Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-01-22
A VOICE FROM THE WEST.

"A NOASh fGOM 1F1E WES1.
A Cleveland County Man Nominates
AycOck As a Solution of the
Senatorial Difficulty Which
Would Benefit the State.
Cor. Charlotte Observer.
Speaking of "dark horses'' in the
Senatorial contest leads me to ex-
press what has been in not only nv
mind for weeks, but also in the mind
of many of my fellow-citizens with
whom l have talked. l have sprung
the subject, and wish to say that
every man with whom I have talk
ed with the exception of one or two
politicians agree that Chas. B. Ay-
cock ought to be elected Senator by
this Legislature. Especially if there
be a deadlock, and a "dark horse"
has to be brought in. His being an
Eastern man cuts absolutely no fig
ure in this instance with the crank
and file" of the Western Democracy.
Under ordinary circumstances and
IN a race between ordinary men we
Rvould insist on sending a Western
IAN to the Senate. But, in this
use, neither are the circumstances
d the man ordinary. The circum-
ances are these: North Carolina is
elect a Senator. Several candl-
ates are in the field who are pop
ar and able, but not one is clearly
favorite of all the people.
But there is one man in the State
Who stands prominently higher in
public estimation throughout the
State than any other man. A man
who holds the warmest place in the
hearts Of the people West and East.
A man unanimously considered the
most capable Of filling, with great
credit to the State, the office of Sem
ator. Because this man is an East
ern man political advisers hesitate
to help elect him-but 1 tell you the
crank and fle'' want him elected re-
gardless of the old tradition that one
Senator must be selected from the
West and one from the East.
Conservatism is a good thing but
not always the best. The State is
broadening, and broad things cannot
always go in traditional ruts.
In the days of Ransom and Vance
the observance of Eastern and West
ern representation was right and
proper. Each section had a man
who, in popular estimation, was a
peer, but not a superior to that of
the other. The East found a repre-
sentative in a patriotic, ~chivalric,
cultured and intellectual gentleman.
The West found a rugged, ready
Ritted, big-hearted and brainy
mountain man.
The citizens Of this State, Western
and Eastern, recognize in Chas. B.
Aycock, a goodly portion of all the
superior characteristics of both these
great Senators, and would have him
be not our Western or our Eastern
Senator-elect. but our s'Senator at
large"
Doubtless there are several other
men in the State who are capable of
filling the office of Senator with
credit but the point | wish to empha-
size is that the public cannot agree
on one of these men.
No other one man has been able to
impress the peope as Aycock has.
We believe that no man in recent
Hays has studied the people of North
Carolina so earnestly as Governor
Aycock. And no DIE knows better
han he their faults, their peculiari-
ids their needs and their opportuni-
ties. No one understands his people
better or can make others understand
and respect them so well as Aycock.
The public man in tbs State seems
tc )e so outspoken, SC fair and cam
d There is no man in the Demo-
CT tic party who is a better Demo-
CT +, and yet no public man in the
S tie is so sincere and ardent in his
Ii 5ors for the public good that people
f ret his politics. Of course, Ay-
coak's name has not been put on the
material slate" He would not
allow it out of respect for the old
custom of having eastern and western
representation; but what of that? If
the western people themselves were
given their choice, especially if a
deadlock should occur, the slate
would besmashed and Aycock would
be chosen.
It does seem a pity to practically
s.shelve" the man whom the people