The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-11-08


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THURSDAY. NOV. 3. 1900.
Tor Of the morning to Senator
Simmons.
SENATOR Simmons sound. well,
doesn't it?
No Man ever knows how big ras-
cal he is until he runs for office.
A. \ party harmonizer the Sena-
torial primary is a dead failure.
A GAIN Of one Congressman and
one Senator is doing pretty well any
way
IT cannot be charged to the ma
chine. The people did it with their
own little ballots.
THERE were good many Demo-
cratic 'possums out Tuesday. Pos
sums love Simmons
WHOEVER is elected we have some
thing to be thankful for in the fact
that the campaign ~ ended.
BKYAN's ma joritv in North Carolina
will not exceed 10000, and may fall
considerably below that mark
BLESSED is the man who owes no
man anything if he would at all times
exercise the right Of a freeman.
Now let's have Il campaign Of in
dustrial activity and business revival
such as the old town has not known
before
ONE thing that we regret is Mr..
Simmons will not succeed II better
man. But there is no rose without
its thorn.
WELL, it was a pretty good day :
work in North Carolina even il we did
fail Of elccting Il Hid Cnngrc> sional
delegation.
The mistake Gen. Carr made was
in not seeing it rs MessrS. Jarvis and
Waddell did This was not their
time, that's all.
Now that the election is over let us
turn our attention to something else
to the upbuilding of the town and
county, for instance.
LET us be thankful that the Sena-
torial primary has been held and
devoutlv trust that we have had the
first and the last one.
SIMMONS is indebted to others be
side his own supporters. Some OF
the over-zealous friends of hi. OPP
ponent helped to do it.
SIMMONS magnificent ma lority-a
surprise even to his friends leaves
no room to doubt the sentiments OF
the Democrats of the State.
AS A means Of stirring up strife
among Democrats the Senatorial pri-
mary must have been immensely sat
isfactory to ''our friends the enemy.
WHATEVER else NAV be said Marion
Butler and George White are tvs
political backnumbers. They have
effectuallv been laid on the shelf il
this State.
WE have had an election and every
body has been elected-sOme to &C
into office for which they aspired anc
others to stay out of office of which
they are tired.
PERHAPS il Mr.. Mckinley had de
ferred issuing his Thanksgiving proc
lamation until after the election h,
might have found cause for changing
the document little.
THE election is over and we ar,
glad of it. Now we will have less t,
say about politics and the discussion
of Senatorial candidates. of which W,
know our readers have had enough
and to spare.
lr was Chairman Simmons and no
the man +. NJ. Simmons that tn
enemies of Democracy wanted t
defeat SO badly. But the return
indicate that both were elected by
large majority.
THE shafts of SANDER and misrepre
Sentation hurled at Chairman Sim
mons fell harmless at his feet. Jus
as we believed they would KNOWN:
the temper and loyalty of the peopl
of the State as we thought we did
The Durham Herald speaks Of Mr.
Simmons As having effected his owl
election. No. it was the friends o
Mr.. Simmons who did the etfecting
Don't let us give the gentlema,
undue credit or wrongly accuse him
LEST Mr.. Simmons should &c
credit for wrestling victory from tn
jaws of defeat single handed ant
alone, the GOLD LEAF hastens L
inform waiting public that not
few OF his friends had something t