The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-09-11
PRITCHARD.
The One aud Only Issue Of the Re-
publicans in This Campaign in North
Carolina
Newton Enterprise

Newton ENTERPRISE
The one and only issue Of this cam
paign, SO far as the Republicans are
concerned. is Pritchard. His term
will expire next March. Above and
beyond all else, they desire his re-
| election to the United States Senate
They need him, and they love him
for the offices he can give them.
Mr. Pritchard is 4 politician Of no
| ordinary ability. He is By far the
smartest and most high toned leader
the North Carolina Republicans have
| had IN recent years. He has planned
very adroit campaign. But he lis
fearfully handicapped by the dullness
and buffoonery of his Iieutenants.
The Republican newspapers are all
edited by Federal liice-hoiders. Most
| OF them are not content with the
offices they already hold, but are am
bilious and clamorous for better Jobs.
To reach these, they keep up con
stant competition with one another
i'll pulfery of Pritchard, and carry it
to such extreme lengths that their
papers lose the dignity and honesty
of purpose That newspapers must
maintain if they hope to WELD any
influence.
But his small batch Of idslatrous
editors are not his only handicap
pers. His county managers every
where have been AS loquacious in ad-
vertising the plans of the campaign
as if they had been confidentially re-
vealed to a woman's sewing society
or enchre club. 1t is as well known
that the Republicans are Industrious
ly trying to get Democrats to run as
independent candidates for the Leg
islalure OF join in with them in so
called citizens movements, as if Sen
ator or State Chairman Priuchard had
made the announcement over his
own name.
What is the result? Every Demo
crat no offers himself as an indie
pendent candidate for office only pub
! fishes to the world that he has bitten
, at the bait that hangs dangling to the
public view. No proclamation o.
grievances, however long or short
can convince anybody to any other
e way of looking at his candidacy. He
u cuts himself loose from his former
y party and friends, can get no votes
/ II except those that his new allies cal
v furnish ond destroys his prospect ant
q influence for years to come. A few
s only a very few, confined to 4 hal
l. dozen counties in the mountain sec
+. ton, have bitten. But their imita
7. tors from now on will be few and ia
3 between.
o The Democratic party in Nortl
. Carolina is not dependant Oh TIL
mistakes and blunders of it's oppo
nents, but still it is not expected tha
all smiles because of these should b
suppressed, The Democrats have
record on which they confidently re
ly. They have restored the govern
ment of the State and counties to tn
white people of the State. The
have relieved the State department
of scandals. They have relieved tn
- iails of unfortunate mental wreck
II and provided comfortable quarter
for them in the hospitals. The
have given to the county schools for
months terms and doubled the ar
preparations for pensioning Confe'
S. crate soldiers. In the counties the
are building comfortable schoo
hoases, bridging the creeks and river
and in many ways improving tt
public roads. The people see tt
difference between Democratic an
fusion government, and will hold ia
to the former.
With this Democratic record in b
way Senator Pritchard has +
months known that he had hal
road to travel to retain his prese
position. His very adroit plan on
- suggested a faint hope. But no'
that has gone glimmerlng.
=, After the 18th of next March thel
"i Will be two Democrats in the Sena
ns from North Carolina.