The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-27

all OF us with respect to political
partisanship to wipe out those lines
as far as we can, and to see, so faras
We may, that in each State the
tolerance OF opinion shall continue
until there shall be respectable par
ties on both sides of the line. because
it is essential ia have a good opposi-
ton to have a good government.
PROMISES TO HELP.
Now. il there is anything that |
can doin my administration TO make
that feeling OF union. more close, l
shall do il. When was running for
the presidency, prided myself on
having been the first Republican can
didats that ever came into North
Carolina seeking suffrages for the Re
publican party. | did not carry the
State, but had n mighty good time.
daughter and cheers.l am anx-
ious, of course. speaking from par
tisan standpoint and leaving my off,
eial position for moment. that the
Republican party of North Carolina
should be strengthened merely to
have N good fight every election. aud
of course i'll 50 far rs | may legiti-
mately | should he glad To build up
the Republican party. Now, | under
stand that some of my Republican
friends think that | have lost sight
OF the Republican party (cheers and
laughterl in putting into office in
North Carolina n gentleman now
upon the Supreme bench of the State.
but a lawyer of the highest eminence
and learning and integrity. and a
Democrat. tCheersl
al promised, after was President
elect. not before the election, to the
South that | would do the best
could to wipe out the feeling that the
central government ut Washington
was a government alien to the South.
land, and | pointed ont that the only
way by which the Executive could
cure that feeling was. in So far MS i'm
him lay, to put into office men in
whom the community mt large, with
out regard to party, would have the
highest confidence. Now, | am try
ing to do that, and lam going tn ap-
point Republicans and am going to
appoint Democrats, striving i'm each
case to get u man who will commend
himself to the community in which
he lives. (Cheersl.
at il suggested that il il mn insult
to the Republicans of district to
appoint n Democrat n Judge because
from that is to be inferred that there
is no Republican worthy of the ap-
pointment. and | understand that
there are some gentlemen in the
Democratic party who are willing To
make that inference as strong IA pos
sible. CLaughter) But venture to
say that when the whole account is
added up, that spirit will have dis
appeared and the Democrats who seek
to utter it will find that it il not such
popular method of attacking the
Republican administration after all
SHOULD COMMAND RESPECT AT
HOME.
Il pleaded to my Republican
friends as n vindication and iustif-
cation Of my course. the course of as
orthodox n Republican as ever filled
the Executive chair, aud n man than
whom there never was u President
who did so much To maintain the
standard of the Federal judiciary, as
Benjamin Harrison, for he deemed IL
his duty to put one Democrat on the
Supreme bench and two on Circuit
Courts OF Appeal. The Federal judi
ciary, my dear friends, to my mind is
the strongest bulwark that we have
in all this country to protect ulti-
mately our institutions ofcivil liberty
There are the things in the Federal
constitution that We must love and
must hug to our bosom If We con-
tinue this civilization. and therefore
there is no more sacred duty that
the Executive has than in the selec-
ton OF men whose appointment and
services on the bench will strengthen
it with all the people at large; and
therefore, ordinary considerations OF
political partisanship have much less
application to the appointment OF
Judges than they do To other and
temporary offices The Federal Judi
ciary should be az much appreciated
in the South as it il in the North,
and il have an opportunity to make
any appointments in the South, it
will continue to be the chief duty /
have to make such appointments AZ
shall appeal To all the people whether
they be Republican or Democrat,
(cheers) and | urge all citizens
whether they be Republicans or Dem
ocrats, to accept the appointments
made as men, IL they are men, who
will carry on their high duties with
single eye to the administration OF
justice, and not to make Use of them
for any partisan argument or parti-
san appeal.
THE PRESIDENT CLOSES.
"And now, my dear friends. have
got to the end OF my speech, be-
lieve. think not that We are at Il
point where there il to be "a political
revolution in - south ] never had
such dream /: :; / believe We are
on the eve 81 such "a condition in
the South that there shall be com
plete tolerance OF opinion and that
there shall grow into respectable
power an opposition party in each
State which shall tend to- the better
ment of the government IA IL exists
in the State and which shall give us
occasionally. IA you hav. already
given liz in North Carolina, IA Repub-
lican In n crowd of Democrats, in
order that We may have represented
in the Congress at Washington your
views without regard to- some past
issue. without regard to the ghost OF
An issue that really ought not To- in
finence you in enforcing those par
ticular economic views which you
really entertain.
Let me again say 10 you. how my
heart has been aroused by the cordi-
atty Of your reception, by the non
partisan welcome Of your distin-
guished Governor aud your Congress
men and your Senators, whether Re
Ill al