Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-10-13

Tie rambling and indefinite
attacks of Republican speakers
on the Democratic State admins
tration Show that these orators
are unable to put their hands
upon d single failure OF the party
and III the minds OF thoughtful
men the question is constantly
arising, "Why are they sohnt-
ions tocapture the Legislat,ire?"
Do they dare to promise better
governments Do they dare de-
clare any defniteprogram? The
rea! purpose is peing rapidly dis.
CLOSED, and it is a baneftl pur
pose. 1t is a still hunt, a secret.
but doubtless we'll devised and
financed. scheme by Mr.. Butler
and his hackers to force the peo.
pie OF North Carolina to pay the
bonds that theState has declared
over and oyer that it will never
pay. Nearly every Southern
State that was controlled by Re.
pubIitans prior to 1879 was loo
ted OF everything in sight and
bonds were issued as fast as the
presses could turn them out, and
the carpot-bag and scalawag
thieves In control Of those State
governments disposed of them
for a song, for their in richmeit.
The State got little or nothing
from these issues; and when tile
Raconstructi0n knaves We're driv.
en- iron, power and the white ped
| Pile came hack in control OF theii'
own affairs. these fraudulent and
dishchest bonds were repudiated
and all men who know how they
we're issued approved the repudi.
alton. Thete are now oritstand.
ing oi such bonds more than d
hundred million dollars owned
by 6yndicates who are willing
to risk a little money to try I'd
cothpel Southern States to pay
them. In 1879, Colonel Wiliiatii
L. Satnders estimated that North
Carolina owed (if the bonds were
not fraudulent seventeen million
dollars on the special.tax bonds
aluns. Inspired BY the action of
Butler and Russell in working a
fraud upon the jurisdiction oftbe
Supreme Court, the syndicates
holding these bonds have been
seeking to extort payment by
following that precedent, which
they helped to secure, for the big.
gergalne Of the special-tax bonds.
to that end, theiragents have Of
tered to make large presents Of
these speclal-tax bonds to any
state that would bring suit a.
gainst the State OF North Caro-
lima. They tricked the Rhode
Island Legislature into accepting
a donation OF these fraudulent
bonds in an act that compelled
that State to bring suit against
the State OF North Carolina; but
when Governor Kitchen brought
all the facts to the attention OF
the Governor and the people of
Rhode Island, the act was repeal.
ed, and the bonds returned.
Rhode Island repudiated the at
tempt to make it a collecting a
gent u fraudulent bonds. But
the Bond Syndicate is no idle.
1t Is trying to induce some other
State to accept what Michigan
New York and Rhod Islam spur.
ned, If they could, trough But.
Ter, secur control OF the Leg,s-
lature OF North Carolina, they
would not needto make dona.
tions and bring suits, for they
are confident that the man who
while Senator took a fee to prose.
cute d suit against his State
would not hesitate us a private
citizen and the laher OF his paytx
to find o way to enable them 70
secure money from North Carroll.
M for a part, ut least, OF the
special-tax bonds. Who, in view
OF Buffers moral treason, while
he was Senator, believes he ould