The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-10-27
GOVERNOR GLENN SPEAKS.

= bury this republican party ON Noven
Der 3 and need good coroner" Al
plause.)
The governor then went into a con
parison of the men, Taft and Bryan
. and the methods used in their nom
/ nation. Il know Mr.. Taft" he said
and he is good man. He is a ma
of medium ability and If let alone h
will make as good president as
man of his ability can make But h
won't be let alone. Teddy Roosevelt
who nominated him by forcing reve
nue. doodlers and postmasters 10 sup
port him. will dominate him. Tai
cannot make speech. write a lettel
OF acceptance or take any stand with
out first submitting his papers to Ted
dy. l am against him for that Sup
pose had gone into the late guberna
ttorial campaign and with the disposal
of hundreds of Offices at me, as
have. said the people should nominate
Craig or Kitchin. There would have
been a lynching party about the statue
OF Washington and would have been
The principal party in it. And yet
that is just what Teddy Roosevelt has
done on greater scale. And now Long
worth, Miss Alice's husband and
known only as such. comes along and
says that after Taft is elected and
serves eight years the mantle will
fall again on Teddy and then il will
drop again on some member Of the
family for twenty or thirty years.
Shades of Adams! OF jefferson! What
are We coming to? And when Teddy
goes bar hunting. What viii Taft
do? Will he call up the Teddyphone
and will the wheels of the govern
ment stop while Teddy is away !
am against this me too business
Taft has said he feels like a per.
forming bear and Teddy IL pulling
the string while he dances.
Contrast the republican nominee
with the democratic. We have named
by the united will OF the people a
man. statesman the equal of Cal.
houn and Webster, an orator the su-
perior Of Patrick Henry or Henry
Clay. brave soldier one OF the first
10 offer in the Spanish war, a noble
christian gentleman who has made an
impression upon the whole civilized
world. William Jennings Bryan (great
nDplause.) / defy any man TO find a
/ hlemish upon his character. They
say he has been twice defeated. He
has. but he has returned the banner
untainted and unsullied. He has been
thirty years in the limelight and not
blot upon his character. He stands
! forth a statesman, a soldier. an ora
tor. christian gentleman who be
lieves in the Son of God and Mr.. Taft
does not" This reference ITO Mr.
Taft's uniiarianim was not caught.
The governors tarif speech wa
a remarkably fine treatment Of a dry
;subject. He brought 1t home and
gave concrete example Of its work.
ings. Il was in Canada sometime
ago." he said, "and Canada has no
tariff wall around 1t. For that rea-
son, that country is fast becoming one
OF the greatest In the world. I bought
= suit Of clothes for $3.50 that cos
me $3.50 here, a pair Of shoes for
50 that I always paid $3.50, a hat for
So that I could not purchase In this
country for So and my wife suit for
SIS that cost her $50 in our own mar.
ket. Whenever you see the workings
Of this infamous tariff you viii over.
throw the republican party. And
what Is 1t all for? They say It's for
the government. Let US zee. OF all
the revenues collected by the tariff
last year. the amount was 1894. 900.
900. Yet the tariff barons received
Sc. OK. 0C0, 900. eighteen times as much
as they returned. Oh yes. you cuss
Bryan for is to !. but here you are
robbed BY these infamous sons Of
guns at a ratio OF IS 10 ! and contin.
ne them In power" Great applause.
The governor ratified of the sched.
ules under which the robbery is prae.
ticed. Then he went into a fine sen.
timent when he said the American
people should all be protected By the
benehcient laws OF reciprocity where
By all men and corporations r.
eeiye what Is due them without spe.
cial privileges 10 any man.
His finest stroke was a reference
TO Y. z. Smith. You must pardon a
personal matter" he said. but I was
reared to toll myself There Is no
kind Of mental labor that have not
done since boy on my mothers farm
on the Dan In those days there
we're men higher IN life than who
looked down with a lofty scorn at me.
Since then, they have fawned and n
had contempt for them. And want
70 saw that whatever I am now or can
ever hope 70 be. ! was better when
working on that little farm than n
have ever been since. tGreat ap
plause.D understand that you have
nominated a man OF toiI--(great
cheers and cries for Smith a man
who came up from among you and
began life In . lowiy way IN a cot.
ton mill. From mental work. he arose
70 the head Of that mill 20 an IDEAL
citizenship and beg you IN Gods
name TO go out and vote for Mr.
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