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6 . Brings Success. 2 As an Advertising Medium $ The Gold Leak stand at tit- hn: ! fnewepapore iu tliii-sH tii of thcfaniuiiM BRIGHT TOBACCO DISTRICi J Theuioat wido-nnke iiud navst" :t'rertiH inthcGoLnX !.;: r, is shown by its well 2 Idled ad veitisiiitfcohinins T SENSIBLE BUSINESS MEN !) not .continue to Kpend $ o money whf-re no J i ' tunis are seen. That is Proof that it pays Them. uh its col uni us with the liigbent ? SaUst&ctlon t&d Profit to Themsehcs.t State Library ro R.:UNN18S, Publisher. OZROiiisr, CnoLiisr, JEiETEXvr's Blessings Attend IEL:e:r.. SUBSCRIPTIOI $1.60 Cash VOL. XIX. HENDERSON, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1900. NO. 41. t ? ''"'v:- a S A axe 3 Ml? n ... t Wvf SC LTLi.l -3 j !S FO'JKD A Ah- r fr f'l-ir chiUirtn." I'.n- nii:i I'u!o'iii-r, of ., Mn-h. "Mv first b': n. arid I -uifircd th. My friends all -ut .1, .I'M in -.'!-! rt-c.)v-r. I was : ;u'.iiid-. Wiu-n I was .il-.iijf f.r my third child I .'it'.! !i!-!ii'r;h or flooding :ir having a miscarriage v.- itii- -.s. l'ur two months - I::.- . ,ii .,f our doctor, but -.v.-.i1.:'. r :.!! the time until ....;,, ?! d to ror.w across one-!:-. and I read it through. day 1 s -tit and got three of 'Favorite I'n-sctiption ' and ! of -pellets.' I improved so n'.iuiM-d to take your medicine liv -.v.t-. torn, and lie is healthy -;:ht. My health has been good -. I n .'.v weih 1'); pounds." vjuvztc Prasarip- masses Weals LV o tj3 o n Strong, and G. t A. Coggcshall, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, IlKNDHltSON. N. C. iii ( i .1 .per ( )iei a lldilx- I'.nildin: Piione No. 70. H. H. BASS, Physician and Surgeon, iiknii:i:s()N, n. :. ;-' )Hice over l)or-.ey's I)ru.! Store. J 11. iiui :(ii:sts, ATl'OIiN K Y AT hAW, t : if.--' "v. l:i ! i arris law ituildine na 1 1 . ):hc Oout t I: 1) tf. . S. II AICIMS, DENTIST, iii .!)KRS( )N, N. C :r"Oi!:ce nvor E. (t. Davis' store. Main -f.....t. lan.l-a. Henry Perry, -Insurance.- A -troiiy'rmiMif both Life aim! ire ( om i:ties ivrs'i.tt.t. rolicios issued and tiksjdaceii In nest advantaszt'. i!';ce in Court House. 44 DAVE'S PLACE," ( ).;.: .-it. S. A. 1.. Statii'ii.) European Hotel, Restaurant and Lunch Counter. M,.,l, S,ied at all Hons Day t r N iilit rurcisbed Rooms. Comfortable Beds. l-'.v.-!v:!iitii' strictlv fu t-clas. Am orderly, 1 well kept place. SALOON lvrial to aiiv iti the State, stocked with 1 I'tlmm but the very I'.est and I'lirest ooil iiiosu-v can buy. IhU l.,-ii:u' the mi .'a-oa we have all kind- . f i!;Uie(!.ii'Vds for re lie vim; -anie. ITM- CKiAKS AND TOBACCOS. I'oiH. KOOMS IN (ONNi't "I'lON. Letters of Iiuwj' oration si it: ok NouiH t vuoi in v. I Ni) , ,-- I kp. 1. 1 'i i n i ok si vfi:. s To all to whom th pi. -cut shall come --lire.'tii.u: VI 'l'.i--t if :ltile:MS tlOIll till e.-itiiitMV 1 1 'iii th'.- b'lk et the Supciior ! -ut ot Vane- ( oiii.tv that the followiri:, n.im.-d im'Im'I.s. S.unu .1 I II! I .'ltll . V ' 11. 1 .1.1....... ... Williams and ,1 . 11. lindizcis. liereteioie o". tl c 1st tl.iv of Scpteuib-M. I'.'O". slimed a: I bled Auich-s of Agreement tor the tonii.ition of a private corporation befute -::id Cl CI! ik. ted a Coi'V 01 duly ccititicii aid At tides if lv said Clcik art. have been cilice, as pre- Acts of is;.:: Ac ut seal .1 said .. iccorde.' i;i this "b.ipN'i :;:s .t tin !'!! i.KKl t'i;!'.. t ndcr ti e power 1 t;i-!. - ,:c vested in n.ebysaid I htp'o-r ; -aid Ac.s ei 1 s.'.;. I do hen by declare , 1 ...us si -i ii.-' said A 1 tides -f Aszk c- t! ii1.1: a:, i I N i . 1' ' : p. , duly -:v b- o Nl ircoipoiafd. under the iiano' ! I ll K UKNDF.KSON LIGHT- I'lm ri: company . tor the .1 ot - I v- t'r.ulv ve il-, tioai and alter me .t S. i ic.nl'.'l". IOI pie Hii- , and acc-i-vdiri: to the conditions of . r ..... - t with :1 I I t lie liul.t- a:i-! H; bittt i s enterr.'.i ami d bv la a n -uih P01 poratior.s. nn-o-- .1 .x--'. - -- 1: n.