The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-02
AYCOcK SUPPORTS CRAIG.
Former Governor States Why he
FavOrS Craiq's NOmID alton.

= o:.t The l!ews and Observer, March 27th
Tear Sir:---It has been my
habit ever since l became a
voter to support SOMEBODY tor
for various Offices.
l am always for somebody and
n yer against any Democrat
This time | am for the
of Mr.. Locke
Craig. l am supporting him
because | know him aud have
known him for thirty years
He and l were class mates, and
l have boarded for one year al
his mothers table. l know
the man in his personal and
private life; l know his public
c .reer. He is a gentleman, a
patriot, and a statesman. He
has the courage of his covic-
tions. He has the unselfish-
ness of a genuine love for the
people. No toll has ever been
too arduous for him to under
take in behalf Of the Democracy,
He made the first speech which
was made in the year of our
revolution, 1908. 1t was his
speech which set the pace for
that campaign. | made the
second speech from the
same platform with him, and
followed his footsteps, His
speech was along the line of
appealing to the old Democra-
cy and going to the people on
the bad record made by the
Republican party. He frankly
and openly avoWed the thought
that d straight fight in behalf Of
Democracy would redeem the
State. From the hour he made
the speech until the election il
November, 1908, l never ceaseo
to believe for one moment tina
we would win the the grea
victory which We achieved tina
year. While he was going t.
and fro through the Stat
awakening our people, his owl
people in Buncombe count,
nominated him for the Legisla
ture and elected him, and h
came to the Legislator
in 1899 and rendered mos
valuable service in perfectin
the Constitutional Amendment
which has already accomplishe
SO much good for the State
But the adoption Of the amend
!, ment by he Legislature was br
the beginning Of one of tn
greatest fights that this Stat
has ever seen. The Amend
# ment was greatly misunderstood
D by the people at first and R.
:, publicans made a most adro
= appeal to the unlettered whit
r voters and sought to convinc
them that the adoption of tn
p Amendment would disfranchis
IS them and their children. n
~ one contributed more to the r
10 moval of this difficulty tina
- Locke Craig. AS I recall
4 he began his canvass in Bul
J. combe county in January c
ID February 1900. and from the
O. until the November election
worked without ceaslng. Whe
ic l reached the mountains
I'd May of that year, on my ca
y vass, l found that his splend
l. work had preceded me and tt
d. d. Democracy was uniting in ST.
~ port of the Amendmer
~ When the election came, Il
r. fruit of his work in that cou
" try was seen from the fact tn
the Amendment came near ca
rying the mountain distric
Ill and [ had carried it by a SIN;
90 majority; thing which no o
~, would have predicted in Jar
- ry, 1900. Mr.. Craig is a tr
~ Democrat, believing in t
20. right of the people to ma
nominations and platform
but when the platform is ma
"a and he is elected upon it,
W number of men, however gre
~ could make him vary one ic
~, from the requirements of
~ He is a liberal and broad-mir
1;u ed man. He loves his frien,
and has no enemies to hate.
l..