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EDITORIAL COMMENT SENATOR SIMMONS AND MARIOS BUTLER. Marion Butler challenges Senator Simmons to a joint debate. Senator Simmons properly declin ed to even consider worthy of notice a challenge from a man of the type of Butler. Mr. Simmons branded him as a traitor to his State and placed him on a pir with Benedict Arnold. Butler stung by the truth of Mr. Simmon's charge set up a howl and threatened to get a hall in Raleigh at his own ixpense. and there in one of his characteristic hot air blasts denounce Senator Simmons. It is true that Mr. Butler is at the heal of the Republican puty in this state. Of course. Senator Siunnoii3 is not going to associate witli Butler in j ,iate. Four eai3 a so Butler challenged Sen-tor Overman, but of i nged Sen::! or Overman, but of course Mr. Overman did not answer ' his ie;iiest. i We (plot Simmons i language of Mr. c'i he denounced Butler in a recent speech: 'What ruiln' chiefly desires to discus3 is whether he in the matter of the bonds' betrayed his Stit;. That is not an open question. The evidence of Butler's treachery to the State is as conclusive as the evidence . of Benedict Arnold's treachery to the country. If Benedict Arnold were alive and here and wanted to debate the question of whether he had betrayed his country, no one would debate tha. question with him. Why, then, should any North Carolina Democrat debate with Mr. Butler the question of whether he had betrayed his State? The evidence of treachery is as con elusive in one case as in the other. It is a settled question and not a matter of debate." The tollowing is a statement dictated to representative of the press in Charlotte by Senator Sim mons when he had read the letter of Butler in the Greensboro Daily News: "I have said repeatedly and say now that no decent Democrat would hold a joint discusssion with Marion Bntler in the light in which he now appears before the people of the State. "The people of the State have passed judgment o outlawry "And so far as bis statement of purpose to hire a ball to denounce me if I did not accept his challenge I only want to say that I will regard bis denunciation as a badge of honor. "A few days ago I denounced But ler in the papers of the State as a liar and a scoundrel and that was the end of it with me so far as he was concerned. I have not changed my opinion of him since." Senator Simmons is making a ntat campaign in the State. It is said that his speeches in this cam paign have a fire in them and a gin ger, and a snap that stirs the people wherever he goes. Why didn't they desire a joint canvass? Because they had no way of making any showing for their aide? What was their objection to the ioint canvass? They were not ertain how well Bedding could get along with Tige's old, old speech.-' Why did they dodge a joint can Thev wanted to tell some tales that they knew would not bear telling in the presence or tne demo erats. Whv did thev not want a joint sanvass this fall? They were afraid the insurgents would show up in Jtandolph county as tney are aomg elsewhere. Why didn't York want a joint mnvaas? He knew some of the democratic candidate and hearers would be sure to recognize Milton's tpeu:h of four years ago. Why didn't they agree to a joint canvassr ue cause to oegin tney run their campaigns on noise and vitn veration, and such will not answer democratic speeches? Why did the republicans refuse to make a joint canvass? Because the big democratic majority in tbe rock ribbed republican state of . Maine sent cold chills down their spinal columns. - Why did they refuse to make a joint canvass? Jtsecause wy anew the democrats would spring the question of their nominating so many disappointed democratic office seekers, and this would lead young republican voters to vote the demo cratic ticket a few years as the uickest and surest way to get an ffice through the republican party. MIKE TO PAT. Mike Gives a LoDg Spiel This Time in Which He Tells of Many Questions That Ate Agitatiug and Aggravating theRepub'.i ans Dear Pat : I forgot to say 'Honorable4Patrick Doogenshield," like Charlie Ell does his kinsman, but you'll forgive me, wont jou ? "Mad as a Hornet Nest." But what I wanted to write about is this: That old carpet-bagger iz mad agin, that is, he is worse off. He waz born mud. an caut git well, but he's not not quite so well az usual. People make it awful tough for him anyhow, lie cant keep his mouth shut, aud if he would he'd keep out of a lot of i rouble. He was writing a lit; !e squib abrut another paper fotg.ttui it motto, ''Piine.iplcs nut Mei ." I've been looking over his paper to see it he had any motto, and lie haint got none. But if he'd t ike the title of U1Z P"!'1 f u4' tne third worn, Ik d have U hue, i:s Yes. he ran from West K-r ginuy an sunuhody s.tid from ether places. Souieb .dy says the Juille Kin man dtut oe'ievc iu mot toed, not t-u n the "(iold'-ll Rule.'' This letter id to be a short, one, an so I'll s.'