-s. in v hand and tl' hand and the t. ie.it e?l i't the Slate -t .iui l aioiina. at -I". I. oil: in the ( i'v el K:-iei'h. till ' .";ii day o! septeiiH'er. in me 1: -111 . . : .1 ....... . ir ot .",ii iniepenaence. aim m me if ft 1 r.r I.or.t one Iliou-aini rmc iimniini. C lll'S T1D M l'SON, Secretaiv of State. ClsJ HARKtK a 5eTs-2 JTsfl Nvcr Fr.ils to Hf store GrtJ 1 ... -. - ct-93 iiair to lis louimui -SSCujv5 - V 1 hair lainfr .-!r'.s3.' ?' '"at r-T!;;-.it PENNYROYAL PILLS CHICHESTER'S LI?H s.vrn. -- - -. iai-.-k!-m HfUln.1 11 1 1 1 linn hr.M.r. ';v m i;n i...u ei,-..- k 'fu L $ -.Vr,r,iY"TriVuS ar 1 " Kfllol f".r l.atlU-. letter, bi rtm turn Mull. H.OOt Iracooaialt. Sold tir u.ug?i, .rhk-hVa. 7' 71 Simmons' Able Defender. JUDGE ALLEN REPLIES TO WEBSTER'S ATTACK ON DEMOCRATIC LEADER. lie "Turns on the Light" and Shows up Mr. Webster's Animus and Poor flemory When to Forget a Thing Suits His Purpose Better Butler's Caucasian Quoted From Anony mously to Discredit the Fearless Leader of Democracy, When Such Evidence Would Not b-i Taken in a Respectable Court to Convict a Decent Dog. In Websters Veokly of September 2otli, a newspaper that is warmly ad vocating Ceneral Can's candidacy for the Senate, appears a remarkable'eili tonal under the heading "Turn on tin,' Light," which closes wit h a state ment: "Let us In; 11 siderstood in this matter: our only motive is to see tlr.it a man goes to the United States Sen ate iron; this State upon whom Mr. Bryan, if lie is elected, and we prav lod he may be, can rely in any and all emergencies."' The writer attempts to show that Mr. Simmons is a new convert to silver, and that in lH'JI and iH'jr, hi.s public utterances were in opposition to the vie-..s lie now expresses anil were in harmony with those of Mr. Cleveland. He lirst takes up an ar ticle wiitteii by Judge Womack, of Ualeigh, urging eleven reasons in favor of Mr. Simmons' election to the l.'nited States Senate, and says: 'His (Judge Womack's) fourth reason was what the newspaper craft Would call a 'M-oop,' u piece of im portant news given to the public for the lir.-t time." We beg to quote: t. '. isyi ;uid lS'.HJ, he boldly ami publicly, in the; Mate conventions and elsewhere, advocated policies oppos ed by the President, declaring he would surrender his ollice before he would surrender his principles. 'As stated la-t week, we were a member of tin; conventi ms of l'.)t and l.S'.u;. but we do not recall that Mi-. Simmons was conspicuous for his oppo.sitioit to Mr. Cleveland's politics. The North Carolinian, a Ualeigh paper, gave a full report of the pro ceedings of the convention of a copy of which we have preserved, and we do not fin 1 a line or a sentence showing that Mr. Simmons opened his mouth upon silver or the sena torial primary, which were the lead ing questions before the convention. His speech in calling the convention to order gave no indication of his position upon these questions, being purely formal. How different from this year, when he made a ringing speech in opening the convention, de claring his position upon both State and National issues." The impression attempted to be made I v this statement is undoubted ly that Mr. Simmons made no declar ation in favor of silver, either in 1S'J4 or lb'.'t; while holding ollice under Mr. Cleveland. He says he does not recall that Mr. Simmons was conspic uous in his opposition to Mr. Cleve land's politics, but when he comes to refer to the North Carolinian, he speaks of the North Carolinian of 189 1 only. If the writer preserved the North Carolinian of ls'Jl. is it not reasonable to conclude that he also preserved the North Carolinian of lS'.n;, and if the paper of that year gave an account of Mr. Simmons' speech in which he declared for silver, would not candor and a desire to see the right done and "the light turned on" have demanded -that he say so? The truth is that the writer knew that in IS'.tti, Mr. Simmons made a speech in the State convention, in which he unequivocally deleared for j silver at the ratio of H" to 1. We ! quote from the report of the pro ceedings of I he convention, contained ! . , . . , i - - a f.