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an;- VOL. XXVIII RALEIGH, N. C. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 3. 1910. No. 43 EDITORIAL BRIEFS Threatened suits for libel In a po- it;cai campaign do not cut much Ice ten based on hot air. y.any Democratic speakers would try to convince you that the world la lB gat as their own platform. Tfc:a has been an exceedingly warm raEpalgn. but it will be a cold day ten the Iiepublican get left. iykes rhymes with hikes and i .tat i what the esteemed professor j he doing after next Tuesday. ' There'll be a hot time in the old town next Tuesday night," but the Democrats will have a severe case of coid feet. Add nothing to nothing and the re--ult is naught. This is the sum total f the Democratic platform and its andidates. A dyed-in-the-wool Democrat is not no vory bad, if honest, but what i is to become of one who died in poke berry Juice? ; Vote early, but not often. Fre quent voting on the one day is said to be a right of the Democrats and to be often exercised. A. fair vote with an honest count, i and it is dollars to doughnuts that j the entire Republican ticket in Wake j County is elected. The silent vote counts to a greater '! extent than is commonly thought for. j It will cast many Iiepublican ballots in Wako County this year. j 'i ho young man in politics is ai i m at Quantity thi3 year. He has de-; parted from the sins of the fathers! an i will cast his ballot with intelli-1 i it would be a eood and saving idea fur Republican neighbors to go to the polls together, so that they may have full evidence that their votes were cast if not counted. Marion Butler speaks in Raleigh to-morrow, Friday. Daniels has re ceived an invitation from Morganton for the same day and Simmons is still two hundred miles absent. Raleigh Is to have a "bird man" flight under the management of Joe Daniels. This is appropriate enough, since the manager is surely a bird that quacks. Vote according to your honest con victions but do not allow passion and prejudice to control your decision in a matter that affects many others than yourself. President Taft goes from Washing ton to Cincinnati in order to vote the Republican ticket at home. It is only a step from home for you Republi can voters of North Carolina. "A conduit for emptying all the filth the Democrats can generate." In this way is the Raleigh organ of the disavowed party described by one who knows whereof he speaks. Senator Overman says that rather than accept a fee against his State he would take one to shoot his own mother. Is it less honest to endeavor to collect a debt than to commit murder? The seed from a bale of cotton brings morex money to the farmer now than did the entire bale under the Cleveland administration. Con sider this fact, Mr. Farmer, before you vote. ' A. continuous vaudeville entitled "Broken Democratic Promises" has been on the State political stage ever since w. w. Kitchin began his cam paign for the Governorship. The critics pronounce it a dismal failure. A proper administration of the school funds is one of the vital issues in the local contest to be decided on next Tuesday. Do you wish money for your children to be spent on high salaries and vacations? if Bo, vote the Democratic ticket and pay the Penalty afterward. 00DT0R J. J. MOTT TO MIU. DANIELS Addresses Open and Force ful Letter to Editor News and Observer. WHAT HAS BUTLER DOME ?" Shows That Former Senator Is Hated by Democrats Because He Put Them Out of Political Business TelU Daniels That Matter's Sheet Has Been Made the Conduit for Emptying All of the Filth the Democrats Can Generate Strong Praise for One "Issue" the Demo crats Have Dared to liaise. Dr. J. J. Mott has addressed and; mailed to Josephus Daniel3 the fol- i lowing open letter with reference to j a recent editorial in the News and Observer, of which Mr. Daniels is editor: : "Statesville, N. C, October 20, 1910.1 "Mr. Josephus Daniels, Editor News j and Observer, Raleigh, N. C. j "Dear Sir: I am pleased to find J in a late issue of your paper an edi- j torial paragraph reciting and ac-j cepting the terms of a letter I had i written you denying the charge that I had any talk or understanding j w hatever with my friend, Hon. Mar- j ion Butler, in getting money from j the 'liquor interest' for the North Carolina Republican campaign. "You go on, however, in' a differ-! ent editorial paragraph in the same j issuo of the paper which reads aj follows: ' "'Dr. Mott proves an alibi. The j Greensboro News predicted that But- i ler and Booze and Bonds and Boodle j would be the 'big four' in