.y it quick. The carpet bagger ta'ea to make a great ado ab'Uit ociur people's abusing Ins men, but he IS tile fullest mouthed abuser that cur llvtd. ic.u jis: read one number of b'z p.iptr, an you'll see more abuse in it in one than you'll see iu any otuei naif dozen papers in the State, otlur Kepublicau paper a not excepted. I know of uo otlur Republican that uses as much abuse in ten issues as he uses iu one. A Member of the Butler Hegime. 1 never bet for ienr of losing my money, of which I haiut got much, but it I did bet, I'd bet the best mule in the county against a one-eyed sheep ki'lin duug that the carpet- biiL'trer who ttlits the Uunekiu iz a direct dependent of the ring-leader of that crowd which issued them fraudulent bonds Mary Auu Butler wants to collect from the otate, au I'd bet a brand new two hoss wagiu aginst a worn-out baby carridge ttiat he located in this State under tie direction of Mary Ann Butler to help try to cam the State for hiz ) .. . lU, U.-.nrlo w . So when he tries to throw mud at other men an keep them an every- thing muddy you may know what he wants, lie wants to attract the peoples' attention away from what he and his crowd iz a uoin. jmow you can go on and git fooled if you want to, for lots ot people do git fooled. Jist like Mr. Hardin, the Republican candidate for governor of Ohio. He let Boss Cox, of Cin. cinnati, nominate him, an that in the face of the fact Hoes Cox had said two days before the convention that be couldent be elected. Then when Harding went into Northern Ohio, the Republican leaders told him not to brag on the Taft admin istration, for it was in a worse mud dle than the party was in Maine jist before the last election there, so Mr. Harding axel em what waz the matter with Taft, an they told him that Taft had promised the people one thing about the tart, an as soon as he got elected had given em an. other thing. Taft Under Thumb Nail ftbe Truat. It's easy to explain that, for I've come to tne conclusion mat xait s an honest man in his opinions, but the trusts extracted bis backbone before his inauguration. Taft's mind topsy tnrvy in politics, an when he promises downward revision he was a standin on his head, and wnen ne signed the bill which revised up ward he was a standin on his feet. For I tell you Taft was in the midst of a campans when he made hiz promises, with the Democrats on one side of him, and Teddy with a big stick on tother side, and it scared him to death. I jist tell you he waz standin on his head, and he dont know till this very day that he was that way. An Order from "Higher Up" 8av lie on Tariff Question. We have jist found out why the Republicans iz not discussin the tariff in this county. They do it in obedience to an order sent down from higher up through Marion Butler, their State leader. Teddy, the bulleliphant hunter, wont dis cuss it either. They're all afraid to mention it. This tarif iz higher than the Dingley bill waz, and yit under the Dingiey law wire nails went np from $1.36 a keg in August, 1898, toS3.53 in December, 1909, jist 16 months. But what's the difference; the masses don't need nails, do they? Aint it the rich men that use em ? Then the price of barbed wire went np from $1.65 per 100 pounds in August, 1897, to $4-13 in December, 1899, jist 16 months agin. But who cares for the increase on fence wire ? . Dont the rich men of the Northern cities use n aiwgetner, or ao tne farmers use barbedjwire ? Bat then the price of window glass went up from $1.75, in April, 1897, to April, 1901, to $4.80 a box. But whatao the masses care for window glass, that iz, the cheap window glass ? Is it not the rich people who use em, or do ordinary people use win dow glass ? Nails we'nt up 160 per cent, in 16 months; barbed wire went up 150 per cent in 16 months; window glass went np 175 per cent, in four years. In each case they increased to a price that was more than two an a half times the original, an yit this waz all right with Teddy and Taft an the crowd that made the law. The