The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-05-15
From Our Regular Correspondent.

RALEIGH, n. C., May 10, 'O2.
As the question of whether the
Democratic party should nominate
Judge Clark as the head of it's ticket
this year. by naming him for Chief
Justice by its convention i'll July,
continues to be the centre of interest
and leading topic OF discussion, it
becomes necessary to refer to the con-
trOversy again.
Last week Ex-Governor Russell
furnished Judge Clark with copies OF
Clark's letters to Russell lat the
Judges request), and it was at once
supposed that the latter would i'm
mediately make them public, as he
had stated Through the Bachelor
letter. was his desire. But no public
ity has yet been given them. and the
Judge, when called upon by news
paper reporters, stated that he ''cOuld
not talk now, and at this writing he
remains silent.
This course has greatly surprised
Judge Clark's friends as well as his
critics and opponents, and has caused
another statement to be printed by
Major Wilson, in which he says,
among other things:
''If he prints the letters, as he has
promised to do, the public will feel
that my charges are understatements
rather than Overstatements. Ii he
does not print these letters it will be
Il confession of guilt upon his part.
Let Judge Clark show his letters.
He has been trying to becloud the
issue by abusing the men, with whom
he was extremely thick five years
ago, as is shown by his confidential
correspondence He has been abus-
ing Captain Day, when Captain Day
appeared for Governor Russell and
Judge Clark in their efforts to remove
me- Judge Clark seems now to have
a poor opinion OF the friends with
whom he was so thick in 1897. 1t
| makes no difference who brought
these letters out, Or i'll whose hands
they are; the question is, did Judge
Clark write them? If he did, he is
guilty of instigating suits, cOncealing
| his connection, and then sitting in
Judgment upon them. He must
stand or fall by his letters; they are
| his utterances.
Judge Clark was last Saturday
shown the original letters written by
| him to Governor Russell He
| acknowledged their genuineness, but
declined to say whether he would pub
lish them or consent to their publica-
| ton.
Judge Clark has since published
the letters and made reply to the
attack upon him.-EDITOR.
MATTERS OF CONCERN.
The annual banquet to be given i'll
New York by the North Carolina
Society of that city May POI this
year promises to be one of the most
enjoyable of all such occasions in its
history. The society has a member
ship OF nearly 400, with W. W. Fuller
formerly of Raleigh and later of Dur
ham now general counsel for the
American Tobacco Company, as its
President. Among it's guests next
week who will speak on the occasion
will be Senators Pritchard and Sim
mons and ex-senator Ransom.
One million young shad have Just
been deposited in the Cape Fea1
River, between Fayetteville and vii
mingtOn, by an agent of the United
States Fish Commission.
| Governor AycOck attended Memoir
ial Day exercises at Shelby last Satur
day, and spoke to the big crowd o
people gathered to do honor to thu
Confederate dead. Hon. Locke Craig
delivered the regular memorial ad
dress. At the various other places il
the State the day was generally oh
served
VARIOUS MATTERS OF INTEREST.
At WilkesborO on May LIST it il
learned that the poll taxes of owe
400 voters were paid by party lead
ers;' that the Democrats first crush
ed in and paid the taxes of 2O(
voters" and that thereupon the Re
publicans hurried over to the Sheriff
office and did the same trick for owe
200 more.
The Grand Lodge OF North Caro-
lima, |. 0. O. F., will hold it's annua
session this year at Greensboro OF
May 10Th.
The retirement of Dr. r. B. Kings
bury from the chair of editorial write
on the Wilmington Messenger, an
nounced last Friday, as the result Q
differences with the owners of tina
paper, probably closes the activ
newspaper career of the dean Q
North Carolina journalism - tn
most scholarly and erudite of Nort1
Carolina editors. He had been en-
gagged in newspaper work for man,
years. and this writer remember
his first experience on a newspape
occurred under DR.. kingsbury, Will
the latter was associate editor @
Josiah Turner's Raleigh Sentinel, ;
paper which at that time Tin TIL
seventies) welded more influence
politically, than any other Mort
Carolina newspaper has since or be
fore, so far as my knowledge extends
May his declining years be filled witt
peace and happiness and comfort.
Senator Simmons on Friday sc
cured the insertion of appropriation
for the Greensboro ($75,OOO) an,
Winston-Salem (S15O,OOO) publ
buildings in the House bill now befor
the Senate, but it cannot be predicte,
whether the House conferees will pei
NIT them to remain at the final pas
sage of the bill. LLEWXAM.