The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-09-05
WALTER R. HENRY,
WHAT THE PRESS SAYS OF HIS CHANGE
OF POLITICS.

Of POLITICS.
His Action Viewed From Different
Points of View-By Some 1t is De-
plored. by Others it is Ridiculed and
Denounced.
Ihe Caucasian announces tha,
Walter R. Henry's "Farewell Address,
will be red hot, but, dignified and un
answerable. What pity Wilson
O6seyr<y.
ONCE, twice, three times and gone
is what the auctioneer says. So it is
with Walter R. Henry. He has left
the Democratic party. Reason He
wanted an Office and failed to get it.
Reckon, though, we can do without
him.-Lenoir Topic.
WHEN a preacher goes to a new
charge he has the advantage of using
his old sermons. Not SO with the poll
ticlan who changes his politics. Walter
Henry will have to get up a new
speech, and in doing so will have an
opportunity to show his power of ver-
satility.-Wins,on Sentinel
1t IS announced that Mr.. w. R.
Henry, of Henderson, is soon to begin
making Populist speeches. Mr.. Henry
made fine Democratic speeches in the
last campaigns. We are sorry his dis
appointment at failure to get an office
caused him to leave the party. He
deserved an Office, but that does not
justify his present course.-Kinston
Free Press.
We never expected to see the gal
liant Walter Henry become Rep Pop,
after his noble fight against the mon
grels, but the desire for an Office is so
strong in his breast, that alone must
be the cause. He failed to get it in
the Democratic ranks, and conse
quently has gone over to "me own
sweet Maryann. "-Oxford Public
Ledger.
The statement comes that Mr.. w.
X. Henry will take the stump for the
Populist party. He has heretofore
been Democrat. He applied for
position and didn't get it. He then
wrote long letter, laboriously proving
that he had been badly treated Since
that letter the Populsts have been
angling for Mr.. Henry, and we are
not in the least surprised that they
have caught him. Now is good time
for political crafts to tack.-Monroe
/onynoL
1t has been given ou, through the
papers recently that Mr.. Walter r.
Henry will cspouse the cause of the
Populists and will make speeches for
them. His friends in the Democratic
party regret to see him take this step.
The party loses strong man if he
goes, and he cannot hope for much
from the Populists- They will remem-
Der his bitter speeches against them
during the last two campaigns.
We hope there is mistake in the
statement that he will 60 with the
Populists. nd Neck Democrat.
Walter R. Henry, of Henderson,
who was Cleveland elector, but who
failed to get All appointment from the
administration, has joined the Pops
and will soon begin to make populist
speeches. Ofcourse if Henry had got
an appointment he would now be as
good a Democrat as anybody. We
notice that all of the fellows who got
appointments are shouting for the ad-
ministration with all the lung power
they can command. We have no re-
spect for the fellows who are Dem
ocrats for revenue only. Every NOM
inee for elector next year should be
made to pledge himself that he will
not be candidate for Office if the party
wins the hght.-Mt. Airy News.
The Globe regrets to see Walter r.
Henry of Henderson go over to the
Populists. He has done some hard
work for Democracy, and we think
was entitled to the Office he sought; but
the false step he now takes puts an un-
favorable aspect upon his former ZEAL |
Every man has right to seek an
Office, and all who want one do it, but |
it should be the incident and not the |
motive for the support of party. There
has eeen a terrible abuse Of the pat
ronage belonging to the Democrats
Of North Carolina, and Mr.. Henry
was one of the victims, but he should |
have gone to work the harder to show
the world, though justly sore, he worked
for principle. Had Vance county |
been Democratic, Walter, and had you
an uncle running for the last Legisla-
ture, you might have "got there" But
such is life. Good bye, Walter.-
Durham GIobe.
Walter X. Henry wrote his farewell
letter denouncing the Democratic
party three months ago. The article
IS said to be characteristic of Henry
and as usual is foaming at the mouth
of adjectlves. The blast will con-
sumo eight columns in the Caueasian
Buck kltchln never was a match for
Henry in his denunciations of the
"vagaIies Of Populism" and "rascality
OF Radicals. Mr.. Henry has talked
Democracy until he melied his collars
down. His denuncia,ioo OF the vaga-
ries of Populism has been so heated
that he had TO remove his collar,
and now that Mr.. Henry hangs his
beaver in the Pop household shows
very clearly that he did not know
what he was talking about or else he
was talking for pse.-Raleigh Press.
Walter Henry transports himself,