The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-09-20
ROLLINS S-BLACKBURN FIGHT
Democratic Candidate Brings Daily
New Bills of indictment Against
Republican Organization Crowd
in North CaroIina.-FaIIacy of
Mr.. Britt's TariffArgument.

MURPHY, sept. 1.-The Congression-
al candidates are here today. That is
some of them are. Mr.. Israel, socialist
candidate, has temporarily removed
himself from the political equation, he
having gone to Waynesville yesterday.
Mr.. Israel will however, return to the
fray when the candidates strike Bun
combe, because they have agreed to
give him some time there since the go
cialists have an organization in that
county.
Mr.. Crawford who started the ball to
rolling today, seldom fails to bring an
indictment against the republican Or
ganization in North Carolina He
reads what the Tar Heel said of the
Adams people, and then what Secretary
Taft said of the whole crowd. He says
that the republicans have only members
in congress from the southern states
and that the Office holding crowd in
this state did their utmost to put one
of these, Mr.. Black burn, in the peniten-
tiary; and that they were aided in this
undertaking by Mr.. Britt. He says he
supposes that Mr.. Britt sympathized
with the Adams faction. since he him
self was one of the Gins, and that he
was not aware of the fact that Mr.. Britt
had license to practice law until the
aolton crowd drafted him to assist in
prosecuting the only republican con-
gressman IN the s5ate, a1d the oafy one
they will ever have for years to come
Mr.. Crawford has entered the field of
prophecy. He says his majority will be
1900, and that he would make it an
even 5000, but for the fact that he likes
his republican opponent personally, and
he does not care to inflict upon him
unnecessary humiliation. Mr.. Israel
he says would vote for him before he
would for Britt, and Britt would vote
for him before he would for Israel, and
therefore, there is no special opposition
to his election. He will go to congress
and Mr.. Britt will return to the revenue
service. where q berth awaits him, and
all will be we'll. At first Mr.. Britt had
AVSAAhOA W. AA 4OL SOAS OSSS kAN IL A0O
been announced that MIR. Williams of
Henderson would be the man. Nobody
seemed to want the nomination much,
but when the convention was held it
was found that MIR. Britt, who had bal
ked on taking the nomination, encount-
cred no opposition. BE had asked
Colonel Lusk, the old war horse in
Buncombe, about the republican situa-
tion, and the Colonel had told him that
the Lord would provide sacrifice in
due time.
"And So" continued Mr. Crawford,
we have the sacrifice in this nice young
man who ought to be teaching school
in Mitchell county, that be ing better
avocation than holding revenue jobs
and running for congress when there is
no hope for election"
Mr.. Crawford, in telling of the money
that has been used by republicans in
previous campaigns, alluded to the
check which Cornelius N. Bliss. secre-
tary of the republican national commit
tee, received from one of the life insur-
Ance companies, which amount he said
had been stolen, and Chairman COrtel-
you had never returned these stolen
funds.
He showed a fac smile of the check
which Bliss received, as reproduced in
the Gazette-News. Mr.. Crawford has
frequently alluded to the Gazette-News
MS an:excellent paper, a paper, he says,