The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-04-25
THE BIBLICAL RECORDER ON
JUDGE WINSTON.

THE BIBLICAL RECORDER ON
JUDGE WINSTON.
Commenting upon the appoint ..
nent Of Judge Winston, Editor Bal :
Icy In the Biblical Recorder Of t. T
10th delivers himself Of the follow I
Ing wry. faced paragraph: y
"Mr. Winston 10 . we'll known
politician. In his appointment the
Governor was evidently Indifferent
TO the elements supposed TO be 90.
sential TO that quality dssignAssd
a. judicial. Mr.. Winston was .
mem Der of the General Assembly
Increasing the number Of Judge.
shipe. Ordinarily this should De
bar one from being appointed. We
cannot avoid tho impression that
the Governor sun srs . distinct loss
Of prestige by this sppointmen :"
Sorrow and Joy here meet: TOT
Governor loses prestige. but WHO
ston gains pie.
Personally, we sympsthizs wi b
the editor Of the Biblical Recorder
to the extent Of believing that .
man better fitted for the judgeship
could have been found; but we sd-
mire the creative genius OF the man |
that could make . judge out OF
Winston, seeing that the Almighty
required "a much a. the dust Of the
earth TO make man out Of to begin
with and yet we feel that Winston
was Justly entitled to this appoint
ment, and that the Governor is not
thereby lowered In our estimation.
1t Is true, that some few years ago
Winston armed 1t with Geo. White,
the negro Solicitor, whose help he
sought, without avail, to become
Judge, Just IS moro recently he has
armed 1t with Aycock, the Govern
or, who has made him one; and
that the Governor now holds in
Winston's affection the old nesting
place of White. But while "not all
the water In the rough, rude sea
|, eau wash the balm from an anoln'
ted king" may not time and con.
science. sinking party service In two
lawless and successful campaign
!, deodorize even Winston? Consider
his ser. ice to the Democratic par
ty: 1t was Winston that organic d
, In 1898 and 1900 the effective george
, white supremacy clubs from the
/. mountains to the sea, and the par
ty had no more active and tireless
D worker than he and 1t had no con
1 scienceless work too vile for him to
! plan or cheerfully execute.
r Just such services we're needed
a then, and they we're acceptable and
b accepted and If the laborer be wor
@ thy of his hire, 1t would seem thai
Winston as Judge Is . legitImat
: progeny Of those campaigns. And st
!. all seemed to think on the day o
the Inauguration, when Francis ID
y Winston was proud master OF cere
i monies In the very fitness Of things
1 and every spectator felt like OK
t claiming, NO Winston, no Aycock'
q Our friend of the Recorder count
ensnced and upheld the method
Of those campaigns, accepted Win
q ston's methods and services with
out protest, and knew how Aycocl
y was getting to be Governor, ant
a what payments in honor he woult
o be bound to make. II the Recorder
, however, since the election Is for I
J. little while resting upon highe
II ground and breathing holier ali
y what will 1t do In another cam
i paign: will it again pack bad porl
J. and complain at It's own meat?
= The Recorder should remembe
t the recent past, and that the Gov
}, ernor is but the equation Of his en-
q vironment, and 90 not expect to-
l. much. And In it's criticisms upol
, the Governors appointments,
It should follow this good Scottish
rule:
d "And when 70 justly can commend
/. commend them;
, And aiblins when they Wilma stant
your test,
n Wink hard and say Aycock ha
b done his best"
y But Mr.. Bailey 10 not the onl,
It Democrat in North Carolina Il
IS whose mouth the appointment o
70 Winston fixes . rank taste as IL 81
4. old Congo family had just move,
"a In.