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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-05-15
NOTHING NEW IN THE CHARGES.

NOId1NG NEW In IIE
Webster's Weekly.
There is nothing new in Maj. Wilson's
charges. They are the same the rail-
road organs ave been making for some
time. No real friend of Judge Clark
will suffer his zeal to abate one whit
because of them, but the rather will
work with renewed determination to
win the fight. Democrats are not wont
to take orders from men who threaten
to bolt unless they can have their way.
Vance said such were dishonest.
If Judge Clark has in any instance
overstepped the bounds of judicial pro-
priety, it has been in the interest of the
people-the bone and sinew, the burden
bearers of the State. If he has looked
abroad and seen the great mass of the
people struggling under the burdens of
taxation, the victims of trust greed. and
their children growing up in ignorance
10 be heWers of wood and drawers of
water, while the corporations are trying
to evade their just contributions to the
common school fund, and his heart has
been touched and he has cried out
! against it, think you the people are going
to follow Maj. Wilson ard Henry Page
and the Raleigh Post and cruelty him ?
Is it not to his credit if he did put cour-
age into Russell to call a halt to the
game the Wilson's were playing?
His bitterest enemies dare not
charge that a dishonest dollar has ever
stained his palms. A man of his ability
and learning is not dependent upon pop
ular favor for a living. others have
struck it rich by laying aside the ermine
and becoming corporation attorneys. He
takes his stand with the people because
he loves justice more than money.
The h~ol1owness and insincerity Of the
objections urged against Judge Clark
must be manifest to every intelligent
observer of the course of events. The
corporations cannot control or silence
him, and the people know it. He is
worth more to North Carolina than the
whole gang who are swapping at his
heels and will not be sacrificed to graf
ify their hate.
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THE PROOF.

Winston Sentinel.
The reply of Mr.. w. P. Bachelor to
the charges brought by Major J. w.
Wilson against Judge Clark throws an
altogether different light upon several
of the matters referred to by Major
Wilson and, as the allegations have
been SO vigorously denied, it is up to
the "a1legator" to produce the proofs,
which he intimated were to be had, in
big chunks, for the asking. i The
burden of proof has shifted to the plain
tiff in the case and the jury awaits the
evidence. = 3 = Are there any Demo-
crats-the straightout sort-the sort that
stands by the party through thick and
thin and votes the tickle from President
to constable-are there any of this sort
of Democrats engineering the scheme to
defeat Judge Clark's nomination for
Chief Justice?
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-05-15
MAJOR WILSON DEMOLISHED.

Oxford Public Ledger.
Something has ~"drapped" at Raleigh
and it is a bombshell in the camp of the
Observation-Disclosures Dem
ocrats," socalled, but in reality the enc
my of the Democratic party.
Mr.. w. B. Bachelor, of Raleigh, re-
plies to Major ]. w Wilson's charges
and completely answers and refutes
every charge which was made against
the distinguished Judge Walter Clark.
He shows that the whole plan was con-
Mr.. w P. Bachelor, of Raleigh, re-
that Major Wilson was just selected as a
mouthpiece. This is what we felt sure
Of beforehand.
To us, and we believe to the other real
Democrats who wish to know the truth
and are not blinded by railroad or trust
interests, the answer is conclusive. He
shows that Judge Clark has always been
a true Democrat and that his political
record is clear. He also shows that there
were many misstateDlents of fact in
Major Wilson's letter. The railroad at
torneys will have to "go and come
again."
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-05-15
D A r LETTER.
(From the News and observer.)

We publish elsewhere to-day HI 1etter of Hon. Walter Clark, Associate
of the supremeC Court, answering the charges made upon his personal
and official integrity Many of his friends, in view of the factt t the Demo-
craticC County nventio were unanimously endorsing him for Chief Justice.
i'm tic make no reply 20 the charges made apon him. But h lie rightly
hat. while he could afford to ignore theo other charges, he could not
rest satisfied without replyng to he circunstanual charges that h va a cor
judicial officer.
The men h have always opposed Judge Clark because of his public views
will onnose him u after reading his letter. His friends will regard it as a
complete md crushing refuationo of all that las been said about him. he far-
public. neither biased " enmtyn nor Influenced by friendship. will say that
the charges against his character I'M integrity are not sustained. They will moi
say that he has ben free from mistake Of judgment or of action, but they VIII
motive. =
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SUCH ATTACKS DO NOT HARM
HIM.

