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VOL. XIV.
BURLINGTON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1900. NO. 12
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SETTLE TO PRITCHARD.
He Warn Prltchard that He Hae TaoK
led Something Dangerous.
Asheville, N. O., No. 14, 1900.
Hon. J. C. Pritchard, Marshall,
N. C.
My "Dear Senator Having, like
yourself, the interest of the Republi
can party at heart, Mational and
State, I trust that you will Dot mis
construe the motives prompting me
to address you this letter.
The results of the November elec
tion speak for themselves, to the in
telligent mind, I understand from
various sources, official and unoffi
cial, that it is the policy of a number
of gentlemen composing the Repub
lican organization of the State,
through you as Senator, to protest
against seating Mr. Simmons when
be presents his credentials as Mr.
Butler's successor. I am opposed
to that policy and hope that you will
not give ear to it. I see no good in
it to the Republican party or to the
State. On what grounds will you
object to his being sworn in and ask
the reference of bis credentials to
the Committee on Privileges and
Elections? The -oase of Roberts
from Utah ia not applicable. You
connot establish anything against
Mr. Simmons, personally . that
would justify -the Senate in refusing
him admission. You would there
fore .have to base yjur case on polit
ical and legal or politico-legal issues,
to-wit: North Carolina had not at
the time of the election ot the mem
bers of the legislature which elected
Mr. Simmons United States Senator
a Republican form of government
guaranteed by the Constitution, and
therefore said legislature, so electeu,
had no power to elect a Senator;
suppose you incceeded in convinc
ing a majority of the Senate that
the contention is sustained by the
law and the facts, what then? Mr.
Aycock would immediately pppoint
Mr. Simmons to fill the, vacancy and
your fight would just have begun.
You would io the language of my
lamented friend, Gen. J. M. Leach,
only have "eutered the vestibule of
attack." Could you continue that
figbt upon the ground chat Aycock,
the Governor, himself elected under
the same law, had no power to ap
point a Senator to fill a vacancy?
Again should you succeed, if the
Uoited States or State Supreme
Court should, upon a contest grow
ing out of any act of the present
legislature, sustain such a decision
of the Senate, "where, oh, where?"
The returns of the November elec
tion as compared with those of the
August election, 6how grait gains by
the Republican party. The August
election and the November election
were held under the same law. It
we had no Republican form of gov
ernment in August we had none in
November. Our laws were the same
in each election. If the credentials
of the members of the legislature
can be investigated and set aside by
the United States Senate upon the
allegation that there existed no re
publican form of government at the
time they were elected to the legis
lature, and tharefore declines to ad
mit the man this legislature has
elected to represent ' i State have
you not gel and the
Republican party in a very awk
ward position? How can you as
sault the credential of every Con
gressman from the State, including
those of Moody and Blackburn, Re
publican members from the eighth
and ninth districts? If the election
of either is under the condition of
the non-existence of a republican
form of government, the same is true
with reference to all our National
ioKresentative8. You cannot main
tain that Moody and Blackburn
were elected under a republican
form of government, and tha't Sim
mons, Kluttz, Kitchin, Small, et al
were elected under a non-republican
form of government I am not Mr,
Simmons' champion. I suppose I
had as much to do with the oppo
sition io bin confirmation as collec
tor of internal revenue as any living
man in the State. My opposition
was political; and as I was then in a
contest for a seat in Congress with
Mr. Williams, and Senator Ransom
was taking sides with Mr. Williams,
I made the fight in behalf of the
Republican partv and to give Sena
tor Rinsom something to attend to
at home.
If this issue is made, how will it
be done? Clearly on the ground ot
the present improperly called "Sim
mons election law," the constitution
al amendment and conditions and
circumstances attending the election
is the answer. You cannot invoke
the Wilmington riot that occurred
un-'era Republican and Populist
law.
The businees interests of the State
as represented by the merchant?,
manufacturers, bankers, railroad
men and all laborers will come to us
if we only give them an available
opportu lity (o do so.
Why, then, not "let the dead past
bury, its dead?'' Act in the living
present, heart within and God o'er
head. Sincerely your triend,
THOMAS SETTLE.
Kissed 300 Babies on the Campaign.
New York Diapttch.
Former Judge Heury M.Goldfogle,
Democratic caadid-Ue for C ingress
in the ninth congressional district,
todav established a new campaign
record.
Goldfogle is a bachelor and hand
some, but mad? little progress . in
vote getting until the veteran cam -paignei,
Timothy. J. 0mybell, gave
him points. Accepting Campbell's
suggestion, Judge G ldfogle made a
tour of the East State, going from
house to bouse and kissing every
baby he found.
A record ws kept., and by actual
count the candidate kissed 3)3 bt -bies
before his tour endi.
Davis sells Furmture in Bur ling-ton.
John Carter and O.iver Mody,
two turpentine mr, nrcame involv
ed in a quarrel at their camp, near
Bartow, Fia., last week, over a
woman to whom both were paying
attention. Titfy agreed to fiht it
out with guns and deliberately
planning for the duel, fired simulta
neously. When the smoke cleared
it was found that 'hs aim of both
men had been true and that both
were killed instantly. OUicers were
sent for, but thr waq no evidence
that that there vere any other par
ties to the affair before or during
the shooting.
There will be a meeting of the
National Civic Federation in Chica
go next month to consider the best
means of adjusting trouble betwt ea
labor nnions id4 employers The
subject of lockouts au.l strikes will
be conidrtred and ibe best methods
adopted to adjust all troubles by arbitration.
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