The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-01

IiPI;i Il NJ THIN
temperance .,ap3a eHaat tlu
t"- bgesr- IA me atr. Wh+t IS
al~ record. Faom la, a4s tast ID,
began To UtE interest 9Th city pol
tie~ he has maintained Il sloe. .4I8I-
anee "ifa tho saloon Cd .msnt ia RAJ
s}-l1. H. lI#s sometimes voted SI'H
temperance people $50 save Isis Tta.
as the Chimes ht.e H. but h. ht-
f""t- maintained & cI.s. tIii4Hg.
<h the saloon element ina Raleigh Iu
his eamG align Ter iha SENATE uo le4dIu.
Temperance man Is Importing him.
why They Iomsmhar his cuar-.
Naen the temperance force, through
out the stat. were lighting for the War
bill The lines we've clearly drawn.
The opponents II that temperance act.
draWu by Senator S%iuEnou. and other
Temperance men. Nenr TO = greater
Extreme To defeat that measure than
las been ItSorted To 10 defeat amy bill
in this generation. In his life a4d
death struggle. when the temperance
forces @erc nghting for tEciF lives and
10 prevent q return - the odd st-
ioon d still evils. where 80 we md
Mr.. Drewryt The columns of hi=
paper were filed with deuunciatious
of the Ward bill. j even denounced
the former Democratic state platform
that stood for temperance. saying. IN
its issue of March 3rd
IF We live To see another CON
Ecnuon We intend L. insist upon Il
document for Il platform. and not
a claZv quilt with all sorts of
spots ana checks and stripes. sam
pies Of the garb@ Of every crank
who has lived in the state FOR a
generation"
But he did not stop there. The on
poncnts Of that temperance measure,
seeing that they could not defeat it
by the usual method Of argument. at
tempted to induce the STATE EXecu-
tive Committee to oppose the bill.
Its opponents got up d call for
Il meeting of the State Executive Com
mlttec for the expressed pur-
pose Of securing an expression that
the Democratic State platform was
contrary to such legislation" lie, the
Ward bill In that crisis for temper-
ance, where do we find Mr.. Drewry =?
He signed the call for the meeting of
the Executive Committee for the pur-
pose Of defeating the Ward bill. Here
is what The News and Observer said
about his action in its issue OF Feb
ruary 10th:
"SllaIl The Minority Control?
To show what would be the
result if the State Executive Com
mittee should interpret" the
Democratic platform to be against
the ara OH, 1T IS out necessary
to state the effect it would have
in Wake county.
In the Democratic primaries,
Mr.. John G. DreWry was candi-
date for the House against Mr..
y. 3. StrOnach. and'after a hotIy
contested campaign. Mr.. Stronach
was nominated. Therefore, Mr..
Stronach has beer delegated as
the Raleigh member to- represent
Wake county in the Legislature.
And now comes Mir. Drewry. a
member of the State Executive
Committee, and by his proxy,
votes to call a meeting OF the
state Executive Committee to in
terprct" the platform so as to con-
troll the vote of his successful OPP
poncnt and his associates i'll the
House from Wake.
Is MI. DrcWrv. the Wake mem
Der of the committee in person
or by better qualified to
'interpret' the Democratic plat
form than his successful Oppon-
Cnt, and h other members from
Wake These gentlemen We're
nominated by the people: Mr..
DreWry was defeated by the peo-
pie. Is State Committeeman
DrcWry to be permitted to in
terpret' the platform i'll q man
ner that will bind Mr.. Stronach,
WI. vi hN'lit''i' an II
tor Ellington2 If so. then the
chosen representatives of the
people are denied tho right to
"interpret' their wishes We do
not know how the Wake Iegisla-
tors fecl about this matter. but
we do know that the voters of
Wake county trust the elected
representatives to 90 their own
Interpreting without dictation
by the State Committee.
The situation in other counties
MAY parallel the situation in
Wake. and we state it merely to
show that if the programme Of
government by cummittee' Is
carried out it will be government
by a minority of the voters.
h meeting was held. 1t was red
hot. There was debate running near
ly all night. When the roll was call
what happened? MI. DreWry.
seeing thai the cause he a ~eSpouSed
was defeated. fastened to desert his
allies and jumped on the band wagon
by voting for the resolution adopted
10y the men Who were standing with
enato simmons in that history-mak-
ing fight. The men who fought from
earnest conviction went down in the
last ditch. but "gum-Shoe' DreWrN
hurried to land OF the pand-WaSon.
action expresses his entire at
~ IL
he is neither hot nor cold. but in
alliance with the local saloon
that no real adF"cate OF
temperance can afford to trust DreWrY
10 represent the auSe. And yet Mr.
Drewry poses as the friend of Mr..
simmons today in order TO get votes
for himself. That was hi crucial
hour in the career OF Senator Sim
mons. If the Ward bill a been de
feated. after the KIND OF warfare
waged against it by Nh. DreWry and
the others, senator Simmons would
have found his political Waterloo.
And everybody in the State knows
that his is true.
After the Ward bill passed the sen
ate Nj. Drevry's paper said. in the
issue Of February 18th:
The passage of this bill Was
Il clear violation of a fundament-
al Democratic principle, accord
ing to the notion of some men
who claim to be of that house
hold of faith. If this is not true.
then we are to have no rOuble