Watauga Democrat., 1930-10-16
National Republican Administration
Draws Fire of Senatorial Aspirant.
More Than Eight Hundred in At
tendance. Introduced by John E.
Brown. Predicts Democratic Vic
tory in 1882.

Josiah William Bailey, Democratic
nominee for the United States Sen.
ate. carried his campaign into the
Lost Provinces" of North Carolina
last Saturday afternoon when he ad-
dressed a mixed audience of more
than eight hundred Democrats and
Republicans in the courthouse here.
introduced by John E. Brown, who
in his brilliant remarks paid tribute
to the accomplishments of the Ra-
leigh lawyer and predicted for him
majority of 125,00O in the fall
election, Mr.. Bailey launched an at
tack against the Republican admin
istration which was loaded with fire
and each point scored was given vo-
ciferous applause.
Mr.. Bailey, who for the past four
months has covered practically every
portion of North Carolina, says the
fires of Democracy are. burning on
every hill and in every valley" and
that the prospects are greater today
for national victory in 1882 than
at any time since the Republicans re-
gained the Presidency "The Repub-
licans approach election day with
fear," said Mr.. Bailey. "They are
ready to flee where no man pursu.
eth. Their promises have been many,
but they have failed to fill their con-
tracts. Today we find the country in
worse shape than at any time dur
ing the past nine and one-half years.
zone hundred and ninety-seven
thousand merchants have sunk into
bankruptcy since they took the reins
of national government. All the mer-
chants are selling today is new
brand of overalls, the Hoover brand
no pockets and double seat. Be-
tween 100000 and 100000 peo-
pie are begging for work to feed
clothe them from the winters cold
and to give them shelter. The wolf
of want is shifting at the doors of
a million families"
The Federal Farm Board, formed
as an initial step in Mr. Hoover's re-
lief program, came in for sound
raking by the Senatorial aspirant
Through the rains of spring, the
heat of summer" said MIR. Bailey,
"the farmers of America labored
faithfully, and at reaping time, what
is their reward? They cannot pay
the expenses of production and the
taxes on their farm lands with the
money they received. The Republic
ans feel the depression but refuse
to carry the blame. During previous
Democrats have been
charged with every sort of natural
occurrence which tended to bring
about abnormal conditions, but today
we find the Grand Old Party unwil-
ling to be charged with conditions
that exist. In days gone by if there
was an extra crop of 'possums in the
woods, or an extra crop of rabbits
in Chatham County, or an abun-
dance of persimmons, a Republican
would say, Behold, what we have
done
Reviewing recent statements made
by Congressman Jones, Republican,
who is candidate for reelection in
the Ninth North Carolina District,
Mr.. Bailey discredited his assertions
that banditry in China and revolu-
tions in India were responsible for
the present collapse in foreign ex-
ports. "They tell us to look at India
India is 5000 miles away. They say
how can we have prosperity with
Gandhi carrying on that way in In
dia.' Some of you may have seen pic
lures of this fellow Gandhi. If you
haven't, I'll tell you what he looks
like In the first place he is a dark
man, like those they used to sell down
in South Carolina a good many years
ago. His neck is about as big as my
wrist. On the front of his neck is an
Adams apple about as big as my
fist. If there was ever a perfect pic
ture of Hoover prosperity, Mr.. Gand-
di is it."
'The Republican party, on its own
promises, is responsible for the de-
preston in this country" continued
the speaker. Picking up sheaf of
papers he read from campaign prom
ises of President Hoover. The vic
tory of the party will insure stabil-
ity of business and employment
Four million men who had jobs when
Hoover took over the Presidency are
looking for jobs today: What do they
think of those campaign promisesV
Don't let the Republicans say that
they did not guarantee these things"
a prosperity coin-one of
those brass pocket-pieces so gener-
ously distributed during the last Pres
idential campaign-Mr. Bailey read
its inscription: Hoover good-luck
pocket-piece; good for four years of
"Let them say they are
not responsible" shouted the speak
er. Their blundering policies have
brought about the economic condi-
tions that exist in America today.
Money has not left he country. We
have more money than ever before.
During the speculation on the New
York Stock Exchange which followed
Mr.. Hoover's election, loans were
made to brokers by the Federal Re-
serve System aggregating more than
eight billions of dollars. And Calvin
Coolidge, a Director of one of the
Nations leading financial institu-
tions, said: Let the speculation go
on. The country is financially safe I;
and the President himself reiterated
the statement. Yet today money can
not be procured with which to build
homes or finance the education of
our children"
The Hawley-Smoot tariff bill,