Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-03-29

writing and publishing a circular
in which he urged the election of
the Republican ticket in 1868,
had appointed his only son to an
important consulate in Europe,
and were prepared to learn that
the young graduate took kindly to
the idea Of seeing and hearing
something of titled nobility, for as
aociatioI with whom his lordly
manners and tastes SO we'll fitted
him.
He had pass7d out of the kno ""
ledge, as vel! as the lives, Of his
plain ncighbors tor a few years,
when be reappeared in his native
State as a young lawyer of great
promise, or, rather, be was rePuted
{ o be such in the up-country. Mr..
Parsons first venture in the poll
teal line was when be declared
himself a D,mocrat in 1876 and
sought and obtained the Demo
C attic nomination for the State
Senate in a district composed OF
Srrry, Stokes aud Yadkin coun-
ties. The district was safely Demo
cratic IN the count Of previous and
subs q1ent elec.it ms tor many years
bus somehow these backwoods PEG.
pie had too little confidence IL
M. Pearson's democracy and too
little fancy for his aristocracy, 80
they elected a Republican over
him by a tremendous majority.
This was too great a blow to the
pride of this promising young man,
and he left the unapprecia'ive peo-
pie of the valleys of the Yadkin
and opened a law office 10 St. Louis;
became dissati, fled with that grows
ing city after a yea or two, and,
returning to bis native State; plant
ed his flag on a commanding hill
overlooking tie rising city OF
Ashevi!le, where he erected the
castle that pales only before the
magnifcence Of VaEderbilt's pa
latial home.
10 the memorable contest OF
1884, he was awarded the Demo-
cratic nomination for the House ri
Commons for Buncombe county
and, with Gen tombstone Jones,
repre- ented his people in 1885.
Gen. jones introduced, after con-
sultation with Ell. A, Gudger, Sen.
ator from the same county, a bill
empowering the county commits.
sioners of Buncombe county to
place the wbo'e county under the
ao-fence law, Mr., Pearson tod
lIr. Jones he hoped the law would
pass, but, while he would not open
his mouth against it's passage, be
had promised somebody on some
creek ill the county to vote against
it and he would qnietly do SO. Next
year, when it became apparent that
the law was unpopular, Pearson
FASTENED to parade his record as
its opponent, and when Jones and
Gudger we're Iesnominated de-
clared himself an independent can
dida,e, and by a combination with
the Republicans and the use, it is
said, Of eleven thousand dollars 10
money, managed to EJECT himself
with a Radical associate in the
House and a Colleague of the same
Xix in the Senate. This will be re-
collected asthe celebrated Iudepen-
dent House, the only one since 1870
hat has elected any Republican Of
fcers connected with its own or,
ganization.
Since 1887 The course of this
embryo statesman has seen a study
for the curious among his acquain.
tances of both parties and doubt.
less be has turned his head rest.
lessly on his pillow many a weary
night trying to shape his sails most
ausp;ciously to the breezss be OF.
ened by distant clouds. He was 8
Harrison man in 1888; and in 1896
he visited all the schools and Sun
day schools # the district laying
pipe tol a coalition with the Re,
publicans and a race with the De
m%ocratic nominee. But though
Ewart wouldn't get out of his way
then, our hero concluded to take
another chance in 1892. Whe1
Pitcha d called his convention il
992, Pearson's patience gave wa
Ind he declared and vo'ed fol-
Cleveland.
This year this aetute politician il
not SO easily showed aside as here,
tofore. His first move was to yisi
Butler and Skinner, and it is con
pictured that he made some yer,
extrsvagant promises in order t,
get orders from them for the littl,
squad that backed John Brown i,
1892, to get their drums aud fal
in at his heels, The next piece O
strategy was to remind Mr.. Prit
chard thai be (Pritchard) had al
re ady been selected By the caucn
OF his party in the last Legislator
as the Republican standard>bearer
and he (Pearson) would use all O
bis pow er and Influence to cleo
Republicans and Populiets in al
of the little counties and soma 0
the big ones west of the Yadkin
About this time a ramon wa
tarted that Vance would retir
when the Legislature should meel
and thus an opportunity seeme'
to the hopeful Pritchard to b