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

arolina would never accept you as,
their leader. r..
Beginning your life as a democrat.
you were weighed in the balance n
found wanting by the democrats Of
North Carolina. The populists then
accepted you, hohored you, trusted
you, and relied upon you as their
chiefest champion OF their creed un-
til they found you had betrayed and
deserted them.
The one obscure spot in your record
is the date of your enlistment under
the republican standard. After dill
gent search and research / have not
been able to learn when or how you
got into the republican party. Be
that as it may, let me assure you,
Mr.. Butler, in all Kindness, the re-
publicans OF North Carolina are as
firm and determined today as they
were in 1906 against your methods,
your suggestions and your dietation
in matters political.
Whether justly or. unjustly I need
not u now to determine-the peo-
pie of North areiina have long ago
| registered a verdict or reputation or
your political record. The political
party boom or faction which wears
the brand of Butlerism cannot win so
long as the truth of recent history
shall remain fresh in the minds OF
living men.
l. am writing bluntly but frankly,
and with all kindness. I have long
ago thought that if you had aban-
doned politics In North aroiiaa when
you abandoned your home in this
state, and stuck to your, Law practice
in Washington, it would have been
infinitely better for the party If not
more profitable to you. This is the
sentiment OF those who wish to be
fair and just to you. 1t is a source
| of regret to the friends OF Mr.. More
head that you nave attached yourself
to his boom. 1t can be Of little SER
vice to you, while it has crippled
this young man and handicapped
him with a burden he cannot carry
to victory. AS a politician you stand
discredited and r~epudiated, not be-
case of the convictions you profess,
but because of the parties you have
betrayed and the principles you have
deserted in the past.
You have tried all parties and to
none have you remained true. Dur
ing your short career in the republi-
can party we find you in n cam
paign lining up and fighting for those
you are now pleased to term the
ring bosses,' and in the next cam
paign we fnd you assuming leader
ship in the ranks of the insurgents.
If the Almighty hates a gutter,
tremble to contemplate his final ijudg'
ment against YOU o are a berT
gutter. You have yuite every party
and every faction and every FRIEND
you ever had. and now let me to be
seech you to quitlMr. Morehead ant
the republican party of North Caro-
lima.
It is due you that I should tell yoi
further that the people, and particu
larry the republicans Of North Caro-
lima, look with suspicion upon an.
political movement with which ye-
are identified. 1t is believed by tn
people that for years yen have main
tanned. luxurious offices in Washing
ton, not for the legitimate practice Q
the law, but largely for the barter Q
political or party patronage It
further believed. and the people s
regard yous as an office broker, pat
ronage Yender. a tyickster In politics
a, wire pullers a political tramp with
/ out a. JORshss4u1S, ~ IlAS7 pAId1tOASS
enjoy i n this meek of the woods,
and lam honest enough to tell yo
the simple truth,
Surelysit is. not necessary to remin
you again that the republicans of thi
country and this state will never sub
nit to your leadership. You knol
this. And you know too, and tn
people know that you have in min
some selfish design in %espousing tn
cause of Mr.. Morehead, and that
you cannot use him you will seek t
destroy him as you did Judge Adams
!, But I ned not further pursue 20
along this line.
If there is anything certain an
definitely fixed in the field of polite
it is the ~celf-eyident fact that But
, lerfsm can no longer dominate an
, political party in North arolina IN