The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-09-12
TRUE TO PRINCIPLE.

TRUE TO PRINCIPLE.
He has kept the faith has fought with his party and not
against it. He has eoced its victories and bravey shared it's
defeats.
HAS STOOD FOR THE PEOPLE,
He has stood for the people and not the special interests He
has fought greed and graft and special privilege every FORM
constant aim has been to lift the burdens from the peonIe and
not TO favor a few at the expense of the many.
AsUcCEssFUL WORKER.
At 18 years of age he was SUCCESSFULLY ednu Democratic
newspaper At "a he Democratic Chairman of his county
ard carried for his party for the first time many years.
He has made speeches behalf of Democracy as any
man the State and speeches joint debate against Re-
pbCans He has always been in the hckest of the uht for
Democratic principles
REDEEMED FIFTH DISTRICT.
He redeemed the Fifth District for Democracy by defeating Hon.
S Settle when every other Democrat the State and National
ticket went down defeat So ably and successfully did he repre-
his people Congress that he e-eected for five
1 ceNe terms without Democratic opposition.
HIGH RANK IN CONGRESS.
Congress he became ranking Democratic member of the
Naval Committee and established reputation ready debate
#o conspicuous ability
RAILWAY FAST MAIL SUBSIDY.
leader in the fight which destroyed the railway fast
subsidy thus saving hundreds Of thousands dollars the
Apeopes money
ARMoR PLATE TRUST.
leader the fight against the armo plate trust which
rced reduction sometimes of nearly 5000 ton plate
This reduction the plate since purchased by Govern
@ amounts to $25000000 the peoples money saved
] CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OF TRUSTS
fought the trusts vigorously and urged speeches great
power the enforcement by the Federal Government of the criminal
Fause OF the Sherman Antitrust Law
q UNDESIRABLE IMMIGRATION.
early ten years ago he active in the effort to exclude
undesirable immigrants and helped to pass restrictive educa
#tionaI test, which was defeated in the Senate.
j THOROUGHLY PROGRESSIVE
He has always been thoroughly progressive He favored and
for election of United States Senators by the people and for
income tax long before these became popular
they now are.
n PEARSON-CRAWFORD CONTEST.
He helped to defend the seat of Hon. w. T. Crawford when it
contested by Hon. Richmond Pearson and he discharged this
d his credit and the satisfaction of his party associates
THE CRUMPACKER BILL.
HeWas leader the successful fight against the Crumpacker
Nb.I reduce Southern representation in Congress.
. JUSTICE FOR HIS DISTRICT.
During his term his district got appropriations for public
budngs and rural free delivery routes than any district in
the State This his district entitled to them and
because he had any pu with the Republican majority in
8Congess.
B WHITE SUPREMACY
With the exception of paragraph he drew the platform
(Which the great white supremacy victory in 1898 When
methods by which this great victory attacked
Congress he promptly and successfully defended people,
SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT.
When Suffrage Amendment attacked in Congress
was he who defended it in speech of such nanswerabe logic
power that 1000 copies Of were circulated in this State
the State Executive Committee to help pass the Amendment in
1900 In addition this he made many speeches the stump
oehaf of the Amendment
BRYAN AND NATIONAL PLATFORM.
the State Convention of 1902 he the chief factor in
g Byans Kansas City platform from being epudiated max
ing one of the most remarkable and successful convention