-l.. in ! lie .xorwi i at on man 01 ouiv iS'.U".: Collector F. M. Simmons came forward, lie said he was a Federal 'office holder, but. above that, he was a Democrat, a North Carolinian and an Anglo-Saxon, (applause) and was in favor of free silver 1 to 1 . (Applause)" lv f .re London or John !'i!l had exis tence, (iod Almighty had placed the 'two 1110'iev metals in the bowels of the earth in about the proportion of I lb to 1. He denounced the war ! :vainst silver as a war against the j masses and humanity. At the bottjm of the nuestion lav the storm centre: the question. Which shall rule, the ! man or the dollar? (Applause). The gold standard had in twenty-three : years confiscated one-half of the proiicrt v of this land. (Applause). yr Simmons exhorted the Democrats to continue the tight and to preserve to our children the civilization of our race." (Applause). Mr. Cleveland was at this time vio lently opposed to silver, and every Democrat in the land knew it, and Mr. Simmons and all who heard him (knew that he was speaking in oppo sition to the views and policies of Mr. Cleveland. The writer of the editorial says that lie was present at this convention and that he did not hear Mr. Simmons sav anything in opposition to .Mr. (. leveianu s ponev. if ....... ,., . ... mos 0 ebStCI" S Weekly of Julv 2. l9f. he will find , , - ,. , , - . , ...... ,u... that lie uu near u, aim mai . mai time the utterances of Mr. Simmons ....,.. ,K one of t he most nleas ant incidents of that convention. In - , . , , - , 1 . T 1 .. cosier s eeKiy 01 uiy 196. ap , pears the following I "Among the most pleasant inci ! dents of the convention were the em I phatic declarations of Messrs. U. B. , Glenn and F. M. Simmons that they felt under no obligations to anybody I to hold their silver views in abeyance, ' but thev were determined to be in the (thickest of the tight for the white ; metal." Did the writer know this when he wrote his article, "Turn on the Lifht?" If he did, did not common I ... honestv reouire him to tell it. Ana . 1 A he did not rememoer u, ougu now to apologize? The w I was not, however, satisfied with if he did not remember it, ougnt ne rriter the . I .liv that he had made out against in bis search for ' Mr. SlmmniK nnd light and truth he again begins to examine his "exchanges." He says: ; Mr. Simmons had a discussion with Mr. Marion Butler in Wayne county, j in October. 1 8flt and in an pvtendp.l report of the dehate found in one of j ' - . . - ..... our 'exchanges,' and which he had : prcseryed he is credited with hav - ingsaul: 'I am in favor of bimetallism. I am in favor of putting silver on an equa footing with gold, and if Kng-' gland, (.ermany and other foreign ' countries would agree to it, we could ; nave tree coinage uere ntrui awav, but the time is not ei ripe ior tree silver. If it had been. Cleveland and : the last Congress would have given it ! to you. Ihere was not a Clevelandite in 1 the state who would have found fault 1 with that. Air. Simmons was in no danger of losing his job in uttering j such sentiments. He continued: "My friends, we are all in a good lix if we only knew it. We have got more money todav than any other country except France. Free silver in t do much for you any way, for Colonel 1'ulk said it would only iu- crease the circulation :30 cents a head. "So, in Mr Ir. Simmons' opinion, the j .t ripe for free silver; the j 1 1 me was not eop!( ... Moo. ...X uuV jfol.e eomtnittecs. it: and besides there was not: ivMl's H Por-' k 11 e w much in free silver anyway." i It will be observed that the account of tin; discussion was taken from one of tin! "exchanges" of Webster's Weekly, which he had "preserved." Why does he not give the name of the exchange and let the people know what authority he had for his state- merit? We know he was trvillg to I .1' .1... 1 :..l.. i) 1 1.:.. ii linn oi. me x.igui, am. ins --on .y motive was to see the rirht man elected United Senator because he Why then docs he conceal ;avs so 11s authority. mere can be but one reason, and that is that he dared not let it be seen that lie was using the organ of Uutlcr for the purpose of in juring the influence ami character of the chairman of the Democratic party. W hen the editorial in Webster's Weekly was lirst called to the atten tion of Mr. Simmons, he sent a tele gram to Mr. Webster, editor of Web ster's Weekly, which, with the reply are as fullovvs; September 2-tth, 1 DUO. lion. John U. W-bster, Ituidsville, N. (.'