the Re-j publican campaign. It is right, but! the Iron Duke is not helping the Big Fou;.' "The inference in this paragraph i goes to the public that I am care less as to your adopted slogan: 'The Big Four." That lam in any wise shy of it, or that I would avoid connec tion with Mr. Butler in anything af fecting it, would be very far from the truth. There is no man in North Carolina who feels greater interest in this State campaign than I do. I recognize the fact that the strongest collective force in accomplishing any Republican success is Mr. Butler and the following he had when they overthrew' the Democratic party in tho heydey of its power. This body of men constitutes the old guard in any opposition to the Demo cratic party in the State, and can be counted to fight it to the death. "The hatred on the part of the government wing of the Democratic party towards this old guard is in tense and seemingly endless. "Whether by accident, as the own er of a leading Democratic paper, or by choice, I know not, but you, Mr. Daniels, are the concomitant of this hatred, and you have constituted the News and Observer office the estuary, and your newspaper the conduit, for emptying all the filthiness that the Democratic party can generate upon the leader of these people. "While your barbed reproaches doubtless make no impression on him, I shall, under your opportunity afforded, try to offset as far as I can its effect upon the public. " 'What has Butler done?' This was the answer made to a business friend of mine, a Democrat in this town, by one of Iredell county's most sterling citizens and enterprising, wealthy men an insurgent Demo crat. This business friend told me of the circumstances himself. "He had inquired of the insur gent, in talking about the 'move ment,' what he thought of this inev itable association with it. The an swer was enough. "In the absence of explicit expla nation of the abuse of the man, this question has been asked thousands of times since the campaign opened. " 'What has Butler done He whipped the Democrats some years ago. "That Is the sum total of his of fense. Tou are afraid he might do it again, since the Republican party has been taken out of Democratic hands. You lack an issue. The tariff no longer serves for a Democratic issue. A tariff for revenue only, as the Washington Post says, is an im possible thing the Post is a near Democratic paper. "While this old free trade doc trine tariff for revenue only is stuffed into the Democratic platform for ballast and' bulk, it amounts to nothing with the farmers, who have become sitisfied that a protective tariff does not hurt them. The farm er vote is the vote that takes North Carolina one way or the other as It chooses. "Cheap cotton and cheap products SENATOR VANCE REPUDIATED SIMMONS ThaugKt Him Totally Unfit to Even Be a "Red Lefged Grass-Hopper in North Carolina" Senator Vance Defeated Simmon! Confirm 'lion for Collector Because He Thought Him Unscrupulous Sid Simmons wis Unworthy of the Confidence of the People of North Carolina. Mr FATfcr. (senator Vance) SAID ABOUT YOU NOT LONO 6eRe His death that you WERE NOT FIT FOR ANY Washington, Oct. 22, 1900. Dr. I. W. Faison, Charlote, N. C. ( My Dear Sir: I have received your letter of the 20th instant in which you asked me to state what were the objections of my father to the confirmation of F. M. Simmons as collector. Under ordinary circumstances, I would not be inclined to revive recol- lections of political controversies with which my father was concern ed, but when impressions, as I un derstand, are being made in the State that at the time of his death he and Mr. Simmons were on friend ly terms, I desire to state that this is not the fact, but on the contrary, a short time before my father's death he stated that in his opinion Mr. Simmons was not fit for this office, or worthy of the confidence of the people of North Carolina. I know as a fact that my father regarded Mr. Simmons as an unscrupulous pol- itician, and for that and other rea - sons, he opposed his confirmation for collector. I know of my knowledge personal- ly that there were enough Senators at that time with Senator Vance to have defeated Simmons' confirma tion. My father stated to me that if Simmons gained control of the pol itics of North Carolina it would be conducted as a machine, regardless of the rights and privileges of the people, and if there was anything that my father abhored in politics, it was a machine or bossism. What ever honesty he got came from the people and he trusted them im plicitly. As expressed in a card, which he wrote