The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-11-01
Cary, n. c.



nal to say something in behalf of
Hon. Marion Butler, with your clear
intimation that there is nothing to
say except the TRADE of bitter abuse
accorded him by few members Of
the Democratic press of the State,
cheerfully record herewith a few
facts in the public life of Mr.. Butler
as matter of information aud in
no sense as "defense." His life is
an open book, needs no defense.
These facts YOU, in common with
some others, seem to have over
looked.
Let me say first, however, that l
admire Mr.. Butler. His course in
the United States Senate was loyal.
patriotic, brilliant. Intelligent,
-hrewd and capable, he had the re.
spect not only Of his colleagues, but
Of the entire nation.
The abuse does not injure Mr..
Butler. All well-informed citizens
know full we'll the depth of the de-
gree Of the v'ickedness Of the heart
from which it proceeds. 1t ia moth
ing short o. cut-throat journalism,
led by a charsc !er tenfold more dam
gerOus to society than the high way
robber, The robber, having only a
pecuniary greed to satisfy, draws the
purse or the blood, at most, while
the cut-throat Journalist, green with
envy, seeks to rob his victim of the
good name which only God, through
the high endoWments g nature, has
given him. Such an editor should
not be permitted to run at large.
All this malicious pirate about Mr..
Buffers having formed and entered
into reasonable conspiracy to rob
the State is the merest fabrication of
a jealous editor I am not laying
charges at the door of the Journal,
though think sometimes you are
mtsled in copying it, It has not
been shown that Mr.. Butler has had
any connection with collecting any
North Carolina bonds of any char
acter except as an attorney, nor has
it been shown that any act Of his in
this connection was disloyal or dis.
honest in the slightest degree. The
contrary has been asserted, but the
source of the assertion, in the alb
sence Of proof, is sufficient to con-
denim it.
Mr.. Buffers career in the United
States Senate shines forth with a
success not equaled by that Of any
Senator from North Carolina in re-
cent years. Some men measure the
success Of Senator by the amount
of wire pulling and political trickery
he is able to accomplish for his
party. Others, by the amount of
appropriations he is able to attract
to his State, and others still by the
amount of permanent good meas
ures he is able TO get enacted into
law for the benefit of all the people.
AS to the first, Mr.. Butler was an
utter failure, being entirely obliv-
ious to everything except his senate
rial duties to the people. AS to at
tracing appropriations to the State
his ability and patriotism stand forth
clearly.
He caused to be established at
Edenton, n. g., the government sta
ton for Matching and cultivating
fish, from which station the waters
of the sound and our lakes and riv-
ers and ponds are stocked with suit
able fisn.
He caused to be established at
Beaufort the government biological
station, a scientific institution of
high grade and much value for the
study of sea-life. The appropria-
tions necessary to establish and main
tain both tn sse institutions are very
large, both being we'll equipped, and
the latter the only one Of its kind
in the United States.
Assisting Senator Pritchard, he
secured the first national appropria-
ton for GaiIford Battle Ground.
He also caused to be erected ON Gull
ford Battle Ground monuments to
Gems Nash and Davidson. He also
secured an, appropriation for the re-
facilitating of Moore's Greek and
battlefield. These are some of The
special appropriations which he Sc
cured for North Carolina, and which
shows his patriotism, also.
Perhaps his most famous genera,
service was the part he perform ed
in the establishment of the Rural
Free Delivery system. He intro
duced the bill in the Senate, sue
ceeded in getting it placed upon the
Postofice appropriation bill as an
amendment in 1896, and 1t became
a law in that year, the vote in the
Senate standing thirty (S0) in favor
and twenty-eight (2s) against the
measure. Mr.. Butler was the only
Senator who made speech in favor
of the bill while several speeches
were made against it.
He introduced bill to establish
Postal Savings Bank system. and