The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-10-27

One OI the reasons | am demo
lcrat," continued General Royster, lis
that this party has stood for the
things that make for the uplift of the
state and her people. Under this par
lty a great school system has been
built up in the state. Provision has
also been made for the higher educa-
ton OF the sons and daughters OF
the state. This party has provided
for the insane, for the deaf, dumb and
blind. The republicans say that they
are fond of the old soldier, yet they
have never done a thing for him, and
they We're in power just after the
war, when the cid soldier needed help;
yet the democrats were the first to
give him help. Then there has been
no scandal connected with the admin
istration of the state affairs by the
democrats. understand that the
Issue said last night that the demo-
Gratis had deserted their party so that
most of the republican candidates
were former democrats. ] would like
TO know where they came from. Ger
tainly not from Granville. Some few
did pitch their tents toward SODIUM,
but they have repented. and are now
waiting to be baptized
The Tariif.
General Royster made fun OF Taft's
saying the present tariff was the best
tariff the country had ever had, when
he did not know anything about 1t,
and proved he did not. said the speak
er, by paying commission OF $780,
600 to find out what It was. He
thought that any tax that did not go
into the hands Of the government was
unjust. yet the government gets only
that tax on foreign goods that come
into American ports. The statement
OF the late Senator Dolliver, that If
the people had to pay a direct tax
amounting TO as much as the indirect
tariff tax did, there would not only
be insurgency, but revolution. The
necessities OF life are taxed from SIS
to 100 per cent, he declared, while
the luxuries range from Is TO 80 ner
cent. This Is eternally wrong, and
the conditions In this country now Is
largely due to this tax. The wall
Street Journal says as between the
protected magnate of this country and
the kings of the old world, the ad-
vantages are on this side of the
water"
They say the solid south should be
broken. A little more than 40 years
ago they thought IL was broken in
spirit, but the spirit of the race made
them stick together. Three of the
southern states have republican con-
gressmen in the house. and there is
not a single republican act OF the
house that knows the name OF one Of
them. AS a natter OF fact, they can
do nothing. for the members OF the
house realize the condition OF the
party in the south and lose respect
for them and the state from which
they come. What have North Caro-
linians done? Nj. Kitchin secured for
the town of Oxford an appropriation
for a federal building site. We asked
Mr.. Morehead to get the appropriation
for the building. as the land was al
ready paid for. One Saturday he
wrote that he could not secure the
money as the policy OF congress was
economy and retrenehment. The fol-
lowing Sunday morning We had LETT
ter from Senator 0yerman saying
that the money had been secured"
About Batter.
Butler came back Into North Caro-
lima politics for some ulterior pur-
pose" said General Royster. AS
proof Of this certain issues OF the
Greensboro News we're referred 70.
what kind OF a man ii he? saw
him IN 1891, a democratic senator.
Later | saw him in the. convention
Elias Carr, farmer. for
the nomination for governor. Later
saw him turn against this man and
support some one else In 1894 saw
him enter into an unholy alliance
with the poprllsts and secure con-
troll Of the state legislature. saw
him. IN his selfish desire TO crafty !
his own ambition. force the legisla-
ture to elect him to the long term in
the senate and promised that he
would support pTitchard the next
time for the long term. Then saw
him turn on pritchard the next time
and again work for the long term for
himself. | saw tho deploTable condi-
ton Of the City BY the Sea, when the
negroes tried to take charge or
things. as the result OF the manipu-
lation of this man. | saw him 70 TO
Washington and concoct scheme by
which the holders OF the bonds. which
the state did not care TO pay at that
time. could collect those bonds. I
saw him grow rich. somehow, some-
where. The wonder TO me Is that
even the republicans will stand for
this Issue. for on election day the
word will go out Thou are weighed
in the balances and found wanting
AT the conclusion Of General Roys-
ter's address he was given an ovation,
the crowd IN the court house swarm
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