The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-10-26


nagistrats, and school committee
nen, and he rejoiced in the con-
amendment. Jeffer- |
son was a protectionist and ex-
1ansionist and believed in local
self government, which Demo-
Gratis of the present day have
abandoned-in fact, he said,
Jefferson would be ashamed of
the party if he could come to
earth again. Touching upon the
tariff, he said that the Repub-
lican policy was to revise along
protective lines, while Demo-
Gratis want tariff for revenue
only. He made the absurd and
often-exploded charge that the
Wilson-Gorman bill brought on
the panic of 1893. because, while
it did not go into effect until
after the panic had been on for
more than a year, the committee
that framed it was working on
it for many months and the
country knew something was
going to drop. He said that the
tariff only equals the difference
in the cost of labor here and
abroad, which was misleading,
because every intelligent man
knows that it is four and five
times as much as that difference
and is levied without any re-
gard to fairness or justice. He
said Overproduction was the
cause Of the panic. Mr.. Bryan's
policies, declared the speaker,
are insane, but he failed to make
it very clear just how they are
insane. He charged Mr.. Bryan
with condemning the Presidents 8
action in the Brownsville affair.
He compared Mr.. Taft with Mr..
Bryan, declared that Mr.. Taft is
a much greater man than Presi-
dent Roosevelt, and said he
wanted to see North Carolina
add her electoral votes to the
280 votes he predicts Mr.. Taft
will have.
When Mr.. Kitchin spoke here
he referred Intentionally to Mr..
Taft as T. R. Taft, but it was
quite by accident that Col. Slo-
comb referred to William H.
Roosevelt" " Amid the laughter
the slip provoked Col. Slocomb
said that of course anybody was
liable to make a slip of the tongue.
To be sure. Maybe, though, in
that instance it was due to the
fact that Mr.. Taft is so swallow
ed up in President Roosevelt and
the mention of Mr.. Taft brings
Mr.. Roosevelt so prominently to
mind that one cannot disassociate
the two.
Col. Slocomb is a highly-edu-
Gated and scholarly gentleman,
but, when all is said, there was
nothing at all in his speech te
convince a man that he is on the
right side. His sarcasm was de.
lightful, though, and on the
whole his speech was all right.
In introducing Congressman
Goodwin Mr.. R. D. Caldwell spoke
of his splendid work in Congress
and said that he had done more
and had obtained more than any
other man this district has sen
to Congress.
Mr.. Goodwin started out with ;
pleasant reference to his oppo
nent and said that he did no
know whether he was called up
on to reply to both the speaker
who had preceded him or not
Col. Slocomb he declared to be tn,
best there is of the Republican
party in this district, and tina
having heard him one had hear
all there is to that party. Col
Slocomb repudiates the Republi
can record in the State and say
that he is the candidate of tn
national Republican party fc
Congress. Col. Slocomb had sal
I that the audience beheld in hir
a man who had never sought Of
flee, or had never been a cand
= date for a nomination, and M
Goodwin told how the colonel hs
} been candidate for Congress b.
o fore; had been a candidate fl
f collector of the port of custom
e at Wilmington, and had been
! candidate for commissioner
o Cumberland county, having m
e defeat every time, as he is su
e to do this time. He had new
It heard of negroes appointed
n Office by Democrats, but Repu
e licans never lost an opportuni
d to appoint negroes.
e Mr.. Goodwin showed that t
is Mckinley Republican tariff b
a. was responsible for the panic
1t 1893, and not the Wilson CORN
s. bill, as Col. Slocomb had charge
ID and he declared that the prese
le panic, which was the worst ev
in known-he cited lumber as
le special instance-came upon t
e. country after the Republica
to had been in power IL years.
n came on the 18th of Octob'
is 1907, and the Republicans pro
m ised immediate relief, but tn
w did nothing for months, and tn
le finally passed a bill that
is against the best interest of
South. If the Republicans we
le in earnest about the revision
in the tariff they could have revis
en- it while Congress was in sessi'
Ie Every Democrat in Congr'