.: I'lenso wire me niv exp"iisc the paper, with date of issue, from whic 1 yuii quote in Webster's Weekly of September 20th alleged debute between Butler and my self. V. M. SIMMON'S. Ueidsvllle, X. C, Septembi r 24, 1900 lion. F. M. Simmons, Ualeigh, X. ('.: The (ioldsboro Caucasian, October 24, 1SU4. J. K. WEBSTER. The Caucasian was then published in (Ioldsboro and then edited by Mar ion Butler, and the utterance credited to Mr. Simmons cannot be found in any other paper. There was a de bate between Butler and Mr. Sim mons in Wayne county, but the ac count of the debate given by Butler and the Caucasion was distorted and untrue. Mr. Simmons did not say what was attributed to him. Butler wrote up an imaginary debate, which he published in his own paper and he falsely puts in the mouth of his opponent, Mr. Simmons, state ments and arguments, which he could easily refute. The falsity of this report, both as to what Mr. Sim mons and Butler said, was fully known and exploited by the Demo crats in that section of the State, at the time of its publication. This disposes of charges made iu the editorial in Webster's Weekly, but if the editor thinks that the people like such authority and will accept it, he need not go back as far as 194 or 189(5, because Butler is to dav indulging in the same abuse and mfsrepresenation of Mr. Simmons. Ami. if indeed, any Democrat will examine the Caucasian of September 27, 1900, and compare it with Web ster's weekly of September 20, 190 ), he will find that there is much simil- iaritv iu their method of discussing Mr. Simmons and his achievements, j Mr. Butler simply goes a little further j and, in addition to using his news- . paper, he devotes the most of his time j to the abuse of Mr. Simmons in the speeches which he is delivering at his indignation meetings. We quote from the News and Obscrrcr of Sept. 2:5, 1900. "Butler Delights Cuffy." (Special to News and Observer). "Dunu, X. C, Sept. 22. Marion Butler spoke here today to about .So1) Populists, mostly from Sampson county. His speech was principally denunciation of Chairmann Simmons. Quite a number of negroes were present, and they and their Populist allies seerued to enjov Butler's ex pletives hugely." The abuse of Mr. Simmons by But ler is delightful to Cuffy. Can it be that Democrats will also take pleas ure in it? We do not believe it. If the editor of Webster's Weekly has -doubted the fidelity of Mr. Simmons to the principles of his party, why is it that he has remained silent during all the years that he has sat with him as a me'mber of the State Committee in the councils of the party? The attention of Mr. James H. Pou has been called to that portion of the article above referred to in Webster's Weekly concerning the Stevens Anti Trust "Bill, and he makes the follow ing signed statement thereto: "Mv connection with the Stevens Anti-Trust Bill, was as follows: "When the bill was before the House judiciary committee, I was be fore the committee on another matter and heard it read. I thought it so far reaching that probably cotton mills, selling their products through an agencv, would be embraced within its inhibition. I suggested this dan ger to the committee and to Mr. Stevens. Mr. Stevens said he had no desire to affect the cotton mill busi ness, and hej;eadily consented to an amendment excluding them from the operation of his bill. "I made this suggestion to the committee voluntarily, aud not as at torney for anv one. No one ever a a.eil m. t Q do it. I received no fee, ,hou-ht of a fee. This was mv :,.nt;rrt p,,f,ii,, with tl1P P.;'! in tl.A loU5e. 1 hai no objection to it what- - 1 . . . 1 . . .. . I' - f V nn iif S I ' I ( ' . I 1 I I l I' V I'llS After the bill reached the" Senate Mr. Wf,., ,..,.., ;in,r the wholesale grocers, told me . that the ,jU1 would injure the grocers, ,lfif.nlli .,,.. mio.ht be hfdd to b nls o a trust when thev handled 0(ls ma,,e , lrust, and if thev old thesc Jods on a creJitf theV ,;.,i,t ( 1... .,1.1,. ,.ii,. IU1 ' Ul li'L Js il'IV V V.7 V.1V. Vl -while , f..,ir.i .1. t.l of th brll 1,,. .i.,w.i. n,:. 