Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-10-01
DEMOGRAcY's SPLENDID RECORD
Carolina Hand Book Sets Forth clean
and Efficient Government.

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The North Carolina Democratic
Handbook came from the presses yes
terday fresh with the smell of print
ers ink and pungent with Democratic
achievements.
It holds up the splendid record of
the party, both in the State and ma
ton and is trimming with sound rea-
sons why the Democratic party should
be continued in power: 1t will surely
appeal to every man in the State who
favors clean and efficient government,
to cast his ballot in the coming cleo
ton for the Democratic party.
Chairman Warren is to be congrat-
rlated upon having such a magnificent
record to build on and upon the adj
mirable way in which he has pre-.
pared the book. 1t is a most credita-
BILE presentation and will prove an
able factor in the campaign. s.
A Splendid Record.
The book, which is one of It's pages.
contains the State Democratic plat
form, the records of the various State
institutions and departments, speeches
OF prominent Democrats embracing
party principles and the things which
have been achieved, the States
finances, the blight of Republicans,
the growth of education under Demo-
cratic rule, how the Confederate vet
eran has been cared for, and the un-
paralleled record of the Woodrow Viii
SON administration in clean govern
nient and in the enactment of legisla-
ton in the interest of the people.
StrOng Appeal to Young Men.
A strong appeal of Democracy to
young men is contained in an article
by Mr.. Gilbert T. Stephens. of Win
ston-Salem.
The following are some extracts
from it:
1.-TWO qualities of character of the
average young American make the
Democratic Party appeal to him more
than any other party. One is the
spirit of self-reliance. By this I mean
the inward conviction of the average
American that he has the right and
the ability, and consequently the duty,
to regulate his own life, to direct his
own property, and to pursue his own
happiness according to the light which
he possesses.
"The second quality of character
OF the average young American is the
spirit of fair play. By this 1 mean
his recognition of the fact that he is
not alone in the universe; that the
world was not made for his private
benefit; that the law of being is a
benevolent justice which must regard
and rule him as well as his fellow
men with sincere importantly, and
that any human system or order
which i~nterferes with this impartial
tV is contrary to the will of God. In
other words, it is simply the wish to
conduct trade with Just weights and
measures, to live in a State which af-
fcrds equal protection and opportun-
ity to all it's citizens, and play a
game in which the rules are the same
for every player and in which q good
stroke counts. no matter who makes
It.
I Fer Rights of States.
1.-THE Democratic Party has consis-
tently opposed the Capitalization of
government, and has been the cham
pion of the rights of the individual
States.
THE Democratic Party believes
that a protective tariff is right neither
in morals nor in sound business
judgment. By a policy of protection
the Government makes the consumer
pay higher prices for the things he
lives on and enables the producer of
necessities to put the extra profit into
his pocket.
'The average young American, who
is s~elf-reliant and who has the spirit
Of fair play, must glory in the record
oil the Wilson administration. Mt.
Wilson has dedicated himself to the
emancipation of the generous ener-
gies of the American people. The
United States has probably e had
cutie so self-reliant a President. He
has impressed everybody Is a man
who knows what he wants to do and
IS willing to accept the needful risks
and hardships in order to do it. Keep
ing his personal blife entirely subor-
dinated to public duty, he has devot-
ed himself assiduously to the execu-
ton of a program by which he be-
lieves that. he will emancipate the
energies of his people and usher in a
period of expansion and new enter
prise.
Republican Misrule.
eff one turns from the principles
Cl Tie O0luOC1d CNC pdAIy o0 O0pAS0SNN
in national affairs, to the record OF
the Democratic party in this State, he
is bound to find an appeal to young i,
men. Twice in the last fifty years
the Republican party has been in con-
troll in North Carolina. The first time
was in 1868. A partial record of that
Republican administration is as fol-
lows: 1t disfranchised the best citi-
zens in the State because of their par
ticipation in the war and e~nfrachised
the ignorant negroes because the votes
of the latter could be controlled. 1t
E,ade a fraudulent bond issue which
has been a source of annoyance to the
State ever since. 1t proclaimed mar
tial law and kept soldiers at places,
even though the State had just been
devastated by cruel a 1t suspend
ed the writ of habeas corpus of North