farmer uaiut got much rich, but the m.n who make an sell these tuings haz. Will, sir, Fat, I've about come to the conclusion that if the people want to keep on foolin with the Re publican party they can do it. Tney'ye tried it until they know it i-either I rings i resp' ritee nor kteps ti.e promises. They now have their iys open. If they want to pay a unf tL'i-v cm list vote that wav. Ax, for me mi tn v old woman, we'll uy topu'l along if the Almighty inuKes craps to erow tor us. ctou't like tor the Iiepuolieau party to claim Ilis works, bjc they'll do it all the same, and we can't hinder t in . I iiave already, in foi mt-r ie-t- t.'is, t oid oa how th .a uow they increased i coining an thai of I tne price ot food, and uon 'I've told you about other necessit ies. If you doin be lieve wliut 1 tell you, make an in vestigation yourself. ' Mike Kliow lU'sentuient. But that Republican carpet-bagger paper in this coauty iz not a bit honest, for when it quoUs from my letters ic dont give me uo credit, but tiies to credit it to The Courier. I like the editor of The Courier, au I wouldent give one man like him fi r a township packed lull of carpet baggers. Nevertheless, the man that says he writes my letters iz a liar, and he dont want to tell the truth. He never haz writ one of em, and if you wouldeut let him have em they wouldeut be printed, either. I'll dynamite soma of you if you dont qui. makin fuu of my speliiu. 1 can beat the car pet bagger any day, an they let him git out a whole paper of his own, jist so he publishes what the bosses, that iz, Butler, Tom Settle, Joe Can non, other representatives of the trusts, and them little fellers in this 'rnnntir uhnm ho pal a Ipudtra tpll , . ' him to, One of the little boys haz been re- ferrin to my letters, an givin the credit to The Courier. I axed him how many standard magazines he had ever read, and I forgit just now how many he said, but it must have been a car load or so. Bnt he wouldent name em,md so old Dinger Bill said he had to ax the the boys papies about it. Well, sir, it would tickle you to know what the boys haz been readm, but here goes some of em that Dinger Bui remembered : The Randolph Bullekin headed the list, and it's marked class "A" in the lists. Then the Yaller Jacket iz another marked by them in the same class. Then the Union Republican and the Cawcashion is both marked as class "A 1." Then comes in the Mercurial Tim:s published at Hick ory, I believe it iz, and that little Chatam paper, I forgit the name, completes the list of magazines they ve read. Geti Information from Almanacs. Now, I know another thing they've either been reading-or else the two postmasters (at Asheboro and Randleman) who trained em told em what waz init,that's Bloom's Allminack, for they are not printed in any other publication. They cant hide their trainin, either, for wher ever I've heard em speak this fall I've seen the tiger's ears stickin out from one of em, and the other hrd the 0. K. mark made with an offi cial stamp used in the postof&s at Asheboro. All the candidates had to be endorsed by the ring before they could git campaign money through Bntler, and so they re marked "all endorsements guaran teed," an the stamp looks jist like them that bankers use on the, back of checks What iz it that haz to be guaran teed ? (1) That they'll vote jist like Butler tells em. tie's standin be tween em and the money they're to git from the national Republican campane fund. This money comes from the surplus of insurance com panies (laid aside for widows an or phans) as it did when Teddy was elected president. (2) Then it comes from the licker trust, an that iz why the local self-government plank waz put in their State plat form. Thousands of good Kepubli cans worked with the Democrats for prohibition. Will they vole with the party and for raeu who fought prohibition at every stepr .bet thm say, but if these men git licker back in the State agin by bringin in the partv that tried to defeat prohi bition, they can keep it here, so far as Hike Dooganshield iz concerned. I've got no use for it, not - even for be axe bites, and to voted lor pronioi tion to help them that waz for work, w elected you'll tee what the bargain in for it. Now's a good time forjia. They will hoas the county von Demonrata to find how true an 1 money. That's three-fifths of the sincere some men iz who stood with you, an who urged yon on in this great prohitition fight at a time when their own party waz fightin prohibition with all its