The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-02

my manager and his lieutenants with
Justice if I omitted to express my
profound appreciation Of their loyal
ty and devotion from the beginning
Of this contest until row. No man
ever had truer or more faithful sup
porters in any contest on this eartn.
And to the supporters Of Hon: Ash
| lev Horne and Of Hon. Locke Craig,
let me say that | cannot bat admire
the courage, the determination 2n0
the spirit as well as the loyalty ana
fidelity with which you stood by the
trust confded to you by the people
Who sent you here to uphold their
cause. So, my feliow-citizens, with
heart overGowing, If | had an enc
my in North Carolina, | can now say
in the language Of the Bible that /
now love my enemies, but l know
that when this last vote was taken
Kitchin had not an enemy within
the Democratic party IN North
Carolina.
THE DEMOCRACY OF THE PEOPLE.
And, my fellow countrymen. the
Democracy | represent is the Dem
ocracy of the people of this State
represented by you all. 1t IS DEM
ocracy that believes in spirit OF
aggressive life, that fears not the
truth, that would repress all wrong
and would promote all Righteousness
in our State, Democracy that isnot
dangerous but courageous to a prln-
ciple and to the people. And you
who have not known me as well as
the great people that have repre-
sented for 10 years in Congress will
learn that do not carry dynamite
in my pocket and do not intend to
dynamite the factories and railroads
of this State. Great cheering.) l
see before me from that district
men who have known me almost
from my birth and men who stand
high among the bankers of this
State, among the manufacturers,
among the lawyers, and the farmers,
and the doctors, and the preachers
of this State. And these men will
give me, O mountain Democrats, a
good character for safeness and
saneneSS.
A FRIEND OF ALL HONEST ENTERPRISE
"And, my countrymen, no man
may fear the administration which |
hope, with the aid Of the Democracy
of this State, to give to the people
unless that man is violating the
principles Of the Democratic party.
No honest and legitimate interest is
afraid of me or of the Democracy |
represent. I am a friend of all hon
est enterprise. No man can raise
an issue among Democrats on pros
perity sr on enterprise because ali
Democrats are united on those great
principles. But will not. for need
not, discuss Democratic principles in
this Democratic convention. In the
days to Gene you will hear ne dis
ouss these principles throughout the
State.
BRYAN-TIEAT GREAT DEMOCRAT.
Fellow Democrats, carry no BIT
terness from this convention; carry
no feelings CT revenge. I want that
TO apply to my original friends as
! well as TO those VINO were not Orig
naliy for ne. Garry TO your homes
d patriotic devotion to the interest
Of your party, and let US in the
coming contest present q united
front fighting Republicanisin in
North Carolina as the Democracy Of
the United States will present
united front fighting the Repubii.
canism of the United States under
the leadership Of that greatDemo-
crat whom our convention will in a
few days nominate at Denver. |
thank you, tired as you are, for list
ening even for a minute to a man as
tired as | am, and | will not further
trespass. | will ask you, as | believe
| have intimated before, to give the
Democracy of this State your united
and enthusiastic support, and this
State will increase rather than dim
inish the great Democratic majority
| that we have had heretofore"
MR.. CRAIG APPEARS.
Mr.. Craig, tired, but handsome
and smiling, appeared when Mr..
Kitchin sat down. At the sight of
their idol the mountaineers rose en-
masse and yelled at the top of their
voices. Every other man and woman
in the house stood and cried aloud
with the supporters of the orator of
the west.
Graceful, dignifed, and refined
looking he stepped forward and