Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1910-06-08
SALISBURY, N. c., JUNE STH, 1910,
REPUBLICANS OPPOSE USE OF WHISKEY.
Democrats are Asked to Staad by Their
Law and a Dodge is Handed Cut.

The Republican Executive Com
mittee met at the Court House on
Saturday and selected Saturday,
August 18th, as the date for the
county primaries, the convention
to be held a week later, Oh the
Goth, when it is probable that a
full county ticket will be named.
An interesting resolution adopt
ed by the convention follows:
"Resolved. By the Republican
Executive Committee of Rowan
County, that we do not sanction
the use of Alcoholic spirits for
political purposes, Resolved fur.
ther, that the chairman be in
structed to submit a copy of this
resolution to the Chairman of tbs
Democratic Executive Committee
requesting that such action be
taken as they may deem best"
This resolution should have
come TO Walter H. Woodson,
chairman of the Democratic COM
mittee, through Jno. A. Sims
chairman of the Republican exec
utive committee, but Mr., Sims
has been sick and Mr.. Woodson
learning Of the resolution, decid.
ed not to wait for Mr.. Sims letter
and made the following reply:
Salisbury, June 6, 1910.
Mr.. John A. Sims, Chairman.
My Dear Sir: A copy of the res,
olutlons adopted by the Rowan
County Republican executive COM
mittee Saturday, the 18th inst, In
which your committee goes on
record as opposing "the use of
alcoholic spirits for political par-
poses'' and resolves further ''that
the chairman be instructed to
submit a copy of this resolution
to the chairman of the Democra-
tic Executive Committee request
ing that such action be taken as
they may deem BEST" has been
shown me.
In view of the fact that the
Democratic committee has at no
time contemplated the use of
whisk Y in the campaign I am at
q loss 20 understand why it should
be req Tested to take any action
on the subject. The tenor CT
of your committees resolution
would Indicate that the practice
of influencing voters by means Of
whisky had obtained in your
party III the past. If this con-
clusion is correct I congratulate
you upon the committees deter
minatlon to abandon this method
of gaining votes, which is both
unlawful and pernicious.
Yours very truly,
WALTER II. WOODSON,
Cham'n. Dem. Elk. Com.
1t has been a common thing
for both parties, in this county
to use whiskey during a campaign,
every posted man having knowl
edge of such During the recent
wet and dry fight, which one
Boyden, now a candidate for the
nomination to the State senate,
conducted, large quantities of
whisky vas used. The efforts
to treat and debauch the man
hood OF tie county seemed to be
the the thing most to be desired
then, and as this man Boyden is
the same as Of old, if not worse,
will try the same tactics this year.
There is no blotting this out, and
the Jug lery Of words and phrases
carefully worded lodges to the
contrary. The prohibition act is
q Dem 2cratIc measure and the
sooner the party recognizes this
fact and shoulders it's obligations
in this particular the better for
it and the State. We congratu-
late til, Republicans on the stand
they have taken and regret that
Boyden and the whiskey influence
is temporarily in the Democratic
saddle. The people are not so
ignorant these days as they have
been. Parties must now appeal
to mems intelligence, not to
%pretenses and paltry efforts
to turn a joke.
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