The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-10-27
GOVERNOR GLENN IN LUM-
BERTON.

TIE Political Issues Presented in
Clear ard Forcible Way
How the Republican Robbie
Tasiff Works Democratic
nxsa Republican State Admin
isuationS Contrasted.
Mention was made in Mon
Jays paper of the fact that ex-
overnor R. B. Glenn addressed
.airly good crowd in the court
Use here last Saturday after
n..n on the political issues and
Lat it was impossible to give in
tdlat issue a report of his
splendid speech on account
of lack of space. The
speech was an excellent one and
it is a pity that every voter in
Robs son, whether Democrat or
Republican, could not have heard
it,. There was no abuse, no bit
terness in it. The issues that
divide the two political parties
were presented in the clear light
of reason and it is diffic alt to un-
derstand now any man who be-
lieves in giving every man, no
matter what his station in life,
al equal chance with every other
man before the law coulG in the
light Of the facts presented in
his speech VOC anything but tie
Democrat: ticket in the coming
ELECTION
The speaker was introduced
By AIR. Stephen Mcintyre, who
served a tsrm with him in. the
State Senate. and he referred to
the former Governor as the great
educational and temperance Coy .
eTIoY.
After d few Introductory Re.
marks Governor Glenn said that
Ahls IS most certainly d Demo
cra&lc year and declared his be-
lief that not only would the next
Congress have a Democratic ma
iority, but a Democratic Presi-
Dent would be elected in 1912.
EveryA here there is fee ling of
dlssatisf action brought about by
the broken promises of the Re.
publican party. Nothing like it
has ever been known before,
sind The ll3s..Tl for it is the feel
H.. that the tariff laws must be
revised. Two years ago both
PARTIES said the tariff must be re-
Wised, but the Republicans
alame1 that it would be best to
let them do it and the people de.
cidea to trust them once more
The Republicans old revise the
tariff, bat while they promised
TO revise it to help the poor AM
needy, they revised it so as t.
help the rich and strong an,
powerful; things that the ric|
and powerful use were revise
downward, but the things tn
poor and needy must have wer
revised upward; and this ha
split the Republican party i
twain.
The tariff he made 50 plai
shat all might understand: it
simply tax. Every man VI
derstands what a tax on h
horse or mule means. The tart
Is a tax on the shoes, hats, flu
niture, etc., that every m;
needs and the only difference
that it is an indirect tax.
support the institutions of t
State, for protection, etc Nor
Carolina levies a tax Of abb
100000 but the national &c
eminent, by means of the tart
levleS a tax upon t
people OF North Carolina Of o,
$4,000, 900. If the State sho,
undertake to levy tax like tt
the people would rise in indigl
ton and throw out the party
power, but because it is an
direct tax they submit to
tariff. He illustrated it's wo
ing in this way: Suppose a v
were built around Robson CO
ty 80 high and so strong that
man could enter and no n
get out except through guar
gates here and there. Tnel
few protected manufactur
would sell to the people
things they would be oblige'
have for what they pleased
one could come in to under
them-and would buy from