The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-11-03
Asheville, N. c., Oct. 20, 1910.

Dear ReynOldS:-l wish 10 tndHh
the editor for favOring me with a
copy Of the Union Republican contain
ing your reply to my letter to you OF a |
few DAYS ago on the subject of the
local seIf-government plank in our
state platform, and more especially, |
do | wish to thank you for your at |
tembted explanation of the meaning |
of the time honOred principle of local
self-g0vcrnment;" that is las foolish |
as to define the word dinner. Dinner to
one man means becOn and cabbage, to |
another it may mean pork and beans"
All right. let us stick to your definition
of dinner end observe where the con
tortion of local self government into
meaning local option will lead you.
Dinner according to your explanation
of the word. 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 SER
want to guess what you want. If you
want bacon and cabbage you say so,
and so order and do not leave it in
doubt You are particular as 10 what
you want to eat, and SO you call for
the bill of fare, and If on the Euro
pean plan the article with the price
is attached. Bacon and cabbage. %
cents. You pay % cents. procure a
meal ticket from the proprietor and
walk into the dining room to eat ba
con and cabbage-you say dinner but
when you get into the dining room
you change your order from a bacon
Of CT
loin steak, 10 cents. an omelet. %
cents, French fried potatoes, Is cents,
celery. % cents, coffee, 10 cents; a bot
tie of imported claret. 81, and con-
Clude the dinner with a saucer Of ice
cream % cents with Is cents for
cigars, making a first class dinner cost
ing 50 and when the proprietor pre-
Sents his bill you refuse to pay on the
ground that bacon and cabbage meant
dinner. and that you had to pay for
that before you got into the dining
room. You were trusted to enter the
dining room on a meal ticket that call
ed for bacon and cabbage and when
you got in you changed the bacon
and cabbage order to So, and re-
fsed 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 observing public as
an honest man? Why. the proprietor
OF the hotel would go right out to a
justice OF the peace and get States
warrant for you and have you on the
chain gang before shutdown for OBJ
tanning goods under false pretense.
Now, trace the simile of your
fraud to the fraud perpetrated upon
the Republican convention at Green's
boro in the matter of the local self
government plank, as construed by
MOrehcad, Butler, Settle. and-eXCuse
me, my friends, but you force me
to say it-by yourself. and you will
see a similarity shockingly true. You
went in the State convention declar-
ing that you only wanted local self
government tbaCOu and cabbage). and
when YOU got in Il mean got your
platform adopted) you then declare
that it means local option. the fraudu-
lent IS dinner instead Of the bacon
and cabbage that you contracted for
Why didn't you 50 declare before
hand2 You say now ii means lOca
option. Why didn't you say so in the
convention You say now it means
whiskey. II 1t means whiskey now il
meant whiskey in the convention, anC
YOU. Mr.. Butler. Mr.. Settle and Mr.
Norehead knew it and concealed th'
purpose in order 10 deceive yours ant
their political associates You an,
they betrayed your and their politita
friends. who trusted you. You stood
by while l demanded OF a member O.
the platform committee to know /
local option was included in the plat
form, the typewriter documen
placed in my hands and heard tn
declaration coming from a member o
the committee that all traces of loca
option had been eliminated from tn
platform. aud knew that l. your politi
cal friend. and 100, 900 Republicans il
the State were deceived by the frauI
and falsehood without once openiny
your mouth to warn me Of the decep
ton. You suffered me- your Iifelon.
friend and supporter. 10 be stabbed il
the house OF my supposed friends
Wherefore? You knew, as did tn
other cOnSpiTatOrs. that il you suffer
ed the truth to come TO the light tina
the time hOnOred principle of loca
disagreement" would wear a differ
CDt Carb from the one OF shame Will
which it is now draped by the hand
of Butler, Settle. Morehead and other
"a whiskey barrel. bound round witt
fraud and deception. I believe in tn
principle of local elf-government. bu
do not believe in debauching tn
sacred right with the immoral princi
Piles Of local option With all its de
moraliZing and sinful Tendencies.
''iime AORored local self-goyrrn
ment'-what a parody ON the word
when contorted into meaning Ioca
option. Time honored. when associ
ated with stillhouse and a barroon