The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-01
SIMMONS
METHOD.
IHE ORGANIZATION WORK
I'D IN The INTEREST Of
IHE DEMOCRATIC
CHAIRMAN.
CARR RECEIVES LETTERS WARNING
HIM AGAINST FRAUD.

The Following Letter, Written by rrof
j. Crawford Bisgs, A ppearvd IL a Re
cent Issue of the News aud Observer:
To the Editor ALI good Demo-
Gratis desired TO 500 the Senatorial
contest conducted upon high
plane, free from ali underhanded
work. and all Questionable meth
obs. 1t Is now apparent that this
course is not being pursued by all.
Circulars are being sent out by the
managers OF Dir. Simmons cam
paign without any signatures at
tached, and without any post
mark to show whore they are writ
ten. These are taken from news.
papers, and sent out in circular
| form. one OF these circulars De- ars
tho date OF October l,t, and Is sign
ed "A Precinct committeeman" IL
undertakes to make political capi
TO General Carr.
To show how 1t has been garbled,
tho very circular which Contains
this quotation prefaces 1t by saying
that General Carr said: III he can
| have free ballot and fair count
he Will be elected" Other advocates 5
| OF MIR. Simmons from Murphy (see
Raleigh Post, Oct. 19) have Goner-
al Carr as saying that he would be
elected III he could get a free bal
ioi aud 4 far count at the hands uf
the democratic organiZation.' Ac-
vOcates OF Mr.. Simmons IN other
sections OF the State are circulating
the report that General Carr said
he would certainly be elec Ell "if he
was not defrauded by the Demo
cratic machine" BY no reaSona-
ole construction Uf his language
can any such inference be drawn.
General Carr is quoted as saying
In his Mount Holly speech: at
my friends Will only turn out ON
election day, and work ahd vote, vic
tory Is assured and aside from my
personal interest, 1t is OF the ut
most importance that there De a
free ana full ballot and an honest
and fair count
What ID there in the above Ian.
guage of General Carr to offend any
democrat? Surely, he Is right in
saying tnat 1t is OF the utmost im-
pOrtance 40 have a free aud full bal
| lot and an honest and fair count.n
Does any man doubt tnat this is
necessary TO the preservation OF the
democratic party? Docs any man
doubt that fraud will destroy tho
llfe OF any partyf Every citizen
has a right to insist upon a fair
| and honest electl IN, and when be
demands this, no does not accus,
his party Of fraud or wIongdoing
There may be individuals scattered
mere and there who would favor
| fraud.
Gen. Carr has received letters
from reputable men, warning him
that there was danger OF frauu. A
letter Of this character informed
! him that In the city OF Goldsboro,
An advocate Of Mr.. Simmons hao
said Ia the presence Of Otners that
"if We can't carry the state for Sim
mons, we will steal lt.' Ought noL
every Democrat to condemn sucn
expressions as this: And If this
man who used this expression, or
any other man, should aLtempt TO
carry out such an iHiamy, would il
be WRONG, or would IL De an attack
upon the Democratic organization
for MIR. Carr or his friends to pro.
Test against ltI We nave been
taught in North Carolina TO believe,
and We do below, that Uemoci acy
Is synOnymo with honesty anu
Integrity. Whom q DemOciaG goes
SO far Is TO suggest that Mr.. SIN
mons must be- elected, If necessary
by fraud, then it Is time TO call d
halt Precinct Committed an
cannot justly twist and turn Mr.
Carr's utterance into an ATTACK up.
on the democratic organization
Mr.. Carr himself has been q part o1
the Democratic organization foI
many years. tie has served on the
State Executive Committee long
and faithfully. He would be tn.
last man 10 attack the Democratic
organization, as long as 1t carried
out the purposes for which 1t was
organized, and he would be in the
forefront with other good Demo
Gratis In North Carolina in attack.
ing members OF the organization
who would divert 1t from its leglti
mate purpose.
No man should criticise the Dem
ocratic organization, as long as II 1t
used for Democratic purposes, bul
whenever the party organization
becomes an agency Of any one Dem
OcrAt against anOLhe Democrat, il
is then not doing the work for which
1t WAS created, and 1t ought 70 b,
criticised severely. The Democrat
, &c ommltteemen Of the State, cOun
W and precincts, We're chosen by
the party for the purpOs5 OF hK hL
Ing the opponents Of Democracy
These committeeman were enLrus
ted with all the secrets Of the Dem
ocratlc party, to be used by then
against the common enemy Of tn,
party. They have i'll their keep
: ing the Democratic poll books. Tn
5 county chairman III the variou
1 counties have q list OF the part,
: wOrkerA and voters Of their county
!, They were not entrusted with thi
= POSITION or Information to help on
b Democrat at the expense Of another
r In some counties, the chalrmen Q
the county executive cOmmltte
have been sending out Simmons lii
erature, together with the llteratur
for the candidates for Congress an
# for Bryan and Stevenson.
i This Is wrong, ana the commit
tesmen VINO do This should be or.1