Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-03-20
WHAT IS UNDEMOCRATIC?
MIR. GEO. Q. EsOwEI.I. AND THE
GwYN PETITION.

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A strong Letter From the stand.
point Ofthe writer-esome Ques-
iiOns for tine ObJectors to the
Gwyn Petition TO Answer.
EDITOR THE CITIZEN; "A few objectors
are trying to create a feeling that unfair
methods we're resorted to by signers Of
the Gwyn petition and also criticising
my connection with said petition. l do
not feel called upon to defend myself in
this connection and would not take IN
so much of your valuable space but for
the fact that certain false statements
have been made by ti,ese aforesaid objec-
tors, claiming that i had used my posi-
ton az chairmen of the democratic e1ecu-
tive committee in the interest of the ticket
that | endorse.
Before calling meeting of the execu-
tive committee consulted Mr.. Blanton
and several Of his friends as to which
they preferred, convention or primary.
Mr.. Blanton informed me that he favored
primary and at the meeting of the
committee a call was made drawn
after the suggestion of one OF Mr..
Blanton's warmest supporters whose
name | can give il necessary. While
majority of the committee are
opposed to Mr.. Blanton they have
adopted the plans for the primary sug-
gested by Mr.. Blanton's friends and
any charges of unfairness to Mr.. B. by
this committee are absolutely false, the
call having been made wholly with a
view OF giving every democratic voter in
Asheville fair chance to give expression
as to his preferences for men to fill the
municipal Offices Of the city.
Going back to the question of the
Gwyn petition, take it that every
honest man in Asheville will admit
that a man does not forfeit his
citizenship by becoming mem.
Der Of democratic executive committee
Creditlng myself with this privilege,
have az free Ameaican citizen seen
proper to advocate the names of certain
gentlemen to he voted for at the coming
primary, and am proud to say that
claim some of the credit orgetting before
the voters the Gwyn ticket, being one
OF the petitioners thereto. | am not
ashamed of the ticket; am not ashamed
OF having carried around one of the DC.
tltions and having numbers of the best
citizens ol the town voluntarily endorse
it.
The names of the gentlemen were presen.
ted for endorsement after canvass for
several weeks by number OF men who
felt an interest in the matter, and who
upon comparing notes and making
general average based upon ex.
pressions from all classes of our voters
decided that the names presented were
the choice Of a very large proportion Of
| the democratic voters and their subse
quent endorsement fully proves the wis.
dom OF their decision and shows that
they were only carrying out the formerly
expressed wishes of large body of our
voters. And yet some people say this
is undemocratic and unfair. Is it unfair
and undemocratic for man to say that
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