The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-12
MARION BUFFERS RAJ
EIGH SPEECH.
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fsise They had charged that the
Republican party was in league vita
the Sugar Trust, the Steel Trust, the
Nail Trust, the Leather Trust. the
Cation Trust. the Standard OIL Trust
and all other trusts. and that they
we're busy legislating TO rob the peo-
ple In the interests OF these trusts
This. indeed. vas the burden OF
their cry in the campaign speeches
against the crime Of high prices. Sem
ator simmons knew that when the
facts we're brought out. IL would
show that a housewife could today
take thirty dozen eggs and buy more /
than twice as much sugar. under the
nresent Republican high prices than !
she could buy with the same thirty /
dozen eggs In 1896. under the Cleye- |
land administration or low prices
and a Democratic tariff. Indeed, TO
he accurate, the housewife can, with
thirty dozen eggs. today buy one
hundred and sixty-two pounds OF
granulated sugar OF the best quality,
while with the same thirty dozen
eggs in 1896 she could buy only
seventy-seyen pounds OF exactly the
same grade OF sugar.
He also knew that with the same
thirty dozen eggs this housewife
could today buy one hundred and ten
yards of ginghams, while in 1885
with the same thirty dozen eggs, she
could buy only seventy-two yards OF
the same ginghams. He also knew
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she could today buy sixty-hVe gal
Ions of kerosene oil, while with the
same thirty dozen eggs in 1896 she
could buy only thirty-three gallons
of exactly the same oil. He also
knew that she could today buy at
least twice as many pairs or snoes'
and on some grades more than twice
as many pairs of shoes, with the
same thirty dozen eggs, as she could
buy in 1895.
'He knew that substantially this
same relative purchasing power OF
what our people raised TO suppor'
themselves and help create wealth
of the country, would run through
all the necessaries Of life which W.
are forced to buy. He also knew
that this would apply to the pur
chasing power of the wages or TN
Iaborer today almost equally will
the purchasing power of the pro
ducts Of the farmer-and this is tn
crime Of Republican high prices o.
which the Democratic paramount
based. These are sample OF IN
facts which gave Mr.. Simmons col
feet and caused him to SUDDEN
get sick and run from service on tn
investigating committee.
Senator Gore Comes to the Rescue
1.-THE only serious effort made b
the Democratic machine in this stat
to discuss this Democratic paramoul
was in the early days Of the can
paign, when they invited Senate
Gore, of Oklahoma, to come to Mort
Carolina and make a series 4
speeches.
Senator Gore is one Of the able
and one of the best men in the Der
ocratic party. He left the Demo
ratio party at the same time l w
forced to leave it, and for the san
reasons. Indeed, the reasons whl'
he gave for leaving were so stron
convincing and unanswerable. tn
I bowed to them in admiration al
adopted them as my reasons. Late
when the Democratic party, in
desperation, lodging from one
IRENE side to the other of all gre
questions, in order to try to get
Office, stole the Peoples Party pl
form and declared that they believ
in all of its great fundamental pr
.ciples, and invited Senator Gore
myself and all of the rest to CO
back and give them one more cnal
to prove that they believed in sor
thing, stood for something and wo'
do something, we went BACK
gave them their chance.
"They failed, however. to keeI
single promise, and have long ST
repudiated every single prom
made in that campaign. / then
that party of unbelief, negation,
action and incompetency forever.
was convinced that the party
not and could never be great
structive party, competent to nan
in a proper manner the ahalrs
this great nation, and continue
onward and upward in the magl
cent manner in which 1t has b
guided and developed by the
publican party.
Senator Gore has so far mana
to remain with that party, tho
he declares today that if Senator
Toilette, the leading progressive
publican in the great Northwest
nominated for President, that
would vote for him against any d
,ocrat that could be named.
''I hold in my hand verbatim
port Of one of the great specs
made by Senator Gore in this