The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-04-18
WHO HIS CHOICE d?
Who Did Vance Want to Sue
ceed Him?
STATESMEN ON MR.. VANCE
They EulOgize Him in Warm, Glow
ing Terms.

lnS ItTMS.
Suggestion That Governor Carr Ap-
point to the Vacancy the Man Whom
Vance Would Have Had to Succeed
Him-The Family Could Tell Governor
Carr, Perhaps.
WASHINGTON, D c., April IA tidal
wave of sorrow swept over North Caro-
lima when the wires from this city carried
the announcement, the night of the 14th,
Vance is dead" l have known and
loved him since early childhood. can
not write of him this morning Let others
voice scme of the praises to which all of
his own people will respond hearty
"amen"
Vice-President Adlai Stevenson says:
"He was one of the grandest men who
ever lived. He was my warm personal
friend"
Speaker Crisp says: II heard of the
death of Mr.. Vance with great regret.
He was true man and democrat For
many years he has been a prominent
figure in the Senate and country and he
always stood for the rights of the people.
His death is a loss to the country, to the
party and to the people of his state. Such
men are rare
Senator Ransom says "Senator Vance
possessed very remarkable natural en-
dowment. He represented subjects in
large outlines by generalities, seldom in
details. This faculty of embodying and
presenting popular sentiments into pro-
verbal forms, into striking homely illus
trations was wonderful. He had cult
vated it assiduously. He was master
in that art. He had the genius of popu
larity. His simplicity was uniform and
ever conspicuous His humor was al,
most invicible. His sarcasm very keen
and seldom left any sting. His DISPOSE
ton was so genial that it disarmed en-
nifty. He was almost always brief,
never tedious His service as governor
during the war was the never failing
fountain of his popularity. He was one
of the people, thought, felt and acted
with them. His character for upright
ness never failed him.
Already the politicians are specializing
as to Varces successor in the Senate
| Some, from apparent reasons, want ex
Governor Jarvis. If Jarvis is appointed
| ie viii serve only until the expiration of
Senator Vance's term, for it is matter
Of plain justice that the west should pro
duce the man. The appointment of Jar
Wis gives the east two senators. AS a
North Carolinian make this suggestion :
Let the man who is our dead CAESARS
known preference be his successor. Some
member of his family could tell Governor
Carr who this man is. Long years ago a
great general won a battle after he was
dead, and lead his army to victory. This
will be a substantial tribute to his memory.
Let some one of his family suggest the
name Of the man Vance would have pre-
ferred as his successor and let that man
| fill out his unexpired term.
Words of coincidence are cheap and
often mean worse than nothing. Funeral
| flowers and memorial arches fade. Pay
his memory this substantial tribute and
be assured that one from the west, the
land of the sky, son of his beloved
mountain-land will wear his senatorial
tOga.
His last words to me ring in my ears as
l write this. will not quote them here,
but mark my words: Pay the memory of
oar great dead this tribute and if he could
speak to US he would say, well done
l do not know or care who his preference
would have been. Only let it be Vance's
choice
An Injunction.