Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-08-30
WooDARD FOR CONGRESS,

CO1lN ven GIOH VI Tic SeCOuu dlS-
trict, in session atRocky Mount on
Wednesday, were true to the pre-
cedents of the party and true to
the merits of a tried, true, able
and faithful public servant in the
overwhelming denomination of
Hon. F. A. Woodland, of Wilson,
the present incumbent. as the
standard bearec of Democracy in
the coming contest in this
district, which will be oneI
of the most actively waged in all
the history of political contests
in North Carolina
So effective has Mr.. Woodard's S
work been in Congress for the
success of Democratic measures,
and so efficient has been his coun
sells in the futherance of all
Democratic policies, that the Re-
publicans have conceded that he
has developed into one of the
strongest and most intrepid Rep
resentatives the Democracy of
the nation has in the halls
of Congress. For this reason
the Republican National Execu-
tive Committee, as soon as it was
definitely decided, some days ago,
prior to the convention, that Mr..
Woodland would be renominated,
sent the secretary of their com
mittee, Mr.. J. W. Groves, of
Washington, D. c., down here to
this district, an unusual pro
ceedure on their part, to counsel
with the leading Republicans
and Populists of the district, for
the purpose of adopting some
scheme of '.co-ope,ution' whereby
the two contesting Republican
negro candidates, Cheatham and
White, can be taken down and
a white mana cooperation
candidate-be put in the field to
run against Mr.. Woodard. To
this end Mr.. Groves was in
Goldsboro Wednesday and We'd
nesday night. in joint consulta-
ton with Maj. q. L. Grant and
Mr.. Man ion Butler, with the
negro contestant George HI.
White on the outskirts wait
ing to hear the result, and
Mr.. J, f. Dobson, chairman
of the Republican county execu-
tive committee, bobbing back
and forth, like a shuttle in the
loom. What spectacle! To
these depths has Marion Butler
descended at last!-a verita-
BILE slough of despond" And
the vital question of the hour is,
will the white men-the old
original Democrats, who have
wandered off from their pristine
allegiance into this new Populis-
tic party, follow Marion Butler
into such an ''unholy alliance .:
) / They talk of an ''unpurchasable
ballot" and of "a campaign free
from money Influences, and yet
the visit of secretary Groves OF
the Republican national Execu
tive Committee to this district is
for the purpose of buying off the
negro candidates, Cheatham ano
White, and putting up ''co-op
, eration' candidate in their stead
r How any white man profess
r ing, as Marion Butler does, te
: stand upon the principles o
"Jeffersonian Democracy" Cal
, hold deliberative conference:
5 with Maj. Grant for mutual sue
cess in defeating the Democratic
party of the State, in the face o
the recently published odiou
), circular letter" of the latter
is marvellous indeed, aud show
with 'sickening sensation to wha
depths Of political degradation /;
q man of wavering political fealty
0 and of over-vaulting ambition 70
: office will descend.
We speak advisedly when W
say political degradation, becaus
q we have no charge to MAX
e against Mr.. Buffers personal in
a tegrity, and, therefore, what W
T write we desire to be construe
strictly in reference to his polit
: cal career, his secret and fire.
: quent conferences with the blacl
J est Republicans in the State an
l the direst enemies Of Democracy
which cannot mean other tha
e that his sympathies are er
e listed for the success of the Rt
publican party rather than thu
of the Democratic party in tt
!; State, in this Congressional di
/ trict and in the county. It, ther,
IS fore, behooves the Democracy
the county, the district and tt
= State-it behooves every ma
= who prefers the success of Ii
noo..n4;n nathan 4hnr H. ID,