The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-04-16

The People of the State Will
Not be so Blind to Their Own
Interests as to Fail to Re-
elect Him.
Wilmington Messenger.


Not long ago the Concord Tribune
offered to pay five dollars for every
good reason offered why-Senator
Overman should not be reelected
That offer is still st n1ing, but we
have not heard OF that paper having
to pay out IL single five dollar bin o.,
its offer or that any one had at
tempted to secure the prize. Why
this is SO is perfectly patent. No one
can advance any reason for the SEN
ator's retirement. There is one man
in the State who thinks he should
have the place, but he does not even
dare to openly contend for the place
or claim that the State would be
benefited by substituting him for the
present Senator. We believe that he
would admit, if he gave II sincere
opinion and would put ambition and
selfishness aside, that theState would
be doing II very foolish thug were it
to put Senator OveEpan aside to be
replaced by any SSher man in the
State, himself included. We cannot
see how any man in the State can
favor the supplanting a.g this time of
! Senanor Overman by any other man.
Has any one got any fault to find
with Mr.. Orerman since he has been
Senator? Can any one point to II
| single act on his which has made him
unworthy of the high office to which
he has called by the people of his
State? Can any one give II good
reason why he should by supp!ante1
at this time by some one else? Can
any man who may ask he next Lpgis-
Iature to choose himself in Mr. O, ,er-
J mans place give any oth'r reason
for its doing so than the one that he
wants the honor and the salary of
the office? We have heard of no man
yet mentioned for the place who
would have taken the high position
/ in his first term that Mr.. Overman
he's and most certainly not one of
them could go to the Senate and at
the beginning Of his term take the
stand that Senator Overman would
after six years service in the Senate.
We do not believe hepeople OF North
Carolina are going to be so foolish,
are going to pursue so suicidal as
course politically as to retire Mr..
Overman, in other words to crafty
the personal vanity or political am
bltlon OF any man, no matter how
popular the latter may be or how
acceptably he may have filled some
other office. The people know Mr..
Overman and they recognize the
prominence he has given his State in
national affairs and we feel sure that
they will demand his reelection. Some
papers in the State say that in order
to secure his reelection the friends
OF Senator Overman have work before
them. We cannot believe it. We do
not believe our people are SO blind
to their own interests and to the
enviable reputation the State has
established through the high position
Senator Overman has taken in the
Senate and in the council of states
men of the union. His friends must
see to it that in the choice of candi-
dates for the Legislature men repre-
senting the will of the people are
chosen instead of the strikers of
some opposing candidate. That is
all that is necessary.
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label p'-Atlanta Constitution.