The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-05-28
Mr.. KITCHIN IN LUMBER
TON.


That if He Were Defeated
They Would Point to His Fate
and Warn Others of What
Would Happen to Them if
They Dared to Stand With
the People-Simmons and
Aycock Assuming the Attitude
of Bosses.
Mr.. w. w. Kitchin, candidate
for the Democratic nomination
for Governor, visited Robson
county last week and made sew
eral speeches. He delivered the
| literary address at the closing OF
the graded school at Maxton Fri
day evening, and i'll the other
speeches he discussed political
issues. He addressed a small
crowd at Rowland Friday, but
the fact that he would speak
there had not been we'll adver-
tised. On Saturday at Fairmont,
where his coming had been well
advertised, it is reported that he
addressed about 100 people.
Saturday evening at the opera
house in Lumberton Mr.. kitchin
spoka for nearly two hours before
a splendid audience Of men, Wo-
men and children that just about
filled the house, and his audience
listened to him with marked at
tention, frequently interrupting
him with applause. He was IN
excellent condition and fine voice
and he entertained his audience.
He spoke of the proud history Of
the Democratic party, defined
the difference between radical
Democrats and conservative
Democrats, told why the trusts,
railroads and other special in
terests are against him, told
about natural and artificial mono
poles, and then, having showed
these little preliminary things
aside, he got down to his knit
, ting, took hitch to his mental
trousers, so to speak, and SAILED
into Mr.. Locke Craig, side-step-
ped presently to pass few to
the editor of The Robesonian
held up Senator Simmons and eX,
Governor Aycock as bosses, anC
, held up himself as the particular
:. rose of Sharon fair but for whom
there is no telling what would
have happened to the dear PEG
S pie by this time. He had
S mighty good time, did Mr.. Hitch
r in, and so did his audience
. Everybody had a good time.
Mr.. Stephen Mcintyre, VIII
, very gracefully introduced tn
/ speaker, spoke in the highes
e terms of Mr.. Kitchin's part
o service, told how he defeate
= Mr.. Settle for Congress back i
~ - 1896 and has represented tn
i fifth district ever since, and sal
e that in addition to being a ma
g whose democracy is unquestior
Il ed he is a clean man who has a
- ways been, like Caesars wife
u above suspicion.
h Mr.. Kitchin began by sayin
that he wanted to strengthe
democratic principles in tt
,e hearts of the people; that /
ri would not offend anyone, but VIZ
" determined to make a fair, fea
i less, square and manly fight. +
1T was proud of the history of Il
id Democratic party, of what it h;
d. done for education, for the o
ro soldiers for whom it could new
do half so much as they had don
ol for the party-and proud Of i
On settlement Of the race questio
at Until some Is months ago he HI
no. never heard Of radical Democra
od and conservative Democrat
~ u Certain conservative papers {
dill vided the party. He declar
ry that the men who see wrong a
=" undertake to correct it are call
No. radicals; while the do-nothi
b. man is a conservative. The Dol
Nc aggressive man in the intere:
Tic of the people has always be
called a radical. The so, call
radical element is called dang
Gus by special interests that
not want to be disturbt
The party is divided only on
- things-trusts and railroad r
ty- ulatiOn.
les When man is against tru
he is denounced as a man who
against wealth and corporation
&C. which is not true. He defi1
wn natural monOpolies as monopol
ON in enterprises which admit Of
net competition; uuatural monopo
the as monOpolies in the competit
,rts enterprises. He declared t
lar no man can favor regulating
ace controlling trusts unless he
at regulated ana controlled by the
res No difference should be made
lese tween the black man who roI
ties chicken roost and the trust n
ion, nate who rObs the people. i
lich more important to regu
the freight rates than passen
libi- rates. If we had domestic o
tied ership of railroads we would h
rity no freight discrimination.
ori- one wants to destroy railro
MY, he wants them to be prosper
rces and to earn fair and just {
tate dends on Watered stock.
who fight between the trusts and
for people is just the world-old
nent test between plumber and in
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