The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-10-04
NATIONAL TICKET.
ASA POLITICAL LEADER.


ASA POLITICAL LEADER.
CARLYLE wrote of the hero as dlvin-
ity, as a prophet, as priest, as poet,
as man of letters, as king and were
he here in North Carolina observing
things Is only his master mind could,
he would write down Hon. F. M. Sim
mons a hero as great Political
Leader.
/, Such he is, with all it can imply.
He has led the Democratic party to
victory in every campaign Tor which
he has been chosen chairman, and
while some cay glibiy that any other
good Democrat could have done as we'll,
the stubborn fact remains that in 1898
no other "good Democrat" capable OF
leading the fight, was as sanguine Of
success as waa Mr.. Simmons. And for
this reason, together with the good
work he had done for the party as
chairman before, he Was chosen the
banner bearer for that campaign.
$50 we'll and triumphantly did he lead
the Democratic hosts In that campaign,
there was no thought Of committing
the work to any one else Tor 1900,
when the supreme test was to come in
the Herculean task of carrying the
Amendment. By the same logical
reasoning the Democratic party was
saying even before the August election
that Simmons was the man to send to
the United States Senate to maintain
there the defense which the Amend
ment will need when it is assailed in
Congress, as 1t surely will be.
BY some strange process a feeling
has been wrought up aga1L. Mr.. Sim
mons, this great hero of mosS gigan-
tic struggle by most magnificent peo-
pie, until he has felt called upon to open
to the world matters of his own private
interest, as is seen in the letter to J.
d. Allen, which we print elsewhere.
It is great wrong, gross injustice to
Mr.. Simmons or any other man to be
forced without cause to open up to the
public private matters which are often
"too sacred to be habbled to the world. :"
Mr.. Simmons has thus been driven to
his own defense and right nobly has he
made it.
TIE COMMONWEALTH has said more
than once that Mr.. Simmons is the
logical candidate for the high office OF
Emitted States Senator by reason Of his
nasterful service to the State and his
marked ability to guard our interests
In the great national assembly. We
have printed much in his interest, but
most of it has been the expressions OF
others of his admirers. We have done
this to show that the majority OF the
Democratic party, as we believe, see it
as we do.
Charges have been made against Mr..
Simmons that cannot be sustained
and these charges he has successfully
met in his letter of denial, already re-
ferred to.
And In defending himself against
these charges Mr.. Simmons has DIS
closed some of his private interests.
This would be excusable if the charges
had been made by the Republican
party but the worst feature of it all
is, the fact that Democrats In the rank,
which Mr.. Simmons has so successfully
lead to victory, make these charges. Al
attack from an enemy is to be expected
but thrust from supposed friend ii
doubly poisoned.
But a majority OF the Democrats O
the State desire to have Mr.. Simmons
Senator, as will be seen by the primar,
vote in November.
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