The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-08-11
GOVERNOR AYCOCK.
He Should Have Been Presented for
e-President-A Warm Tribute to
Him and His State.
Charlotte Observer.

Charlotte Observer.
We are printing below all exceed
ingly agreeable article on Governor
AycOck and he State OF North Caro-
lima, which recently appeared III the
editorial columns OF the Atlanta
News. The editor is right in his estl-
mate OF the Tar Heel Governor, and
it is not to be doubted that as a
Vice-prpsidential nominee iii the cam
paign and as Nice-President OF the
United States. he would fulfill all ex
pectatiOns. North Carolina. however,
continues to be modest in her re-
quests, and that may explain why
his name was not pressed ut st.
Louis.
Following is the article from the
Atlanta News:
THE people of the old North State
have begun to realize that they made
Il mistake when they did not insist
more inportunely upon the nominal
tiOn OF Governor AycOck as Vice
President of the United States.
ItcanmOt be denied that for several
days preceding the final selection OF
the gentleman who was to occupy
the second place on the ticket, there
was languOr, Indifference and doubt
as to who should be the running mate
OF the Silent Sage Of EsOpus. They
canvassed the situation with great
deliberation, and the choice finally
feIlupOn an aged, but entirely worthy,
Democrat from the State of West
Virginia.
''The most critical caviller could
find no flaw in the harness OF Mr..
Davis. but it would have been graft
flying to the people Of North Carolina
if they could have seen their favOrite
son'-this term employed in no hack
neyed sense-chOsena as Vice President
of the United States.
"'The approaching campaign should
be an aggressive one on the part OF
the Democratic party. We have sat
back supinel V and assumed the defen-
sive too long already tits high time
that we assume the aggressive. 10
carry forward such a campaign, it is
at least desirable that there should
he IL man on the ticket who can
speak.
''Such man is Governor AycOck
The elOQuence of the Chief Executive
of the Tar Heel State is absolutely
unrivaled among the Governors, and
indeed, among the Observation-Disclosures
may be their pOsition-Of the entire
Union. He was born with the gift O
OratOry.
ole must have been dipped in the
Liffey
Gle has the persuasive charm which
belongs peculiary to the popular
orator He can sway great MASSES
of people in the same manner thai
Abraham Lincoln SWayed them. He
is eloquent, argumentative and ora
torical, without ever once relaxing
his grasp upon the firm thread of hi.
discourse
$50 far as his individual personal
ity is concerned, he is one OF the mos
charming men in the South. He mum
bers his friends by the legion, an,
each and every one OF them wa
more than anxious to see his nam,
placed before the National Demo
cratic Convention as Vice-Presiden
OF the United States. The poet tell
US that
The pebble in the streamlet scant
Has changed the course of many IA river
The dewdrop on the baby plant
Has warped the mighty oak forever.'''
''We are not prepared to subscrib
to the intimatiOn that Governor Ay
cock : career has been warped He i
too great in mind and heart for an
such casual circumstance permanent
~ to affect his career But the fac
remains that if there had been som
man with the voice. the vi~Or an
the courage, physically speaking, t.
place him in nomination before TIL
Democratic convention, he woul
have received Il vote which wOul
have more than fiattered his vanity
and perhaps have secured the nom
nation.
But Governor AycOck is large
than the Eice-Presidency He is til
Governor of one of the really grea
States OF the Union. He is the Chic
Executive. be it remembered, of til
State in which the Mecklenburg De-
laration of Independence was signe,
The people of that grand oil
State chose him from among all the
worthy citizens as the rightful leadt
of Democracy. The know him an
esteem him for his true worth.
matters little to Governor AycoC
that he is not the Vice-Presidenti;
nominee. He is great enough with
himself"