The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-26
CAPT. g. B 0LENN's ANSWER
TO THE HON. CYRUS B. WATSON
He declines to Accsde to the Proposition That
the County Convention Of Forsyth Should
Decide Between Them.
Especial TO News and Observer.)

Especial TO News and Observer.)
Winston-Salem. y. c., Aug. 22.-Capt.
r. B. Glenn gave your correspondent to-
night a copy OF his letter in reply to the
one written BY Mr.. c. B.. Watson a week
ago anent the Senatorial contest be-
tween the two men. Capt. Glenn says:
Hon. G. B. Watson.
My Dear Sir: Through the press, and
not by personal letter TO me, you in
formed me Of a motion that your friends
viii a before our county convention.
You did not ask me to confer with you
looking to an amicable adjustment OF
our differences, but simply announced
your intention. Absence at court has pre-
vented my sooner replying to your card.
For more than q year, it has been known
IN the State that | wOuld be a candidate
for United States Senator and by public
interview in the press last fall, and by a
personal letter written TO and received
by you last February, (though not an
sWered), | made known to you my pur-
pose of entering the race.
When l first announced myself, l had
not the slightest intimation that you
were a candidate, but from our past rela-
lions expected your cordial support. II
you had declared yourself, prior to my
doing so, the present unfortunate COM
pIcation would not exist, for appreciate
ing the friendship of our people, and
their interests, to which you allude in
your card, l would not have offered my
self for the Senate. Our people know
the situation and cannot intelligently
blame me for this unpleasant condition
OF affairs.
Hoping that in a friendly spirit we
could adjust our matters, ten days ago,
through a friend, | submitted you this
propositions: That the Forsyth members
for the Legislature by consent, be in
| structed by the convention to vote for
one of us, who, in their judgment, after
canvassing among the other members,
should develop the most strength, and l
pledged myself, in case you were chosen,
to do all l could for your nomination.
The Senator being a State officer, ninety
six counties other than ours may have
a voice in naming the successful candi-
date, SO not whether you or l are the
stronger IN Forsyth, but who can get
the most votes in the Legislature, is
the vital question.
You declined my proposition, made
no counter offer, but simply wrote a
card stating your purpose. You say your
friends will urge your motion, thus
showing you have been considering the
matter and notifying them Of your plan,
and you may have the strength on the
day of the convention to accomplish
your wish. Still, not believing that your
course is wise or just, | cannot agree to
it. Being a State matter Forsyth coun-
ty alone should not decide between US,
for it would be just as fair for one Of
our candidates for clerk to propose to
leave his election to Winston-SaIem
township because he thought he was
stronger there, instead of to all the
townships in the county. Even if polite
to leave such a question to one county,
1t certainly ought not to be to a con-
Vention constituted like ours will be, for
you know it is not to be held under the
plans of our party organization, with
primaries in each township to select dele
gates, but is a mass meeting where every
Democrat is a delegate, and where only
a few out of the many voters in the
county will likely be present. Again we
both have warm friends. who are very
jealous in our behalf, and to inject a
motion into the convention that might
engender bitterness would injure the
county ticket, a result which neither Of
US can desire. | therefore renew my for
mer proposition, to let our member go
to Raleigh pledged to vote for the stron-
ger candidate, caring not so much for
either Of us, as for getting the Senator
from Forsyth. Our love and pride Of
county should MAKE us desire the pre-
Scntlng of that candidate before the eau
Gus most likely to win, for even in poll
tics a man should not live for himself
alone. In selecting Forsyth as your bat
| flo ground do think vn,1 n ro fair 4 n
me? You have lived here all your life,
your play-mates, school-mates, comrades
IN arms, a clientage of thirty years and
your kln-folkS are all here, while have
only been in the county sixteen years and
have no such relations. Although l have
not lived there for twenty-four years, l
do not think ] would be altogether gem
erous in offering to leave our contest to
Rockingham, my old home. Again you
know that l have only been at home three
days since the State convention, and that
[ will be away next week at Davidson
court. Prior to the State convention, we
thought everything would be settled by
q State primary, but it was not so, and
since then have neither seen nor writ
ten to friends to come to our mass meet
ing, and did not know Of your intended
motion until my return from Wilkes the
day before your card was published. I
will make no personal effort to defeat
your motion, but confidently rely upon
the wisdom of the fair-minded men who
will attend the convention to defeat a
resolution that, in my opinion, will pro-
duce discord instead of harmony. IN
tiringly, from now until the election, |
Will canvass for the whole State ticket
and will aid our county candidates all
[ can in their campaign and ~on the day
OF election, and when the battle is over
and the victory Won it will be time
enough for me to consider my own in
terests. The news that l felt from the
State at large makes me hopeful OF
my success. If elected to the high posi-
ton of Senator, l will serve all the peo-
pie of every class faithfully and hon
estly, trying to do all l can for the up
building of my State. If defeated, L VIII
not sulk, but as in the past will work
zealously for Democratic supremacy IN