The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-30

lead them. Murmurs of complaint
would be touched into silence bv the
de1t fingers of an affectionate ruler
and the great executive would renose
in that rare security, shorn of which
the President of the United States so
recently laid down his life Can this
balm of Gilead ever be introduced
into political life and thus diminish
the distance between the rich and the
poor? Surely it does not seem 50 in
this generation, but it would seem to
be the self-appointed task of every
citizen to attempt the next best thing.
Referring to those who aspire to be
honored with the Democratic nomina-
ton for Governor we desire to in
quire what is the nature of the quail
fication thus emitting him. What is to
determine the availability of the man
who seeks this manifestation of pref
erence and favor? Is it honesty
coupled with steadfastness of purpose
and truth of heart? Is it immaculacy
of personal character and unobjec-
tionable habits of life? Is it the gift
to hold the listeners like a deWdrop
in the hollow of ones hand? Is it par
ty service? Is it fidelity to duty? Or
is it patriotism so deep as to melt
petty partisanShip like the mist in the
morning sun? 1t is assuredly some of
these.
Then what about the man who sent
the knghtiest lance that was ever
Splintered in an enemy's helmet
against those who essayed to wipe
out the rule of the white man and
establish fusion in its stead? What
will you do with that illustrious COM
moner who has grown foot-sore in the
service, and bent In the wars of the
party he loves so we'll? If the spirits
of departed chieftains of Democracy
ever take cOgnizance Of this wicked
worlds doing, then the faithful who
| have gone on before have smiled APP
proval at the collarless orator of the
cause. If there as q punishment fixed
for the commission of a wrong and
the omission of duty, then there ought
| to be a reward for self-denial and
honest toll, and that commensurate in
some degree at least to the services
rendered and the good accomplished
| thereby.
Exact dates make little difference
here. Time is not the essence of the
contract The statute of limitation
| has not run against this claim. We
| were not always as we are now. Let
us be glad that conditions have chang
| ed. There was time when the Dem
| ocrauc platform was not good to
stand upon. There are those who
| have since returned in sackcloth and
ashes who had turned their faces
| fusionward. The Democratic skyway
was lowering and ugly. The populis-
| tic idea was injecting poison in the
| ranks, and was parting the old craft
| in the middle-the towers of strength
were trembling. Marion Butler adrOit
and crafty was breathing sweet per-
| fumes of deception from off his black
locks, and was leading good men into
! that road of shadows which left
| stigma of shame and beSmirched the
pages of history. Brave men were
quavering before this magic wand. AS
from a cross the heavy night atmos-
| phere where souls were perishing at
! sea, came the faint stifled petition for
assistance. Then something happen
ed From out in the gray hills of
| Forsyth, where the sunset deepens the
green in the cloverhields, there came
| the sponsors answer: Here am /,
send me-"
When r. Il. Glenn appeared in the
arena the angry scowl gathered and
intensified on Buffers foxy face, and
| Bob Glenn, for a quarter of a century,
has struck down the friends of mis-
| rule and the foes of Democracy, will
| defy the destructive agencies of time
| and circumstance in the memory of
| those who who would see the party
triumph and its enemies fall
| Talk about party service, love of
Why if twenty-five years of unbroken
| and practically upreWarded service,
together with a lifetime of devotion to
his State and its institutions, and 10y
atty to friends and fair-dealing with
foes is not sufficient. then what stand
ard of measurement will you have.
Add to these qualifications the fact that
he has no superior in executive abili-
ty and forensic eloqnence, and you
will have some idea of the fitness of
| this man for the high position to
which he asks his countrymen to lift
| him.
IL the voice Of the people is heard,
and / believe ii will be. when the con-
vention meets at Greensboro Bob
Glenn will be nominated for Governor,
and the tremendous approval of the
masses will be registered in the cleo
ton of this faVorite Carolinian, be-
fore whom the king and the peasant
will weigh the same
d. M. STRINGFIELD.
Manteo, n. G.. April 26.
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