The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-10-27
LUsK HITS EN- HARD.

i The Buncombe Republican Colonel
Continues Unrelentless War
| Upon That Butler -Morehead
Subterfuge.
/ The State papers on Sunday
carried the following scathing let
ter from the pen of Col. ". S.
Lusk, one Of the most prominent
republicans in the state:
AsheYille, N. c., Oct. 20, 1910.
Dear Reynolds ~ wish to
thank the editor for fayoring me
with copy of the Union Republi-
can containing your reply to my
letter to you of a few days ago on
the subject of the local self-gov-
ernment plank = in our State plat
form, and more especially, do |
wish to thank you for your at
tempted explanation of the mean
ing Of 'Athe time honored princi-
pie of local self-government ="
that it is 6 as foolish as to define
the word dinner. Dinner to one
man means bacon and cabbage; to
another it may mean pork and
beans. = All right, let us stick to
your definition Of dinner and OBJ
serve where the eontortion Of -
cal self government into meaning
local option will lead you. Din
ner, according to your explana-
tion of it, may mean anything
to eat, therefore, we ought to be
explicit in explanation of the
word. When you order dinner at
the hotel you are careful to tell
the waiter what you want to eat.
You don't leave the servant to
guess what you want. II you
want bacon and cabbage you say
fso, and so order and do not leave
it Ia doubt. You are particular
as to what you want TO eat, and so
you call for the bill of fare, and if
on the European plan the article
with the price is attached. Bacon
and cabbage, 25 cents. You pay
l25 cents, procure a meal ticket
from the proprietor and walk into
the dining room to eat bacon and
cabbage you say dinner but
when you get into the dining room
you Ghange your order from a ba-
icon and cabbage dinner to din
sner of sirloin steak, IS cents, aIs
6melet, 25 cents, French fried po-
ftatoes, IS cents, celery, 25 cents,
coffee, 20 cents; a bottle of i'm
ported cl2ret, ST, and conclude the
dinner with a saucer of ice cream,
I25 cents, with IS cents for cigars,
making a first class dinner cost
ling So, and when the proprietor
presents his bill you refuse to pay
on the ground that bacon and cab
bage meant dinner. and that you
had to pay for that before you get
into the dining room. You were
trusted to enter the dining room
on meal ticket that called for
bacon and cabbage and when yen
got in you changed the bacon and
cabbage order of a 25 cent dinner
to first-class order of SO, and re
fused to pay because it all meant
the same thing dinner. -
| Now, just look at yourself as
others see you. Do You think You
appear in the eyes of the observ-
! ing public as an honest man?
Why, the proprietor of the hotel
would go right out to justice Of
the peace and get . States war
rant for you and have you on the
chain gang before sundown for
obtaining goods under false pre-
tense.
Now, trace the smile Of your
dinner fraud to the fraud perpe-
trated upon the Republican con-
vention at Greensboro in the mat
ter Of the local self government
plank, as construed by Morehead.
Butler, Settle, and excuse me,
my friend, but you force me to say
Eit-by yourself, and you will see
a similarity shockingly true. You
went into the State convention
declaring that you enly wanted
local self government lbacon and
| cabbage) and when you got in q
mean got your platform adopted)
you then declare that it means To-
cap option, the fraudulent So din
Iner instead of the bacon and cab
bage that you contracted for.
i Why didn't you so declare be-
fore handi You say now it
| means local option. Why didn t
lyou say so In the convention?
/ You say now it means whiskey.
| IF it means whiskey now it meant
whiskey In the convention, and
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