to the Asheville Citizen, in February, 1894, he opposed the con firmation cf Mr. Simmons "on per sonal, as well as public grounds grounds connected with his unfitness to hold the position for which he had been appointed." Mr. Simmons stated in a recent card that Senator Vance did not op pose him on account of any charges against his personal character. There have kept the farmer politically in the air. But he has struck solid ground now and you are scared, for the price of his stuff is soaring. This is the rock on which you split, and Vila to tho neepssltv fnr vmir 'Ris- Four keynote. The farmers are afloat on the OFFICE OR TRUST, OR WORTHY OF The CONFIDENCE THE PEOPLE OF NOKTH CAROLINA m ANV RESPECT. was some charge of this kind and some serious objections to him which were filed at the time with the Fi nance Committee of the Senate. I have made a diligent search for these papers, but failed to find them in the records; they have been ab tracted by some one, I do not know by whom or when. Another reason for Senator Vance's opposition to Mr. Simmons: That gentleman came to Washington early on 1894, and in his capacity as Chair man of the Democratic Executive Committee of North Carolina told Mr. Cleveland in an interview with him that Senator Vance, who was then fighting the nomination of a certain party as Collector in the Wes tern District, did not represent the Democratic party of North Carolina, or the sentiment of the people in that State at that time. Mr. Sim mons denied making this statement. and, of course, will deny it again, but j my father told me he made it, and I 1 believe him in preference to Mr. , Simmons. Of course, Mr. Simmons will deny this; he denies everything; he can give St. Peter "cards and spades" and beat him denying any day in the week. Although Mr. Simmons Is now posing, as being all along the cham pion of silver, he joined in 1893-'94 with the enemies of Senator Vance, who were trying to encompass his downfall. Simmons was at that time holding up the hands of Mr. Cleve land, who lost no opportunity to in jure Senator Vance, politically, be- cause the Senator refused to support the unconstitutional repeal of the Sherman Act, but stood up squarely for silver then, as he did until bis dying day. In my opinion, Mr. Simmons did not become a friend of silver until he found that the sentiment cf the people of North Carolina was over whelmingly In that direction. When Senator Vance was fighting this bat tle for silver, Mr. Simmons was do ing all in his power to uphold the ad ministration, which, as is well-known by every one, was In favor of the sin gle gold standard, and was using his political sea, passing through a strait and veering to a soaring tariff. The News and Observer offce, pointing to Butler, signals, 'Look out, here Is hell, but there is a safe harbor on the other side.' The boat swerves land Is run into the Democratic tariff platform and 4-cent cotton, which is1 . 1 n 9 - . . m,A 1 Y t I OF qgcF patronage in North Carolina to that end. I regret that Senator Vance's name has been brought in this matter, but. inasmuch as it has, in justice to his memory, and in fidelity to his friends and as an affectionate son, I deny any and all statements made, and by whomsoever, that he ever relented in his opposition to Mr. Simmons' ap- pointment or confirmation as Col lector, or that he ever entertained opinion that from any standpoint, for a moment any other than the Mr. Simmons was unfit for an office of trust. Of course, if the majority of the people of North Carolina desire to send Mr. Simmons to the Senate, I cannot but acquiesce, but I am de- termlned he shall never get to the;11 tne t,me thc proof of his Infamy Senate upon the false pretense oflwa available, but he was jriren being the friend of Senator Vance. rPe" 1 take th, occasion to aay and I wish to say to those in North lbat ,f lne7 ha5 8ucn alleged proof. Carolina, who loved him in life, and who still love and revere his memory, and I believe there are many, that Mr. Simmons was hit enemy to his dying day. personally and polltlcal- ly, and wu one of the chief of those who tried to humiliate him and hound him to his death. I have written more at length than I had Intended, but I wish the people of North Carolina to understand that if my father were living he would not for a moment favor or even counte nance the pretensions of Mr. Sim mons to Senatorial honors, for I know the fact that if he did not re gard him fit to be a revenue col lector; he could not have thought hits fit to represent the great State in the highest legislative chamber on earth. Yours very truly. (Signed) CHAS. X. VANCE. In 1894 at the Central Hotel In Charlotte, Senator Vance stated sub stantially the above facts to me. He alluded to the great humiliation Mr. Simmons had Insisted In bringing upon him. stating: "My hands are to completely tied that I can not ap point even a postmaster in the west ern part of my State." (Signed) I. W. FAISON. , ' worso than hell. ror cause ana eirect in tne same case, we must judge the future by tne past, ine iarmer Knows wnai 4-cent cotton means. Even if there was any truth in your 'Big Four i jargon, the last one of the farmers In I t n 41 1 T- - r (Continued on Page 8.) 