The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

lief and position on the questions
which are now presented to the Vo
tiers of the land for their decisiOn?'
DUPLICITY AND CRANKS.
In a recent issue of the Republican,
Editor Goslin having forgotten aP-
parentIy his indirection in printing
Republican articles signed "Demo-
crat," printed another communica-
ton signed Democrat This ''Dem-
ocrat" was not Charley Reynolds Of
Walkertown, or Charley Reynolds OF
South Fork; neither was it Charley
Reynolds of kernersville. 1t was a
Democrat of Pfafftown, and his
name was either Virgil Wilson,
defeated Weaverite and the cham
pion crank of Forsyth county, or Mr..
Transou, his co financier, fellow
patriot and co mourner in the politi-
cal degradation of modern times.
1t is not our purpose generally to
take notice Of articles written by
cranks, or by persons whose brains
are not in their heads. However, In
regard to this Pfafftown Democrat"
we will say a few words. We will
saw that his lack of Democracy as
well as his lack of common decency is
shown by such language as this:
"Who is this Cleveland, late sheriff
and common hangman, the one
overshadowing feature of whose
personality is paunch, possessed In
common by the OK and the ass &c.
We feel obliged to asked the reader
to excuse US for quoting language so
low, SO vulgar and disrespectful of
the chosen President of the United
States. We quote it merely to show
the falsity of the signature ''Demo-
| GRAFT" and the swimish nature that
prompts the user of such language.
1t is true that gentleman in Win
ston contributed an article when
these depressed times first showed
| their force. 1t is untrue that we
''trotted OUT anybody to discuss
| financial affairs. Virgil Wilson,
whose rating in Crankdom is double
A L., desired to answer it and wrote
to the editor. "B,' the writer OF
| the article in question, was out OF
| town, and we wrote Wilson to that
effect, stating in substance also, as
we remember, that we didn't propose
| to draw a man into controversy
without his consent. This we think
was fair and reasonable.
When "B'' returned, the matter
| was called to his attention. He said
he was busy in important matters
and besides, as Virgil Wilson was a
crank, he didn't want to waste
words with him. The first part OF
this reply was communicated to
| Wilson; the other reason was omit
| ted to save Wilson's feelings.
We don't propose to argue with
these Pfafftown sages. We would
rather quote Benjamin Harrison
than Editor Gosling, John Sherman
| than Virgil Wilson, Grover Cleveland
than Mr.. Transou. If we wish to
quote silver views we go TO Senator
Daniels, Senator Stewart (who by
the way makes his mortgages pay
able to him in gold. as the records
| show, Senator Jones, the silver
| mine owner, Congressman Bryan or
| some other able man. The SENTINEL
| has said in fairness that it would re-
I produce what it saw to be strong
| in statement and in reason" on the
side opposed to our own. But we
| will draw such opinions from people
of intelligence and culGure, and not
from the blue-ribbcned cranks oil
| Pfaftcwn.
The Republicans editor in it's last
] issue tries to defend himself for re-
/ fusing to sign petition to Congress
on the financial question, after it
lad been signed by nearly every per-
son to when it was presented The
bulk of his argument is that "ye
have been here longer than yop
have" We acknowledge it's truth.
But we will assert that we have been
here long enough to know the con-
tempt in which Editor Goslin is held
even by many OF his own party; we
know that he asserted it to be a
matter of general knowledge that
| immediately after the murder OF
Ellen Smith, Peter DeGraff fed the
county and had not been seen for
months; we know that he asserted
that Judge Gresham would vote fos
Harrison; we know that he swore on
the witness stand that he didn't
know the politics of Charley Reyn-
olds; we know that he has printed
communications signed Democrat
when he knew they were written by a
Republican. We know this much OF