The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-11-03
Asheville, N. c.. Oct. 20. 1910.

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Door Revnolds:-I wish to thank
the editor for favoring me WITH 3"
conv Of the Union Republican contain
mo vo,,r reply to my letter to you OF d
few days ago on the suoJect VI ~
'local self-government prank III
State platform, and more espec"ns'
do I wish to thank you Tor your az
reunited explanation of the medhinS
of the time honored principle OF loc@i
salf-goyernment;" h a is as Iooloh
os 70 define the word dinner. Dinner 10
one man means becon and cabbage; 10
another it may mean pork n cans
All right. let us stick to your denhltloh
of dinner and observe where the con-
rortion of local self-government lhlo
meaning local option will lead you
Dinner. according to your explanation
of the word, may mean anything 10
eat therefore. we ought to be explicit
In ~axDlanation of the word. "peh
Won order dinner at the hotel you are
careful to tell the waiter what you
want to eat. o don't leave the ser
want to guess what you want. II you
want bacon and cabbage you say So
and so order and do not leave II III
doubt, You are particular as to What
Won want to eat, and so you call TOT
Tho hill of fare. and if on the Euro
mean ! the article with the price
fs attached. Bacon and cabbage, Is
cents. You pay % cents, procure a
meal ticket from the proprietor ano
walk into the dining room to eat ba-
con and cabbage-you say dinner but
when you get into the dining room
you change your order from a bacon
and cabbage dinner to a dinner of SIR
loin steak, rs cents, an omelet, 70
cents. French fried potatoes, % cents
celery, 25 cents, coffee, 10 cents; a bot
tie of imported claret, 81, and con-
elude the dinner with a saucer OF Ice
cream 25 cents with Is cents fol
cigars, making a first class dinner cost
ing So and when the proprietor pre-
sents his bill you refuse to a on INT
ground that bacon and cabbage mean
dinner. and that o had to pay fol
that before you got into the dining
room. You were trusted to enter thu
dining room on a meal ticket that call
ed for bacon and cabbage and wheT
you got in you changed the bacor
and Cabbage order to So, and re-
fsed to pay because it all meant thu
same thing-"dinner."
Now, just look at yourself as other:
see you. Do you think you appear II
the eyes of the observing public a:
an honest man? Why, the proprietor
of the hotel would go right out to e
justice of the peace and get a States
warrant for you and have you on the
chain gang before shutdown for OBJ
tanning goods under false pretense.
Now, trace the s smile of you1
fraud to the fraud perpetrated upoT
the Republican convention at Green's
boro in the matter of the local self
government plank, as construed by
Morehead, Butler, Settle, and-excus'
me, my friends, but you force m
to say it-by yourself, and you will
see a similarity shockingly true. You
went in the State convention declar
ing that you only wanted local self
government bacon and cabbage), AM
when you got in q mean got you
platform adopted) you then declar,
that it means local option, the fraudu
lent IS dinner instead of the bacol
and cabbage that you contracted fol
Why didn't you SO declare befor
hand? You say now it means loca
option. Why didn't you say so in tn
convention? You say now it mean
whiskey. II it means whiskey now
meant whiskey in the convention, an
you, Mr.. Butler, Mr.. Settle and MI
Morehead knew it and concealed tn
purpose in order to deceive yours an
their political associates. You an
they betrayed your and their politics
friends, who trusted you. You stoo
by while 1 demanded of a member @
the platform committee to know
local option was included in the plat
form, the typewriter documen
placed in my hands and heard tn
declaration coming from a member c
the committee that all traces of locs
option had been eliminated from tn
platform, and knew that I, your politl
cal friend, and 1000 0 Republicans i
the State were deceived by the frau
and falsehood without once openin
you mouth to warn me of the deceE
ton. You suffered me, your lifelon
friend and supporter, to De stabbed
the house of my supposed friend
Wherefore? You knew, as did tt
other conspirators, that If you suffer
ed the truth to come to the light, thu
'the time honored. principle of loo;
self-goyernment" would wear a diffel
ent garb from the one OF shame wit
which it is now dHaped by the hand
Of Butler, Settle, Morehead and othel
IA whiskey barreI,a bound round wit
fraud and deception, I believe in tt
principle of local self-government, bl
I do not believe in debauching tt
sacred right with the immoral prime
pies of local option with all it's d,
moralizing and sinful tendencies.
Thine honored local self-goverl
ment'-what a parody on the wor
when contorted into ameaning loo
option. Time honored, when assoc
atsd with q stillhouse and a barrooE