The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-07-28
Things That Joe King Thinks.
Durham Herald

Durham Herald
Every unfair fight inside of the par
ty drives somebody out OF it.
Mr.. Ballinger has been indicated,
that is by those who were appointed
to do it.
Senator Overman of course sound
ed the keynote, even if nobody knows
what it was.
They were in Charlotte hardly long
enough to feel the need OF anything
on the side.
Another thing that we could never
understand is how these insane peO-
pie manage to shoot so straight.
As no one seems to know anything
about Mr.. Lane they will hardly be
able to rake up anything against
him.
The Republicans will win in this
State soon enough without the Demo
Gratis deliberately turning it over to
them.
Where they have to fight for the
nomination and therefore the election
the spectator is getting two shows
for the price OF one.
A farmer was nominated for Con-
gress by the Democrats in the Eighth
district, which must mean that the
lawyers did not want it.
1t remains to be seen whether or
not the Democrats can settle their
differences between convention time
and the November elections.
Those who voted it out to keep the
other fellow from getting it are find
ing out that the other fellow can get
it about as easy as they can.
Those Ohio officials who collected a
lot of irrespOnsibles to help in the
enforcement of the law are partly re-
sponsible for what happened.
The party in power may not be to
blame for the closing down of the
mills yet it might as we'll make up it's
mind to assume the responsibility.
1t may be that Judge Allen is not
a politician, but if he is not he is the
first lawyer we ever heard of from
eastern North Carolina who was not.
The quickest way of ending the
trouble in Nicaragua would be for the
United States to let it be understood
that she will have nothing to do with
it.
1t is mistake to do fool things be.
fore and during the convention and
think that you can hOller loud
enough afterwards to make everybody
forget it.
We do not see what the Governor
could do to the trusts if he wanted
to do anything, still those trust
busting speeches of his are coming
back at him.
Some mayor started the idea O
prohibiting the fight pictures and i'm
mediately hundreds OF other mayors
decided that it would be the popular
thing to do.
And they held it against Mr. Man
ming that he was not a trust. buster
as if his party had ever put trust
out of business in this state or ever
wanted to.
We have noticed that some Repub
lican editors abuse the News and Oh
server for being unfair in it's politics
and then try to run just such paper
themselves.
1t may be all right for politicians
to misrepresent their opponents il
the hope of working them injury, but
decent newspapers should not engage
in such business.
Democrats may win nomination.
by attempting to break down thu
characters of their opponents, but
this sort of thing is not going to hell
the party win elections.
In striving to eliminate the middle
man in their business dealings tn,
farmers seem to forget that they
finally succeeded in eliminating tn,
middle man in the tobacco business
1t is talked that in some of tn,
Republican precincts in the recent
Wake county primary was equal tC
the total vote polled at the elections
but OF course there may be nothing
in it,
1t is announced that there is more
blockading now than before the pro
hibition law went into effect, and VIII,
shouldn't there be. There is a de
mand for the stuff and nobody te
stop them from making it.
The party did not owe it to Mr.
Manning and had the right to turf
him down with no questions asked
but it was entirely unnecessary t.
mlsrepresent him and accuse him O
things of,which he was not guilty.
Judge Cooke holds that it consti
tutes a sale, and is accordingly a vic
latiOn OF the law, to lend whiskev
Wonder how long it is going to b
before it will be considered a viola
ton OF the law to give a thirsty MAJ
a drink?
) As long as North Carolina persist
} III retiring our congressman befor
they have had time to get acuuaint
ed IN Washington we may expect t,
have representation unknown out
side OF the district they happen t,
represent
Ii the newspapers thought the,
were giving the people what the,
wanted in publishing detailed &C
counts OF the fight, perhaps the pic
ture men thought they would be do
ing the same thing in showing til
people just how it was done.
A Few Short Weeks.