
has a Governor who Is "crippling" 1t.
and hasn't sense enough to know it;
that he has terrified capital from
afar" and that mo Southern state
needs a conservative party more than
North Carolina" 1t invites the people
of this State to sit still under this grave
Indictment or to show that the Times
Dispatch is misinformed. Here is the
full text of the editorial, called con
temptible" by an indignant North
Carolinian residing in Richmond who
sends it to this paper:
"A R~eactionary Movement In North
Carolina.
North Carolina is a great State. In
~dustrially, it has made remarkable
strides in recent years. Railroad lines
have been extended, the waste places
have given way to factories, and in
furniture and cotton manufacturing 1t
is supreme. This growth and eXpan-
sion came from borrowed honey from
loans occurred in the East, backed by
that which the citizens themselves
were able to provide. Now, however,
there is the intimation that this de-
velopment will be checked OF
~unfriendly Legislatures and courts. A
Charlotte banker, who tried to
tate certain city notes through a Bal
timore firm, was informed that 1t did
not care to handle North Carolina Sc
curities at this time. in view Of the
present state Of public opinion. This
may or may not be an exceptional
case.
Full Of self-glory because of his
successful battle with the railroads..
Governor Glenn seemingly is not con-
scious of the harm that has been done.
While whipping them, he was Grip
ping his own people. While forcing
them to submit to State laws before
their validity could be judictally de-
termined, he has terrified capital from
afar. heretofore friendly. and though
he is paraded as a son worthy to fill
the highest Office in the land, he has
exhibited a which would
not become one in that exalted posi-
ton. Apparently he was seized with
the hope of future greatness or was
swayed by the ranting of the dema-
EOgueS. He NAV Outlfye it.
THE need Of a broad and more lib
eral spirit was shown before the ad-
journment Of the last General As
sembly. To-day the conservative, the
strong men of the State, are preparing
to form a conservative Democratic
party, a party that al rally under
its the men who have
brought about this era of marvellous
prosperity, h can help halt the
recklessness of the habitual seekers
Of office, and who can save the Dem
ocracy. h aim of these leaders of
thought is to prevent an xOdus to
the Republican ranks. Nc Southern
State needs a conservative party more
than North Carolina.
Having a close, friendly interest in
the Old North State, The Times-Dis-
patch sincerely hopes the movement
will succeed, as indeed it can. Led by
a paper with the brains and fairness
Of the Charlotte Observer, by men who
desire industrial supremacy, 1t ought
to obliterate the faction which has
brought the possibility of industrial
distress, and give to the business world
the assurance that investments are
safe, that the property of corporations
will be protected so long as the cor
porations keep within laws. When
that has been done. there will be no
delay in the negotiation of Carolina
securities in Baltimore or New York"
So far as the we'll posted people Of
North Carolina are concerned there
is no need to call attention to the in
justice and wrong don to the State.
its General Assembly and to the Gov
ernor in the above wholesale SANDER
of the State Of North Carolina and its
officials. It is but sufficient to say
that if the course pursued by the state
Of North Carolina is "r~eactionary"
and is 'swayed by demagogues,' then
the same thing is true in a greater
sense of the State of Virginia.
North Carolina reduced passenger
fares to 2 IA cents on the Gig roads;