The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-14
CAN'T SEDUCE THEM
attempts to Get Democrats
60 on Rad. Pop Ticket.
a True Blue Was Approached Yesterday Will !.
IN the Revenue Office. Was There
Any Significance In The Time
and Place

hotgh The independent movement IN
Wake county died .a-bornin = it must
not be supposed that those who remain in
II have given up the hope of getting out
a ticket that viii put them into office.
ne ticket named has on it now only one
candidate for county commissioners and
q candidate for register Of deeds. The
others all declined and are supporting
the regular Democratic ticket.
But the few managers Of the move
1nent left, the RAIDS and Pops, are ex-
citlhg every effort TO induce 4 few men
OF character and position, who have al
ways bcen Democrats, TO go on the ticket.
Last week an influential and popular me-
cnanlc of the city was approached by
some Of the managers, offered the nomi-
nation for clerk Of the court. promised u
big support, and urged to accept the
nomination. 1t didn't take him more
than a minute to decline.
Yesterday one OF the leading Democrats
OF the county chairman Of his precinct
committee, came to Raleigh. Business
called nim 10 the Internal Revenue De
partment. While there a man who has
been a Democrat, and is supposed by
many still to be a Democrat, began to
0N 49, AiiiI "oodI CouiIN DOilli1
Your candidates had q very small crowd
at Cary he said, and the people are
not turning out to hear them" The man
approached was surprised to hear him
say "YoHr candidates." Then the man
said in substance to the Democrat: "Why
don t you run for the Legislature? Il
you will write a card here and announce
yourself, you will be elected. You Will
carry all the western end Of the county.
You will get a big majority and be elect
ed. Write a card now" At tina juno
ture Jim Young came III. There were
two other revenue officers present. AZ
a temptation, the speaker went on 10 as
sure the Democrat that all these folk.
viii support you One revenue officer
spoke up and said: Il know you are 6
good man and I'd vote for you anyway
The gentleman solicited to run was sur
prised at being approached-surprised al
the man who made the suggestion, sur
prisod At the place where it was made
and surprised most Of all that it SHOULD
be made to him. He is a man who Is
trusted by his fellow Democrats to thu
fullest extent and is worthy of thei1
confidence. OF course he let it be known
that he would listen to no such sugges
tion.
These Two incidents teach that tn,
RAIDS. the Pops and the few independents
are still at work and at work might.
still trying to beguile Democrats int
accepting their nominations They ar
going around on the Spider and the FL,
principle:
will you walk into my parlor?
Said the spider to the fly,
Tt is the pretriest little parlor
), Tha evar you did spy"
But Democrats know the fate of tina
little fly who accepted the invitation
he never came out alive. They are no
looking for that sort Of political death
and they are staying out. 1t is hope'
J and believed that no Democrat III Walk
county will lend his name to the in1ur1
of that great party. There is no reason
now to turn away from the party that ha'
been ever true. Its candidates are clean
capable, honest.
All together Democrats to make WAKE
county he banner Democratic county o
the Statei Why not!