The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-09-07
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1908.
CALMLY CON SIDER THE
FACTS.

On lnufSudy Oh IIllS Wcch IIlC
Democratic voters of Robson /
county will say at the primaries
which will be held on that day
whom they want to fill the va
rious county offices and for men,
beers of the General Assembly.
The men nominated will be elect
ed. There are ten men from
whom you can chose your next
board of commissioners. You
can only vote for five. Five of
the candidates constitute the
present board of commissioners.
They have been earnestly seek
ing the nomination for several
months, but there are serious
charges against them of miscon-
duct and mismanagement which |
they have not answered to Demo-
Gratis. How will they answer
when they face their Republican
opponents? On the other hand, |
there are five other candidates
against whom no charges can be
brought. Each one of them con-
sented only recently to come out
for this Office at the earnest
solicitation of many friends.
These men have nothing to de-
fend, nothing to explain. Is it
wise to ask Democratic voters to
weaken their ticket by placing
on it men who face serious
charges and who have taken no
steps to correct mistakes that
have been pointed out to them
and that they have been asked
to correct, when there are other
candidates who have no such
record to defend?
We would not for a moment
appeal to your prejudice; we
would not for a moment appeal
to your passions. We have moth
ing against any one Of the old
board of commissioners personal
ly. If any reader of this article
has, we ask you to lay it aside
and not let it have the weight of
a feather in influencing your
vote. We would appeal only tC
your cool and unprecedented judg-
ment. 1t is charged that the
fight against the old board is on.
ly a fractional fight, that the in
vestigation made of the conduct
of these men in Office was inspir
ed by personal enmity and de
sire to wreck the political for
tunes of a certain set of men. i
you admit, for the sake of the ar
gument, that that is true, it doe
not lessen the force of a singl,
argument that has been advanced
against nominating these men
AS we have had occasion to re
mark before, an investigation
such as has been made as pro
vided by law, no matter wha
inspired, could have reveale,
nothing to the discredit of thes
men if there had been nothing t
reveal. Suppose you occupy pc
sition of trust and your bitteres
enemy causes your record to b.
inves tigated. If you know you
conduct has been all that it Shout
be, if you are conscious of hay
ing performed your duty to tn
best of your ability, you calml
and indifferently bid them to il
vestigate to their heart conten
secure in the knowledge that the
cannot injure you. And if you
enemy does dig up somethir
that is not to your credit you w
promptly disprove his charges
you resign your position. TT
commissioners are employed
the people of the county to lot
after their affairs. They ha'
been charged with violating Il
law. They have had ample tin
to disprove the charges if tn,
could do so, but they have not.
Laying aside all prejudice al
passion and personal feeling,
you have any, we ask you
consider, in determining
whom you will cast your vol
the best interests of your coun
and your party.
Elsewhere in this paper '
give the law which forbids
commissioner TO trade with t
county. We are advised that
is possible, even probable, tn
prior to four years ago the
We're some instances of comm
sioners making contracts wi
the county, but it happened