power. We fought to git it, and we'll have to fight to hold it. Expresses Heartfelt Sympathy, I'm no narrow Democrat. I'd jist az soon belong to 'another party if it waz az good az the. Democratic party an the Democratic party in this county had sich leaders as the Reputlican party hnz always had. It's never been a matter of name with me, but it's a matter of gittin the best government. While I have litt'e sympathy for the men vho have been in the lead in the Repub lican party, with a very few excep tions, yit I know there iz lots of good hontst men raised up to vole the Republican ticket, an now they think they have to do it. With them I have a good deal of sym pathy, for some of em stick because they doLt want to be called turn- wU-h' of thwr'l'ea,lw; Jim w.'r ibtised iu the private meetings of their county executive committee jist because they couldent beat the Democrat. But while I svnr.i'tt.hizi' jnosttuih honest nublw ly. the w.,v ,Wv ,,v U)t,u. .. Tne e men in the partv who have vo e 1 the liekets all their lives, aiil know they have offer d for cili.s. Hut no the postofliis at Asheboro aud Randlen.an are filled by two men who went over to that pirty for no other purpose than to ait what, the Democratic party had r.-fu;ed to give em an olliis. Some how or o'.lur it would be good read ing to me if both these men would publish a statement in the Bullekin statin frankly that they never threat ened to sue any cf their party lead ers because they failed tit one time to get an important cms. Rumor haz charged one of em with it, an it will be no hurm, if both are clear. to both pu- lish an nflidavit to that ltect. But while ex-Democrats hold all the important oflises in the gift of the Republieau party whatiz t worth for a man to be a straight Republican ? Notbin ! If he wants to git an otlis he bad bettvr vote the Democratib ticket ten or twelve years, an then tell hiz leaders he'll come back an vote with em if they'll give him sich and sich an offis. Tell all the young Republicans. an all that's votin from principle, that their party leaders dont reward iaithfulness in party seivice, bnt they put a premium on party treach ery by given the best places to "rene gade Democrat." Watch and see if the two new recruits dont git an offis before Taft's administration closes. These two men have been votin the Repnblican ticket a long time, but they claimed to be demo crats, and now you watch and Bee if thev dont get an oms. If you want their names say so, and Fir give em. in next letter. Now let me tell you another thing in list as plain Jfinglish az- an Irish man can use. When them five men decided not to allow the old- time jnt canvass of the candidates in this county they bad in mind to do something rotten. It ia leakin out jist that way too. I care notb in about how much they squeal at what 1 m gom to say, an more than than that, if its not true it will not hurt. It's the "hit dang" that howls, and if one of em howls agin yon may know I hit him with this brickbat which I am goin to throw a certain way, and it will not hit a single person who's not in the way. Tlktg That Ara Worth. Vow C i Iteration. There ia (1) a man who has never contributed a farthing to the p- buildin of Randolph county tbat wants to make hia living here off the county. Now, that is one-fifth of the interest they have in this cam campane, and with that exception that the same feller may want to fill some minor offis (that ix, just simply draw a salary), that ia all the so called patriotism he has. He came here for that purpose. When he fights the new court house for which he severely abused the Democrats for not building before they started it, he has been requested to state what amount of taxes be pays to help do sich things. When he abuses men like Oox, Garter, Watt Birkhead an the three men we're nominated for county commissioners it is absolutely fair to ax him sich a question. New, if he'll figure out jist what part of the court honse expenses he will have to pay. no matter how long it takes an publish with proofs in hiz paper he'll get a check from Mike Dooanshield re f nndin it. He dident want a jint canvass because he wanted hiz crowd to make mislsadin statements abont this as well as other questions. Thev had to take to the bushes. Tbey couldent stand their records in a imt canvass, an he Knows it. Then (2) two other of the five men iz not rnnnin for offioe. They are jist patriotic, but if their ticket interest them five have in this elec tion. Thirdly, one of em