The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-06-04
Hoey Urges Party Not to
Follow After False Gods
Candidate for Governor Speaks
to Enormous Crowd in
Jefferson Mon.
IS FOR PARTY HARMONY

Clyde r. Hoey, the second of the
four candidates for the nomination
for the Governor of North Carolina
on the democratic ticket to speak
in the county during the present
Campaign, urged loyalty to the party
principles and pied for party harm
ony as he spoke to hundreds both
inside and outside of the courthouse
in Jefferson Monday.
Prior to Mr.. Hoey's address in
Jefferson, he spoke in Boone and it
was from the Watauga metropolis
that his Ashe supporters escorted
him to their courthouse Outside the
city, a caravan of cars joined the
company as it continued to Jefferson.
A brass band led the parade and
played on the courthouse grounds.
Candidate i'm New Role
Mr.. Hoey, know as the silver
tongued orator Of the state, began
his address by referring to his long
service to his party which has ex-
tended over period of thirty years.
He referred to the As speeches he
made throughout the state at his
own expense for President Roose-
welt in 1892, while his opponent DR..
Mcdonald, who had been in the
state already several years, was cast
ing his first vote.
Pleads for Party Harmony
In speaking of McDonald's service
to the party, Mr.. Hoey stated that
the only speeches he had ever made
had ben in criticism of the entire
state government, regardless of the
past So years of progress under dem
ocratic rule. He declared that success
could not be based on singing a
hymn of hate, chanting song of
strife, or arraying class against class.
He pied for party harmony and a
loyal public to continue the work
for which the foundations were laid
in the dark days of the COS when
our fathers fought for their state
and their rights. He paid touching
tribute to the Confederate soldiers
and endorsed the states plan of pen
sioning them.
Progress Since AycOck
Laundi lg the service of the demo-
cratic party through its nine Cover
nors since Aycock, the speaker stat
ed that North Carolina had outstrip-
ped all state except five in its agri-
cultural advance and when demo-
Gratis under Aycock took charge Of
it, it stood 23rd in the nation. More
children are transported to schools
thany any other state in the union,
and the state is near the top of the
list in industrial achievement. North
Carolina is first in the manufacture
of tobacco. He declared that his op-
ponent, DR.. Mcdonald, was asking
for the nomination on platform of
attack on the party record that is
more vicious than any republican
ever made and that if the charges
were true, the party should no long
er control the government, but it the
charges were untrue, the Illinois
born candidate should not control
the government.
Praises Parkway Achievement
; Praising the ninth district Con-
gresham R. L. Doughton, Mr.. Hoey
spoke of the Blue Ridge Parkway as
an achievement that will be equa1ed
only by the Appian Way of Caesars
time. He gave credit to Mr.. Dough-
tons efforts on the behalf of the
state in getting the parkway through
this section instead of through Ten
nesee. He spoke of the vast posi-
bilities of development that the road
would open up through the noun
tain country. He also paid tribute to
Mr.. Doughton as the supporter of
the old age security act and called
it one of the most humane of all
time.
For Better Schools
and Roads
Mr.. Hoey stated that he was for q
system of schools that would teach
the youth of the country how to
make living after school days were
over. He advocated a system OF free
text books and praised the $4,000
North Carolina teachers who have
so bravely carried on in spite of the
depression, So coW.ties defaulting in
tax payments, and The cut in salaries