The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-11-01
ALEX. J. FIELD,
Why Simmons Should Be
Chosen

Mr.. Editor think f. Nj. Simmons
should be chosen as our next United
States Senator:
L. Because | believe that the leader
Of every great struggle should receive
the highest honor resulting from his
victory. The man that is good enough
to lead the battle is good enough to
wear its trophies. Mr.. Simmons should
have the senatorship by virtue of the
same law of fitness Of things which gave
to Washington the presidency of the
United States for his splendid leader
ship in the battle for her independence,
and for the same reasons that would
have entitled General Lee to the highest
honor the Confederate States could have
bestowed. had he won their independ-
ence.
2. Because l believe that the noblest
friend that any man or party can have
the one who in prosperity ought first to
be remembered and honored above all
others-is he that was faithful in adver-
sity and stood the closest by us in the
time of our sorest need. Simmons came
to the help of the Democratic party in
the darkest day it has known for thirty
years, when the bravest were hopeless
and Respondent. He thereby proved that
he had the fidelity which would stand
or fall by the party. Like all true sol
diers, he fought hardest when the enemy
was pressing us most sorely. He is
no fair-weather friend.
3. Because l believe that the blacklist
perfdy is that which makes a man or
a party. in time of their prosperity and
independence, forget the friends that
were true to them in need, and who sac
rificed most and worked hardest to
save them from their worst perils.
In my humble opinion God will not
prosper the man or the party that is
guilty of it.
The most contemplate thing of which
any party could be guilty is to call upon
| a man to make sacrifices for it in time
of trouble. lean upon him in its weak
ness, get all that it can out of him, by
| his strength pull itself ont of the mire
| of defeat. and as soon as its feet are
planted on firm ground turn to him and
say, In getting me out of the miro
You have soilod yourself. | will throw
you aside for some one not smeared by
the smoke of BATTLE
4. Because he is one of the best equip
ped men in the State for the position.
| His observation-disclosures, his splendid pow
ers as a debater: his strength Of intel
lcct and his genius of leadership make
him the most valuable man we could
have on the Senate floor. His private
and public character has stood the
closest scrutiny of the Republican party
for fifteen years. In all that, time they
have found nothing that they could
charge against him except his answering
fidelity to Democracy.
). And last, but by no means least
because the Republicans and fusioniSts
hate him so bitterly and are working
for his defeat. Because | see by 4 let
ter copied in The Morning Post
that one of his opponents, a
Democrat, seeking a Democratic nomi-
nation. is calling upon the hitterest emo
mics of Democracy to help him defeat
Dpmocracy's own matchless leader
Democrats may differ as they please
about the value of Simmons services tc
mstakable is that all the fusion leaders
of the State are unshakable in theiI
belief that the heaviest blows dealt
| their party came from the hands OF
Simmons. They hold him, more thar
any man in the State. responsible fol
their defeat, and they hate him accord
inCly.
Ny faith in the people of North Caro-
lima makes me- confident that Mr.. Sim
mons will succeed in this contest, but il
he should be defeated there would e
Pritchard. Holton, George II. White, The
negro Manly and the one hundred ano
twenty thousand negro voters Of thI
State that would echo from the noun
tains to the scashore. That echo wouJ
bring to the consciousness Of every Dem
ocrat the fact that they themselves haC
| wrought upon their Owl leader the ven
gcanCe of these Interest enemies Of OH
party. who hate him so bitterly for ! !
very faithfulNcSs 10 rs. that for Whl'l
we should most love him.
Would not every Democrat have t.
hang his head in shame that he had Sc
hrmiljated his own faithful leader
Would not that shout echo the shlmt
of Democracy? h. L. IRAN Is.