Litt1eton News-ReporIer.
Attacks are being made on the pcliti-
cal and moral character of Judge Wal
ter Clark by some who have personal
grievances against him in their efforts
to defeat his nomination for the office
of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
in the coming Democratic convention.
Judge Clark is too we'll known by the
people of the State he has so we'll and
honorably served for these attacks to
have weight, especially when they can
be SO clearly seen to be based on malice.
Such attacks are. we believe. material
~ beneficial to the parties attacked, and
react with force upon those who bring
them.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-05-15

Ny fate is in the hands of the peo-
pie. l have served them faithfully i'll
peace and in war to the best of my hum
BILE ability. Should they decide TO re-
tain me in their service or not is for
them to decide. Whatever their decia-
ion I shall bow to the will of the SOW
ereign people. This is their govern
mept and I wish that they and they
alone shall determine public policy and
the selection of their public servants.
l have said this much in the defense of my
personal and official integrity and hence
forth shall leave the matter to those who
must make the decision-the people oil
North Carolina.
And now, my comrade, in the language
of my Yancey county friend, believe me
most ruly,
tFYours till DEATH"
WALTER CLARK.
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CONTROVERSY UNFORTUNATE.
Morganton News-Hera1d.

Morganton News-Hera1d.
This controversy is, we think, very
unfortunate. 1t certainty cannot do the
Democratic party in the State any good,
but on the other hand is calculated to
do 1T much harm. 1t seems it is getting
so that the older heads, those whom the
of looking to for conservatism and good
examples and advice, are those who are
engaged in nearly all the chickering's and
strife within the party. This State OF
affairs is to be regretted.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-05-15
ALL FOR CLARK.
LoUisburg Times.

The County Democratic Executive
Committee of Franklin county held a
very enthusiastic meeting in the court
house last Monday, and while there was
no public expression regarding the Chief
Justiceship, it was discovered that
every member present was for Judge
Clark for Chief Justice. The eiitor of
tho Times took occasion to sound quite
a number of the Democrats from various
sections of the county, and min out of
ten expressed themselves as CLARK
men, while the other one-tenth hadn't
made up their minds.
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DIVISION OF SENTIMENT.

Louisburg Times.
There is a great deal of talk among
our people in regard to what is termed
the Wi1son-C Clark controversy. and there
is a division of sentiment in regard
thereto. Judge Clark has a large num-
Der of friends in this county. and there
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-05-15
WILL SUSPEND JUDGMENT.
IF GUILTY, HE SHOULD NOT B
NOMINATED.

Stanly Enterprise.
Unless Judge Clark satisfactorily re-
flutes the charges, certainly the Demo-
cratic party has but one thing to do
that is, refuse to consider his name in
the convention.
Major Wilson is too well known and
has too much at stake to make idle
charges of so grave a nature, and is too
old to be governed by feelings of NAL
ice. He challenges Judge Clark to de-
ny a single one of the charges, and prom
Uses, if he does, to produce proof at
once.
The question is one beyond mere par
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-05-15
THE POSTMASTER Is GONE.
Burroughs Leaves Portsmouth and Bis Ac-
counts Are Short.

Norfolk, Va, May 12.-Postmaster SAM
tel L. Burroughs, of Portsmouth, is
missing and United States Postoifice In
spcctor Bulla is in charge of the ac-
counts which are short.
Mr.. Jno. w. Rutter, a prominent local
Republican, has been placed in temper
airy charge by Burroughs bondsmen.
1t is stated that the accounts of the
missing postmaster are short from $4,000
to 81, 500. He was not known to be a
speculator nor to have had other oxpcn-
sive habits.
Mr.. Burroughs term expired the latter
part of March but he was held ovcr
awaiting the action of the President IN
naming his successor. He has been very
active in seeking re-appointment.
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OFFERS NO PROOF.

