The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-06-01
MONDAY, JUNE l, 1908.
THE KITCHIN CLUBS LEI
TER.

from the Kitchin Club you
will observe that this club, at its '
first meeting, passed resolution
in which it censures The Robe
sonian for publishing articles
against Mr.. Kitchin and none IN
his favor. Look you, now
neighbor, you who love fair play
we will spread all the cards on
the table, face up, and you
shall be the Judge: Many Of the
articles we have published IN
favor of Mr.. Craig were publish
ed at the request of Mr.. Craig's
friends. Why did not the friends
of Mr.. Kitchin come to The Rob
esonian with a request to publish
any article they wanted publish
ed? The only time any Kltchln
supporter has come to the editor
of this paper with such a request
the article was published freely
and willingly. 1t is simply and
solely their own fault. That CLUB
is composed of intelligent men
who usually ask for what they
want. One of them asked that
a certain article in Mr.. Kithln's
favor be published and his re-
quest was granted as a matter OF
course; and that was before this
club meeting, too, and they might
have found that out before pass
ing their resolution-sOme OF
them, at least did know it even
then. They slept on their rights
did not write anything or, ex-
cept in this instance cited, ask
The Robesonian to publish any
thing, and yet they disapprove OF
the method adopted by this paper,
which has made no bones at all
over letting everybody know 1t
thought Mr.. Craig should re-
ceive the nomination; and they
think the editor should have
nosed around and hunted up and
published articles in favor of Mr..
Kitchin-when they, mind you,
were not asking him to do 1t.
The Robesonian has been asked
to publish more special articles in
regard to Mr.. Craig than it has
been able to find room for, and
some of them it has been COMPEL
ed to refuse to publish, and yet
the KitchinClub thinks we should
have published articles that his
supporters did not ask us to pub
lish! 1t is a funny world, my
masters. Did they expect the
editor of The Robesonian to g
to them and ask them to writ
something for Mr.. Kitchin or t.
pick out something the!
would like for him to publish
They are mad with themselves
it seems, for laying down Oh
their rights, and now they wan
to take it out on The Robesonial
with a resolution! Honestly, now
don't you think that-well, wha
do you think of it, anyway?
They ask if Mr.. Craig is no
tired of explaining he was ono
a Republican, and they ask 20
to think of a man wanting t
be Governor who voted the d.
Norment ticket in1884 against tn
Col. Alfred Rowland ticket.
That is very misleading. The
know Mr.. Craig voted for on,
one Republican, Mr.. Blaine, ar
that he supported all Of the ba
ance of the Democratic tickle
and so they know he was new,
a Republican. Mr.. Craig h;
gone into Mr.. Kitchin's distri
every election year these pa
twelve years and helped to Sci
Mr.. Kitchin to Congress, and
does not look very we'll for N
Kitchin and his supporters to
harping on the one and only vC
Mr.. Craig ever cast for
Republican, especially sin
nearly quarter Of century
faithful party service has wip
the memory of that single err
ont Of the mind of every m
VINO loves fair play: it does I
weigh as heavy as a hair in
estimation of the majority of
members of this club.
They passed a resolution,
disappearing the action of Sc
tor Simmons in advocating
nomination of Mr.. Craig.
1893, when he was a member
Congress, Mr.. Kitchin came