The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-04
N. G.
AS TO THE SHELBY AURORA.

The following editorial matter ap-
peared in our issue of May %:
"Let Senator Simmons take notice
that Mr.. III. L. Shipmsn, assistant COM
missisner of Labor and Printing has
been guilty of ''porniciOus political
activity" in the recent municipal cleo
ton in HendersonYille, N. c. Surely
he will not overlook this case ."-Shel-
by Aurora.
Eyes, and NJ, L. Shipman expects to
continue the habit of ''pernicious polfti-
cal activity" whenever and wherever
the interest of the democratic party
seem to need his services, 1t is recall
led that he conducted the campaign in
this senatorial district in 1904 which re-
suited in a majority something like
400 for the democratic nominees, and
that the editor of the Aurora was one
Of the radical candidates who "got
showed under" 1t is furthermore sug-
gested that this same editor, who 10 now
SO solicitous about ''pernicious political
activity" deserted the democratic party
during fusion times in order to obtain
the Office of Superior Court Clerk in
Cleveland county,. Pernicious activity
is preferable to treachery any old time
and vastly more honorable. We have
no patience with political deserters,
anyway especially those who afterwards
undertake to parade their virtues be-
fore the public. French Broad Hust-
Ter.
On Wednesday of last week the editor
of this paper received q Especial copy"
of the Aurora containing q lengthy at
tempt to explain as how Mr.. Shipmsn's
political godfather, Senator Simmons,
had reported all the radicals for exer-
cising their lungs, or limbs in the in
tersst of their party during the last
campaign and that notice should also DO
taken of democratic officials who take
part in political contests. The editor
hands out what he is pleased to call
s'some pills that may not be sugar-coat-
eds in an evidently strained endeavor
to inform us when he left the demo-
cratic party and his reasons for doing so
Our space will permit of only q synopsis
of his wonderful ~ production He
complains:
That Mr.. Shipman has distorted a
apiece of pleasantly" and m~isrepresents
facts in order to parade his WI virtues
before the democratic voters Of the
State; that Chairman Simmons has re-
ported all the radical ofice-holders who
took part in the last campaign to the
authorities at Washington, but makes no
point against democratic officials for
spernicious political activity;" that dur
ing the year Mr.. Shipman conducted
the campaign which resulted in the de-
feat of the Aurora's editor, the majority
was reduced about 1000 votes; that the
Hustler is mistaken in the statement
co corning the time and purpose of the
Aurora EDITORS political ~somersault, !"
The latter having left the democratic
party, at a time, t o, when Cleveland
county" in the State, he was visited by
leading democrats "who assured him if
he would stay with them that he would
be their nominee for Clerk in 1894, and
as how he spnrned the suggestion; that
no sane man, having only holding an
Office in view, would have walked out
of the democratic party at that time in
Cleveland county, several hundred of
the best citizens having gone out with
him and remain to this day; that they
had had enough of democratic promises
without performances and lat no dis
tant day, q majority of the voters Of
North Carolina will be with them;'' that
after he had been elected CLERK of the
Court the ''wicked" democrats spent
more than two years in trying to steal
the Office from him and askes if The
Hustler approves of that.
This is the substance of q lo~ng"expla-
1oong -bioh .dooa NOT ovplaio We
have always liked the editor of the Au-
FORA personally and do still, as far as
personal friendship is concerned, but
did not appreciate his calling attention
to q matter which in no way concerned
him. However, If it was just ga piece
of pleasantly" well let it 90 at that and
say no more neutrality-suspicious. activity