The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-05-25

of the State. The best educa-
tional speech I have ever heard
fell from his lips-and he trav-
eled three hundred miles to
make it. His interest in every
question affecting the material
prosperity of the State know to
be profound, and surely few If
any, have done more to advance
the cause of real temperance in
North Carolina than he has. A
more patriotic, a more loyal, and |
a more unselfsh man, | have
never known. In his thinking, !
in his doing, and in his purposes
and motives, he is as pure as a
good woman-but in every fibre
of his being there is the courage of |
the lion and the strength of the
oak. I do not believe any man can
come as close to him as | have
come in the great battles that
have been fought in North Caro-
lima since 1892 without appreci-
ating his great worth and feeling
for him a sincere admiration.
lam for Mr.. Craig thirdly, because
he is a Democrat among Demo-
Gratis, a Democrat whose services
are always at the beck and call of
his party;a Democrat without sell
fishness; a Democrat who is ready
to serve his party at any cost and
at any sacrifice, with or without
reward. IknoW whereof speak
and | speak with dehberation and
with justice to others when |
say that beginning with 1892,
when l first became chairman Of
the Democratic Executive Com
mittee, no man in North Carolina
has rendered the Democratic
party more unselfsh, more un-
ceasing and more effective SER
vice than Mr.. Craig. During
the six campaigns made under
my Craftsmanship his services
t have always been at the command
Of the party and in each cam
5 paign he has gone from noun.
tain to seashore, anywhere anC
= everywhere he was ordered to go
= always at his own expense. II
= the great white supremacy cam
: paign, and in the still create
3 campaign for the adoption of th'
I amendment, he was our mainsta.
f in far western North Carolina
) where the real battle had to b
+ fought and won. He was then
n as he is now, the acknowledge
l. leader of the Democrats of tn
O trans-mountain section of tn
l. State. The fact that the amend
ment was at first unpopular wit
= Democrats of that section; tn
e fact that in many counties ou
# friends were in open revOl
IS against this great measure, di
5. not daunt him. When the force
is of opposition were strongest an
rt looked almost irresistible h
| threw himself into the figh
to with an energy and a courag
which inspired faith and stem
a. med the tide, and I say now as
If have said hundreds of times be
n fore, that to him more than an
ig other man was due the fact the
l in the end that section of Mort
Of Carolina gave it's support to tn
er great measure of relief to tt
S. State and salvation to the Eas
e. In the light of this record,
O. question this mans Democrat
e. seems incredible; to say tt
lg least it is not creditable to thos
O. who knowing the fact do it.
ne I am for Locke Craig lastly, b
III cause his splendid record of Sc
a vice to the Democratic part
TX stretching through nearly
OH quarter of a century, revealing
10 fitness and brilliancy equal
rs that or any man in our rank
ne has absolutely had no reward n
OK recognition. The section of t
as State from which he comes W
er once the enemy's country in
We political sense, and no man c
10 more to redeem it than he. He
III it's favorite son. Every county
'o- theCongressionalD Districtinwhi
10 he resides has held its &C
Inc vention and he has carried the
solidly except one, and carr
in that solidly except one-fifth of c
the vote. He has also carried sol
are ly nearly every county adjoini
ca his District. Was there e.
Mr.. more conclusive evidence tt
lat this of the love and confidence
a people for man? What ot1
.g's man has been thus compliment
rst, in our history where there wa