The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03
7CHIN At DIXIE.
Position and Re-
cord on temperance
criticism of Certain Social
Ger
Ucmocratic Newspapers and
r,.UIics TO the Ashcyilie
Radical Organ.

... y. Q, Aug. 29-Hon. w.
,...... # Person. who is a can
.+-. the Democratic nomination
-..u.r. spoke today at Dixie
--..-rgurg county, near this city.
..-r-e Of his speech, he said:
~. hearty sympathy with the
- t.@Ew.1I9fV
p. .~luQlering u State. For
.-..- every saloon man in my
..- opposed me and every tenn
man has upheld me. In my
.. august 1903 in the only cleo
.ra haze mad on saloons, L voted
sr. ..uket as 1 shall always do.
,r..... and practice / am a tenn
L.. u.au. In joint campaign with
~.rr.~ reynolds three years ago,
....t.I temperance ana repealed
its upon u temperance leg
f+4- discussing mOnOpolies, rail
matters ana other questions of
-a- Mr.. kitchin said:
sa.-D not discussed the criticisms
p.r.Dlcau papers, and perhaps
nr# .-aL nave noticed the Gazette
but the opposition of DemO-
journals of character and abil-
4 deserves attention., ESPECIALLY as
,ar before did they so positively an
.arrl. GubernatOriaI candidacy,
1 rn. heretofore contented them
ra. with advocating their f~avorite.
ia not shrink from criticism and
Irr~..ru. all [ ask is a fair on
saith nD blows below the belt
III No. tabs in the dark. My record
not under q busnel, and L carry no
Irr,a..I opinions OF public policies
bout Ily person.
FTEe lne up against me disclosed
the forefront certain papers that
ere easy to classify. AS nothing un-
Ila-s.t had ever occurred between
be.r EDITORS and myself, the OPPOSE
In could uOt be on personal grounds.
l. must be IN account of my record
tl their record. What part Of my
sclrI mad beer unsatisfactory TO
if / have put their oppOsi-
on on too narrow basis, they can
hare il for the sake of informa-
0u. Their criticisms of me on the
.b=.Ig showed more than a mere diff
sreagD ri opinion, for these papers
t~0IeratiOn of opinion. Criticism
a Democrat representative for OPP
osing q railroad subsidy (whose dis
.Dutuuance, by the way, did not
ring disaster to the business inter-
Of the SOuth) was not mor sur
lisiug han was in later months the
I1S.eriug in Democratic papers of
Republican SANDER upon Demo-
hate officials. When did Democratic
Epers ever, before the FIFTH District
combine story was fabricated, repeat
Republican Islander upon Demo-
r., except to denounce it?
III a former speech l said;
Every paper in this State SO
b. as recan that sided with the
railroads and criticised me for
| opposing the railroad subsidy is
1 today against my nomination for
Governor. . If | am correctly IN
Il formed. the Wilmington MeSsen-
i ser, Charlotte Observer, the
AsneyiIle Gazette-News. and the
Raleigh Evening Times. are all
against me.
The unanimity with which the
columns of these papers and
others that follow them encOuraS-
Ell that political SANDER, originate
Ins N the Republican State or
san, usually called the Fifth
District Combine, after myself
and others had denounced it as
utterly false, indicates both the
determination of their opposition
and the character of the contest
they are willing to wage against
me-"
Messenger and Times have
ken exceptions to my remarks.
lough neither pretends to favor my
.ha-dacy or denies that it's columns
Lllcised me for opposing the sub
dE' each l understand has ques-
med my right to name it as against
e. nave done them no injustice. 1
no paper that had not shown
position to my candidacy. The Mes
has recently had severa ar
les hostile to me as far back as
e l9th OF March when it said. IF Mr..
.lchln makes such a good Congress-
mat Democrats have elected him
x tllneS 1t looks like that is the
ace he ought to stay" It would nor
ave said this as my friend. A friand
lght tell me that he thought I ought
stay in Congress. but no
my candidacy for the G~0vern9rshir
ould publish to the world s:lch ar
Tor its manifest suggestion Wa>
such candidacy.
The Evening Time on the 23rG dan
July said that il l had had more
uence l might have e somethfns
Ice about me in its columns, perhaps
"perhaDs' is the most strikine
ord III its editorial. 1t also expressed
le desire that [ give the evidence O.
5 opposition to me. Waving its hos.
lie criticisms of me heretofore a,
-Ie as Nav 10th of this year. 1907 ir
+9ng editorial upon the situation il
il"h my name is mentioned twice
'e editor says, I'VE think it is the
or the extreme west this time
ti We want to e the nominee ;
an from that section of the State
-'"SS the great mountains" If I haC
."a IN Cherokee and my competitor:
1urrItuck, that editorial would no,
ave been written. It is remarkable
@- nm eastern paper should take such
''Sltlon now when by our custom
ne domination would go east. 1t i.
'aFkabIe that such position is taker
n reference to the positions O.
el3ry Of State, Auditor, or Treas.
nut only in reference to The
aE.-lon [ seek
'#T Ilmes may think its editoria
@lent with friendship to me. fol
process of reaching conclusion.
"bearS from the editorial is al
usual one In it he says that i
" is a western man, then Kitchir
Western man: If Kitchin is ar
Il man, then Glenn is an eastern
i'f' ne says. they are from ''tht
congressional district" That the
apart IS not to be considered
: logic. By his simple 6
--&rIotte is this side of the noun.
So IS Marshall; or if Marshall i
the great mountains. e.
% ~Aarlotte, for thew arr
me same congressional district ;