The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-10-31

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they help-the money interest name
a senator that has taken and will
take dollars out of their own peck
cts, and away from their wives and
children, to place it in the pockets OF
the rich, to make them richer, and
away from the poor, to make them
poorer? This, the tariff for .protec-
ton does; and for this your servant,
/ T. NJ. Simmons, has stood and will
stand again, if he can fool the peo-
pie Of this State into sending him
back to the Senate. He has already
been tried and found wanting, why
should he be tried again?
! # the 1ob2rinc man &C North GO
olira will only Investigate fer whom
/ The money interest stand, they will
/ have 10 trouble in deciding who
will be against them. Know them
! by their friends. When Simmons
spoke in Charlotte the front row on
the platform contained al attorney
Of the Southern Railway, an attorney
Of the Southern Power Company,
| the cashier of the American Trust
| Company Dukes Bank and the ed
tier Of the Charlotte Observer.
If the Democrats viii take notice
Of the Republican sentiment. being
vigorously displayed IN this Senator
iai contest, they can quickly decide
who IS for pure Vance and Aycoch
/ Democracy and who is standing for
Republican policies. When T. NJ.
Simmons spoke at Rocky Mount he
! called for an expression Of Republi-
/ can sentiment. A lifelong Repub!i-
can arose and assured Mr.. Simmons
! that he was with him, with all his
might, and would keep his tongue
warging in his behalf. Note. all
the Republicans and Republican pa
Ders in the State talking, pushing,
roofing and begging for Simmons,
their principal protection persona
ied).
Are the people so blind?
Ask Senator Simmons what penal
y he would place on 8 North Caro-
ina Senator, sent to Washington hy
the Democratic party TO protect the
interest Of the people, If he, instead,
voted with Aldric1 ard the Rcpub-
lean majority FIR protection Oh
ron ore, SO that you, | and every
Us: % tic different articles manu-
fac,-re; 81 iron (naiis, hinges, locks,
bolts, hoes iioy:s. si:>ve!s. axes,
chains. and even the shoes that so
81 Or nonic%) have to add to the ac-
tuaI value Of these articles 8 tax
which S9ys directly to his dearly be
loved Special Interest-a legaiized
robbery Of the poor to make the
rich richer.
Ask him what he thinks Of this
same Senator, when he votes again
with this same Aidrich and same Re
publican majority for protection Oh
coal, so that every pound, the poor
freezing women and children use, to
keep themselves warm, they are
bound 70 add, out of their small
earnings, q tax for the dearly below
cd Coal Irust-a theft from the
ycoT that should chill the blood CT
any senator.
Ask him his private opinion Of this
same senator that helped to write
the Democratic platform at Denver,
declaring for free lurn Der, that tie
POOR might buy homes for their
wives and children, and, if not able
70 buy, that they might rent at a
I price that was not robbery, if lie
voted for protection on lumber, ex-
acting from! these very people part
d their small earnings and placed it
N the pocket Of the dearly beloved
lumber barons, which pleased them
50 we'll that they placed this noted
/ sen,tor's picture or the front page
ct their magazine and gave him a
two page boost with exceeding great
! joy. They own sixty eight per cent
Of all the timber in North Carolina.
Ask him what the people Of N. c..
would think Of Democratic Scna-
tor that would vote against his col,
lcagua5 to retaiu one Of the most
corrupt Republicans that ever dis
graced the Senate chamber, even
though he was dearly beloved PRO
tectionist that had helped him rob
the people for the great monied in
interest.
Ask him. if you will, to pronounce
sentence on this same senator, if hf
sat in his seat, and did not vote or