The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-10-25
BUTLER N GLENN.
One Loses His Head, the Other Keeps
Cool,

Cool.
The Statesville NeUs, commenting
on the recent joint discussion at States
vile, says:
We very much regret that it becomes
our duty as a chronicler of events TO,
notice the fact that at the joint discus
sion between Messrs. Glenn andf Butler
at this place that many of oVr people
lost control of their passions and for a
time it looked like a bloody row would
follow. The coolest men In the county.
ordinarily, let passion, not reason, con,
troll their actions and a mass of human
beings pressed to- the speakers stand
and friends and Reighbors stood ready
to butcher EACH other. 1t can be truly
said that THE cool head, wise course,
steady nerve, and unwavering courage
OF Mr.: Butler alone saved the people of
lredeR from a scene too horrible to
coptemplate.
I'VE very much regret to hear men
| placing all the responsibility of this
unfortunate affair on the people of
STATE sville. Many of the best people
of the county declare that they viii
not again attend q political gathering
In this city, and it now looks like it
will work to the injury of the city. We
hope u friends will not be hasty in
drawing conclusions and registering
VOWS. Keep cool till reason and not
passion again points out the line to
follow. While we have not a word of
apology to offer for a few men who,
figured in this matter, we are rejoiced'
to be able to say trughfully that the
great body of the people of StatesviIle
do not and did not endorse the action
taken that day.
Men should reason calmly and place
the responsibility where it belongs.
Mr.. Glenn, who is endowed with SUI
perior intellect and powers as speaker.
put In a part of the hour and a half
given him in bracing up and strength
enlDg the weak structure of the Demo
cratic platform. He brought all the
skill and power at his command to &C
complish this, and then adroitly and
ingeniously tried to draw Mr.. Butler
off from the consideration of the plat
form by pitching into Mr.. Butler indi
vidually, hoping the latter would spend
his time In self defense. Mr.. Butler,
however, true to the cause he repre-
sents and knowing that it did not mat
ter what the people might think of him,
knowing that he was not an issue in this
campaign, that he was not a candidate
asking their votes, ignored self and
went to work Coolly and deliberately
and applied solid, cold facts to the rot
ton platform on which Mr.. Glenn and
his followers were trying to stand, and
when thine" was called on him he
had succeeded in knocking out the last
support that held up the weak concern.
Mr.. Glenn vas too Intelligent to attempt
to restore the crumbling mass in the
twenty five minutes to which he was
then entitled, and realizing that it
would not then su~pport~him, a giant
physically as well as intellectually, he
jumped on Mr. Butler with both feet,
shook his fist at him, and without
again even alluding to the issues in,
volved, poured out a torrent of abuse
on the man whe had destroyed his
: idol. He appealed to the passions OF
his hearers, he worked them up to a
frenzy, and when he had finished and
l Mr.. Butler again arose and without ar
allusion to self coolly and deliberately
! went to pouring more of the destruc
tive cold facts on the wreck that be
had previously made, it was just sim
ply more than could be borne under
? the circumstances. Men yelled and
Z howled, they got on the speakers plat
form and just made it impossible fol
Mr.. Butler to proceed. Hundreds o
. men wished to see the work go on ant
: they crowded around the stand an
shouted that Butler should be heard
. Cool heads saw that a fearful TRACED,
z was imminent and went in to pour OF
I on the waters. Mr.. Butler appears
g to be the coolest man on the scene II
waited until the mad wave had passe'
and then proceeded as If nothing hal
happened TO demolish the remains.
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