The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-05
Gen. Davidson for Governor.

To the Editor: The mountain Demo
Gratis will present to the next State Con-
vention Hon. Theo. f. Davidson. as q
candidate for Governor We believe that
the time has come when the Democratic
party of North Carolina Will do justice to
the mountain Democracy. We shall ask
the next State convention to nominate
General Davidson for the following rea-
sons among others:
First: General Davidson has in very
eminent degree the personal qualifications
requisite TO properly discharge the duties
of Governor. He is intensely North Car
Gilman. He is the kinsman; was tie per-
sonal friend and political disciple Of Car
ohna's great commoner Zebulan B. Vance.
He is in thorough sympathy with the
genius and spirit OF our North Carolina
people. He is conservative, wise and just
He would be the Governor of the whole
people While intensely Democratic he is
not an extremist. While he is intensely
Southern he is not a sectionalist. He has
a broad and comprehensive grasp Of pub
lie affairs.
Second. Mr. Davidson is admirably
equipped to defend Democratic principles
on the hastings. He is intimately ac-
quainted with the political history of our
State and would be an overmatch for any
candidate that the opposition might see
fit to pit against him.
Third We believe that the Democratic
party of North Carolina is reasonable and
Just We shall. therefore, appeal to the
cause of reason and Justice of the party
as to the claims of the west for recogn1-
ton and consideration at the hands of the
next State convention. We present to the
Democrats a candidate the equal of any
lin character, ability and patriotism.
There is q great and growing section of
this State located west OF the main line
of the Southern Railway. Yet no Gov
ernor Of this State has come from west
of Greensboro for more than q quarter of
century. Does the reason and con
science of our Democratic friends of the
State think that this is right and just?
When has the Eastern Democracy ap-
pealed to the Western Democracy in vain?
During the great conflict which lasted in
this State 70 a third Of century ter
minating in 1900, the loyalty and devotion
of the Western Democrats to their East
err brethren was continuous and undated;
therefore, for this reason, among Others
we ask to be heard in the next Democratic
State convention
Fourth. Good party policy demands the
nomination. Of General Davidson, The
Democratic party is permanently entrench-
ed in power in North Carolina if prudence
and wisdom shall prevail in the counsels
of the party. If the Western Democrats
continue to knock ar the doors of our
State convention in vain, while the CID
guard will always be true to the party,
yet the result will be that it will cause
the young men Of the West to lend an at
tentive ear to the specious pleas of the
opposition, and around the nucleus of the
Republican party in the West, a party
may be formed which, aided by the vote
of the negroes who shall qualify them
selves under the constitutional amendment
will some day rise up to annoy and in
jure the Democratic party of this State.
Prudence and justice in these matters will
preclude such possibility as this. We ask
our Democratic friends in the State to
think on these things
j. D. MURPHY.