The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-12-24

correspondent writes to the wilmington
Messenger. The sickening slush evokes
from the able editor of that paper the
following:
Our friend suggests that of all men
EX-GOVERNOR THOMAS j. JARVIS is the
man. Our readers know how earnestly
Cbut they do not know how unselfshly >
we urged that able, faithful and most
useful democrat for the democratic chair
manship. But it was "love's labor lost
We are not in favor with those who
named the man. He is indeed a very
knowing fellow, who can affirm with
confidence that the democrats would not
have had a majority 10 the state If Gov.
ERNoR JARVIS had been at the helm. de
might not have had any more speakers
In the towns, and no more beating OF
tom-tsms and blowing Of brass bands,
but he would have put his rarely gifted
organizing brain at work, n IN that
way a different result would have been
reached perhaps. We suppose more
than 10000 voters stayed away from
the polls.
There is such a thing in life as deceDcy,
and there is such a thing in life as hon-
esty, and the man who is honest with
himself and with those for whom he pro
fesses friendship will never in this world
be accused of hypocricy.
Ex-GovERNoR JARVIS, in the vernacu-
lar Of the day, may be "hell Of a fellow"
But if what Col. J. r. WEBSTER said of
JARVIS be true-and JARVIS has never
intimated that it was not true-then this
man JARVIS becomes a most lOathsome
man.
Ia November, 1890, at the laying OF the
corner stone of Trinity college, this man
JARVIS, after praising Mr.. WASHINGTON
DUKE, said that the buildings for which
Mr.. DUKE had given $50 600, were to be
built of brick and granite, and were to be
as enduring and lasting almost as long as
Time itself; that countless generations
would occupy them and that Mr.. DUKE
had put in motion influences which would
grow and bear rich fruit long after the
buildings had crumbled to dust. The
hand of Time" continued this ex-gover
nor, would, however, tear them down,
but the good work done in them would
live until the end"
While this ex governor said this in No
vember, 1890, in February, 1891, just
about three months afterwards, with
brazen and brutal i~mpudence (f WEE
sTER is to be believed), he said that
Trinity college would never be favored
by GOD ALMIGHTY, because Mr.. WASH
INGTON DUKE, Who had given $50, 600 to
it, got his money dishonesty because lie
belonged tC q gigantic trust.
1t was said at the time that this man
JARVIS delivered his talk in Durham that
his wife had written the elaborate ad
dress. Those present at the laying Of
the cornerstone know that JARVIS read
the speech and that the manuscript of it
looked like it was written in the femi
nine gender.
For the Wilmington Messenger to say
that if GOVERNOR JARVIS had been chair
man of the democratic state central COM
mittee he would have accomplished more
than CHAIRMAN SIMMONS, is all moon
shine on a shovel.
JARVIS may have a great deal Of "politi-
cal sagacity,' but pray tell US where was
there ever candor III a politician or non
e'ty in a government contractor? The
Messenger says:
We say frankly tina! among living
politicians in North Carolina We believe
GOVERNOR JARVIS to be foremost for
practical judgment, saving common sense
and political sagacity. He would I'M
q~uestionabiy be a very safe adviser of
of the president and an efficient officer
in charge of a portfolio. What an ad-
mirable secretary of the interior he
wovld make! There are other cabinet
places he could fill with ability and salts
faction TO all. There is no doubt OF this
IN our opinion. He is a great political
~canvssser, and in the last as in every
other presidential campaign beginning
with 1872, we think he has been very
efficient and useful. If be is named by
President CLEVELAND for u cabinet
appointment The Messenger will be
gratiied that North Carolina has been
so honored.
What" shrieks DR.. kINGsBURY, IAN