The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-10-11

Service and USefuIness-The State
Needs Him Still and Will be True
to Its Own Interest by Electing Him
C. T. Hancock's Estimate.
1t is we'll for our State that all the
candidates for United States Senator
are men Of sterling character and dis
tinguished ability. 1t insures that.
let the election at the primaries and
its subsequent ratification by the
General Assembly 60 as it may, this
important and most exalted iegisIa-
tive position will ere long be filled by
one Of our States foremost sons, one
who will rank as the peer Of the
purest and ablest statesman now in
that honorable body, and stand as a
worthy successor to our immortal
Vance and the other noble Carolinians
who, in the past have not only honor
ed our State in being selected from
among her many other gifted citizens
for this place Of eminence, but who in
their turn have shed undying patriot
ism, as displayed not only in minor
matters but upon The profoundest
questions of government policy at
home and abroad.
Four grand men are conspicuous in
the public mind at this time as candi-
dates for this place, viz: Gen. j. 5.
Carr, ex-senator L. J. Jarvis, Col. A.
NJ. Waddell and Hon. f. NJ. Simmons
What North Carolinian would net be
proud to vote for either or all Of them
for any position within the gift of
either the State or Nation?
There is General Carr. His phe-
nomenally successful business career
and muniiicent philanthropy are
known far beyond the confines of
North Carolina. He is admired and
loved throughout its length and
| breadth.
Senator Jarvis has served the State
faithfully amid the carnage Of war and
in the happier times of peace. He
bears in his wounded arm silent but
eloquent testimonial of his heroism.
and his enyiable record in the gubcr-
Material chair, in the Senate of the
United States and as minister to
Brazil is proof enough that whatever
| will be guarded well.
Thirdly, there is Colonel Waddell,
who has long record of Congressional
| experience and faithful service. He
! is a worthy descendant ts Revolu-
| tionary hero and leader, and is a true.
| typical Southern gentleman, modest.
but capable and chivalrous. He is
| not a man to thrust himself forward
| but he is one to whom men instinc-
lively turn IN an emergency which
| calls for a trusted leader. His power
| full self-control exhibits rare combi-
nation of the opposite question of
| caution and combativeness. Patient
| " enduring wrongs till the proper
moment of action .arrives, he then
moves with stern determination. and
with the resistless force of an ava
lance, that sweeps all opposition cap
! able of being overcome before it. His
matchless leadership in the Whining
ton municipal revolution two years
ago is known throughout the Union.
How much that event has contributed
to the quieter order of things at
home, and to the growth of the
healthier sentiment in ali parts of the
country towards getting back to a
complete placing of all powers of
government in the hands of the one
capable, superior race, alone is prob
ably not half appreciated.
And now we come to Hon. +. NJ
Simmons. a man unqualliedly of the
people and for the people, a man who
is with the people in all that makes
for their highest and most permanent
welfare. He was born and reared on
Jones county plantation; his father
| still farms there. His manhood resi-
/ dence has been in town. Thus he is
! closely identified with all classes of
/ our people and familiar with the needs
! and aspirations OF each. TO his early
| active life amid invigorating country
/ surroundings is no doubt due much
! of the sOundness of his constitution,
from which arises that vigOr Of body
and mind, and capability of long en-
durance, which has enabled him in
his chosen profession, the law, tC