The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-10-01
BRYAN AND DEMOCRACY.

A Pen Picture of the Democratic
Candidate for President
When Virginia VIII Vote for
Taft-Mr. IA. Davis Contrib
utes to the Campaign Fund
and Urges Robson to Unite
on Bryan.
In sending check for $500 to
The Robesonian's Bryan-Kern
campaign fund, Mr.. A.Davis, who
is pleasantly remembered here as
the man who was for eight months
in charge of the construction of
the new court house, comments
interesting on the situation as fol-
lows:
I am glad to see The Robesonian
has lined up with the other Demo
cratic newspapers of the country
in receiving and urging contribu-
tions to aid in the election of the
Democratic nominees for Presi-
dent and Vice President Of the
United States, and while not
citizen of the grand Old North
State. it has been my lot to spend
the greater portion of the last two
years within her borders, the last
eight months of which we're spent
in the busy and hustling town Of
Lumberton, and I feel it a privi-
lege to contribute, through you,
my mite, and am handing you
herewith the sum of SIS, and trust
and believe that the citizens of
Lumberton will send, through you,
dollar for every registered voter
of your district. The managers
of the Democratic party need
funds, and too much praise cannot
be given the Democratic press in
their efforts to raise a sufficient
fund for the Legitimate expenses
of the campaign which is now on
and nearing its close. Of course
in your community there are many
good men who are loyal Democrats
but who cannot afford to give even
a dollar. This should be equaled
up by those upon whom fortune
has smiled Contributions should
now come in promptly, as the Ma.
tional Committee is sadly in neec
of funds, but your contributors
should bear in mind that SO OOC
is the limit than any one person
can contribute.
Mr.. Bryan is carrying on a com
. mendable fight in the interest O
the many, while the Republican
= party is fighting for the interest O
the few; his fight is for the masses
e while that of the Republican part,
is for the classes; and if electeC
Mr.. Bryan will prove to be tn
. greatest executive this countr
! has ever had. He is today tn
Greatest Living American and tn
u peer Of any that have crossed tn
bar" if not the noblest of the1
y all.
Fate has especially fitted thi
man for the high Office to who
- he aspires and has embodied i
him the dauntless courage of tn
immortal Washington, the states
, manship of the peerless Jefferson
the sagaoity OF Monroe and tn
staying qualities of the etelns
Jackson. Add to these a magnet
personality, a charming manne.
the winning smile, that, when
once beams upon you, can neve
be forgot, voice that is attune
more to the lyrithan to the stump,
4 kindly eye, which is but the lool
ing glass to a pure, undefiled sou
a Christian gentleman, againI
whose private life a single aspe1
sion has never been cast. Th
pen picture is the man that seel
the suffrage of the American PEI
pie.
5. Now. Mr.. Editor, let Robesc
!, county get busy and cut out strif
- for here is a man that they can a
join in supporting. Isee by the pu1
lie press that the commissioners
your county have made an appe
along this same line, and are hol
ing forth the olive branch of pea
- and fellowship, and I hope tn
= all factions will seize this emble
! of peace and join in one unite
'Hurrah," for Bryan and Ke1
Democracy.
The Republican press clai
that the grand old State of Vi
, ginia will cast her electoral vo
for Taft There are certain co
ditions, only, upon which M
Taft could capture the electoI
vote of this State, amongst whi'
.. [ might mention the followin!
" When the sun shines at midnig
and the silvery rays of the mo-
CLEAN at high noon when wat
ceases to run and wood to gro
1 when all the millions of Americ
mothers cease to love their oh
. dren, or forgive the shortcomin
of their husbands; when the trai
of the Seaboard Air Line run fl
ty miles an hour and cross ey
cats go back on rats and Lumb
ton has a population of twent
three million people-then, a
Y not until then, will Virginia C,
% her electoral vote for Taft, or b
man that stands for the prinoip
of his party.
Yours very truly,
A. Davis, Jr
BalIston. Va Sept. %, 1908
~ Two aliens applied to the Gle