1,1 u. ,.;tt.. ;;,;n,T.iu, ,.,t t-,, l.i cri-.il frtt"rt -i. ..1 noiir.,i ,1.,, nttn,,t;o of Cr.,n of the Senators to the danger, xnd pro, 1 -n. ,,..,.i nieilt Wils adopted unanimously and it provideil that the bill should have no such effect. Mr. Stevenson paid me a fee for my assistance. Both of these amendments appear in the act. These were the only amendments to the bill which I suggested, and this was my connection with the bill. I did not consult with Mr. Simmons. I lie kucw uoiniiig aouuL n, ami nas ,;a(, no , other f(J . t of this fee, nor of anv 11. 1 tm. lor :uini':iri!Hf le- i.-..: ,...1.. f nr.. v:. :.,i,..,.i ,,,, i... ,.,.....,. ,.i:, .. (i, Ullll.1 I I J I v" - v. 1 1 L 111 tlill 111 It.v. people of the State without abuse, and recognizing that any worthy Democrat is entitled to aspire to the t inted States Senatorship. They say he is a man of high character and great abil ity: that he can render valuable ser- o the Sl'ito in tlo Scnntc- nn,1 v , t :n :u)dition to this, he has ren dered great services to his party. They do not expect Populists and Re publicans and the enemies of the Democratic party to favor his election and it may be understood once for all that he will not be elected to the l.'nited States Senate if the advice of Butler and the Caucasian are to be followed, or by the votes of who accept them as authority. Why did the editor conceal the people that he was quoting t hose from fro m the discredited Caucasian, the organ of Butler, if he was not trying to de ceivo? Why has he "preserved" this Caucasian since 190, containing a false charge against the Chairman of the party? Does the editor of Web ster's Weekly believe the editor of the Caucasian good authority? Does he accept what he says against a Demo crat? Does he think this estimate of the character and ability and services of the Chairman of our party the true estimate? If not, why docs he quote it? And if he thinks it worthy of be lief why does he not tell the people that he is quoting from it? W. K. ALLEN, (ioldsboro, Sept. 29, 1900. LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE. Talk happiness. The world is sad enmigli Withoi.t your woes. No path is wholly rough; Lo:ik for the places that are smooth and clear, And speak of those to rest the weary ear Of eaith, so hurt by the continuous strain Of human discontent Mid pain. Talk faith. The world is better off with out Your uttered ianorance and morbid doubt. If you have faith in man or God or self. Say so; if not, push back upon the shelf Of silence ali your thoughts till faith shall come, No one will grieve because your lips are dumb. Talk health. The dreary, never-changing tale Of mortal maladies is worn and stale. You cannot charm, or interest, or please, By harping on the minor chord, disease, Say you are well, or all is well with you, And" God shall hear your words and make them true. GREAT WORK OF THE SOUTHERN. The Southern Kailway has handled without charge, Washington to At lanta, relief trains number four and live, organized by the North Ameri can, of Philadelphia. As the num bers indicate, this makes the lifth train the Southern has handled free for the Galveston sufferers. The Greensboro Record s.-ys: "The people are not surprised to hear of this great work by Ihe Southern. It is a charitable work, however, which they have a right to be proud of. The Southern is always to the front. Winsten Journal. Hoax "lie looks like a sage."' Joax "Green?" 