Greensboro Telegram.
The long expected reply from Judge
Clark has come, printed in the News and
Observer this morning. which paper with
great fairness and good judgment with
held Major Wilson's paper until a reply
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-05-15
MORE THAN BARE STATEMENTS

Fender Chronicle.
Judge Clark has stood for many years,
as an iron bulwark. between the people
end the ever e~ncroaching greed and pow
er Of the corporations; and it will re-
quire something more than the bare
statements of a corporation attorney to
shake the peoples faith in him.
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are many who, while they 10 not agree
that all the charges of Major Wilson
are we'll founded, would be glad to see
Judge Clark decline to be a candidate
for Chief Justice.
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DEMANDS UNEQUIvOCAL ANDsWER
AND DENIAL.
Sampson Democrat.

Sampson Democrat.
We are clearly of the opinion tina the
specific and direct pointedness of this
letter emand an unequivocal answer
and denial. Judge Clark came not into
the political arena by the voice of the
people, but he was IAN appointee,' if
memory serves us right. He is the oc-
casion of a. controversies in this
State. He was elected the last time
when every other Democrat ON the State
ticket went down under a combination of
forces that have since been repudiated
by the simon pure Democracy of the
State. Latterly he has posed as the
Exponent of Democracy"
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SHOULD NOT WAIT.

Henderson Gold Leaf.
Major Wilson should not wait for
Judge Clark to deny anything. He has
made charges and he should produce
the proofs.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-05-15
WILL. NOT INFLUENCE DEMO.
GRATIS.
Elkin Times.

Elkin Times.
We hav read both sides and it all
appears to be a personal grievance Will
son has against Clark and CIark's enc
mics are using it for all they can. Will
son lost his office as Railroad Commits
sioner and accuses Judge Clark with
uEfairness in putting him out of office
after he had .-aken an appeal from Gov.
RUssel1's decision.
We do not think the Democrats will
be influenced much by the racket
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-05-15
REPLY INDICATES JUDGE CLARK.

REPLY INDICATES JUDGE CLARK.
Statesville Mascot.
Last week a card was scattered broad
cast over the State, purporting to be
written by Major J. w. Wilson, attack
ing Judge Clark and declaring that he
was unfit to be a candidate for Supreme
Court judge, because he was not a Demo-
crat and was not morally fit. Yesterday
a reply was published by Mr.. w. P.
Bachelor completely vindicating Judge
Clark and showing the purpose and
source of the attack on him. Next week
We hope to give a full statement of Mr..
Bachelors defense of one of the great
est men in North Carolina.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-05-15

JUDGE LAX AND HIS EN EM LES.
Chatham Observer.
The unanimous endorsement of Judge
Clark for Chief Justice by the Chatham
county Democratic convention on
Tuesday appears Gin the language of
the streets) to have knocked the spots
out of the Republican movement to die
tate to Democrats whom they should
nominate this summer for the chief Of
flee at their disposal. Evidently, the
Chatham people have been separating
the sheep from the. goats, with the re-
suit, as shown by the vote for Judge
Clark, that not a single Republican sat
in that Democratic convention Those
who are wv of the vileness OF Ger
tain politicians who believe in the Re
publican doctrines and policies and vote
for Roosevelt, and yet have the hardi-
as delegates, will probably wonder why
the fact that only Democrats sat in a
Democratic convention should be the
subject of remark But, except for that
practice in the recent past, there would,
for example, nave been no Philippine war
with it's attendant disgrace to the Amer
lean name, and we would be now we'll
advanced on the road to recover from
the Capitalization which Republican
triumph in the sixties inaugurated.
The other counties. if care De taken
TO exclude from the conventions the
agents of corporations opposed to the
Democracy, will follow Chatham's splcn-
did lead, and the Republicans who have
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-05-15
REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN OPENED.
Fayetteville Observer.