came to this connty, as we've often said we be lieved, by order of the State leaders who distribute pie and to run things in Randolph. But an intelligent Democrat tells me that I may have been mistaken in thinkin that waz all that brought him, for hiz kins man whom he haz brought down here to speak, and to whose name he prefixes "Honorable," may have sent him down here to run off a bright young Republican lawyer, who wanted to practice law and re fused to take au interest in politics while the present leaders were fol lowing Butler. ' That's three-fifths. Fourthly, no one can say az to the other one of the five, but it's safe to say that at the pn sent he's out of a j ib, aud livin on promises. We understood he had a jou iu the p.vtoiUj, but for some reason he diiieiil keep it. So I think he's liv ing in hopes. Now that is a brief statement of the int rest of them live leaders. I'm no politician, tin dont know which way the election Will go, for 1 don't it reports from t.lip fiMd. Bur if t nt tnoide were to make sich a shp z to elect the Be- j publican ticket, von uA keep this statement, and I'll pay yon a quar ter for every niHm I've missed it on t vou 11 pay me a quarter lor every o-.'.e 1 hit it on iu this giies;. Their "Yuuthtul Plans" to lie Knurktd If you don't hear any of em squeal you may know lhaint hit nobody, au 1 11 take it all back. but. you tuarK it down in your book, aud see if I miss it. Let me tell you jist one thing more. l couiueut uuderstoou to save my lire wny the nepuoncan party tiomiuated them two young boys if it had any idea of carrying the electiou. Do you remember that I told you sometime aso about a conversation that took pbue in Ashe boro .' Iheui two boys i:st az well go home aud help their papies sow the wheet crap, tor they uint in it. They 11 be swapped ott with evei v chance that cau bd found. So there they are pledged to vote for every thing Butler tells em to vote for, an yit pus up to swap oft'. An then we warn Democrats against their deer, deer friends, the euemy, on e ection day. If the Republicans can throw their force (let it be promises cr the dough), towards electin a clerk, a sheriff, and the mity Holtou, whose honor in the cjurts tbey ve had to guarantee in every issue of the Bul letin they 11 do what they've plan, ned to do. They figure it out tbat if they can jist git the clerk of the conr the sheriff and the solicitor, they 11 "git bold of things,, an come in all round two years hence." Now, go ahead, boys, an if you'll watch out jist on the very line I've told yoa'll knock all their plans Bky-high. How did I find out all this? A little birdie told me. They've been so. bitter, and so hot-headed that they talked too far. Maybe they've nominated soma ex-Democrat who forgot an told one of his nabors their secrets before be thought of himself. Maybe one of them new recruits lives in Asheboro an he always finds oat things, and be dont care who be tells. Bnt dident I tell yon some time ago tbat k would tell you some tern that waa talked on the streets of Asheboro? Yon jist keep thia letter till .November yen, and let me know how much I've missed the mark. I'll swaller all the mistakes. of my judgment, lea, bbis wax to be a snort letter, an so I'll quit, though 1 dident tell it all. I've got anotber little con venation to give out next time. But in the meantime yon ax every honest republican what he thinks of hia party leaders refusion to meet their opponents on the stump, an say what tbey have to say before all the people. Tell em that the re. publican candidates attended a demo cratic speakin in labernacie , town ship, the democrats invited em everr oue to speak, an they wouldent do it. Their bosses wouldent let em. If there ia no aneakin bixness goin on among em, why dont they come ont in the open with it? , Ax Tige if he dident git all the lint discussion he'll ever want when he tried it sometime ago. Ax Milt the same. Ax Hoi ton if he can stand Hammer. If he says he can, tell him to show it, if he s got any man in him at all Pin em down, rat, an let em squeal It always tfckles me to , hear em squeal. lour brother, Mike. Why did they decline to make a joint canvassr Xbey were afraid that the two young boys might make a poor answer about some of their political bargains: (1) as to where the county money is to be honsed; (2) as to whether tbey will is-ne court house bonds or levy special tax, since they have abused the democrats for not doing it; (3) if they mean to repeal tbe prohi bi tion