The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-28

TftHItt-fAt'-ii ol'h2 AH5 ~ a
= ~FircbTand of Discord Into the
Ranks Of Democratic Aspi-
ants FOR the Nominal
ton for Governor.
BY ANDREW JOINER.
Greensboro, n. c., May 25.-There
Gems 20 he considerable surprise felt
.rI eEpreSeds by r-any newspapers.
that senator Blackburn has not mix
90. himself up in the raging whirl-
#.e1 Of elimination and re-crimina-
ing now in progress between Chair
man Adams and Ex-senator Butler,
Icing as how the cx-Congressnan IS
u- was a past master in such Nord,.
affairs political in the Republican
"1aa3ers' fold. The reason for such a
remarkable remissness Of the ex-
pert manipulation Of words and
newspaper interviews on the part Of
the eX-ConRressnlan, given by some
If his intimates here, has been that
blackburn was struck speechless for
once. That he found in the present
tp5thet campaign between tho Cx-
senator and tho e~x-Indian territory
chief Justice, that both men were
apuropriating editorials anG speeches
h." had written n spoken only
rNeIve months ago, when the fight
for reforming the Republican
o~ganization in North Carolina was at
its highest and hitterest- They say
that BUtler il using the thunder
blackburn sounded against Adams
and Adams is apprOpriating the fork
el streaks of lightning Blackburn
directed at Butler from the time the
e~y-Senator launched the rival Indus
E-F ~ - r 49,
Republican state Convention. when
BY Buffers Eastern reserves brought
10 the rescue Of Adams. the latter was
given the management Of the RepuD-
Iican machine, and Blackburn's for
with the imported aid of
Taft. and the demoralizing APP
lointment of the Industrial News Ed
iJor as postmaster Over the local or
carnations nominee Frazier, We're
routed at the strategic moment.
They have reasoned. that seeing
this. Blackburn feels politically vim
dicated, and thinks the rank and Tile
of the Republican party, he always
appealed to, will see without any
pointing OF a moral from him. the
real cause of his defeat for Chair
man last year, and the deep damna-
lion Of his taking off" as the only
member of Congress from
State if not the South. That is
WnaJ had DPen IOtd me ny some Ol
most astute professional anti
Observation-Disclosures wing
Of the Republican party here. I ave
asked for Blackburn many a time.
They have said in substance, the
above, as explaining why he hadn't
cOme to interviewing time when a
correspondents door stood ever aiar.
Today, I went in search of Blackburn
only to verify these pr~ognOstica-
tons, but to find out why it was he
had not been in search of me during
mis- era of riOtOus Verbiage between
the two acknowledged heads of North
Carolina Republicans, for the purpose
and polite in my Word-painting, COM
ing on to the stage While the lime
light ffickered over q very small
space. Strange to say, | found Mr..
blackburn in his law office on court
Stranger still found him
laboriously writing. Hes fixing up
interview" I mentally calculated.
come in. JOyner, glad to see you"
he greeted me as [ sided in, look
ing, knowingly, but sheepish.
~"Rlackburn, where have % beer all
this tjmeo" I jocularly smiled out lOud
- him. ''Been?" he responded, I've
been home out here on Summit Az
nue. ever since I came from the hos
pital. with my wife II little ones at
home at night and during the day
I've been in here attending to my law
business you don't mean to say
You have been here two months un-
ming a law Oce and haven't parad-
papers about anything ali this time?"
! said. "No," he replied, after I
come out of the hospital. l found Il
heap Of work to be done around dthe
nome and in the garden. and | first
fixed the front yard up. had the gar
den planted, doing most of the work
myself. n after / got everything IN
shape around home. 1 opened UP this
'li@e two weeks Q and buckIed
" WI to work" Having any luck
.otH' v~entured. Eyes, better than /
expected" he said. = am drawing d
complaint now in an important rail-
road damage suit, have done consid-
cradle office practice, tried four cases
before Justice of the Peace, won three
"f them INT beat Col. B2rringnr in a
E"tIT contested COW case. but | was,
# is true appearing for q lady plain
ltf while he represented only 4 man.
blackburn interested in gardening.
ndscaping. was a puzzle to me. His
evident Zest in talking of them, more
9zZiing. 50 l shifted into: "Say,
"'HId you like to have me write out
"mething for YOU. and call it an in
view on the Butler-Adams e~pisOde7
and i looked my tnsinuatfngest. But
+h't1lliN what. ne ItJDIItd- BuC-
ADAMS episode. this row going on
tween the heads of the Republican
i"fty and the Industrial News, dated
generally from Washington CITY"
injured. "D-Butler and Adams"
snorted and then laughed. II told
..u all about them over a year ago.
ana I've quit. Don't even read any
'.ing about it. Care less. 50 far as
'1fy Individually are concerned. but
FIJI. course hope that out of it will
ale some sort Of a blessing to the
t.opHbIfcan party of the State" I'm
Of politics, been knocked out.
kon you'll say, but I'm trying TO
.-'-" ~ a law practice and Will let
4.@ other fellows scrap it out in poll
Tor a while" Honestly. don't YOU
..aN that's best? I shook hands,
.s sWore it was. ana would have
II at the beginning twenty years
Convinced as I now am that
'Eburn is trying to attend to his
" business and let other folks
I really felt mean on leaving
ScraWltnS with that pea again.
Earring that law document. to think
..' [ might have been the innocent
.-e Of tempting him from q sensible
"3 PraiseWorthy course Of conduct es
+' seems now to BE rpcnluta IN 10y