Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-07-18

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Mr.. Horne is not identified with any
particular faction of the party. He is
neither conservative nor radical, SO
called. He is a Democrat plain. If
elected to Office he will not endeavor to
build up any faction, nor to create any
personal following looking to his fu-
ture advancement. He will be con-
tent to serve the people in the office of
Governor tor four years, and at the
end of the term return to private life.
He will not use the great Office of Gov
ernor as the stepping tone to any
higher n
Mr.. Horne will not make a canvas
! of the State prior to the convention. If
nominated, he will take the stump and
ably uphold the Democratic cause. He
is able to make. and will make strong
and vigorous but he will no.
expect any business people to come out
and near him speak when he is can
wasting for himself and lot as the
standard bearer of his party.
Mr.. Horne's personal life is without
spot or blemish. No person, however
much he may differ with Mr.. Horne in
politics or otherwise, can be found who
would impugn his personal honor or
believe him guilty of an improper act.
He has been a sober, moral man all his
life He was a temperance man when
temperance and prohibition were not
popular.
AS far back as 1881 he voted for pro-
hibition, he has always stood for tenn
perance, for the home, school and the
church..
He has always been a progressive
man; n while by far the largest tax
payer Of his section, he has always
voted for special taxes for schools and
good roads. and has favored every
thing that promoted the welfare of his
community, regardless of its financial
effects upon him,
Mr.. Horne favors the strict enforce
ment of the laws passed by the last
General Assembly regulating railroads
and requiring them to give better SER
vice at reduced rates. He believes in
holding corporations to their duty and
within the law, and doing this with a
strong, bold hand. He has always IA
vored strict regulations of corpora
tions; has always favored requiring
railroads to perform their duties vigor-
ously, and at the lowest possible rates,
and he never rode a mile on a railroad
pass, believing that railroads should
serve and not boss. More than thirty
years ago when the rates on cotton be-
tween Clayton and Raleigh were too
high, he organized a wagon train and
sent the cotton through the country,
until the railroads in disgust, asked
him to name what he thought was a
fair rate. This he did, and this rate
between Clayton and Raleigh has
never been exceeded. He has always
opposed the granting Of special favors
to railroads. In 1886 he was a member
OF the State Senate. The Richmond &
Danville railroad proposed to build to
Murphy if b State would donate the
use of several hundred convicts. Mr..
Horne was as anxious as any to see
that work completed, but he thought
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febligation to build it at its own ex-
pense. He voted against the donation
of the conyicts, and was one of the
Senators who signed a protest against
the measure.
This is a briefaccount of Mr.. Homes
life. He is in the race today. He is
encouraged by promises Of support
from every section of the State. We
believe he will be nominated.
In conclusion, I beg to say that if
you want to support a Confederate SOL
der for Governor, Mr.. Horne is the
man. IF you want a successful busi-
ness man, and a lite long farmer, for
the office, Mr.. Horne is the man. If
you want a man who has been a con-
sistant and life long enemy to trusts
and combinations, Mr.. Horne is the
man. If you want a man who has
been leader in the industrial develop
ment of his section, Mr.. Horne is the
man. IF you want a man who has al
ways stood for good roads, for temper
ance, education, and morality, Mr..
Horne is the man..
IF you want a man for Governor who
will give his whole time to that Office
and who will not aspire to other posi-
tions, Mr.. Horne is the man. If you
want to support a straight fre-tried
Democrat. who has never turned either
to the right or to the left, but who has
consistently fought the party's battles
for more than 40 years, Mr.. Horne is
such a man. If you want a man for
Governor who will fill the Office well,
who has never done and will v do
an unworthy or improper act, who will
never do anything that will require de-
fense, apology, or explanation, Ashley