Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-02-08
Mr. Simmons and the Senator's.

The reader will observe that Mr..
Simmons gives out the text of a
letter which he says he received
from Senator Ransom. Some of our
contemporaries, we regret to see,
land we are sure they will soon re-
greet their action themselvee). haye
made this alleged letter the basis
IF a very serious conditional charge
against Senator Vance. When our
contemporaries have had &C mu ch
experience with Mr.. Simmons and
his methods as the Observer, they
will take for granted the nntruth
OF any statement made by him,
unless corroborated. We propose to
demonstrate that the alleged RAM
som letter must be either an in.
vention. or an incorrect or gafbtd
copy. Thu;
We have ,ndisputable proof
that il, the word of M. Chas. N.
Vance, the Senator's son and sec.
rotary, as above indicated-that
the DISORDERS charges land these,
as the reader will see, concern, Mr..
Simmons's hono:) were filed by
Senator Vance, Or his secretary tor
him, some three weeks ago, with
the subcommittee. Nov, ii Sem
ator Ransom was ABLE to ascertain
from the committee that Republic
CAPS and Populists had filed frivo>
lous charges with the committee,
be would certainly be able, in the
dlligent search Mr.. Simmons re
presents him to have made, to as
certain that Senator Vance had
Fl ed the Observers most importan+
. charges. Therefore it follows that
Senator Ransom would not write q
t letter to Mr.. Simmons, or anyone,
!, whose purport is that of the letter
Mr.Simmons prints as hie.If it were
y NJ. Simmons letter, we would, OF
course, understand that he was
clubbing, Is usual, CD the use of
{ a word, that If, on the d ference
between <'com,nittee," and sub
: committee" But the letter ie
given as Senator Ransom's, and
! Senator Ransom does not bubble.
Again: if the mails didn't mis-
carry as to a portion OILY of the
0 Senators, every Senator (includ-
e ing Senator Ransom) had
$ in bis hands on Tuesday morn.
, ing, January 10th. an advance
i sheet OF the page of the Observer
of January 18th, entitled "Vance
I versus S mmone-The Senate and
} the Federal Appointing Power
This contained the text oil
$ the charges, and the state.
t ment that they had been fled
q Senator Vance was present ut the
Senate that day, and a word OF in.
quiry from Senator Ransom would
have elected the whole story from
him. As everybody who knows
Senator Ransom knows tina,
he would Lot wait until S. ma.
: tor Vance had gone to Florida to
ask him about spch an important
{ North Carolina matter alleged to
have taken place in his (Senatol
Vance't) own committee, il is again
: plain thai Senator Ransom would
mot write such a letter as that i'm.
puted to him.
Besides the foregoing reductio ad
+ d6surdum, there is internal evi.
r dence in the alleged letter itselt
that Senator Ransom would not
write il, #, as Mr.. Simm ms elaine
O Senator Ramon is still his friend
o Thus. Mr.. Simmons q1otes Senate,
Ransom as writing these words
"Sorne charges have been presented
TO the finance Committee to try
and excite Republican prejudice
against you" Then follow the
alleged Hussey, Cook and Wray
charges. Now, if, as is claimed
tor Mr.. Simmons, the d hculty il
that the solid body of Republican
I are thir, ng for his blood, where il
the necessity for Exciting tbeil
t prejudice" any morea If, there
fore, Senator Ransom is MI. Sim
mons friend, he lie teo good a tacti
clan to give Mr.. Simmons cas-.
= a xay, that way.
!, 1t is perhaps lutte. estinp, though
= Of small value, to quite M. SIM
), mons in disproof OF the assertion
in his alleged R.nsom letter tina
there were no charges filed by o.
tor Mr.. Hale. la the r .leigh New.
and Observer of the "a b Of Janu
= airy, Mr.. Summons is reported a
u saying to its reporter these word
II am not aware of any charge
preferred against me by others thai
the Republicans. the Populists
and Mr.. Hale"
u AS to Senator Vance, ~e hav,
not heard that he has Fl ed an,
charges Of his own. No doubt b
~ relies upon his colleagues to stant
up to him against Mr.. Simmons
= taunts and Insults Fay. ueOiU
Observer.
Pardon US, dear reader. for infict
ing this reductio all absurdum upol
you:-Rut bave you read it? Well
.r that thir G is FROM the pen of 9Th
=. greatest living editor in North Caro-
u Iina,-.n the estimation of the ven
: cradle editor of the Wilmington