1 ill TTbF YTYf&iri&M- I jnT Let your head save yortr hands. M. I f jc- Let Gold Dust do the work for you. V v V" It makes glad the hearts of those $h 'bw who nre not happy unless every thing g XKSV'-x I is clean. Gold Dafet is woman's ,-snV LAy-"::' 1 best friend, dirt's worst enemy. . !ig"f J " HoiisswGrk is hard work wiihou! Gold Dust." All Four Good Men. CARR, JARVIS, WADDELL, SIMMONS, DIS TINGUISHEO CAROLINIANS, In the Race for the United States Sen atorship Merited Tribute Paid to the Worth of Each The Peerless Leader, Hon. F. M.Simmons, Grand in Past Achievements, Possesses Highest Fitness for Future Great Service and Usefulness The State Needs Him Still and Will be True to Its Own Interest by LTectinz Him C. T. Hanccck's Estimate. It is well for our State that all the candidates for United States Senator are men of sterling character and dis tinguished ability. It insures that, let the election at the primaries and its subsequent ratification by the General Assembly go as it may, this important and most exalted legisla tive position will ere long be tilled by one of our State's foremost sons, one who will rank as the peer of the purest and ablest statesman now in that honorable body, and stand as a worth' successor to our immortal Vance and the other noble Carolinians who, in the past have not only honor ed our State in being selected from among her many other gifted citizens for this place of eminence, but who in their turn have shed undying patriot ism, as displayed not only in minor matters but upon the profoundest a I questions of government policy at home and abroad. Four grand men are conspicuous in the public mind at this time as candi dates for this place, viz: Gen. J. S. Carr, ex-Senator T. J. Jarvis, Col. A. M. Waddell and Hon. F. M. Simmons. What North Carolinian would net be proud to vote for either or all of them for any position within the gift of either the State or Nation? ihere is General Carr. His phe nomenally successful business career and munificent m philanthropy are known far beyond the confines of North Carolina. He is admired and loved throughout its length and breadth. Senator Jarvis has served the State faithfully amid the carnage of war and in the happier times of peace. He bears in his wounded arm a silent but eloquent testimonial of his heroism, and his enviable record in the guber natorial chair, in the Senate of the United States and as minister to Brazil is proof enough that whatever interests are committed to his hands will be guarded well. Thirdly, there is Colonel Waddell, who has a long record of Congressional experience and faithful service. He is a worthy descendant tX a Revolu tionary hero and leader, and is a true, typical Southern gentleman, modest, but capable and chivalrous. He is not a man to thrust himself forward, but he is one to whom men instinc tively turn in an emergency which calls for a trusted leader. His power ful self-control exhibits a rare combi nation of the opposite question of caution and combativeness. Patient ly enduring-wrongs till the proper moment of action .arrives, he then moves with stern determination, and with the resistless force of an ava lance, that sweeps all opposition cap able of being overcome before it. His matchless leadership in the Wilming ton municipal revolution two years ago is known throughout the Union. How much that event has contributed to the quieter order of things at home, and to the growth of the healthier sentiment in all parts of the country towards getting back to a complete placing of all powers of government in the hands of the one capable, superior race, alone is prob ably not half appreciated. And now we come to Hon. F. M. Simmons, a man unqiialiliedly of the pepple and for the people, a man who is with the people in all that makes for their highest and most permanent welfare. He was born anil reared on a Jones county plantation; his father still farms there. His manhood resi dence has been in town. Thus he is closely identified with all classes of our people and familiar with the needs and aspirations of each. To his early active life amid invigorating country surroundings is no doubt tine much of the soundness of his constitution, from which arises that vigor of body and mind, and capability of long en durance, which has enabled him in his chosen profession, the law, to forge his way to the front as a master i spirit in everything which he under- takes. A few years ago, owing to a split in the negro party iu his district over the unsolved problem of "who am de reg'ler nominee?" Mr. Simmons was elected to Congress. In his brief term of two years he made a record of which any man might well be proud, and in addition to the