The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-04
Jarvis for Senator.

To the Editor:--I am glad to see it an
nounced that the peerless statesman and
noble old Roman of Democracy, Hon.
Thomas j. Jarvis, has entered the race
for Senatorial honors in the approach
ing primary.
There are thousands of other Demo
cratic voters who will share this senti-
ment with me, and signify it by their
vote in November.
We should select a man for Senator
who will be the equal in brains, manhood
and integrity, of any man upon the floor
of the Senate no matter from what part
Of the country he comes, and in my hum
bic opinion Gov. Jarvis is the man. He
has been weighed in the balance Of public
service and has not been found want
ing He is big brain man; an honest
and upright man: q jealous and patriotic
man; and can see as far into the mill
stone of political, social and financial
economy as any man in the State. He
thinks for himself and has the moral
courage and manhood to carry his opin
ions into execution
He is poor in this worlds goods but
rich in all the elements of true man.
hood. For more than quarter Of a CEN
tury his life has been devoted to the SER
vice of his country, and in all that time
he has not done or said anything to
bring reproach upon himself or his ma
tive State. With his good horse sense
and large experience in public affairs no
man measures up to him in the require
ments of a United States Senator.
The short time hwas there, filling
the unexpired term of the lamented
Vance, he stood in the front rank, and
as he welded the gayel over that dis
tingufshed body his rulings, against re-
fractcry minority, were applauded by the
nation.
Your scribe belongs to the young Dem
ocracy, and he is also one of the people; ;
and this is one time in North Carolina
the people will have a say az to who
shall be their Senator. The machine (0
politicians have been running the BUSH
ness for some little while, and / for one
am glad they have become tired with
turning the mill, and want to grind the
grist by the peoples process. | think
the Jarvis brand" of grits will suit the
palates of the people best.
His age is only an indication of maturi-
ty. and if this be an objection | might
suggest that youthful inexperience might
be more detrimental to the public veal
than mature age.
The Democratic party is not hopelessly
bankrupt. and l think it can pay the par
value of it's Indebtedness with small
change and still have the Senatorship for
statesman like Jarvis.
He has given the best days of his life
to the service of the State, and they say,
States, like individuals, should not be
ungrateful.
He sounded the "tocsin of war" when
he declared that to redeem the State
from Fusion rule and ruin, the color line
| must be drawn; that we had won Oh
| that issue in the past and we could again.
And when the combined wisdom of the
Democratic party saw at last that this
| was true, they adopted this line of war
| fare, and such a glorious victory was
achieved by the white people of the
State that no one man can say l did all
myself All the white people have a
share in that victory, and the linen be-
hind the guns" deserve as much credit
for valor as the admiral in the poop.
The Senatorial laurel is not one of re-
ward but is crown of distinction, to be
bestowed upon one who will wear it in
honor.
Let it be Gov. Jarvis, a man of the
people, for the people and by the people,
a Democrat in whom there is no guile.
E. T. M'RAE.
Maxton, n. c., Sept. 20.