The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-18

am in receipt of pamphlet bearing
date OF March 8, issued by Mr. Linney from
his home in the Rock House" Taylors-
vile, y. c.. TO the voters in the Sth dis
trict. This attack upon me first appeared
in the News and Observer. leading mouth
piece of Mr.. Linney. and his followers who
have recently been filling its columns with
slanderous indecent articles to which they
are too cowrdly to sign their names,
claiming that Mr.. Linney was loyal TO me
in the last campaign. Dr.. C. J. Carson
Chairman Republican Committee of this
district who lives in Mr.. Linney's town
and is the only member of that commit
tee al it's late meeting friendly to Mr.. Lin
ney's candidacy in the present contest,
wrote me under date of September list,
1862. from TaylorSville, y. c., the follow
inc letter:
Hon. E. Spencer Blackburn, NJ c.,
Wlkesbdro. \. c.: My Dear Sir am in
receipt of your letter in which you state
you cannot be with us on the day of our
convention. hope you viii reconsider as
it is now circulated by Mr. H. T. Campbell
that you would be here and the people are
DESTROYS of your presence. | am inclined
to believe that if you do not come you
w!ll lose one hundred votes as Lnney is
raising all the disturbance he can and
your presence will settle that. This is a
matter OF great Importance to the county,
and if you fail to come it may defeat the
whole county ticket. l hope you viii call
in your other appointments for the 9Th
any way-YOU MUST. COME.-C. ]. Car
SON. CThe last .hree words underscored
twice..
The day after the election, Nov {. 1902
he wrote me that Mr.. Linney fought me
at the polls. induced three or four men
10 go away without voting when he could
not induce them to vote against me, and
late in the evening walked up and voted
for ME declaring that he would vote for
the id rascal but that it was the bit
terest pill he ever had to take The same
can be verified by Mr.. Gwaltney. Mr. NJ
G.. Campbell and dozens Of other good men
who know the same. On January Sth,
1902 Or. Carson writes me among other
things: col. Linney was at home while
/ was gone; my mother not thinking,
told him that was gone to meet you and
lie said: / don't know what in the hi
lie is foolng with Blackburn for, that you
would promise me anything in the world
and Go nothing; that you could get moth
inc"
On February S.-1902, another letter from
Or. Carson referring to Mr.. Linney,l said:
He has been doing some promiscuous
cuSsing In letter from DR.. Carson on
June SSH 1909. he says: 4 knew you
would oppose Mr.. Linney more than any
other man and l can't blame YOU for il
because he always opposed you but voted
for you" 1t Dr.. Carson wrote the truth
Mr.. Linney has not only betrayed his party
Int aHH RI dlcl0 t,,l+ ell.
hood. In 1900 Mr.. Linney declined to be
n candidate for reason he said the district
was Democratic, appointed his own son
private secretary and sat down in his glory
TO enjoy his reward. I was nominated and
under the direction of my committee re-
fused a Joint canvass with Mr.. Buxton. In
November | was elected without a Joint
canvass or the aid of Mr. Lnney bv al
most two thousand majority In 1902 I
was nominated again after change IN
the district according to Democratic est
mates which rendered it four or five thou
sand against me and the second time IN
der the direction OF my committee refused
n Joint canvass. When the smoke Of bat
tie had cleared On which Mr. Linney had
played a deserter and bushwhaeker) in
stead of Democratic majority o. i've
thousand as Mr. Linney had predicted
they lad defeated me by a little more
than one thousand votes and added 20 ou
ranks more shan three thousand and five
hundred white men. While ycu Mr. Lin
ney. were walking the streets Of States
VILE in the night time, critieizlng my
course and predicting that two years
hence no Republican would be allowed
TO speak in the State, was doing what
could for our cause. While you were
in your county doing all you could tc
DESTROY your own ticket as DR.. Carson
writes / was going day and night trying
to maintain our party in the Sth and
furnishing your boys money to defeat the
enemy you had thrust upon them. While