active part he took in all matters of general legisla tion, he secured appropriations for the district amounting to nearly $200,000, embracing a 20.00.iuacad" amized road, a $75,000 public build ing, and a revenue cutter costing about the same amount, for service in North Carolina waters. Besides. these he had other appropriations pending, which he would doubtless have se cured could he have been returned, but which by his not returning. were lost to the towns which would have been benefited. Where can vou find another who, against such odds and in so short a time, accomplish so much? Iu his old home his merit is so well appreciated that at its last regular meeting held Tuesday, Sep tember 25th, the Bryan and Stevenson clubof New Bern was enthusiastically and unanimously changed into a Bryan, Stevenson and Simmons club. Mr. Simmons1 admirable chairman ship in three remarkably successful campaigns needs no mention. Two of them were of such recent occur rence that his incomparable leader ship is familiar to all. But to give these splendid achievements their due weight of importance it must be re membered that in at least two of them he accepted the responsibility and entered ujhmi the work when success seemed well nigh hopeless. But by his remarkable foresight, he not only eouducted all three campaigns to a successful issue, but he won each one gloriously, won so overwhelmingly as to make the defeat a crushing one to the opposition, so crushing as to throw consternation and dismay into their ranks, ami to put the prospect for permanent good government in this State on a surer foundation than it has been before in this generation. But, though Mr. Simmons1 efforts have resulted in so much good, there is still need; and urgent need, for his services, in a higher, more important position. For, with all that we have done, we have only "scotched" the snake,' not killed it. With a.l that we could do as a State, we could only disfranchise a portion of the negroes, and could disfranchise that portion only tem porarily, that is, until they can learn to read and write, which under pres ent conditions only staves off the evil for a time, and how short that time may be the future alone will reveal. And be not deceived into getting off your guard. The conflict is not over. Even this incomplete, temporary re spite is begrudged us by the vindic tive leaders of Republicanism. Do you say there is no danger of the amendment being attacked? It has already been attacked. One has only to read their National platform upon which McKinley and Roosevelt are running and see how it denounces as "revolutionary" the suffrage amend ment of this and other States to see that this is so. Having noted the language of their platform, to say nothing of their newspajK-r and other utterances, can any one doubt their disposition to remand us to the hor rors from which we are escaping if they can get it into their power to do so, even though it should take more tinkering with the Federal Constitu tion to accomplish their purpose? And though we feel quite confident of maintaining our advantage, and quite hopeful in the present cam paign of electing Bryan and obtaining a majority in the House, if not im mediately in the Senate, it behooves us to be on our guard and to put for ward as our champion in the Senate the man best qualified to there con tinue the light for our cause, one who will not simply try to hold what we have got, but who will, if pos sible, carry the victory to still grainier heights. And when yon look for that man. who looms up before the public mind as nobiy as Hon. F. M. Simmons? Who has studied these problems as he has? Who, by the familiarity with them he has obtained through conducting the white supremacy cam paigns, is so capable of doing valua ble and effective service along these line. as he is.' The guarding of our Constitutional amendment from interference on all sides is to us the most important question with which we as North Car olinions, are confronted, not because it is more important to the whole country than several strictly National ' issues, but because it moro deeply