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

An advocate of Colonel Car. writing
in The Post of Sunday, over the nom de
plume of Fair Play" says: The voters
of this country have two classes from
which to select their candidates for Of
fice-the professional politicians, men
politics, and the substantial working bust
ness men, who by their industry and
close application succeed in building up
material worth for themselves and there
by indirectly add to the material growth
and development Of the commonwealth"
He declares that the former look only
ito his political advancement and in
most eases IS utterly regardless of the
means he uses Neither does he care
whether the State is benefited or not,
50 he accomplishes his purpose and sue
ceeds in building up a machine for him
self that he may pro}ong his hold upon
Office He then argues that we must
not select a Senator from this class, but
take General Carr, who represents the
other class.
Colonel Carr, in his Mt. Holly speech,
as reported in The News and Observer
declared that he had no machine be-
hind him: that he was the reople's can
Gidate and would be elected if he could
get a free ballot and fair count at the
hands of the Democratic organizat ton
The clear intimation from Fair
Play article IS that Mr.. Simmons. ''to
accomplish his purpose and succeed in
building up q machine for himself" has
been utterly. regardless of the means
employed and has not cared whether the
State was benefited or not: that he
procured the appointment of the various
committees throughout the State, not in
the interest of White Supremacy. good
government and the election of Bryan,
hut 10 accomplish his own personal am
billions. The staff correspondent of The
Charlotte Observer. writing from Win
Ston. says that Mr.. Simmons is being
charged with every fraud from ballot
box stufiing TO highway robbery.
In 1896 the party demanded Colonel
Cars personal scrviceS-not his money.
He declined to serve because he said his
wife and business associates did not de-
sire him to enter politics at that time
In 1898 the party secured the personal
services of Mr.. Simmons. He is a poor
man. dependent upon the income from
his profession as a lawyer for his sup
port, but he readily gave up his business
for more than year and gave his en-
tire time and talents to the party. be-
sides paving at least one-seventh of his
entire estate TO the cause and with the
aid of the Democratic workers, succeeded
in redccm!Dg the State AMI in making
White Supremacy permanent.
Under our plans of orGaniza ton in
each of these campaigns, each precinct
IN the State selected its own precinct
committeeman, each county convention
elected the county committees. and the
delegates 20 the State convention named
the State committee. The several com
mittees worked tremendously and with
Crca1 zeal. aided by the great army OF
Democratic workers, and the .r-gat vic
tories for the good of the State were
won.
The friends Of Colonel Carr now in
sinuate that these committees constitute
a "machine' which Mr. Simmons has
built, up for his own advancement"
which will be utterly regardless of the
means employed" to defeat him-Colone!
Carr.
As one Of the humble Democratic
workers in behalf OF the State and Of
the county and precinct committees and
of the host of Democratic workers,
resent these unjust insinuations. These
committeeman are among our best and
hravest men, They have worked dav
in and day ont for the good of the
State. They have remained silent nm
der Buffers viiEfcations and have not
feared Holton's Federal prosecutions,