The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-04-06
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combinations and corporate wealth;
and every attempt that was made to
curb these trusts and combinations
was voted down by the democratic
majority The efforts of the repub-
lican leader in the house to enact an
antitrust law were defeated. His eff
forts to compel the railroads to show
that consideration for the travelling
public which Is obtained in many other
states, were defeated We presume
that the democrats, realizing that
they are liable to have a hard cam
paign next year, were anxious to in
fratiate themselves with the corpora
tions to whom they may have to look
for a big campaign fund.-
This is lie number one. Not a
single democrat in the House vot-
d against the burlington anti
trust law and a majority of the
democratic senators supported it.
But for the opposition of the re-
publican senator's the bill would
have passed that body and become
a law. This is the record. So
"Who Killed Cock Robin"
Again, the General Assembly
passed a law providing that the
railroads shall provide a separate
window for the pulling of mile
ge, so that those holding it may
be served promptly. 1t was a
democratic legislature that COM
PEELED the railroads to place pas
senger rates within easy reach of
the masses, reducing the rate from
three and a quarter to two and
one half cents per mile. Under
the agreement with the State, the
railroads made a further conces-
sion by putting 1000-mile books
on sale at a rate of two cents per
mile. And if a single republican
in the General Assembly of 1907,
which dealt with the passenger
rate question, supported the biz,
we fail to recall his name. Yet,
the radical organ across the way
has the brazen affrontery to
charge the democratic members
of the recent Legislature with
trying to i~ngratiate themselves
with the corporations. 1t isn't
true. With nearly $4,000 major
lily to it's credit, the democratic
party of North Carolina fears no
railroad or other corporate infu-
nee. It's past record is an earn
estaof this fact 6
But the ring controlled fepub-
lican sheet further remarks that:
"The democratic majority pointed
ly refused to put and backbone into
the prohibition law. The republican
leader in the house introduced some
amendments looking to a strict en-
forcement of prohibition; but these
amendments were voted down."
This is lie number two, so far
as the suggestion that the demo
cratic majority refused TO put
any back bone into the prohibi-
tjon law" is concerned. 1t passed
the club-lOcker and near-beer
laws, with many local acts gov
erning the sale of wine and cider,
which will strengthen and make
more effective the prohibition law
Of the State. But for the brave
and fearless democrats of North
Carolina, we would have no pro-
hibition law at all, and the hypo-
critical conduct Of 1.-THE republican
leader In the house," (who made
speeches, under the auspices of
liquor headquarters, against the
ratification of the prohibition law
In 1909 did not deceive any
body. Every well-informed mem
er of the, house realized that ''the
republican leader was seeking
to make the present law odious by
the enactment Of Objectionable
amendments. And that S the rea-
son why his efforts failed.
But the Times raves more.
Hear it:
Useless and expensive magistrates
were appointed and turned loose on
this afflicted county against the
known wishes of Our people and over
the protest of our representative.
'"The legislature also refused to COM
ply with Ewart's request that public
money be saved by not sending pub
lie records, dockets, ETC., to such of