The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-25
COSTS NOTHING TO TALK.

Two men who knew each other quite well
met on one Of the streets Of their home town.
Said one to the other: L hear that YOU have
been talking Of taking a trip abroad. l did not
know that you had enough money to make the
trip" "Oh," replied the other, so you heard
that, did you. Well. it does not cost anything
to talk about going abroad"
The Republican State Convention at the
meeting in Raleigh last week did some talking
in its platform, and some of the things it talked
about and put into the platform adopted are all
right. Take the position it took on some OF
the proposed amendments to the State Constl-
tuition and for a Statewide legalized primary
for all parties for all elective Offices. That talk
is all right, but what about making such talk
effective? 1t is a party which can't deliver the
goods. 1t is without the finances in the shape
of character, is without the confidence of the
people and without ability to make good its
platform talk because-and that party recog-
nizes the truth Of this statement-it will not
be given power by the people Of North Carolina
because the people do not trust that party. It
has it's past career to confront it.
The people Of North Carolina know from the
record Of Republicanism that Fair promises
butter no parsnips,' and that all the Republi-
can party is doing with fair promises is that
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the promises. Take the matter Of declaring
for a Statewide primary. The Union Repub-
lican, the organ Of the regular Republicans, has
been declaring in issue after issue that the Re
publican party is dead set against any State
wide primary, and it evidently knows. The
| Republican Convention itself showed the patent
humbuggery Of this plank in it's platform when
| the leaders were allowed to have their way, and
without a word of discussion the nominations
which the convention should have made were
referred to the executive committee and it was
empowered to make nominations. The Repub-
lcan platform talks for a Statewide primary
and yet the leaders won't let the delegates to
a convention name the party nominees! That's
not consistency. It's rank hypocrisy.
The people Of North Carolina are not going
to be deceived by any such schemes. They
know that the only party which is to be trusted.
the only party which will have the power to
make laws is the Democratic party, for they
will return that party to power. And this be-
ing so, the Democrats should name only such
men as party candidates as will see to it that
the will of the people is carried out as to a
genuine Statewide primary. And the people
of the State should, for their own protection,
and for the good Of the State, vote for the pro-
posed amendments to the Constitution, know
ing that such of these as give power to the
General Assembly for action-such as the tax
amendment-will be SO acted upon by the Dem
ocratic legislature which will be elected, as to
safeguard the people.
The Republican party may talk fair, but talk
is cheap. 1t is a bankrupt party and it's fair
talk is only for effect. It can do nothing for
the people and can only talk. 1t is the party
of promises, the party Of promises which il
cannot fulfill, and that is why it is so free with
it's promises. 1t knows it costs nothing to talk
TRADING ON MISFORTUNE.