The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-20

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this striking evidence, and we have
the witness of his life in Raleigh that
his personal record is irreproachable.
AS to his political record, the worst
that can be said of him is that he
has been loyal to his party. His sins
are no deeper than those of his party.
The time came when it seemed
necessary to overcome the influence
OF the ignorant negro vote in North
Carolina once for all, and he led the
struggle. Mr.. Simmons is by no
means responsible for all the meas
ures and incidents of that campaign.
And no man in the State will do
more, in our opinion, to revise our
election law and allay passion than
he. AS leader of his party this is
his first duty.
Salisbury Cor. Charlotte Observer :
The commission Of A. II. Price, Esq,
of this city, as Assistant United
States District Attorney for the
Western district, has been made out
and will be received by him tonight
or tomorrow. Representative-elect
Spencer Blackburn, the former in
cumbent, resigned yesterday and Mr..
Prices appointment followed at once
with the endorsement of Senator
Pritchard, Judge Purnell and Dis
trict Attorney Holton. The report
originating in Asheville that Mr.. T.
S. Rollins was to be appointed vas
entirely unauthorized. In this APP
pointment the Republican party does
itself most unusual credit.-Ofi-
cial returns have been received
from all the counties of the Seventh
Congressional district except Mont
gomery, and it's vote is learned re-
liably. Congressman Kluttz's plu-
ralities are, Rowan, 1,475; Iredell,
GIG; Cabarrus, $50; Stanly, 635 !;
Catawba, 282; Montgomery, 1856.
Holton gets Z plurality in Lincoln,
1872 in Davie, 786 in Yadkin and 3O5
in Davidson. Kluttz's net majority
is thus 2,272.
Washington special to Raleigh
Post: A box five feet long, two feet
deep and three feet wide, weighing
perhaps 300 pounds, standing in a
corner of Senator Pritchard's com
mittee room in the Senate annex,
otherwise called the Maltby building,
is destined to play a prominent part
in the Senate this winter. 1t con-
tains poll-books kept by the Repub-
lican committees of North Carolina at
the last election. The evidence con
tanned in these books will be used to
impeach the validity of the election
of Mr.. Simmons to the United States
Senate. It is certain that such a con-
test will be inaugurated when the
new Senate is sworn in March 4th,
at the extra session of the Senate.
The Senate is always called in extra
session at the commencement of a
new administration. There is no
probability of an extra session of the
House. The grounds upon which
Mr.. Simmons election will be con
tested are that the negroes we're not
allowed to vote in the August cleo
ton, that many Republican votes
cast were not counted and, hat as
fraud vitiates everything, the Legis-
lature then elected was not a legal
body.
The Gattis-Kilgo case will come up
for trial in Granville Superior court
this week. Rev. Gattis will be repre-
scented by Judge Buxton and Mr.. Cy-
Watson, of Winston Boone, Bryant
and Biggs, of Durham eX-Judge A.
w. Graham and Hicks and Minor, of
the Oxford bar. Rev. .KilgO by
Winston and Fuller, of Durham Mr..
w. w. Fuller, of New York Mr.. T.
T. Hicks, of Henderson; Mr.. Robt.
O. Burton, of Raleigh, and Register
and HObgOOd, of the home bar. 1t
will be a very interesting case and
will be warmly contested by the able
and distinguished counsel on both
sides. The main fight in the case
will be over the law. There is no
question as to the facts and as a re-
suit there will be but few witnesses.
This case dates back to the celebrated
controversy of DR.. KilgO and Judge
Clark. When that investigation was
on DIR. Kilgo made a speech in his
own defense during which he criti-
cised Rev. T. j.. Gattis, who was a
witness against DR.. Kilgo. Rev. Mr..