The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-20
AN OPEN LETTER
70 GOV ELIAS CARR. sYaS .asrr
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DEAR GOVERNOR AND RknTHEk-
When you were nominated for COY
ernor by the AIliance-De
State convention YOU said. ia accent
ing the nomination. that you knrv
how 10 do two things-''vutc th.
Democratic ticket and manage :
L. farm" The statement Was luudl,
arP!auded by the convention. Witt
others. who We're warmly attached I,
y"n, threw up my last summer,
straw hat and hurrahed myself INT,
severe sore-throat. When | got
home and found myself in one of
Brother Grady's reflective mood =
had misgivingS. | said nothing
about 1t. | knew the State com
mlttee had selected Simmons chair
man OF the committee over ynur pro
test | was satisfied you would de
mand clean campaign and Won
knew that was impossible with Sim
mons at the head of the committee.
| knew how the Democrats. who
thought that they had tricked the
Alliance in nominating you. ridiculed
You, pok"d all manner of fun at yuu.
SAID you were an lgnoramus and all
that. heard that Senator Ransom
| had unwlttIngiy said u kiuAmnn OF
yours IN DanVltle that your nomina
ton was the greatest calamity the
State had ever sustained. When the
convention repudiated Tom Huh. .iwho
by every precedent and usage was
entitled To the nomination. and sell
ected you, knew it was not from
any love the Democrats had for Won,
Well, the campaign opened and Sim
mons wet-nurE"d you over the Stat,
with Tom Jarvis as bottle holder.
My ears burn now when ! recall al.
the mean, contemplate things the
Democrats said about you-how they
laughed and leered at your school
boy attempts 10 make Il speech, and
how, getting their cue from Sim
mons, they talked about your pruur-
l"uSneSs in contributing t. the cam
palgn fund and all thar. What Sim
mons said about YOU he said about
almost every prominent Democrat IL
the State who was not ia the Door.
house. He talked scandalousIy about
Tom Hollis 800 contribution to til,
campaign fund. And hc had the
gall to do It, too, after he Simmons
had been largely instrumental in de
featlng his nomination. 1t was said
at the time, in the convention, that
Simmons cast two votes against Holt
one as a delegate from FORSYTH
county and one as a delegate from
Craven county. He had recently
moved to Winston where he had
manipulated II land improvement
company into a hole in the ground. |
Well, you were elected despite every
thing. Democrats like Robbins voted
for you with hands over their noses.
1t was nauaeaus dose, they said. bur
that they would swallow it Just this |
one time. | voted for you, OF course.
but dear Brother Carr let me tell YOU !
frankly Y, | thought that | had voted
IN the air. | didn't know about the |
arrangements between Bill Day. Tom |
Emery and Simmons. Nor did | |
know Of the understanding between !
EaVes acd Simmons. The result was |
great surprise to me, but no sooner
did | realize 1t than | felt as if ! had |
stolen something. | have intended |
to see you and talk this matter over
with you and hear from Your own |
lips that you disapproved of such |
methods. | have looked for some
expression or protest from YOU |
through the newspapers, but I sup
pose Democratic paper would hard |
ly publish anything of the kind If |
YOU wished it. hut this all aside |
from the obieot of my letter. During
the campaign you had but one speech. |
and alter repeating it one hundred
or more times you had the whole |
tariff question at the ends of your
fingers. You evaded the schedules |
and ratios and all that with the skill
of a professional. Gou made it 81 |
PLAIN to the farmer that the tariff |
was responsible for bad crops and |
low prices and the general distres-
in the land. | felt that. at last. the
great economic question which had !
been the subject Of fierce party con |
tentlon since the organization Of our
government was about to he settled |
| felt that the solution Of it had been
found. The only ''if'' in the way
was the election of Grover Cleveland |
and a Democratic Congress. Demo
cratic success, you said, meant relief
Tor the people from unnecessary, un-
Just and iniquitIous taxation. Your
burning words are ringing IN nv
ears as | write this letter. Well. |
Governor, we've got Grover. a Dem
ocratlc House and Democratic
Senate, The Democrats have had
undIsturbed possession of all
branches Of the government since
the 4th Of March. For weeks aud
weeks watched the daily papers ex-
pectlng to see the Presidents procla
nation calling Congress together for
the purpose of giving the farmers
Democratic tariff In place of the Ne
klnnely bill, which | remember YOU
characterized as highway robbery
When l saw in the papers that YOU
were in Washington and at the
White House felt absolutely certain
the extra session would be called at
once. Twas disappointed, chagrined,
dlsgusted- There was considera bic
revolt in my neighborhood among
"A AlIancemen OF the Democratic
faith" and | was doing my best to
quiet It. preached patience urged
my brethren to give Grover a chance,
out when your return from Wash
lngton was not followed by an i'm
mediate extra session it was no good
talking. They have gone horse.
foot and IL