We DINIC-N4 0EANII 1AIU4N VI LANEDs
Fayetteville Observer.
We look On the assault on Judge Clark
as the opening of the Republican cam
paign. Judge Clark has endeared him
self to the people of North Carolina by
the enemies he has made. Now is a
good time to separate the sheep from the
goats. You will find every Roosevelt
and Booker Washington Democrat (save
the marki) wagging their heads In pre-
tended concern for the party which they
are doing their hest to destroy.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-05-15
A FEARFUL ARRANGEMENT.

Charlotte Observer.
The open letter of Major j. w. Wilson
to the Democrats of North Carolina,
which is printed in this mornings paper,
is a fearful arraignment of the political
and personal record of Judge Walter
Clark. If the questions asked are not
answered-and they cannot. be; and the
charges are not refuted-and they cannot
be, the Democratic party cannot afford
to nominate Judge Clark for Chief JUS
tice or anything else, for it is not to be
believed that he can be elected. Certain
Iy all Democrats are absolvcd from any
obligation to support him.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-05-15
KEEP FIJI TT.

Greensboro Record.
Mr.. w. P. Bachelor, of Raleigh, is out
in a card in defense of Judge Clark. His
article occupies six columns in the Raj
eigh News and Observer and it will take
some time to digest" it. So far as we
have read it, the principal thing is what
might be called a demand on Governor
Russell for the letter said to have been
written by Clark to him. Judge Clark
wrote to Mr.. F. H. Busbee for a copy of
it, but he replied that it has been sent
to Governor Russell. Mr.. Bachelor says
Judge Clark wants the letter published.
Sift it, keep sitting it and let it all come
put. TIL public is entitled to see this
letter and do its own judging.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-05-15

Sheriff Davis says that eighteen white
men in Warren county failed to pay
their poll tax by the 1st of May AID
eighty-seven colored pcople.-Warren
Record.
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ANYBODY TO BEAT CLARK.

Roanoke-Chowan Times.
Anybody to beat Clark is now the
slogan of the railroad and trust organs.
Why don't they trot out their man? Why
keep him in hiding?
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-05-15
ENOUGH TO MAKE A HORSE LAUGH

Wadesboro Observation-Disclosures.
A long-winded editorial attack in the
Charlotte Observer last Monday contain
ed the following:
There is nothing behind our attitude
toward Judge Clark except concern for
the Democratic party and the public well
fare"
Well, well, this is certainly enough to
make a horse laugh. The idea Of the
Observer being Influenced in either it's
friendships or it's enmities by love of
the democratic party is so preposterous
a proposition that we are forced to the
conclusion that its editor was either off
his base when he wrote the sentence
referred to, OF that he gives the peo-
fes. Fortunately for the Democracy the
Observers protestations of renewed
fealty and love come at a time when
the party is likely to accept them for
what they are worth, having in mind the
manner in which it has shown it's good
will in the past.
Whether Judge Clark is nominated or
defeated he is a poor Democrat indeed
who can be Influenced against him by
ex parte statement of a man who has
not lost an opportunity in six years of
stabbing the party in the hack, even
though this man does pretend that he
has no personal feeling in the. matter,
and only speaks out of love for the De-
mocracy.
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MOORE WILL FOLLOW cFATHA1

Carthage Blade.
At this time when there is so much
effort put forth from the certain
quarters against Judge C1arlz's fitness
for the Chief Justiceship it is gratifying
to his friends who are the hosts of the
Democratic party, that the first county
convention in this campaign, which was
held for the county of Chatham this
week at Pittsboro, unanimously endorsed
Judge Clark for Chief Justice. Moore
county will do the same thing. He has
long been in high public service and
has all the time stood near to the peo-
pie as their friend and they will see him
IGNORED further.
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NOT AN UNPARDONABLE CRIME.
Monroe Enquirer.

