The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-08-09
BUTLER WILL EMICRATE.
ADDITIONAL ADVICES AND
COMMENTS BEARING ON
THE VICTORY OF LAST
WEEK.
Magnificent Work of Country Press
and Chairman Simmons Recognized
and Appreciated.

and so we may consider the election to
be over. The put-up job of keeping
the Raleigh military company under
arms and confined to their armOry tor
two days before the election, on the
day of election and the day after, was
the greatest outrage of this peaceful
election. It was done, of course, to
influence public sentiment In the
north and especially in Washington
but will fail of its purpose, although
Butler has just sent out circulars TO his
late Iieutenants advising tho taking OF
afidavits to bolster up a possible con-
test by Butler and Pritchard in the
United States Senate when Buffers
Democratic successor appears to be
sworn in.
| IT WAS A GREAT VICTORY.
| The latest advices at the time these
lines are written confirm the earlier
claim of majority exceeding $4,000
to SIS 900 the latter for Aycock and the
| Democratic State ticket and the form
er for the Amendment.
The Legislature, Chairman Simmons
states, will be four-fifths and more in
the House, and from three-fourths to
four-fifths in the Senate, though the
Republicans elected more Senators
than at first anticipated. AS to the
Pops. they make poor showing, only
two or three in each branch OF the
Legislature, and Butler is completely
annihilated.
| TO WHOM CREDIT is MOST DUE.
| And now let us consider for a mo-
ment the leading causes and the per-
sonnet of workers who chiefly contrib
uted to achieve this great victory.
To begin with, nearly every good
party man in every voting precinct of
every county in North Carolina is en-
titled to a share of the credit and praise
for the great majority OF them did good
missionary work and succeeded in con.
verting many who had not been effec-
lively reached by our newspapers ard
public speakers.
The county and township chairmen
lIikewisel abored most industri o usly, and
without this close local and personal
work no such majority would have
been rolled up.
But there were two distinctive weap-
ons which led the good work, ele-
ments of influence which accomplished
more than any other. allude to the
magnificent accomplishments of ou1
great Chairman, Mr.. Simmons, ano
the country press-the weekly and
semi-weekly newspapers OF the state.
TO great extent these two "maste1
workmen" labored together. Chair.
man Simmons and his assistants Cane
among the latter he was given the SIS
sistance Of several capable newspaper
correspondents of Raleigh) furnishing
much of the literature and the pub
llshers of the weekly papers distribu-
ting it through their columns, Iargel.
in excess of their ordinary circula
ton.
There is no way in which the think
Ing countryman can be reached so 81
fectively as through his family paper
published at his own home, whose edi
tor he knows personally and general,
trusts.
Three months before the election tn
success of the Amendment and tn.
State ticket was doubtful, to say tn
least. The campaign of education
conceived and executed in SO masterfu
manner by Chairman Simmons
through the. medium of the press an
the campaigners, proved the SAVIOR q
the party in this struggle. With
less competent and courageous ant
active chairman, half hearted sup
| port by the press, and less jealous an
, determined campaigners, the resu]
) would have been different, unquestior
: ably.
. This view is endorsed by some OF tt
7 le ,ding men OF the party with whoI
7 1 have discussed the subject within b
la It few days.
BUTLER AND HIS TWO "TExAs STEERS.
e Stump Ashby and Harry Tracy, in
I ported from the Lone Star State /
preach fusion and Organism at ii
: same time in North Carolina, wer
Q here Saturday looking for ali the worl,
q like the Thespian steers in Hoyt,
''Texas Steer" after the Congression,
" rounders had got through with then
: in Washington-which, by the wa,
was not entirely unlike the trea smen
s these fellows received at Louisbur,
Lum berton, Concord and elsew her
! They were probably here to secure
y ticket home, and in the meantin