The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-11-01

.ic i!iLloi noHafs. The officers Of the
ibf in 1tci,l Iobacco Company now own
snort time ago one Of the principal Of
ncerS and owners of the Durham Fer
ulIzer Company. That company sold
to the Virginia. Carolina Chemical
company, otherwise known as the Fer
tllzer Trust, and it is generally under
STOOD that no money was paid but that
STOCK IN the new company was isseud in
lieu of money. One of the managing d.
rectOfS OF this new company is today
hoodIng North Carolina with mimeo-
graph letters, written on the letter
headS OF his company, urging Gen.
In 1892 Gen. Carr, then a member
Of Coy. 1olts staff with the rank of
Colonel, became candidate for the
Grnrrn"tos'ial nomination against Gov.
Holt, and the chief reason urged by his
friends why he should be nominated
over GOV. Holt was that the latter was
"a cotton mill man and belonged to the
plaid trust. Since that time Gen. Carr
has sold his tobacco business and invest
ed largely in cotton mills himself
Now, IN the great fight which Mr..
bryan IS waSlng for the people against
relied upon to represent the people, Mr.
summons, the man with brains and no
corporate stock or corporate interests,
or Cen. Car. tho mii|onaire whose
money is in many corporations? Let til
people who hgi.eEr III the man rather
than the dollar answer
VANCE CHARGES AGAINST SIM
MONS.
Third. The friends of Gen. Carr next
say that the election of Mr.. Simmons
would antagoniZe a faction in the Dem
ocratlc party and tend to reopen the old
fight between Senators Ransom and
Vance, to which feud they say was due
our defeat in 1891. They then, them
selves, proceed to use the scalpel and do
everything in their power to reopen the
old sores and bring to life again the
feud which, they say, destroyed us in
1894. Such conduct on their part de-
Democrats that Gen. Cars attack on
the Democratic party workers, in his
Mt. Holly speech, has received.
In an endeavor to enlist the friends of
Senator Vance for their favorite, they
allege that Senator Vance opposed Mr..
personal untitness. l have before me
the charges that were filed with the
Finance committee of the United States
Senate, and upon which the confirmation
Of Mr.. Simmons was held up for several
months. The first of these is transmit
TED by Chas. A. Cook, Republican from
! Warren county, and contains charge
| by $. Ohio Wilson, chairman of the
State executive committee of the Peo-
| pies party Of North Carolina, James
| +. Wray, Republican member of the
! Congressional executive committee of
,The Fifth district. and Thomas s. Nal
| 10y, member Of the Republican county
executive committee Of Rockingham
county, North Carolina, in which it is
! charged that Mr.. Simmons, as chair
man of the State Democratic executive
committee. suppressed Il large number
If Republican and POpuiist votes in the
State by reason of a certain secret cir
/ cuar therein set forth in full, and based
upon the decision of our Supreme Court
| in the case of Harris VS.. Scarborough.
The second charge is signed by one
,Toin 3. Hussey, in which he attempts
/ to show that there was conspiracy
/ between Mr. Simmons, Judge Avery
and Mr. Il. NJ. Furman to suppress the
Republican vote by reason of this same
. decision.
! The other charge is signed by Maj. E.
]. Hale, editor of the Fayetteville OBJ
server, and contains two charges. The
first is as follows: "Deliberate betrayal
Icxecutive committee" The specifications
under this charge set out Maj. Hale's
| complaint against Mr.. Simmons in re-
gard TO his action at the Clinton con
ivcntiOn. His second charge is as fol
lows: "Conduct mbecoming a gentle
THE specifications under which declare
that Mr.. Simmons had written a letter
Ito a Nh Harrity, chairman of the Ma
tional Democratic executive committee
Ema!ignins Mr.. Hale. and growing out
Of this same Clinton convention:
These are all the charges against Mr..
Simmons. Among the papers | find the
highest endorsement as to fitness, ca
Dacity and character from the Governor
and other State officers Of North Caro-
lima. from all the members of the SUI
lp~ernc Court Of the State. and from the
entire delegation in Congress.
IN regard to the Clinton convention
lit may he well enough to say that the
difficulty about the convention was that
he delegates to it were appointed be
fore orr early State convention on the
i19th of May. before Mr.. Cleveland :
nomination. and before the Third party
movement in this State had assumed a
definite shape. and unfortunately it was
discovered when too late that a MAORI
ty Of them were Populists. but never,
thclcsS regularly accredited delegates tic
this convention, and it was impossible
10 eject them. The fight. therefore. was
for the practical results of the conven-
ton. seeking. if possible. to gain these
results for the party without disclosing
the fact that the Democrats were in a
shows how we'll Mr. Simmons acted
Mr. e. I. GRADY, a Democrat. was nom
iinated and elected TO Congress. and Mr.
IJohn G. Shaw. a Cleveland county Dem
ocrat, was nominated and elected Elec-
tor.
Mai. f. !. Hale. the only Democrat
whose name is signed to any Of the
Echargcs filed against Mr.. Simmons. was
then the special representative of Sena
tor Vance, and is today one of Mr. Sim
mons strongest supporters. lie has
stated in his paper that the chief reason
for his support of Mr.. Simmons is thai
Mr.. Simmons represents Mr.. Vance 5
principles. while Mr.. Carr represents
those in antagoGISm.
/. This charge is an attempt to besmeal
the personal character of Mr.. Simmons
upon the alleged ground that Senator
Vance though thin unfit to hold a pub
lie office. The charges fled before the
Senate of the United States show tha
this is not true. The friends of Gen
Carr who thus seek to break down the
personal character Of him who has three
times led the Democratic party to vic
tory should be resented by every Dem
IocTat in North Carolina. The friend:
iof Mr. Simmons make no attack or
iGel.. Cars personal character.
CARR'S WAR RECORD.
Fourth. In glaring displayed type
lnearly one-fourth of an inch high. The
friends Of Mr.. Carr ask this question
What is Mr.. simmons one year o.
Sar.y-icn in a omfO,.ta able office in Raieigl