The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-11-05


from Sampson County"
Marion ButIer's Address In Detail.
Marion Butler began his address
by thanking Mr.. Ivey for the many
| nice things he had s1id, adding that
while he did not deserve all OF them
he would try TO so live that he
might deserve at least some OF them.
Then he said. in effect, that this Ia
| a meeting for which a call. several
calls, in fact, had been made. and
that he would proceed to read these
in their regular order. Then he
read from the several letters and
public announcements containing
the challenges to Mr. Simmons and
Mr.. Daniels (Which have been here
tofore published in The Caucas.
ian) to face him with their false and
cowardly charges. He called out to
both OF them TO know il they were
present. There came no response.
and then from the audience came
the cry, They are not here" The
speaker then said, ~ am here at
the home Of these cowardly SANDER
ers and neither of them dare to
show their heads.
They have very good cause for
not meeting me here. They know
their charges are false and they
know that / can prove these charges
are false. l will give any man in
this audience a hundred dollars, yes,
more than this, If he will go out anil
to meet me face to face, as any man
of courage should be willing to do
IL he believes for one moment that
he has been telling the truth, as
these ringsters of the Democratic
party know that they are not telling.
Their entire attack upon me has
been based on lying cowardice and
knavery, and they know 1t, just as
know it, but they dare not come here
and give me enough rope. as they
term 1t, to hang myself, Why dom.
they come here and try to draw the
moose around my neck They are
afraid to come close enough to pull
the moose.
At this point the Senator was
handed telegram which he read as
follows:
Greensboro, Nov. 4, 1910.
Marion Butler, Care Academy OF
Music, Raleigh, N. c.
THE following telegram Just re-
ceived Sioux Falls, South Dakota,
Nov. 4, 1910.-Republican State
Committee, Greensboro: Judge Hole,
of New York showed me and con-
suited me about Marion Buffers let
ter, Of January, 1906. In said letter
Butler refuses to have anything to
do with the collection of any South
ern State Bonds that were not hon.
est and for which the State had not
received par value.-R. F. Petit
grew
"JNO. NJ. MO3EHEAD."
When Senator Butler read the sec
ord call for this meeting he said 1t
was addressed to 1.-The People of
North Carolina" According to Sim
mons, he is too respectable" to meet
Butler. At this point the audience
cheered, in apparent derision OF
Simmons and D1niels, as was after
wards proved. and. in fact. through
out the entire address, whenever the
name OF either Simmons or DanieIs
was mentioned. 81 am here ready for
the hanging" he declared. eft is hard
to use words OF moderation In a
case like this. but all I ask IL q
chance to meet the false and libel
ious charges which they have level
ed at their own Issue. and this issue
+; In Mary Ann Butler.
! I've are . fair people," he added
whilst the audience listened In rapt
attention, "and none OF as want any
injustice done TO any man. They
have tried to load me down with OPP
probium and hate, yet they have only
succeeded I'm covering themselves
with the odium they endeavored to
attach to myself and the Republi-
can party"
At this point loud cheers broke
out from the crowd. as often during
the Senator's address.
In reading a letter addressed TO
Senator Simmons, and speaking d.
rectly upon the assertion that Sim
mons had denounced Marion Butler
: several years ago. the speaker asked
for anv nne I'm the audience 10 arise