French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05

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LoFtn IN n report or secure a renn-l
sd-ation from either of the two gentle
men who made the investigation. He
read several extracts from the report |
ana declared it made him culver to
tnInk VIA a task confronted him af- !
Ter text January. After reading the
suggestion in the report that a com
mlttee OF good business men he an
polned to st1aighten out the affairs OF
the state, he said that he would do If
himself. Il will devote a. months IF
my term to Strengthening out the bus
mess Of the state so that no such re-
Port could be sent out and it win be
done without a penny's additional cost
to the tax payers of the state if / have
to pay 1t myself"
Taking note of the par pros
perty of the country today, which ac-
cording to the speaker, was not due to
any democratic legislation. he said he
was almost tempted to believe at
times that probably God let the fear
full war come upon europe in order
to save our country, because our pres
emit government is incapable of doing
it ITSELF
The one absorbing and controlling
ambition of my life In to obliterate the
conditions of which this report reads"
said he, again displaying Messrs!Mont-
castle and Webb's report. Then he
picked up a~copy Of the report recently
made on conditions at the Old Sold
iers, home at Raleigh and said he
wished everybody in the audience
would get a copy and read it.
He closed by saying: ST can take
my private clerk, himself not in the
best of health, and cure the whole
condition of the state in IL months.
Let me do it; I'll do it faithfully and
return to give a good account of my
stewardship"
Ex-Judge H. G. Ewart of Hender-
sonville, who has been doing some
campaigning in the tenth distr. ct with
Representative Britt, introduced Mr..
Linney, who if every republican does
his duty. 81 firmly believe will be our
next governor" he said. The speak
! er stated that he believed that when
he presented what the rpublicans had
in sore for the state they would find
no trouble in being elected. He said the
Democrats at Raleigh had formed so
perfect a machine that no primary had
been found that would dislodge a sin
gle member.
His speech dealt almost entirely
with the school system of the state
and taxes, with a short period at the
last devoted to national issues. Among
other things relative to the school sys-
tenn he made the assertion that in 80
years the Democrats have spent mil
lions of dollars of the peoples money
fo' school purposes and as a result
they have reached a condition thatno
North Caroliniaa can be proud of:
that II out of every 100 voters in the
state this fall will have to ask their
nGighbor to read their ballot for them,
and that there were more illiterate
whites in the state at present THAI.
tLc1e were so years ago. Mr.. Linney
said such conditions ought not to eI-
is. and that he believed he had found
the remedy, and was of the opinion
that one Of his first acts, if elected
governor, would be to revise the pub
lie school system.
when l begin to talk taxes every
Democrat in the audience smiles" said
he. "If there is anything in the en-
tire state that is not taxed the Demo-
Gratis have overlooked it. You think.
though, that after yEu are dead and
buried, that you are through paying
taxes, but before your estate can be
divided among your children, here,
they come and levy an inheritance tax.
You are actually taxed for having left
property not consumed by taxes while
you are living"
He said farm demonstration work
now being carried On in a number of
the counties of the state was accom-
plishing much good but that every
tcent of the cost was met by imposing
a tax oniferti1izer.
He recounted that story that every
body knows by this time surrounding
his efforts to get his hands on, a copy
of the report of the New York Audit
ing company, made after an examina-
ton of the books of the state. He said
it cost him $50 dollars of good money
which he made by selling some calves,
but he bet Beckett would give $4,000
if he could get his hands on it now
and burn it up.
He touched uENn the Implication
that Mr.. Lacy was borrowing money
to run the state when he had plenty
of money in the bank. He said the
only reply that he had heard at all
from the Democrats was Butler, But
Ter, Butler"
Mr.. Linney seems to be running In
earnest and stated that he was con-
fdently expecting to be elected. Mr..
Bickett's charge that he was running,
not for governor. but for attorney
general. was unfounded he said be-
cause he gave up a better job than
district attorney to run for governor.
eleven states in seven years have
PASSED a workman's compensation
law and this is one of the needs OF
North Carolina. We now rely exclu-
sively on the doctrine of negligence
to recover damages"
The tariff and the Presidents MexI-
can policy; came in for a share o.
criticism. The president ought not to