The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-11-27
Star of Concupiscent
Splinter in Ascendant.
BUTLER A DEAD ONE
Bernard in Washington Inbo~om~
Himself 10 The Post Which Re
cOgniZc- The Long stride OF Ills
short Lcg-N Coming Man for
\ Sweet Revenge.
\ Sweet Revenge.

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Otherwise. Marion Butter having
joined the down and ont club. Claude
Bernard rides smiIinsly upon Il star
ascendant,
The Republican party having mot
With II accident has changed horses
ia the middle Of the road. Nhere
il was Boss Marion, It's nov MaTso
Claude.
How did this come atout? How
does the chaplet OF supremacy ever
fall upon the glistening brov. 81 Radl-
cal leadership in North Carolina
lis bestowed at Washington. First
the District Of Columbia speaks, al
forwards the revenue department
knows BY intuition UP which tree to
bark.
The leadership Of Marion Butler
was distasteful to not a few R"publi-
cans. Some of them made Wly faces
at the inftiction, but on and all they
TOOK the dose Wno chose Butler for
leader? The North Caroline %ltepubli-
cans Not hy a company of
Who first told the story OF what was
comine2 The Washington papers.
The Washington paper, are next, the
Radicals play a thinking part and look
pleased. They take their leaders ana
their orders from the same source.
When the Washington papers took to
giving up their valuable space 70 the
I'll III .ttlCilS III 'II 1DtIINir ~ H.
tiated saw the d~eHounent hitting
them on The bunG-smellcr. Wise ones
commenced to climb u0on II wagon
until there were no seats left; when
there was no more room there vas
kicking by the ~haS-5ccnS. but protest
was futile. Witness the effaCemcnt of
Blackburn, whom the Devil Wagon
ran over. But now the aching void
in the Washington papers with respect
to Butler. is QuiVering With q tails
,o-o ~ n 49, n, .nrrt Of tho IA II-nEcG
Republicans who desire to hold on to
heir jobs will hold their breath ana
De grateful. Th2 Washington Post
has seen Bernard. II has taken his
measure and found it great. Napoleon
| was du"K-leg"ed. and Phil Sheridan
| was a dwarf. and the Post is not mis-
| lead 10y cxtcrnals. Seeing Bernard it
lofts the cap, draws him into a corner
IF the lobby and receives his prescr1p-
ion as to the cure Tor sick-a-bed
Radicalism in the Tar Heel State as
iolloWS.
Demands U]ltitnatum.
"Unless there is a change in the
leaders Of the Republican party in
| North Carolina, it viii have to shut
ap shop and get Out of business. the
| returns for the last election in the
| 5tate show a slump Of nearly 20.oo0
| Republican votes, \ 20 per cent loss
n two years. The returns show that
-he votes did not go 10 the Democrats
tor they barely polled their normal
| strength. The republicans polled ST.
800 votes in 1905, and if their vote
| 2ad been fully polled in 1906, it would
| lave reached o5,o00 to 0 10000, instead
| IF g., 600 to 10000.
"Our people believe that two terms
IS enough for aDpointiVe Offices, and
will not vote at the dictation Of the
| present oficenoIders. This is especial
v true in the eastern district, where
here is a great deal OF feeling against
| Collector Duncan. There was much
| disappointment at the defeat of AIR.
Blackburn for chairman, and it is be
ieved now that had he been elected
ne would have pollcd 100000 votes,
and there would be no question of
| his return 10 Congress. blackburn
stood for the people: Adams forces
| were Of and for federal oNicelolderS.
| Unless the President changes the pres
mt federal heads in the state there
will be little interest 1aken in cleo
C!audius The Hot Stuff.
This can only mean that Bernard is
Tt" The Post sees the coming
| event. While it throws its cuts Of But
Ter in the scrap heap it prepares q
| photograph of Bernard-bust expo
| sure.
In a way his is a happy result. Re
publicans should take courage. They
like their liquors straight. Bernard is
d straight Republican, has always
l DccIl. 1ketllcIIlDtIlIl the ullultd lIlIh-
ture of Dutch cock-tail'' which But
Ter represents, they should swallow
MIN with scarcely q cough. Bernard
is right in seeking command. He is
in nan Ways the ideal Republican,
| lie would rule over them sympathetic
! caIly and they would understand n
| another. The administration has been
| going after strange cattle. ring-straked
With party records. Now it is coming
back to the pure article. speckIed with
1 -en Z Arr- vp11i+r , - lilo nc ~
take JOY.
y Hunt for Vengeance.
And let there be no die and I'M
thinking cavil about the personality Of
| the Honorable Claudius. Let not the
| memory Of his concupiscence dim he
glory Of his approaching transfigura-
| ion. Hold not uD his defeats against
/ him. h Hon. Claude has arrived.
| Necessarily he has painted as he came.
| he must carry q great head and d
heavy body on short legs. But short
| e2S cannot quenCh q fiery spirit. tn
| Hon. Claude knows all about fiery
pirits. II made en-. Thus Is h
loudly a Republican. by practise as
veil as ambition. We can imagine
ne measure OF the Honorable Claudc's
.eVenge. He has never forgiven that
Butler cup which put him on view
'tanding-besidc the Handsome Harry
kinner for Presidential choice for
district attorney. His legs ma be
mort but his emo IS long. Hand
some Harry has d head. It may yet
est in the basket Of the man he
sVicted from a t0othsomc job.
on the whole. there is every reason
0 him that Bernard will make All
acceptable Republican leader. As a
Z he has daIlied. waddling off into
1y-paths from mor2Iitias, doing frantic
Interstate Journeys. tumbIing out IF
ouases. making sensations. These were
put the diversions Of 4 statesman. Now
me sky has cleared. 30 one hunts
him amy more for his life. but onIy
II the Washington Iobbies to hear how.
the situation may be saved lie knows
and he tells. lie smiles a prophecy.
ioSSes his legs across his breast and
waits Tor the lightning 10 strike. H
5 an inviting figure. ready to do jobs
and get Jobs: q short, round, massive
intellect waiting to be crowned: an