Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-09-20
REPUBLICAN Local PLATFORM.
Alarmed at County Expenses and Rate Of
Taxation. Pledge Reforms.
(Politica al Advertising.9

County, endorse the National ant
State Platform of the Repub
can Party.
We pledge our sincere loyalt!
to Charles Evans Hughes ant
Charles w. Fairbanks, as oul
candidates. for president ane
vice-president of the United
States, aud congratulate the
country upon it's opportunity tt
choose in November such dis
tinguished AMI capable leaders
of the Republican Party.
We, heartily. endo SO the nom
inAtion of Hon. Fl. S. Williams
as our candidate for Congress
We believe we have in him, &
candidate, who il elected to the
high Office to which he aspires,
will manifest the courage to
stand by, and maintain TIE in
terests of the people he repre-
sents, and we hereby pledge him
our earnest support. and the use
of our best efforts in bringing
about his election.
1t is with enthu usiasm, we en-
dorse the Hon. F. A. Linney as
our candidate for Governor. with
his we'll known ability ns IL law
yer, and his faultless record as
an officer, we point with pride to
him as u leader in State politics:
in whom there is no guile. We
pledge him, and all the other
Honora BILE Gentlemen associated
with him Oh the State ticket, our
loyal support.
Among other things in the
National Platform, we, emphatic
ally, renew our allegiance to the
Repu blican policy OF Protection
The South, and North Caro!ina
in particular, has prohted by
that policy in the past, and hts
every reason to expect o'''"'~' |
benefits from is i'll The luture.
believing, as we do, That il; is tl,
best policy for the Colnuy, We
hold that it Is the duty "f all
go,d pe,ple to elect to the Con
gress of the United States, men,
who believe in the policy Of pro
lection from principle, them
selves. Men who can be relied
upon to work and vote for such
laws, as will give our section of
the country, the benefit Of such
a policy, leading, as it does, to
the final removal Of direct taxes,
from the shoulders Of our people,
for revenue to run the National
Government.
AS to State affairs, we have no
need to juggle with words, or
deal in platitudes or generali-
ties, after the fashion of our op-
ponents.
We declare in favor of the
most liberal educational policy
that the State resources will
permit. Our children must all
have the opportunity to obtain
a good public school education.
Our institutions of learning N must
be maintained, and we favor
giving them such support, as to
put them in reach of all our
young people. Ignorance has no
place in modern civilization. We
favor the policy of the State
furnishing free text books for
our children, and TO that end, we
are in favor of removing our
school system out of the realm
Of politics, that our school Off
GERS should be elected by the
people on account of their known
proficiency as scholars, instead
of beng appointed on account of
POLITICAL influence.
We believe that the County
Superintendent of Public In
struction should be elected by
the people, az are the other
County Officers. that the various
school directors should be elect
ed by the people, whom they are
supposed to represent. We
believe that each school should
be supplied with able teachers
paid salaries commensurate
with the work required of them.
We believe that the school dis
trict should be SO arranged, and
the school houses so located, as
to accommodate all our children
We believe that our children
should receive a larger per CEN