The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-11-01
tie POLITICAL RECORD or Gen, CARR
AND Mr.. SIMMONS CONTRASTED

Lominauon there appeared at
ON Mr.. Simmons. These attacks
friends Of Gen Carr were 50 per |
BE-. 20 unjust and so untrue that
mons was compelled, i'll Justice
+, to write Il letter, which is
"brated to Mr.. J. D. Allen of
{. II was not until Gen
n. eff made the attack upon the
"..:c organization, in his speech
lI'II, that any one near Mr..
criticised Gen. Carr.
. satisfied with making these false
and nersistinS i'll them after Mr.
denial Of them, one OF Gen.
managers published two articles
""n newspaper, containing about
MS Of reading matter, in which
-"wHSlE attacked Mr.. Simmons
lvc ,~-itatcd a defense 10y the
o.. Mr.; Simmons. ana Judge Al
# t-id@boro conclusivcly showed
litter i"iSIty Of these new charges.
1,"Ijhstanding this expose by
Alien, sustained by documentary
there now comes a renewal Of the
.., IN Mr.. Simmons in the shape of
column supplement signed by three
.-."n who sign themselves friends
Julian $. Carr which document is
- distributed by certain newspapers
..abr TO Gen. Cars candidacy as
3ru"ment to such papers.
Iar friends Of NJ. Simmons must an
r.. th"-" unjust assaults even though
tong 50 1t may become necessary to
....l.S the public record Of him in
W-t-r behalf these attacks are made.
SIMMONS SILVER RECORD.
l.r~t. The charge made by Wcbster's
".gh.T that NJ. Simmons was not in
favor IF silver Is reyamped and insisted
o-an. Since Mr.. Webster first made this
Gorge III his paper it has been shown
from the files of his own newspaper
.-l il 1896, while Mr.. Simmons was
ho.HnG an office under Mr.. Clevcand,
o.. Of the most pleasant incidents of
1aa State convention was Mr.. Simmons
I."n"unced stand for free silver. Mr..
>amons took this stand when not
obliged to speak and when he knew he
r.as in danger Of losing his official
had. 1t has been further shown that
- far back as 1892. while he was chair
Ian Of the State committee, he was
H"rr.y criticised in a Democratic news
paper because he was more pronounced
Tor silver than the National platform
g that year. And yet. Notwithstanding
ta"Se declarations taken from the files
e. the newspapers published at the time,
Ill" friends of Gen. Carr persist i'll at
lacking Mr.. Simmons and are dccciving
the voters as to his position.
CARR'S SILVER RECORD.
Now let us seq low Gen. Carr stands
on silver. His friends say his recpI,
on free silver Is as clear as the noon
day sun without lis spots"
III, the 10th day of December, 1897,
the Southern Bankers Association met
at Atlanta, Ga, and Gen Carr was pres
cnt. representing the First National
Bank of Durham. OF which he was then
and is now president. lie was called
upon f. a speech, and declared himself
90 be "baldhe"ded and barcfootcd' for
free silver anG State banks. Extracts
i n this speech were largely published
throughout North Carolina. In three
days time, tOWIt., on December 18th
1871 Mr.. Carr wrote a letter to the
secretary Of the same association, in
which he declared himself in favor Of
rln Fowler Financial bill. which was
'-. Of the strongest gold standard Na-
nal Bank bills ever presented for the
,l~idcra ton of Congress. In this let
fer he declared that he would have adj
vecatcd the Fowler bill at the convcn-
ION if he had understood its provisions.
hat that since then he had studied it
and confessed his admiration for it In
his letter he declared that the Fowler
bill would give the country a good,
sound, safe banking circulation, elastic
III is operation and firmly fixed upon
II gold basis"
This letter was published. in the At
lanta Constitution, but not in the North
Carolina papers. and, after he had writ
ten it h.. permitted the North Carolina
papers 10 continue to commend him for
Educating free silver and state banks
in his speech at Atlanta. His record on
silver IS. indeed. like tie MONDAY sun
Invns+iration sbnvs i GHod with snots.
CAlih oN Ifth BAN no.
The National platform adopted at
Kansas City, and upon which Mr.. hfy-
Ill Is asking The suffrage of the people
declares as follows: We denounre the
currency bill enacted at the last session
of Congress as step forward in the
-tepub!lrln policy, NG"h ans % dis
credit the sovereign rSht Of the Nat@il-
IA government to '>suo all money. wheth-
er as coin o. paper. and to h"2toW upon
National Banks the power 20 lSsne ana
control the volume OF paper money for
their own benefit. L he f"WlcF Dill,
which Gen. Carr approves, would nave
bestowed upon National banks the pow
~ to issue and control the volume OF
paper money for their own benefit.
Can the friends of Mr.. Bryan vote for
Gen. Carr when his record IS so aitJaS-
ontNtlc 10 the Democratic platform:
sI\rNO%S AND COEPOHAmONS
l1 w. e,i1n1, 81 Con Corr
c1Iar-e Mir. simmons as being under cor
porate Influences.
The idea that Gen. Carr should De
preferred over Mr.. Summons because
i,Ef-t no. n