0Aim uX AND DANIELS Et -Senator Butler Has Chal lenged Tbcxn to Face Him With Th t ir FaJit and Slanderous Charge. fO SPEAK Hi it LEIGH FRIDAY ? Mr. Heller Will tshom t rate Mmmoni t 111 trl .WW .lo Show That lie IU trr llccti Attorney for Any ' Irtil CrjK-.ilc Boat!, So It lie I.m AilirrtiMM) to Nmt Collect Mich I to ml. or To The Public: Oa October lTth. I wrote a letter to Senator F M gim me ns reciting ferula false Ani slan derous words which be had Urea re ported to have utter! cunrcrolng 1:1) telf. and challenged htm to treet n.e in Joint diKun.cn in Halra and rtjeat the same ttatenjnu. if tp was correctly rrjortej. He ha not repllej to my Utter, but If reported by certain lr aur tic paper a hating rrr-eate i the um or similar faUe and UnJroui charge against me, concluding with the statement that he refus- to meet iiie in Joint diftuosion U-ciuic he too resectable to do ro I take this cccasion to announce that I will peak In the Academy of MupIc in KaUigUt on Friday. Novem ber 4th, at 1.30 p. m.. at which lim I will not only discuss tin iMuei be fore the people in this campaign, but will take occasion to rfiru pe rineal!)' Senator Simmons and his re cord, and what I shall say on that oc casion will show conc!uitcl h In real, reason for refuting to meet me In joint debate. I shall at the same time reply to the falo and slanderous charges published in the Italeigh News and Observer against rne anJ eh-peclally reply tpecifl rally to the publication contained In that paper on Thursday. October 27th. headed ' "Butler Caught in the Carpet Hag ; Bond Scheme," and ehall not only de nounce that charge aa false, but 1 will be able to prove it o. ; If Mr. Daniels and Senator Bim : mons have the proof of any wrong doings on my part with reference t the carpet bag bonds or anything else which the News and Obferver claims to have, in the ipgue referred to, then these two, unless they are arrant cow ards, should be able to pluck up cour j age to go to the joint dlrcussion and ; furnish their proof to my fate, and in the presence of tne voters there. I take thla occasion to y that ; they know their charges are falfe and this is why they refute to meet me. j there was any truth In them they i would not fail to meet me and pro? their charges to my face. The News and Observer In its Issue referred to, says In heavy black typ that that paper and the Democratic party has had for some time proof of my Infamy as attorney for the car pet bag bonds, but that they bar withheld the evidence to give me rop with which to bang myself. The following is one extract. "And this statement is a confession of their unfairness and cowardice in with holding their proof until near the close of the campaign in order to de prive me of an opportunity to answer i tnem and lTe 10 lb People the facta each day on the stump and through other means. Dy this ad mitts ion they convict themeelve of contemptible cowardice. Again, I challenge these two lead ers of Democracy and would-be de famers of my character, to meet mo on the date above-named. MARION BUTLER. BUTLER DENOUNCES KIMMOXS AND DANIELS. Butler is Not How Nor Has Ever Been Attorney for Any Frsadaleat Carpet-Rag Bond, Neither Has He Ever Advertised to Poo! or Collect Such Bonds- Ire WU1 Foroiah the Proof Conclusive Next Friday. P. S- Since publishing the above card to the public, my attention has been called to an editorial In the Ral eigh News and Observer of the 22nd Inst., in which is copied what pur ports to bo a statement from F. M. j Simmons. In which he Is reported to have said at Shelby, "A few years ago j denounced Butler In the papers of , tne state as a liar and a scoundrel" jf fucii a statement was made by him several years ago I did not see nor hear of It. If he is correctly report ed I believe he is lying; became. If he had used such language it could (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.)
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