The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-05-11
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The editorial page of THE GLOBE is
necessarily short to-day. We had to
hire a special train and go to Raleigh, be-
cause COLONEL JERNIGAN put out some
foul and base aspersions concerning
some persons who were nameless, but
whom we believed to be Col. j.. S. CARR,
our fellow townsman. COLONEL JERNI-
GAN said
1t appears now as if all kinds Of or.
gans were e~ndeavoring to defeat the
nomination of GOVERNOR HOLT. There
is the third party organ, the indepen-
dent organ, and the personal organ IN
the west, all combined, happy in the
| consciousness of an immensely increased
circulation, even though it may prove
ephemeral. But the true democracy, the
true alliancemen, are standing solid, with
shoulder to shoulder, for the first far
mer who has been governor of this state
in forty years, and they will not lie
him to be driven from the office which
he has honored by his integrity and made
useful by his ability for any man who
can't tell a. cotton stalk from a corn
stalk or whether corn should be sown
broadcast or planted in hills. They
will see that the man who has made a
living on his farm by attending to his
business is the man to trust with the
business affairs of the state.
Now there is nothing in this wide, wide
world like correct history. We often
travel miles and miles to see that history
is kept straight. If it is not kept straight
it will get wabbly, and is not as good as
it should be.
Arriving at Raleigh a few minutes after
we started from Durham, and settling
with Col. A. B. ANDREWS for the work
his s%oulless ald greedy farmers alliance
corporation had done, we sought COLONEL
JERNIGAN.
Us this Mr. JERNIGAN ~ we asked.
mo sir, | am FARMER JERNIGAN," he
replied.
"Do you bale hay or do you feed yams:"
"Well, when | feed jackasses," he re-
sponded, II use yams, but | understand
that you raise your own yams."
We took his paster and cutter which
he had bought of FARMER JOE DANIELS
and Heaved it at him
"But FARMER JERNIGAN," we sternly
and pathetically said, chow do you know
that GOVERNOR HOLT knows more about
farming than COLONEL CARR, or COLONEL
FAIRBRoTHER, or COLONEL POLK, or any
other man, and don't you forget it"
II know that what l write is true" he
replied.
But" we fiercely insisted, do you not
know that most any man can tell the
difference between a cotton gin and Hol-
land gin? Don'tyou know that corn and
cotton do not look alike-and don't you
know that when a farmer wants legal ad-
vice he goes to a lawyer? Don't you
know that business men do business and
that the executive chair-the real head Of
a great state-should be filled by a man
who is a business man from the shoulder
and not a farmer? Is EX PRESIDENT
CLEVELAND farmer? Is he not a shrewd
and capable business man? Did he SOW
any oyster plants to raise oysters when
he was presidents Did the people expect
him to plant horse radish and get up be
fore a cabinet meeting and curry it? Did
he nave to go out in the white house yard
and hoe his yams? We run a yam farm,
and look at US, and say to your readers
what a sorry governor We would make.
If HOLT is the first farmer we nave had
as governor for forty years-why are not
the farmers Of the state satisfied ? Why,
if all they want is a farmer for governor,
do they refuse to endorse HOLT, and why
is democracy trembling in fear of a third
party ticket? Do a governors q~ualifi-
cations require that he knows what a
stalk of corn looks like? What has he
rot To do will cOrD Oyb0w , Is there q
farm connected with the executive man
sion? If the governor is to do the farm
Ing for the state, what are those now en-
gagged in farming going TO do: Is it Gus
tomary for governors to get up at 3
o'clock in the morning and grease their
boots and curry the geese? Are you a
farmer