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

"00 VAC PSOP&~ u western
Carolina the direct straight ouen
question, and l hope it will be an
swered: What will it be worth +
the Tenth to have a hard WORKING
practical business. man III Congress-
that thoroughly understands the r.
sources of the district, and in perfeo+
/! l4armcny with the majority party n
| Congress, and with knowledge All
ability to clearly present the business
interest Of the Tenth district: a man
able to command the recognition the
district merits, and secure the laws
requisite for its development, giving
employment to capital and to labor,
and letting the world know what it's
| values are to itself and to the nation?
The qualification of men to do things
in Congress should be known and
specified, setting out what he is quail
flied to do, and evidence that he will
| do it if he wants the honor and On
portunity. The people should know
what his private life as a citizen has
been for sobriety, morality, industry,
integrity, and in efforts for the up
building of the moral, the educational
and the industrial interest of the COM
munity; for that is the sure line that
will guide his action in public life.
What idea of public value has he been
workng-for, and originated for the
industrial upbuild Of the resources of
the community to bring in capital,
and to create employment for the
labor of the district and the state3
What is he now daily doing privately
and publicly, to accomplish these
things? What sacrifcesghas he made.
or is he now making for upbuild and
public good? Supporting men of
ones own party should be a pleasant
duty, not a sacrifice for which to ex-
pect office, foreverybody that sup
ports a party can't have office. A
la that cannot show a commedable
record On these lines is not fit to send
to Congress. either as a democrat or
a republican, or to fill Office by any
other party Of, public trust
!. Those people Of the Tenth district
that stand for law and order have no
'one to blame but themselves for the
vast of the district lying
idle. The writer. and he reckons
nearly every maj in district has con-
tributed cash to the campaign funds,
giving little OR no thought how it.
would be spent. When / saw vote
buying and selling going on, I quit
contributing money to the campaign
fund; but I have supported the demo-
cratic ticket with my tongue and pen
in season and out of season, which is
known to the leading people all wei
the state.
It would seem that over a quarter
of a century dealing in glittering
genralities and flights of ~eloquence,
picturing the wrong-doings of others
and offering no specific remedy for
direct industrial uplift, and a con
tinual changing of men, would be
worn out with the people; and they
would begin to demand some specific
thing to be done, except just being a
democrat Or lawyer, OR a good man
Of any party Or profession.
It's the man that stands for known
fixed specific objects and purposes,
with the courage, the energy, the
knowledge and the ability to work
for them, and with a character and
personality to command the respect
and consideration requisite at the
hands Of all political parties in Con-
gress from a business viewpoint to
win what the Tenth needc. WILL
HER MANHOOD COMBINE AND
SECURE SUCH A MAN, AND LET.
THE PEOPLE KNOW WHO THE
MAN is BEFORE THE PRIMARIES
And require from him, before they
vote for him at the polls, or before
they give him the nomination at the
primary, a public statement, setting
out the exact, things, and the exact
laws. devoid of ~gIittering generalities,