law. . Mr. Way Write About C turt House We publish below a letter 1 which has been received by Mr. W. f. Miller from Prof. J. M. Way, who was formerly the popular ad effi cieLt County Superintendent of Pub- , lie Instruction in this co iaty. Althongh the letter is addressed to Mr. Miller as a piivate communica tion, Mr. Miller eutertuins a hope that Mr. Way will not object to nis making it public. Spartanburg, S. C, 0;t. 12, 1910. Mr. W. J. Miller, Ashehoro, N. O. Dear Mr. Miller: Let me congratulate the democ ratic admiuistra'tiou that built the new court house for the very email cost you have expended. If I were' you I would, in defeuce of the public servants who had iu charge the building of if, ascertain the siz-, cost and conveniences of a few others, and let the people see for themselves just what the county ceirmissienefs have saved the coun- I have visited every conr.tr ia this State aud a good many dooii t ies else where, and wherever I have seen a new court house I have g"iierilly tried to visi; it and find oat some- thing about it. Ibis i3 due to tho t that I stayed iu the co.u t house n arly sis year.', and have net lost lutertst. If these connjycomuiissicuorshad let out the I'tnldinr cf t'.:? r.tw court hoiue at .-heb'oio in the usual way, I am sati.;lied it would have . ixr rruv ., f.n-,,;.,V. it, I have been through one that I considered just about tquul iu value to yours, with the exception of tile floors aud. waterworks, and I was in foi me ' uy a business man iu tha town that $00,000 in bonds were is sued to pav for it. As to your method of liuancing it, it would be useless for me to put my judgment against that of the splen did business men who built your court house, but it is safe to say hat if bonds had been issued those bonds would have ruu their entire time, let that be twenty or thirty years, and during all that time the county would have been paying in terest. According to the financial statement of the county, this year's taxes will leave a very small debt to be paid. If the debt were nob paid n leBS thau ten years it would be far better than issuing bonds, for I pre sume your Randolph county people are getting the interest the county pays, whereas if bonds were issued the interest would very likely go to tbe other State. Of course this letter is a part of what we call free advice or commen dation, of which there ia- a great deal. But it is from one who knew and felt the need of better and more decent accommodations for those who were forced to attend court. Women used to sit around on cold days in the lobby of the old court house,, and it was a shame for such to be necessary. Thia one improve ment in the waiting room in your new building ought to commend it self to all fair minded people. Let those who criticise the commission ers, if there are such, state what thair plan would have been. That woald be tbe best test to place on them. It ia easy to criticise; any fool can do that, but it is not so easy to plan a great enterprise. Wishing the Democratic ticket tbe great victory it so much deserves, and hoping it will be as great as the one in Maine. Very sincerely yours, J. M. Way. Cel. Wood a Strang Kan. The nomination is a strong one, Col. Wood being an extremely popu lar man, and his friends declare will be a tower of strength on the ticket. Col. Wood's introduction to the people of Union occurred in the memorable congressional convention held in Monroe in 1902. He was ne of the tellers of the convention and his voice rang clear after hun dreds of ballots had been taken and the convention had been in session all night Monroe Journal. Whv did they run from the idea of a joint canvass? Because at le ist their editor is not honest, or else he is two-sided. In his paper of Aaguo xiota, ne saiu; "xaeir rec ord will be laid bare and they will be challenged to show cause whv' they should not be removed from power." If he pretended to speak for the organization, then in the name of common sense, how can the Democrats show canse to a set of challengers who are on the run. Bring your men, if you are sincere and our men will show cause. . Why did not the republicans want a joint canvass this yeat? Because when they began their abuse they were likeiv to be told publicly about lUk f it,.;. Annnt. -I- tendent N. 0. English, when they were last in power in this connty, to put one negro on each pnblio school committee m the county; the township committee being the rale then. ;
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