Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-06-04
KITGnlN In WINSTON.

partial and hold hands-off in the guber-
material contest. was guilty of the
folly of believing it. Within three
weeks before the Legislature adjourn
ed, he encouraged Mr.. Craig to run
AMI told him he would support him il
he ran. He did not tell me of his
"hange of mind until the following
December. Heretofore u Senators
elected by friend of all candidates, &C.
cupying a special position and having
a special prestige and influence, have
not seer fit to throw the great weight
OF such influence and prestige in favor
of either candidate, and this Senator
never did it i,efo~e either two, four or
six years ago, in behalf of any of the
dozen candidates who have been be
n"t, in his ouen l"fter. give his weight
t, INV e. nli3ata for any Corporation
Commissioner, Or Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor, for Commissioner of Agriculture
or other position.
SIT is remarkable, also, that in this
instance be throws his weight against
Colonel Horne and myself, from his
section of the State, when, by the rus
tom of a generation, the nomination
~hould come East, and he gives no rea-
son tor seeking to break this crst"m.
He ,ioes not say there is any poI:lieal
exigency OF a nublic character hat jas
titles it.. He does not say that no man
in the East has the character, ex peri
does not say that any man in the West
towers so far above all Eastern men as
to Justify it. Butthe senator studiously
tries to make the public think this is a
contestinvolving himself and Governor
Aycock. He does this tor the purpose
~ofareusing their friends against Col
onel Horne aid myself. He knows
that he and the beloved ex-governor
are not involved in this contest except
insofar as they aggressively sought to
speaks 'ot thu right to defend him
self.
"Will Mr.. Cr"ig's defeat be any as
sault upon lin? Has he guaranteed
',ss defeat? If 80. why did not the
Senator let the public into the secret
eason that support his position, in
stead of in his letter, carefully leaving
the public to its guesses. The public
will think, as / think, his reasons are
personal rather than PATRIOTIC, hostile
TO me as friendly to Mr.. Craig, for he
advances nothing in Mr.. Craig's favor
that has not been claimed by his friends
over the State for him. He merely
dds the public use of his name to
'~onjure with, when his tavorite has
had the private use OF it for fourteen
months.
81 regret exceedingly the position Of
The senator and the Ex-Governor, I
realize the heavy burden they pu
upon my shoulders in this campaign.
thai they did not get their approval!
before announcing the purpose of run
ming for the high office of Governor.
When they and the Charlotte Observer
line UP for my Western competitor, it
is more serious to me than the opposi-
ton ofthe Southern Railway and the
American Tobacco Co. 1t may be seri-
Gus to the people.
'sIf the Senator and the Ex-Governor
can name the Governor now, canno.
they and the one they name hereafte:
constitute a trium V irate, who will op
crate a more powerful machine lii nam
ing candidates than the one 1 am now
up against. The Democratic party
shall not, with my consent, fall IN
der such ring rule.
Never before In the history of this
Stale has such a bold attempt beer
made against the time-honored custom
Ut letting the people choos their nom
inees free from the undue influence
and hypnotic suggestions of the mighty
ones whom the friends OF alIcandidates
have raised on high,
ALTER | am nominated, I shall have
the consolation Of knowing that | made
a bold AMI open fight, with charity to
al and malice toward none, and did
Il IN my power 20 keep h Democ-
tcy near TO The people and free from
,ie nos,iSln which ever threatens its
-. 1u,, ess, as well as tree from tina
-. 45lul ~!nffuence OF foreign corpora
~ mt ever seek unjust advantage
over he y thlic."
1870