The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-10-13

state and saddled upon those people
a negro government SO vile. so corr
rupt and so humiliating to the white
citizens that I hey arose in their
righteous indignation and wrath and
by force of arms drove the appointes
OF Russell and his gang from power.
How dare Tom Settle, or any other
Republican who was at that time
standing by Russell and his admfnis-
tration, stand before an audience of
white men in North Carolina and
talk about local self government?
No wonder the. Democrats ofythe
state did not know he meaning of
a local self government plank in the
platform Of party with such a
record,
Mr.. Setle struck blow at prohi-
bition. and on this question he made
1t clear what this local self-govern-
ment plank in his platform means to
him. 1t means TO Mr.. Settle local
optionAmore liquor and better IL
quor--just what Mr.. Settle has al
ways stood for. 1t is said that Mr.
Settle is the daddy of that plank, any
way, but he lacked the nerve to
write local option" so he made it
read local self government.
Mr.. Settle referred to the special
session of the legislature called by
Governor Glenn to effect compro-
mise in the railroad rate legislation.
and said that this prohibition move
ment was Matched out al that special
session to divert public attention
from the railroad rate matter. He
severely critized the Democrats for
passing the act submitting the pro-
hibition question to the people for
them to pas upon, but that conven-
lent memory of his failed to tell that
the Republican members OF that
body voted almost solidly for the bill
and mat JUDGE Pritchard~and other
prominent Republicans of the state
advocated the measure ON the stump
as strongly as did Governor Glenn
or any other Democrat. And when
he scathingly denounced the men
who made the fight for hat meas
ure in the state local Republicans
who were strong supporters of pro-
hibition and east their votes In the
election for il, cheered him 10 the
echo. "Oh, consistency, thou art a
jewel" but one seldom found in the
Republican party. Mr.. Settle dis
owned for his party any part of the
responsibility for prohibition. but
denounced Josephus Daniels, the
man all Republicans as sincerely
hate as the Democrats hate Butler,
for saying in the News and Observer
that he lSettlel opposed the consti-
tutional amendment. saying that he
favored and voted for that measure.
Mr. Settle says the Democrats are
afraid OF Butler. He says a political
party should be party of progress,
a party of courage, and that the fear
Of Butler exhibited by the Demo-
Gratis shows them to be sadly lacking
In this attribute. He did not tell
how his party lacked the courage to
resist Butler and his influence. He
did not deny that Butler was smart
enough TO capture the Republican
party in North Carolina He did not
deny that IL Butler can capture the
state. as he has captured Settle and
his. party. he will attempt to force
North Carolina to pay the utmost
farthing of those fraudulent bonds.
The Democratic party is not afraid
of Marion Butler, Tom Settle nor the
Republican party. The Democrat
party is confident that the people Of
the state will not be so foolish as
again TO let Butler, Settle & Co. get
control. The Democratic party has
lost none Of her progressiyeness and
courage OF the past when she has
fought the battles OF the people OF the
state against those who would plum
der her The Democratic party has
lost none OF her progressiveness and
courage by which, in spite OF Settle,
in spite Of Butler. in spite of the Re
publican party both state and ma
tional, she has given to the Old
North State 2 government which has
placed he well up with her sister
states in progress. The Democratic
party win lose none Of these charac-
teristics until she has seen North
Carolina proudly take her place ;
the head NJ the enlnrnu