The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-29
'HOEY ADDRESS
OPENS DENIS
{ Am PAlC N
Portrays Party as Meeting
Needs of Masses
of People
HIGHER SALARIES
PLEDGED TEACHERS

ClyQe hoey, or SnelOy, intro
duced last night by |. C. Arledge
to large gathering at the court
house for the opening hroadside
of the Democratic campaign in
Henderson county, as North Car
olina's "favorite and most ia
vored son." and than whom no
better speaker will be heard in
Henderson county until ''the next
governor pays us visit" laid the
foundations for the party's coun-
ty and state campaign by outlin-
ing the meaning of Democracy
and the purposes for which the
party stands. He then elaborated
on the record of achievement of
the Democratic party in the state
and of the Roosevelt administra-
ton to date.
1t was a large audience that
turned out to hear Mr.. Hoey. who
spoke in his customarily polished
manner, and who, during the
course of his remarks won one of
his biggest responses of applause
during the evening when he point
ed out that the county has an
extra incentive of interest in the
November elections, due to the
race of Judge Michael Schenck to
succeed himself in his appointive
position on the state supreme
court. "Let the county manifest
it's interest in this election" he
urged, after drawing attention to
this phase of the campaign and
again, he asked for a united front
by the Democrats in the entire
campaign.
Mr.. Hoey declared his belief
that the government should be
administered through groups or
parties and that that one which
can more nearly represent the
people ought to receive the suf-
frage and the approval of the peo-
pie. His views of Democracy were
outlined as HAVING their BEGIN
ming in the equality of man be-
fore Cod, and then before man
and the law. The Democratic
party is the exponent of this
eunalitv. In 1900. he said. the
marty was returned to power in
North Carolina and for "a wears
has had the reins. az challenge
anyone to point out higher TYNE
of state government or a state
which has shown the success and
nrogress we have made in these
! 81 years. We ask for sunport he
cause our party did the things for
the state which it needed.
"The state maintains an eight
months school for all. The state
maintains the roads in the state
and does not levy single cent
of tax on land or personal proc
ertv to support it. No other state
does either one nf these things"
Mr.. Hoey admitted that teach
ers' salaries had been SLAUGHTERED.
But. he pointed out that when the
legislature settled to the task If
fixing salaries. every bank in the
nation was closed; industry was
paralyzed, and agriculture was
bankrupt. eve still pay the
amount of salaries that our teach
ers were promised. and We will
mot default" He contrasted with
this the fact that Chicago teach
ers had gone nine months without
a cent, that Philadelphia was five
months behind in teachers sala-
ries. Other similar situations
were pointed to, and he reviewed
the salaries of teachers, who IN
1876 were enabled to draw S4O
per year for their work, while
$25 per month was the maximum
salary in 1901; S45 was the high
est teacher pay per month In
1911, and the advance continued
until the depression.
He praised the fine sacrificiaI
work that had been performed by
the teachers of the state and
made a sacred promise that the
state will better the salaries now
paid.
Touching on finances he gave
a resume of the fiscal year now
closed, showing that $24, 100000
had been appropriated for the
maintenance of all government,
activities, and that the year closeo
with $4,000 in the treasury
while the states all over the union
are running into diet. -.
He pointed to the home LIE
and agricultural and animal hus
bandry prosperity in the state tc
be seen from one end to the other
and the fine illustration to be seer
in this in the display of products
in county fairs and said that
"above all these is the spirit OF
hte people, who do not know de-
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