The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-11-03

where men prefer light to darkness
where every man. woman and child
has the opportunity to make the best
of himself.
This work the party calls on the
Young men TO carry on. 1t is CALL
TO HIGH DUTY, and ii is call to
honor, fame. and usefulness. The
great men of the world have been
those who bestowed something on
mankind In this great. new, forma-
tive period the young men must take
their places and control the forces
that are shaping the future. VIII
they control or be controlled? Will
they keep the reigns OF power in their
own hands or turn them over to CEN
tralization, under the plausible So
phistry of New Nationalism, to
men who believe that power and
| wealth and opportunity should be
limited to the few?
The Country Coming to Democratic
Principles.
The country is embracing the prin-
ciples of democracy. Its fires have
been kept burning in the south with
! purity and vigor, and behold con-
fagration is enwrapping the country.
! The vestal flame has been kindled
anew in the land. The farmers of the
great west are adding fuel to it, and
even the east and New England are
mot tagging behind. The south is
coming into its own because it has
been true to principle and itself. Pro-
lection has been found to mean privi-
lege, and privilege has no place in
America This great truth has been
held sacred by the democracy, and
the people are looking to our party to
tighten the load that republicanism
has placed upon them. The republi-
can party can be no longer held to-
gether by the cohesive power of
public plumber" and it is disintegrat-
ing from within. 1t cries in vain to
has nothing to offer them. 1t brings
to North Carolina as leaders and
apostles men discredited and defeat
ed al their homes. 1t belongs to re-
action and CannOnism. 1t is in North
Carolina party of negation and
subterfuge. Where democracy is Civ
ing bread, it tries TO entice the people
with stones; where the brain and
| Drawn and business of the state are
. found in the democratic party, the
/ III; &c Nil hrigT 10
and stamp ticker. Where democracy
is a crystal stream, republicanism is
! a Stagnant POOL.
| Young Democrats Who Have Been
Promoted.
William J. Bryan was the young
est man ever nominated for president
of the United States. AycOck, Glenn,
and Kitchin were elected to their i'm
>portant posts in their early forties.
Kitchin, Webb and Simmons were
elected to congress at 80. Ben Lacy
was taken from his locomotive, with
out solicitation, and made Commits
sioner of Labor in his thirties. JOY
ner began his tremendous work as
. superintendent Vi EduCdIlOH DIT ~,
the same age. found Beckett Attorney
General of North Carolina. All of
our delegation in congress were elect
ed as young men. r. A. DOughton
was speaker of the house at "a;
: Locke Craig was presidential electOr
at go H. G. Conner was superior
court judge at 49, X. W. Winston at
20. Twenty-seven members of the
last Legislature were under 81 years
of age. Tom Dixon made his great
speech in the house advocating pen
sions for Confederate soldiers in his
21st year.
Verify, it is the day of~yOung men.
The democratic party calls them to
its work and its hOnors. The boy
Scouts of America" popularized all
over the country and having more
than 100000 members, seeks to be-
gin the training of boys at an early
age TO make good citizens. The boys
are joining in the buoyant movement,
and the young men are carrying the
banners Of democracy to victory
/ everywhere.