NO1 AN CR1ME.
Monroe Enquirer.
Hon Jas. w. Wilson is out in a long
letter against Judge Walter Clark's nom
nation by the Democrats to the Chief
Justiceship. Mr.. Wilson is frank enough
to admit that the main reason for op-
posing Judge Clark is that Judge Clark
prepared a paper which was submitted
and rendered for the use and approval
Of Governor Russell, giving the reasons
for the removal of Jas. w. Wilson and
Ohio Wilson from the railroad commits
sion when he had every reason to know
that the matter would come before him
for decision as Associate Justice. Well,
We are inclined to believe that getting
Mr.. Wilson out of office of railroad com
missioner was not an objectionable
crime, and the people of North Carolina
will not censure Judge Clark, or any
other man for ousting both James and
Ohio Wilson from the railroad commits
sion.
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CUT f HIS SOURCE OF SUPPLIES.
Lenoir Topic.
There is scarce a week but witnesses
some new excitement, and the last is no
exception. The latest is an assault upon
Judge Clark by one Major Wilson, who
was removed from the office of Railroad
Commissioner during Governor RusselPs
administration because it was urged he
was too closely in league with the South
crp Railway. AS to the Justification of
this act we are not prone to express
an opinion, but it occurs to us this pro-
ceeds from one who has been cut off from
his source of supplies and is willing to go
half-cocked upon the world in his endeav-
or to get the right man.
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CAN'T SEE MUCH IN THE MATTER

CAN'T SEE MUCH IN THE MATTER
Warren Record.
The Major Wilson letter of charges
against Judge Clark has been carefully
read. The answer, by Mr.. w. p.
BatcheIor, of Raleigh, has also been
carefully read. We amt say that We
see much in the matter. We expect
that Judge Clark, like all human beings,
has been guilty of little acts CT i1discre-
ton, but we do not believe him to be a
corrupt man. We will let the wise men
decide the question.
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"BEING SERIOUSLY DISCUSSED"
Yadkin Ripple.

Yadkin Ripple.
That the opposition to Clark is strong
and growing there is no doubt; that IL
nominated he could not poll the full
strength Of the Democratic party is very
apparent; that he would nave oppo-
sition at the polls is not improbable;
whether his nomination would have a
serious result in tending to split the
party is a question which is being Sc
riously discussed.
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EVERY FACT CHARGED DEPENDS
UPON REPUBLICANS FOR PROOF.

EVERY FACT
UPON REPUBLICANS FOR PROOF.
Wadesboro Observation-Disclosures.
Every charge made against Judge Clark
in the circular letter signed by Major
]. w. Wilson, but which was probably
written by some ten or fifteen corpora
ton attorneys in collaboration depends
on Republicans or fusionists for the
proof. The Major and his assistants
must be on very good terms with the
Republicans and fusionists themselves to
have unearthed so many mares nests,
and certainly it comes with poor grace
from them to attempt to damn Judge
Clark because, as they charge, he was
too thick with the Republicans and fus-
ionists at one time.
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A DEFENSE WHICH IS NO DEFENSE

Concord Times.
The people of the State have been
anxiously awaiting a reply to Major
James w. Wilson's attack on Judge
Clark. 1t has come at last through Mr..
Bachelor, a prominent lawyer of Raj
eigh, and was published in yesterdays
Raleigh papers. We must confess that
we were disappointed in the letter of
Mr.. Bachelor. 1t is voluminous but
eyasive, a diatribe against railroads and
corporations. The question is not, who
made the charge, but, is the charge true
| Major Wilson may be corrupt and a tool
of the corporations as Mr.. Bachelor
charges Though no one believes it,. Does
that disprove the charges against Judge
Clark? The question is, Is Judge Clark
guilty of any of the charges made against
him?
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could be printed alongside of it. Mr..
Bachelors reply is a long one and only
time for, a careful reading would enable
one to decide just how far it goes in cor
recting the impressions caused by Major
Wilson's letter. At the very opening,
however, even a cursory glance shows
that a good deal is made of the fact that
Major Wilson offers no proof of the
validity of his charges. 1t is an easy
thing to say bad things about a man, es-
pecia1ly a candidate for public office,
making thinking people believe them is
another thing.
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Mr.. w. P. Bachelor, of Raleigh, has
written a reply to Major J. w. Wilson's
attack on Judge Walter Clark which, We
think, will be entirely satisfactory to the
friends of the latter gentleman and to
that portion of the general public that
are not p~rejudiced against him.