Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-05-14

regardless OF It's affillatlon wit
; any union or organization, has
right to be heard upon any an
all public questions, and | refus
to prejudge these matters an
deny them a hearing and bin
myself in advance upon all dc
tails of legislation which ma
arise during a whole term O
office. refuse to be the candi
date of any class. | do not seel
support based upon an appeal t.
any particular element. | believ,
that the interest of the masses
outweigh those of the classes
My campaign is based upon al
appeal to all the people of the
State. My promise is the full
measure of unselfsh service anC
my pledge is answering devo.
ton to the interest of the whole
people.
MY platform is the platform
of the Democratic Party. I am
content to stand upon that decla-
ration of principle, to defend
that enuciation of policy, to carry
that banner into the thickest of
the fight and so meet all comers.
u yield to no man in my SYM
pathy for the laborlng people of
North Carolina; in my admira-
ton for the splendid service they
are rendering the State and |
make to them the same sacred
promise that | make to all the
other people of North Carolina,
that, if | am elected Governor,
they shall have an absolutely
square deal for every hour of my
term of office, in every matter
in which they are interested and
1t is my power to serve them.
II shall leave it to the people
of the State to say whether they
wish any one class, either labor
or capital, to dictate the policy
and dominate the office of Gov
ernor. Istand for the policy of
the open council, a full and fair
hearing to all interests, labor,
capital and the public, upon
every matter in which either is
concerned, and an absolutely
square deal to each. | shall ap-
proach the solution of those ques-
tions with an unfettered mind
and an unbiased judgment.
Il shall seek the common good
of all our people in the harmon
ious development of all the varied
interests of the State. | believe
in our State, in the greatness of
her past, in the vigor of her JUS
tice, and in the glory of her fu-
ture. | would preserve her from
the fratricidal strife of classes
and see her happily welded into
a great and growing citizenship,
welcoming the dawning of a
greater day and the building of
a finer State.
Il have therefore, taken my
stand as follows:
Il. If elected to office | will
endeavor in the constitutional
manner and as fully as | am au-
thorized by law, to carry into
effect each and every one of the
recommendations adopted by the
Democratic, party in the Conven-
which recently assembled.
"2. | will under the sanction
of my oath of office from time to
time, as appears to me proper
and right, make such recon-
mendations to the General AS
sembly as shall seem to me most
likely to promote the welfare of
the State.
"3. | will not, prior to the
election, promise to any person,
office, place or position.
"A. | will not bind myself with
with pledges or promises to do or
not to do, things not provided
for in the platform of the De-
mocratic Party or required by
the oath of office, If the people
of North Carolina wish to elect a
Governor tied by promises and
fettered by obligations, they
should not vote for me. | will
oo into tho offica of Covarnor If