The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-01-06
A. ID. JONES FOR SPEAKER.
(Cor. STATE CHRONICLE.)

Inc air is thick with the usual gabbie |
about THE ''ExPERIENCE' essential to
make good Speaker, how many ses-
slons the candidate ought to have served
how long it takes to learn the rules of
the House what section Of the State the
Speaker ought to call his home, whether
war record would be of advantage to
presiding officer. While little men are
wasting ~ their time discussing these
| little questions, the incidental and per-
haps INTENDED effect of it all is to obscure
the real question at issue in the selection
of Speaker. Every we'll informed per
son knows that either Of the intelligent
gentlemen mentioned would make credi-
table Speakers. Everybody, except tie
uninitiated victims Of such arguments
knows that they are not the real moving
motive of any can!ida'es friends. Tn
less this legislature is the BEST material
that ever assembled tIteIe will, Of course,
be certain per cent Small | hope) who
will be caught with such claff. This
stuff is the constitutional diet OF
"Smooth bore" men.
Some years ago a little fellow
from some where said he would
not vote for Raleigh man for any
thing, although he was then can
didate for an Office which would make
him Raleigh man for several years.
He was demagogue-plying his trade
, of arousing the local prejudices Of men
who had never been away from home,
) and appealing to the small, selfish love
of p,an Who ,vora of1 1..-5y
! the whole State.
. But while small men sometimes fee
: such preiudices and can oe worked by
9 them like q pump handle, the man who
: works them rarely does, and secretly
: dispises them for being so simple. Some
$ years ago, when the question # rail
road commission had been considerably
discussed, the railroads We're secretly &C
cused Of having several candidates III the
field, standing in various degrees
of opposition and modified OF
{ position to such commission, bor-
:: usring almost on advocacy. But il
the selection Of Speaker you hardy
heard the real issue mentioned. Mel
/ gathered in small knots in the corridor:
Is Of the Marlborough House and spoh'
d earnestly Of what sort OF a l1al we ousA
n 10 have. Ia low whispers II was con
+. fdentiy urged that ne must b3 q goo;
). man., g 2oi Democcal,' 5 nan %
n experience" The real questions If via
se interest to the people were observed b
II such glittering generalities, and Who L Jh
" birth pangs were past and the baby name
t. it was found thas while he was a 1900
TO Democrat" and one Of 'experieuce,
10 with sufficient knowledge Of the rules t
ce conduct the business in a creditable man
ed ner, he was not anxious for rallroa
he commission, and it could not be show
t with certainty that he used his appoln
IS ing power to secure such an enc
)v Of course no commission bi
~ was passed. New life is nc
or engendered in such public low
The obvious tactics Of some oppose
"a to a railroad commission IS first to b
Ill cloud the air with feigned issues an
,re then to secretly throw their we'll organ
at lied strength for man who praises til
or commission, but who ''damns 1t wit
q faint praise" When the Railroad Con
mission is an issue no man IS much
3 favor of it who puts candidacy upO
Oh glittering generalities, the long usu
,ek drag-net Of the compromise ma,
81 If interest ia the affairs of the Stat
he parliamentary experience, conspicuo'
Tvs political ability and ,,agacity are to
nd taken as the criterion Of fitness, then
M nominate A. D. Jones, of Wake, count
nd knowledge of the particular needs
the people at this time, and the fearle
asst advocacy Oh 1'le s1ulnp u .loii i1l'oio =
ing ana cnanlplonihs tIleii uenl"uu ~
81 railroad coulihlsSloh W oe lna01 'ho '0@
then again I nominate A. D. Jones
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