concerns us, and because the danger, yet awhile, of attack on it is more imminent than it will be later on, aud i the result to us more direct and dis astrous if an attack on it on any side : should be successful. Again, let it be borne in mind that it behooves us not to rest on our oars at this time content with what we have accomplished. We should not be satisfied to simply stand on the 'defensive. The time is'ripe foi further action. We have acted through the State; we should now act through the general government. The repeal of the XV amendment to the Federal Constitution will make it so that each State can deal with suffrage ques tions exactly as it sees tit, with no outside power to interfere in the slightest degree. We can then pass direct laws to accomplish what we want in either partially or wholly denying the inferior races access to the ballot box, without any round about methods and temporary ex pedients whatever. Nothing short of the repeal of this amendment will ever settle this question completely and satisfactorily. A serious move ment for its repeal is already on foot. A resolution to that effect has beeu introduced and strongly presented by the talented Alabama Congressman, Hon. O. W. Underwood, and he will lind no better co-laborer iu this work than Hon. F. M. Simmons, if he goes to the Senate. That Mr. Simmons is one of the ablest men in causing hurtful meas ures to go down in defeat and iu guid ing helpful ones to a successful eon summation, cannot be doubted. He is a man of strong convietions, great power and ceaseless efforts. Natur ally gifted to take broad and correct views of great questions, he still does not, like many others naturally gifted to a large degree, rely chiefly upon the insight which his inherited ability gives, but he carefully prepares him self at every point, and then, doubly convinced on every side of the cor rectness of his position, he would, if necessary, unflinchingly and con vincingly face the world in its behalf, and accomplish everything that any individual man could accomplish. The needed information and ex perience along the special line spoken of which he has acquired in his com petent management of the recent white supremacy campaigns in North Carolina has already prepared him, as few ,111611 are ever prepared, for still higher achievements. He, even now, has arguments of every kind, both legal and moral, at his tongue's end, with which to still further defend and advance this movement, and the courage to use these arguments any where and against anyone. With questions of such moment to us as these before the country, and with such fitness, both natural and cultivated, as Mr. Simmons possesses for dealing with them aside from every consideration of personal pre ference and aside from questions of reward for party or public service, he is pre-eminently the man for these times and the man for that place. lie ought to receive at the hands of the Democratic voters as nattering a majority as he has succeeded in piling up for the whole Democratic ticket in every campaign he has ever conduct ed. He is the horse that pulled the plow. "The horse that pulls the plow should eat the fodder." But, beyond and above this (without one word of detraction of anyone else) Mr. Simmons is the man judgiug from the past from whom the whole State and the whole South will receive the greatest benefits in the Senatorial halls, and this alone at such a time as this should be enough to insure his almost unanimous election, regardless of everything else. C. T. HANCOCK. New Bern, N. C, September 28, 1 ). CURES BLOOD POI80N. Scrofula, Ulcers, Old Sores, Bone Pains Trial Treatment ".Free. Fir!, Hecond or third staKes ponitively cured by tnkiior B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm). Blood I'.alui killn or destroy the Syphilitic Poinon in the Bloodund exwlH it from the Kysbfm, making (wrfect cure. Have .you nor throat, pimples, copper colored potn, old f-triig' eating soren, ulcer. HwellinH. wrofula, itching skin, lichen and pain in bone or joint, sore mouth, or falling hub? 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