The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-11-03

no appeal from their decision, for
it is a fact that In regard to the
laws of a state which are not ia
violation Of the statutes of the ma
ton. the state supreme court has
final authority.
but if the Suprem eceurt did
not act, if a republican legisla-
ture should be elected, it could
pass such election laws as to ac-
complish the desired end. While
the democrats control the regis
trars of the state, it is a matter of
some difficulty for a negro to con
vince a registrar that he can read
and write sufficiently well to cast
a ballot to kill a white man 5 vote.
But it could be made different by
a republican victory in the state.
Would Impair State Credit.
The third reason was declared
to be a matter Of the credit Of the
state. Under the democratic adj
ministrations of the past ten
years the credit of the state has
improved and grown until now
it is no trouble to sell bonds or
public improvements or to inter-
est outside capital In investment
propositions here. In the North
where so much of the money comes
from with which the industrial
progress of the state is being car
ried on it was declared, that the
general opinion is that democratic
control in the South means honest
government, whilerepublican con-
troll is taken to be synonymous
with misgovernment and graft.
Turning at this point from state
affairs to those of the nation MI.
Simmons took up and answered
some of the statements made the,
other day here by Hon. Duncan
C. McKinlay of California, some
time being devoted to the ques-
tons of extravagaHce and the
tariff.
National Extravaganza.
As for the mannei in which the
money of the peopleis wasted by
the republican party6n the nation
Mr.. Simmons ridicuAed the idea
launched by Mr.. M{Kinlay that
because the country had grown
since the time of Cleveland Is per
cent in population, "a per cent in
wealth, that therefore an increase
of 125 per cent In expenditures by
the government is Justified. He
charged the republican party
with being a spendthTft with re-
gard to some things thile being
niggardly with referace to the
important things whid confront
the country. There wee immense
amounts appropriated for the
army and the rivers and harbors
of the nation suffered. The navy
was amply provided for and an
extra amount is thrown In Tor good
measure, but there was Pnly a
small amount forthcomingfor the
benefit of the farmers of tte coun-
try through the department of ag-
riculture which is doing tuch a
great work. There was 4ough
for a tour of the world bk the
navy, but not enough for thdprop-
er extension of the great work
of the rural free delivery # the
mail, and so it went.
The words of Senator Adrich
on the floor of the senatelwere
quoted to convict the parry of
wastefulness he having said that
with proper business methods the
government could save $30e000,-
900 each year.
Trusts and Tariff.
Turning to the tariff, Mr.ISim-
mons declared that for every dol
lar which was raised as re1enue
by the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill
that there is five dollars missed
FOR the pockets of the trusts and
the morQpolies. II was arHign-
ed as one which places a tai up
on the backs and stomachs d the
American people, which tax3 the
rough WOODEN of the poor, fhile
admitting free the silks and Atins
of the rich. "And John Grant
voted for every line of it., de-
clared the speaker.
In closing his speech MI. Sim
returned to the conditions j the
Automobile Turns Over: Miss
Florence Jordan Injured
While enroute to Brevardl last
night, in Mr.. w. A. Smiths Euto-