The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-11-02

ime they ever had a chance to |
10 anything for the public schools {
hey closed the doors of the State
University and stole every i
lollar of school money in sight;
he second time they cut down
he school term and attendance,
quilt no school houses and allow
ed those already built to fall into
decay. They promise to care
for the deaf, dumb, blind and
insane, and when they had the
chance to do something they
shamefully neglected, mistreated
and insulted these afflicted ones.
They promise to double the pen
sion of the Confederate soldier
and to treat him more kindly, |
and the Senator showed how
shamefully that party has treat
ed him in the past, how they dis
franchished him after the war
and placed the ballot in the
hands of his former slaves.
Their attempt to bribe the Con-
federates soldier is an insult which
he resented. Last year they
were paid $500, ZOO by the Demo-
cratic administration, one-sixth
of all the money raised by taxa
ton, and when the Republicans
propose to give the veterans one
| third of all the money raised it
would be taken from school and
poor fund. You cannot relieve
the burden upon one class with
out increasing it on another. The
offer to exempt 5000 worth Of
property from taxation he de-
nounced as a bride, and he de-
clared thai if such a move as
that were allowed there was no
telling where it would end;
it would exempt from taxation
nearly every negro in the
State and would increase the
burden upon thewhite people.
The speaker touched upon i'm
migration and showed how the
Republican party is responsible
for the vast number of ignorant
and undesirable immigrants thai
are permitted to enter this coun
try. He told how the laboring
man is with Mr.. Bryan in hi
: fight this time, and declared thai
but for the policy Of the Repub
lican party there would be twice
as many factories as there arr
in the South and this would b,
the richest section in the world
The Senator showed how all tn
: three panics that have COM
5 upon the country in the last 4
: years came under Republican
: rule and high tariff and said tina
I, whenever a Republican began t.
= talk about panics he was Away
: inspired with the spirit of Ana
r Mas. He declared that the Re
: publican party is in copartner
3 ship with the trusts. The Dem
\ ocratic party is not in favor O
= revising the tariff to the poin
t where it will hurt any industry
t The Senator was severe in hi
t denunciation of the methods EN-
e ployed by the Republican part
t in the present campaign. Anon
d other things he said that in som
t respects the campaign made b
;, this party this year had been tn
e most dastardly and unprinciple
v one it had ever made in thi
i. State. It had, he declared
i stood for no principle or polio
a but had sought to win supper
: by trickery, deception and mis-
representation; and to make thes
# methods effective, they wei
= conducting in many sections
e secret, bush-whacking campaign
It In the West they pretend to h
l. stronger prohitionists than til
IS Democrats, and to confirm the
J. claims point to their platforl
s and the record of their candidat
h for Governor upon this question
ID in certain counties in the Ea
lie they are making a liquor can
IS paign, resting their hopes e1
le tirely on their ability to keep l
- and further infame bitterne
to on this question and to utilize
e. for republicanism. In plac
or where liquor sentiment is not
ty strong their attacks, he said, a
c. made under cover and secret
r. while in other places, where tn
sentiment is stronger, they con
in out more openly for liquor al
lis liquor is distributed and used f
e. electioneering purposes. /
ce might be expected in such
nd campaign both in the East al
he West, the bush-whackers reco
IS. nize little obligation to speak t
ct truth and misrepresentation al
IS SANDER is the weapon upon viii
ut they most rely. The methods
Mt the Republican party this yea
k he declared, are a shame a
p disgrace to the State and t
lie people ought and will rebu
re them with the biggest MAORI
On we have given against the
re since we forced the negro fro
their embrace. Nothing but
Sc. severe castigation will convin
p the gang that now boss
ey that party that the peo1
ey demand and will have f;
n and decent campaign methods
er this State. The standard met
to DDS and tactics of Butler a
To- Russell were bad and even d
at spicable, but those of Adams a
ay his bushwhackers as exemplif
i'm in certain sections and localiti
~ are even 1ownr R11tlor ond P1