The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-09-12
NEVER FALTERING OR WATERING
A HAIRS BREADTH.

The Democrats of the Fifth District
honored themselves yesterday In unanl-
mously renominating Hon. w. w.
Kitchin for Congress for the sixth con-
secutiye time. Mr.. kitchin, While one
of the youngest men in Congress, is the
oldest III point of service OF any North
Carolina member either in the House
or Senate, and no man OF his years III
either House is an ADLER or more capaple
servant of the people. He was nrsI
elected in 1896, when the whole otale
was in the hands of the Fuslonlsts, anu
he owes his first victory to maenln ,
cent campaign in which he chamPloned
the cause of the whole people ana
handled without gloves the trusts tna'
feed ON the people, not forgetting 70
show how the tobacco trust, with mead
quarters in his district, was robblng the
neople During all the years he has oeeh
in Congress, without faltering or waver-
;uc hairs breadth, he has stood 1or
fundamental Democratic principles JUST
az his distinguished kinsman, Nathanlei
Macon. did, against monopolies, anu
snec,ai privilege and the like. he
stands firmly on Democratic ground. lie
does not fight special privileges IN Ne"
ENGLAND and be silent while the tobacco
trust robs the farmer of his State. he
does not declaim against the UBIQUITOUS
ship subsidy and then vote 1or a m moi
iniouitous subsidy to the Soutneln MAJ
way because it runs through ms uls
tr;c+ He stands for principle and
makes no exceptions or saving CLAUSES ::
for the trusts of his own otate. IL -
because Mr.. Kitchin's record mas oee,'
90 consistent and he has champloneo oi,''
fashioned Democratic principles so aolS
that he has held the confidence ana en-
thusiastic support of his constituents
Four years ago, when some tiinlu
Democrats doubted the wisdom OF
standing pat'' on the Kansas City piat
form Mr.. Kitchin made speech IN tht
democratic State Convention that has
hepn eoualed only once in this decade
and that was by the speech of Mr.. Ay
cock in accepting the nomination 1ol
Governor. During the recent session o.
CONGRESS Mr.. Kitchin made several I'm
nortant speeches, the most notable pens
his mastery speech against the subslo.
for the so-called fast mail of the South
ern Railway and the L. and n. Ina
sneech exposed the pure subsidy OF Tn
snoar-coated proposition, and thouS'
able men sought to find plausible eS
cuse or reason for supporting the SUB SUB
s;dv-or "steal," as Ben Tillman call
tho argument could answer BIZ
Kitchin's terrible onslaught upon it. II
was powerful and effective because n
stood upon the solid ground Of a an etern ma
principle When he e., had fl finished 9nrme tn
been large, "swunk' to one majority
thus foretelling it's unhonored doom
While Mr.. Kitchin does not belong t
that class of statesmen a who IN mea t%ai
usefulness by getting pork Tor thel
districts though securing approprls
tions for needed Improvements is a
important while the least ser. service e OF =,
statesman-he has not failed to e
money for public buildings .1 tor 6 MS d,
trict and for Guilford Battle Groun.
and the Fifth District has more publ
buildings than any district in tf
State.-Raleigh News and Observe
July 3, 1906.