The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-22

il our memories be at fault, ana you
will find that he was one of the few
members, if not the only member from
the West, who from the beginning Ia
vored and fought for the proposition to
submit the suffrage amendment to
vote Of the people. Do not forget, my
friends. The folks uD there didn't need
any local protection against the negro.
But Mr.. Craig, having lived his earlier
years in the East. knew the awful con-
ditions there, and he would not suffer
TO pass the opportunity to succor his
kinspeople and the friends Of his youth.
He won the fight in the Legislature, and
then came the mighty battle pefofe the
people 1t is known of all men that in
this as in every other important contest
for Democratic supremacy, the real bat
tle-ground was the West. Though Mr..
Craig had come from the East. his nome
had been among our people long enough
for them to know and to appreciate his
high character. his sound judgment, his
intense patriotism; and so 1t was that
he became the natural leader OF the
forces making war for white supremacy,
and pleaded the cause OF his brethren IN
the East with such earnestness and pow
er that the people of the hill country and
of the mountains rallied to the support
of a measure against which they had at
first openly and stoutly rebelled. Have
you gentlemen forgotten?
THE people of the West know Mr..
Craig's worth and power, and they real
ize the necessity of providing cure for
the diseased conditions attributable to
the local and immediate influence of Mr..
Pritchard. b. sheer force OF circum
stance Mr.. Craig has been engaged, for
years, in close combat with the ARCH
enemy of Democracy, the high priest OF
Republicanism. Do you want to cure
Pritchardism? Apply the remedy where
the disease is most rampant.
'Mr. Craig has fought bravely, faith
fully, effectively. He has earned by pa
tient merit |the glowing trophy with
which his friends would crown him. He
is born a leader He gathers men 10
him with hooks of steel. He never loses
on admirer, because the more you study
him, the broader. the deeper. the great
or he becomes. His is q character that
charms and inspires, heart that warns
and enthralls. He is a man of high cul-
ture, of thorough and comprehensive
scholarship. He is a conscientious stu
dent and a deep thinker. He possesses
not only thorough knowledge of all mat
ters pertaining to local policies and
measures of limited application, but is
blessed with that broad intellectual
sweep that seems to grasp and hold and
master the whole realm of political and
social philosophy. The good he has al
ready done is great what he will accom-
plish in the larger sphere of Senatorial
life will be incomparably greater.
"He is a young gentleman of the old
school. In culture, in polish, in elo
quence, in magnetic power, even now
almost the match of the matchless Ran
som; in logic, in homely wisdom, in stern
strength of dction, well-nigh the peer of
the peerless Vance; in loftiness Of pur-
pose and purity of motive, in fidelity to
every just obligation, in love for the
right, and in courage to do and die for
the right, the equal of any man whose
life today or whose immortal memory
adorns the State.
And, sir, if you ask me if there is any
other reason for my advocacy Of Mr..
Craig, | answer-Yes:: l believe he will
make the best Senator"