Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-06-22
THE CHARACTER OF
CLYDE HOEY.
(From The Charlotte Observer


ocracy calmly and with intelligent APP
proach TO measure the men who as
pire to public office and to vote on a
basis of considered judgment and not
by aroused prejudices and passions.
When Clyde Hoey is appraised by
such a yardStick, no amount of vulgar
ribaldry of a rival candidate touches
even so much as the hem of his gar
ment.
On the basis of his fitness for the
leadership of the political life of the
State, On the basis of his proven qaul-
tiles as a statesman, and by virtue Of
his irreproachable personal charac-
ter, Mr.. Hoey has right TO lay claim to
the suffrage of the electorate of North
Carolina in his aspirations to be the
Governor of this great Common
wealth.
A statesman not only technically
knows and understands the science
of government, but will administer
government for the highest interest
of the greatest number with convic-
ton, with answering courage and
with devotion to the principles of JUS
under those terms.
He will be the governor of no
minority. No clique or bloc or special
group will put chains around his neck
He will be everyoody's man when
everybody is within the bounds of
justice and fairness and truth. He will
bend no knee to any Baal. No group
with an axe to grind will sharpen its
selfish instrument on the rock of his
favor. He is free and unfettered I'M
allianced and uncommitted to policies
and leadership that will exalt one and
debase another of his fellow citizens.
Mr.. Hoey's knowledge of govern
ment and Of statecraft is not taken
from books of theory BY observation.
by study, by training and by instinct
he has acquired mastery in this field.
Problems Of fiscal management are
not new to his disciplined mind. He
is no novice in these areas to which
he aspires.
Mr.. Hoey knows, as every right
thinking citizen in North Carolina
knows and appreciates, that in order
to have good government with pro-
gressive and humane public services.
revenues must be provided ty those
who are the beneficiaries of such
favors He neither offers nor prom
ises magical performance nor witch
craft. He leaves legerdemain to the
Houdinis and Thurstons.
We submit that such KNOWLEDGE
such training, such experience, super
bly, equip him for the leadership of
the public life and activity of the
State of North Carolina.
AS governor he can confidently be
expected to impose no tax upon anv
citizen more than such citizen is able
to bear, no tribute would be exacted
out OF line with services rendered and
received by those who bear the bur-
den of public levies. Mr.. Hoev's
philosophy of taxation is that every
tax should be imposed upon the prin-
ciple of ability to pay and not upon
the ability of the government to
punish
He has no set prejudiceS in this
matter. There is no group or combina-
ton of groups in North Carolina
powerful enough Ito swerve his iudg-
ment away from. the straight line Of
AA5ANCOCAD-'~''o 'iiN liiOi AMY IN 1nlS
matter. There is no friend nor organ
ization of friends in the State so in
innate and influential as to veer him
in his judgment of justice
And the reason of all reasons that
we are convinced Of the strength of
his candidacy is the simple but trans
cendantly vital appeal of the nobility
of the man within the inner veil of
his personal life.
His name stands in North Carolina
for unsullied and unsoilable honor.
Whatever else may be uttered in the
livid heat of an embittered political
contest, no man will breathe a svll-
able of rebuke or reproach against
Mr.. Hoeys personal life and charac-
ter except to ones own contempt and
condemnation. For the clear witeness
of his character, he is esteemed by
the citizenry of his commonwealth OF
whatever race or color or creed OF
conviction, and '5y his friends he is
held in reverent respect.
His cleanness in conduct, his robust
Christian faith, and his long anC
strong spiritual leadership in Nortf
Carolina undergrad every word he ut
tiers, every stand he takes, every prin