The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-18

TACKLEDTHE WRONG MAN
BOSS RUTLER'S ORDERS TO H. M
WELLBORN,
The Populist Candidate for Judge
Wellborn's Reply to Butler
Good Reading.

Good Reading.
By permission of Mr.. n. W. Well
born, who was nominated for Judge OF
this district, by the Populists, the
Wi,kesboro Chronicle publishes the
correspondence between Wellborn and
Marion Butler concerning Wellborn's
candidacy. The two letters make
mighty interesting reading. The
Chronicle, in speaking of their candi-
dacy, Gays:
"The careful reader will discover at
moment that the dictatorial position
| which Butler and his committees ar
| rogate to themselves, is thing or I'M
mense REFORM far in advance of any
| of the methods heretofore known In
machine politics. which Butler and
| his cohorts have SO roundly abused
| and condemned.
1.-THE Democratic party. from time
| immemorial, has allowed the people OF
all districts to select their respective
| candidates, and Marion Butler has
| denounced 1T as ring rule What cpl
| thet can possibly be adequate for Ma
rion Buffers method of riding
rough shod over the nominations made
by the people in convention assembled
| and he and his select confusion
| committees debating to the people
| who their candidates shall be. And
to the properly nominated candidates
he sends his omnipotent edict, Ten
der your resignation as Peoples party
candidate to our &C mmittee.
''It is not within the memory of
man wnen such arrogance was display
ed. Butler and some of his 'cOnfus-
ionist' comrades want office and want
it bad and have bargained away their
followers for sake of office, and the
committees have assumed the re-
sponsibility Of making all necessary
diSpOsalS of the human property
which they think they hold In the
hollow of their hands. Can they do it?''
THE TWO LETTERS.
The two letters read as follows
GoLDsBoRo. n. c.. Oct. 3rd 1894.
MR.. III. NJ. WELLBoRS,
Wilkesboro, N. G.
DEAR SIR:-As you know, the Peo-
pies party and the Republican party
in this State are cooperating for a
non-partisan Judiciary. You were at
the State convention and helped them
to put up ticket there for the Su-
preme Court; the same policy will be
pursued with reference to the Superior
HdU UuO CACCOUi Z
Committees of the two parties will
confer together and have but one can
didate for Judge in each district. In
some districts this candidate will be a
Peoples Party man, and in other dis
tricts it will be Republican. The
two committees after fully consider
ing the situation, have decided it is
best to support Starbuck in your dis
trict.
1 trust that you will heartily ap-
prove of our action, and in order that
| there may be no friction, tender your
resignation as Peoples Party candi-
date to your Committee. In other
places the Republican candidates at
| the request of the Republican Com
mittee done what / now ask you to do,
| by authority of the Peoples Party
State Exective Committee.
Yours very truly,
MARION BUTLER,
Ch'm'n p. P. State Com.
wELLBORN's REPLY.
WILKEsBoRo, n. G Oct. 9Th, 1894.
HON. MARION BUTLER,
Ch'm'n Elk. Com. of Peoples Party.
DEAR SIR:-Your letter of Oct. 3rd
| received and would have been an
swered sooner, but for the fact that /
was absent attending court in an ad-
| joining county.
| You state that the Executive Com
| mittee has decided to support Mr..
| Star buck as candidate for Judge
| from this district. Since the Popu-
lists are in favor of free ballot and
a fair count, and l am POpulist
| from crown to sole, am willing for
/ you to support whoever you please
| and will never complain. / want it
distinctly understood, though, that
am a Populist candidate for Judge
| from the 9th Judicial district.
I was a delegate to the State con
veation and thonght then, and still
believe, that the convention wanted
just what it saba non partisan
Judiciary. There are three parties in
the State with good following; are
they all represented on the Judicia
ticket?
After the State convention, the
Peoples Party, acting on the1dea o
cooperation, called their Congression
al and Judicial conventions to meet
here on the 22nd day of August-tht
day before the Republican Congress
sional convention. These conven
tions were regularly called by the re
spective chairmen and the Judicia
convention nominated me for judge
1t was decided by the delegates t.
both conventions to hold a conferenc
and decide what was best to be done
After that conference the Populist
thoroughly understood that they wer
to name the candidate for judge. MI
Starbuck had not then accepted tn
nomination and the Republican Stat
convention did not endorse him.
was understood and believed by tn
convention that he would decline tn
nomination, and that the Republican
would have the candidates for Cor
gress and Solicitor. The decision wa
reached after careful consideration
joint caucus of the delegates to bot
conventions. This Judicial distrit
i being situated in the 8th CongreSsiOT
al district with the exception of tW
counties, had there been any such III
derstanding, Mr.. Linney would ne
have been endorsed for Congress
the Populists, nor would Mr.. Mo-
q have been endorsed. 1t naturally fo
lows, that if am to be ignored, ths
of necessity ignores and nullifies tf
;, action of both conventions, and tt
q PopulistS of this district are under I
obligations to support the ticket.
The action of the committee is,
8 think, without authority and withol
: precedent. The State convention OF
n ly authorized the Executive Commi
tee to fill vacancies; no vacancy b;
vet occurred in this district; the nor
9 nation was properly made; why tht
{ has the committee acted at all
e You ask me to tender my resign
: tion as candidate for Judge! II yC