The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-02-02
Letter From Stokes.

EDITOR SENTINEL We are glad
to see it stated in your paper that
For-yth will offer a candidate for
Congress in this district at the ap-
proachisg congressi nal convention.
Stokes will have no man to present to
the convention and it is but natural
that she should favor Forsyth man.
Your county was formerly a part of
ours and Stokes rejoices in the pros
perity and success of Forsyth and
feels an interest in her people. We
are furthermore connecte1 by ties of
commercial and business character
which make us entertain for each 9th
er feeling of mutual interest and
fellowship. Your county has nearly
half dozen good men who could
carry the district and who would
represent u with ability and honor.
The present incumbent of that high
office is wholly incompetent and unfit
70. the place. We have known eigh-
teen year old boys that would more
worthily occupy the position. Person
ally, Mr.. Brewer is very clever fell
low, but he possesses none of the ele-
ments of craftsmanship which qualify
man to hold seat in TIE Federal
House Of Representatives His dut
there are merely ornam -ntal rather
beneficial to his constituents. " e
had as well have a dummy in Con
gress for a1ght of good he can do us.
His chief business now seems to be
that of sending out pamphlets and
public documents to the Radical bosses
with the hope of securing his own re-
nomination. Realizing his own in
ABILITY to discuss questions of public
interest and, especially, to conceal the
iniquities of the war tariff, he is at
present engaged in flooding the 9th
district with Shermans illogical and
demagogical reply to Mr.. Cleveland's
message. The mails are also flooded
with seeds which "Brer Browet is
scattering broadcast to the faithful.
He sends none to Democrats. He
acts as if he were the representative
of tie Republicans only. In this the
Democrats think he is right. He is
too little to rise above partisanship
and endeavor TO represent the whole
people of the district The petty
peri FINANCES of the Surry member
are amusing beyond descriptions In
deed, "Brer" Brewer, robed il little
brief authority, is playing such funny
tricks before high heoven, that IFS
enough to make the angels kill them
selves laughing. But forso"ta. his po-
litical days are numbered. Next No
vcmber he will be relegated from the
public stage to the shades of privacy
in Mt. Airy. Under our popular in
stltutons an Incompetent man may now
aid then ride into office by reason of
circuust. noes, but the constitutional
guarantee IF frequent exercise of
the elective franchise is the guillotine
with which we can speedily remove
his political head. The people, in
their majesty and power, will strike
our tyro statesman next fall with
the force of a Texas cyclone and m
pletely play the devil with our Brer
Brewer. And after the election,
when the Forid reporter seeks him
for an interview On the result, he will
not find our Brer johnny eating
"goobers" as before, but will find HIM
wailing and gnashlnr his teeth amid
the ruin of ambitious political air cas-
ties. OF course he will be the party
nominee. He is in a position to force
his denomination. But a ton of Sher-
MANS .harrangues, and D M. Ferry
& Co.'S whole stock of seeds could
not procure his reelection. There is
a suspicion lurking around that some
of the prominent moguls of his party
are sharpening their dasgers to repeat
the perfidy of Brutus but Johnny
merits and will receive a re nomina-
ton. His candidacy, however, will
prove only a stupendeous joke.
The ides OF next November will
find our Brer Johnny with his two
Buckingham apples in his coat tail
pockets, eager for solitude in the
mountains of North Carolina, where
he properly belongs.
Give us good candidate from
Forsyth and victory is assured.
Jan. 81, 1888. Stokes.