French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-03-02

Office, n cant give Tic Lt@AfeS Va
those numerous friends, is an ole
canard of boss-rule.
The individual that asks space in
the press to indorse himself for high
office prior to a petition or a mass
meeting nominating him, ought to be
charged advertising rates, for he is
of the patent medicine type.
But when a number of the represen-
tative citizens sign a letter to a paper,
or a mass meeting regularly organ
lied, indorses a man for Office, that
space in the paper belongs free to
the patrons of that paper, because it
is the news the people subscribed for
the paper to get if the announcement
is for a man of the same political
faith as the paper and it's patrons.
No paper enjoying the patronage of
a political party has any right to de-
mand advertising rates when the pa
irons of that paper and party wish to
announce men and what, they, stand
for Office.
A man running for high Office to
be taxed by the press, when he is the
nominee of his party, should be ex-
cused from being lined up on the
same footing Of self-advertising Office
seeking men.
How much longer are the conser-
vative thoughtful democrats, and the
thoughtful men Of all parties in the
Tenth district going to let their
votes be punched with men violating
the law-Iet their votes be- advertised
by the machine element of the party,
along with men who accept money for
their votes, that are sold at auction
to the highest bidder, and the party
vote to be manipulated by men that
think the balance of vote power in
the Tenth is as legitimately saleable
and purchaseable as a horse at an
advertised auction?
A young man told me that he took
out of his own pocket over $4,000
cash to try to keep this district from
going republican the last election, and
he was candidate for no Office, and a
good democrat.
How much longer are the people,
living in one Of richest districts of
undeveloped resources in this south
land, lying idle, for want of intelli-
gent effort, and with knowledge of
their values, to present them them to
Congress in a way to secure their
recognition, so that they can be de-
veloped and give employment to peo-
pie, going to stand for this continual
changing of their seat in Congress,
selling it to the highest bidder?
Is It business, is it ordinary good
sense for the people, regardless of
partisan politics, to keep up this
shuttlecock work of sending men to
Congress to draw big salaries, have a
good time, get no results; not even a
good statement, and an intelligent
one, about the resources of the dis
trict, printed lin the Congressional
Record?
Over a million and half dollars has.
been drawn in salaries in Congress for
representing the Tenth district in rs
years and every district in the state
except the Tenth, is on the upbuild.
There are business men in the Tenth
district that understand it's resources,
and some Of them are lawyers; but
they are men that would spurn the
thought of advertising themselves at
so much a line, like patent medicine
for Office, and would not, for the high
est Office in the gift Of the nation put
up one dollar TO buy votes, or accept
Office secured by the purchase of votes,
and the debauch of the most sacred
thing a citizen possesses except his
religion and wife, which is his vote.
There are business democrats in
this district that can secure the re-
peal Of republican laws, and some dem
'ocrat laws, that were passed years
ago for the specific purpose of clos
ing down, and to keep closed down,
some of the most valuable resources