The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-26
THE S~ENATORSHIP
A FAIRLY ATTENDED MASS MEETING
ENDORSES SIMMONS
h Distinguished services of the State
Democratic Chairman Set Forth I'm
Speeches Resolutions Adoptec-A
simmons CIub Organfzed-The Club
Meets Next Tuesday Night

the interest of the Hon. +. NJ. Sim
mons for the United States senate.
There was a good attendance and on
siderable enthusiasm.
On motion of Mr.. G. ]. Boney, MIR.
James c. Stevenson was called to the
chair and the members of the press
were requested TO act as temporary Sec
retaries.
Mr.. Stevenson took the chair amid
applause and calls of Stevenson"
Stevenson" He spoke bou thirty
minutes, explaining the purpose OF the
meeting and making a splendid speech
in behalf of Mr.. Simmons candidacy.
He said what the people of North Car
DINA want at this critical period is a
man who can stand up in the senate
and defend North Carolina. Such a man
he said was Mr.. Simmons. ApplauSe.)
He said North Carolina wants a SEN
ator who can defend the franchise
amendment to our constitution, a man
accustomed to debate. oil who knows
the law so to speak, one fitted by abili-
ty and experienced to take care of
North Carolina in the midst of her enc
mics. Mr.. Simmons. with his full
knowledge of the situation and a
1 TtdUy lOIlSuC was Tic tIIOiSC VI III
| people. (Applause.) He lauded Mr..
Simmons personally as a high minded.
| able, patriotic North Carolinian, and
Mr.. Stevenson related an incident of a
| trip which he took in a buggy through
| Jones county. Riding along the road
between Maysvire and Trenton, he was
| asking who lived at the various places
along the road. He asked the driver
about a certain house. He said hat is
the Simmons homestead. The father of
"F. M" lives there. Thai driver said
that the SimmonseS were wonderful
people. They did whatever they want
ed to. Mr.. Stevenson then went on to
say that when Mr.. Simmons was nomi-
mated for the legislature in a county
that was republican he reversed it to
democratic. When nominated for con-
gress in a district that had 5000 repub-
lican majority he carried it by 1000
majority. ~(Applause.) He then spoke
of Mr.. Simmons successful and able
management of the state campaigns as
democratic state chairman. and his no
BILE fight for white supremacy and the
franchise amendment, n pointedly
called attention to the fact that when
he took matters in han the state was
republican, yet he carried it demo-
cratic by $4,000 majority. (Applause.)
He said that in congress the constitu-
tional mendmen would be attacked
and Mr.. Simmons in the senate would
be the man to defend it. North Caro-
lima needed the very best talent in the
state to take care of her in the senate
and Mr.. Simmons had all the qualifi-
cations and experience to fill the bill.
(Applause.) In concluding, Mr.. Stew
enson suggested that as our distin-
guished citizen, the Hon. Alfred M.
Waddell, is out of the race, that this
meeting should put forth every effort
in the interest of Mr.. Simmons. Gap
plause.)
After speaking along the line briefly
indicated above, Mr.. Stevenson de-
clared the meeting open for business.
1redell Meares, Esq, moved that a
committee of five be appointed to draft
resolutions expressing the sense of the
meeting. The motion was adopted, and
the following committee was appoint
ed: Messrs. Iredell Meares, F. H. Sted-
man., William H. Bernard, j. A. Tay-
lor and w. F. Robertson.
The committee retired. and while it
was out there were calls for speeches
from several but there were no re-
sponses. At the request of the chair
man, State Senator George l.. Morton
addressed the meeting briefly. He said
Mr.. Simmons nae for the third time
led the state to victory n that as he
was attacked by the republicans and
populists it was the duty of democrats
to take sides with Mr.. Simmons as
their man. (Applause.) He said ex-
Governor. Jarvis and Colonel Waddell
had practically retired from the race
to let the people have their choice. He
extolled Mr.. Simmons as a man of fine
heart, a splendid lawyer and a man of
marked ability. He said he was a mag
netic man and had the mack of carry
ing people with him. He spoke Of his
splendid management of the campaign
as state chairman, n said Mr.. Sim
mons not only worked hard for In
| democratic Marty for coyQn nonnfhc hut
gave one-seventh of what he was
worth to the cause. (Applause.)
n Mr.. Morton concluded, the
committee on resolutions came in.
Iredel1 Meares, Esq, for the commit
tee reported the following resolutions:
THE RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas, our eminent citizen, the
Honorable Alfred NJ. Waddell, whom
this county would have supported with
cordial unanimity, has withdrawn
from the senatorial contest, leaving
h democratic citizens of this county
the alternative of voting for some one
of the distinguished candidates still in
the contest; and
Whereas, the people of this city and
county nave great reason TO appreciate
the splendid services rendered by the
Honorable T: NJ. Simmons to the cause
OF white supremacy, the triumph Of
which has rehabilitated the govern
ment of this city and added to its
prosperity, therefore be it
Resolved. That We, democratic citi-
zens OF this county in mass meeting as
sembled. pledge our active and cordial
support in the democratic urinary to
h Honorable F. NJ. Simmons for
United States senator.
Without detracting from those emf
nent virtues and public services of his
distinguished opponent, we yet believe
that the best interests of this state de-
mand the election to the United States
n Of Mr.. Simmons.
The adoption Of the constitutional
amendment has caused the republican
party to threaten this states repre-
s~entation in congress. We will find In
the next ongress an attack upon the
conditions in thi estate and upon the