The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-21

nen+ II SIR. Briggs would rot result
In am friction between Is. con
scented and went with him. Nne.
he had made his statement he ealieo
upon me TO say that uIdeF TIE II
cumatencca | would not oo)ect. "hi'H
did. All his Is known ny othet
De0pfe besides hlrn and me. mere
fore. ~ car not nurt me and NJ can
not help himself by such & eo"erd4E
and basetfolschood-
one % the Wholly False" Kind.
"contauing. Mr.. Adams charges
thu: made the first attack on him.
and did il in an underhanded ana lh-
mars way. and further says that at
the same time ! made IN indirect at
tack o., the Republican party Of the
state. That this. is also wholly false
IL known to even the general pubic
i challenged Mr. adams - speciiy
when an where / evr criticised his
course. except 10 his face, until he
attacked me personally in the pupllc
prints. All hay- ever had to say
about Mr.. adams and his methods
in letters written tot him. copies Of
which haze kept. Everybody IN
North Carolina knows that / have
never attacked any one behind ms
back or in a secret manner All
have had TO Soy about men and
/ IA 1
board and in no uncertain terms
Econ ever Democrattin the state Will
admit this. Mr.. Adams attempt to
hide behind the Reptoliran party Of
the state, by claiming that when l
criticised htra / attacked the party.
reminds one Of the tho of Satan,
who. when and EXPOSED in
the livery Of heaven. raises the cry
that the church is being attacked.
Adams Repudiatedsat Home.
Further on. Mr.. Adams repeats his
charge that | have been rfpudtated
bv my own people and am politically
dead and ready for burial. and fol-
lows this with the statement that !
have been guilty o~fttrcachery, dupli-
city and inRratitude. All / care to
say in reply to this is that / have
helped to change my county from one
Of the strongest Democratic counties
in the State to one of the strongest
Republican counties, and that | have
never Vet been repuda ted by a ma
iorfty Of the Republicans Of that
county, nor even by q majority of all
the voters of that county. Mr..
Adams has succcede- in making his
besides. he has been repudiated by
both. a majority Of the Republicans
and a majority of all the voters in his
county. Indeed. his county repudi-
ated him most severely for state chair
man, and that. too. because they know
him better thar J did. He YVES also
re~pudiated by his home city and by
the ward in which he livrs. Mr.
Adams county voted against him in
the state convention for State hair
man on every ballot. and had it not
been for the large Republican vote of
my county he never would have been
elected.
.Dupiicity and Treachery."
AS to duplicity, j challenge him to
specify. It is true that Josephus Dan
iels has charged me with ~treachery il
leaving the Democratic party: he has
also charged me with treachery to the
Republican party. Mr.. Adams has
again borrowed this word from Mr..
Daniels. Thus. he serves notice on
every recruit that if they should dare
to leave their former political associa-
tons and come into Adams patron
age machine and make it grow I'M
comfortably large, they will be brand
ed BY Adams, as we'll as Daniels with
the charge of treachery.
Frog in the Well.
"aIr. Adams says further that since
can now proceed to build up the oar
ty on the right lines. The only fric-
ton that has occurred between Mr..
a Adams and myself has been over his
efforts to kill the Daily Industrial
News, and also over his actions in
doing that Which would make the
party grow smaller instead of larger.
His methods of building Up the party
are like the efforts of the frog In at
tempting to get out of the we'll, by
climbing up two feet during the day
and falling back three feet during the
--IJ 49, -,,-@l D.& 1-xN-
ago where the frog would soon land.
"The Most Unlindest Cut"
mfr. Adams final fling at me is to
declare that / am SO d~iscredited that
the party will not be further troubled
with me in North Carolina, or else
where. All l care to say in reply TO
this gratuitous fling is that my char
acter Will not suffer in North Carolina
in comparison with his, and that, be-
sides. my reputation Is as good out
side of North Carolina. even in indian
Territory, as it is at home. II Mr..
Adams desires to proceed with the
comparison by specifications, l am
ready.
Il would not have condescended to
notice such a statement from Adams
as an Individual. but, unfortunately,
fer the party, he happens now 10
hold a position that not only gives un-
due prominence to such false utter
ances, but also undue influence to his
treacherOuS acts.
ADAMS Still Dodging.
81 feel it a duty to warn every true
friend of the policies of the present.
administration to take note of the
fact that this man Adams continues to
dodge the square question as to
whether or not he Will support for
President Secretary Taft or some 9TH
er able and trusted exponent of the
principles and policies of the RooSa-
7elt administration for President at
the next National Convention. There
IS now being waged the greatest fight
III the history of the world between
organized greed. on the one hand. and
the interests of labor and capital,
producer and consumer, and simple
practice for all of the people, on the
other hand. The enemies of a square
deal are abroad in the land and well
armed with und Let the people
take notice and begin in the prima-
rieS and county conventions next
spring to instruct their delegates to
the State convention, so that the con-
Spiracy of the nemies of the admins
tration may be effectively thwarted.
Eternal vigilance was never before
more necessary"
SHOCKED BY LIVE WIRE.