The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11
RALEIGH LETTER,
Hustler Bureau
Supreme Court Building
= Raleigh, April, 8 '07.
(St@n C@rresPOndemce.)

The writer recently received
letter from Congressman Craw'
ford, of the tenth district, com
mending the position he has taker
upon political matters in the
State, outlined in a recent article
which appeared in the News and
Observer and was reproduced III
a number of other newspapers,
MI. Crawford, also, ridicules the
idea:sof a t''split in the party" and
adds: "The people are notalarm-
ed. There will be enough radical
ism in the masses to have things
done and enough conservatism to
have them rightly done. There is
nothing to divide the democrats
in this State and they are not 60
ing to tolerate anything of the
kind. There is no state whose
people respond more promptly to
necessary and wholesome legisla-
ton than the people of North
Carolina, the democratic people.
I think your article timely and TO
the point" &
Referring to the recent accident
in which Mr. Crawford was pain
fully injured he says: "This is
the first time I have written any
thing since the wreck I think
the incident has been unduly mag
nifed. Ny ankle was badly spain
ed and bruised, one finger broken
and a few other slight bruises re-
suited from the fall. Am able to
'hobble' around the house, but
suffer quite a good deal on account
of the injured ankle. Can't guess
Just when I shall be myself again.
I always prefer to select my place
to fall if possible to do SO. 1t was
to much for me to ride down main
street in a wild plunge. But for
the fact that one of the horses fell
somebody would have been killed
or badly injured"
Mr.. Crawford has engaged the
services of MI. Branner Gilmer,
son of Attorney General Gilmer,
who was admitted to the bar last
year, in his work before the su-
preme and district courts, where
some important matters In which
he is interested, are pending.
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The suggestion of a division in
the ranks of the democratic party
of North Carolina, twas conceiv-
ed in sin and born in inquiry"
It finds no favor with the rank
and file of the party and exists
only in the imagination of TWO or
three newspapers, which have
been ~quarteling with each other for
q number of years, and a few de-
signing politicians, who think they
may profit thereby. Of course
democrats cannot agree about all
things, but that is no reason why
their party should divide into
rav1ng factions. But the idea is
advanced in certain quarters that
some of the newspapers cannot
agree and a small number of legis-
lators have disagreed, therefore
the party should divide so as to
get rid of big bosses and have
plenty of small ones. Such con-
tention is ridiculous and the talk
of a "split'' ought to be ridiculed
until would-be leaders (mis-lead-
ers) blush with shame. Senator
Simmons is still at the helm and
no other leader is needed until he
surrenders the banner. AS Mr..
Crawford says, there is nothing to
divide the democrats in this state
and they are not going to have a
row over a cred slip strip for a
two-cent fare, or a ''blue slip strip
for a three.cent fare" but they
will punch in the presence of the
passenger" No question of prin-
ciple is involved and the party
will certainly not permit afew as
piring individuals to bring on q
disturbance that is without reason
or excuse. Newspapers of the re-
publican pursuasion + industri-
ously circulating the report, but
the democratic press is beginning
to see the folly of giving counte-
nance to such an ~excuseless sug-
gestion and will not be further
drawn into an effort, the success
of which would ultimately re-
dound to the benefit of the repub-
lican party, a condition no true
democrat can wish to see. That
party has been sufficiently tried
in North Carolina to convince any
reasonable, thinking man that
"we had better let well enough
alone"
The work of the recent General
Assembly is still a subject of
much discussion here, as the con-.