The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-03-03

Course o: Judge AddHsS. as Stale
Cila;riaiall, Also -ApprOpcd-MeetinS
Last Night Adopted bE almost Tn
aniiunus EOtc-LcngtIEy Declaration
ol Principles.
Responding to the invitation of Mr..
J. W Brooks tH all voters TO attend
meeting held last night Tor the
purpO&e Cr organizing a republican
club in this county there gathered in
the Rcd Mems hall on North front
street about l50 men and tne ne5tln5
was siLiQ to have been an enthuslaS-
tic and HARMONIOUS one. IL was pre-
sided over by MIR. j. W. Brooks and
Its object stated by Mr.. d. l.. Goie
who then read the following re.olu-
tons as q declaration OF principles
and moved their &dOptiOn. When
opened to discussion several Of those
present expressed themselves as 1aV
oring the resolutions and there was
only one clause in the declaration
which caused any adverse criticism,
this being that regarding the railroad
legislation it's adoption having been
opposed by Louis Goodman, Esq, and
Mr.. B. f. Keith, collector of customs.
This clause was favored in speeches
by Messrs Wallace and TWining, af
ter which the declaration of principles
was adopted by almost unanimous
vote.
The resolutions were as follows:
I'VE believe that conditions in this
state and nation call for the highest
exercise Of the independent thought
and action Of the electorate.
We believe as long as the American
citizen exercises his franchise in vot-
ing for men aud measures and his in
tel3egence dictates. that our country
will be safe whether one party or the
other prevails; and, on the contrary
its dangers will come to It from a
blind allegiance to political or2an.Za-
tions from prejudice, passion OF m S
taken loyalty.
1T is ahe duty, we contend, of evey
citizen Of North Carolina, in the exer
else of his franchise to make his vote
represent his individual convictions
upon public questions
I'VE believe, as between the great
national parties, that the policy both
internal and foreign, of the republi-
can party, is more progressive than
that of the national democratic par
ty; that the greater proportion n the
nOTth and west of the intelligent Jar
merS, mechanics, professional and
business men, are aggregated in that
national organization, and that the
natural alignment, apart from polit-
iCal prejndices of the like elias e5 o:
citizenship Of the south, is WITT hat
aggregation which compCses the ma
tlonal republican party; and ttat the
national democratic party, in its pol
icy Of continual opposition and mega
ton has ceased to be a party Of con-
strucuon and progr cSs, and it's tri
n a1ootjnn
would be a menace to the interests
OF our great nation.
I'VE believe that the state democ-
racy has failed through its legislat On
for the past decade to protect the in
lerests of the state; that by its de-
structive legislation in regard to rail
roads it has contributed to cripple
these great arteries Of prosperity. de-
prlNlng them, by cutting down their
revenue, from enlarging their use
fulneSs and brought about a positive
injury to the great body of their en-
ployes, that it has contributed to
cause cessation of the construction
OF railroad work, by which these roads
were great purchasers of the products
of our factories, and thereby Indirectly
curtailed the business Of manufaceur
ing plants. the demand for lumber
supplies, and indirectly retarded the
growth and development Of the state.
I'VE believe that the democratic
organization of the state, while
pleading at the congress Of the ma
tion for appropriations for Appala-
chan parks. river and harbor i'm
provements, the building of post-of-
fees and custom houses, the drainage
of swamp lands, and financial aid for
our Industrial college, has yet del b.
erately sought by unpatriotinc agt-
tation to inflame our people against
the national government in the exer-
else by its courts ofs their functions
in the review of th,, alleged unconsti-
tutional legislation. even to the
threatened call upon the state militia
10 resist the writ Of the federal court
when that militia is supported al
most exclusively by the national ap-
preparations and under command of
the president.
I'VE believe that the state democ-
racy while it has been the recipient
of large contributions from the rail-
roads for the political campaigns,
which no one has been heard to de-
ny. has yet been subservient to the
same interests in the dismemberment
of our railway systems and in the leg
islative compromises that We're 50
acceptable to the railroads, WI lie 1T
the same time pretending with Wig
orouS cant about their protection Of
the public against the supposed ag-
gressiors of these railway systems.
We believe that the state demo-
cratic organization, instead of inaug-
uratsng during the past decade in
telligent schemes Tor the developI ent
of our state in the reformation of it's
admittedly defective judicial system
in its failure to encourage the con-
EtrEctiOn Of raiIrcaa huildiug ard in J