The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-03-23
BUTLER is NOT PLEASED.
pisIikes Complimentary Things Said
OF Judge EWart by Democratic Pa

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The following article appeared in
last weeks issue of Marion Buffers
paper, the CaucasiOn:
The Raleigh News and Observer is
continually praising Judge EWartN as
nne of the best and most progressive
members of the last Legislature. In
deed, the PAPER has no praise for any
Republican member of the LegiSla-
ture except Ewart. We wish TO con-
graduate the other Republican MEM
bers of the Legislature that they have
escaped such an endorsement from
such a source.
In this connection, it is well TO re-
member that Judge EWart has always
been a pet of the Democratic ballot
box stufing machine in North Caro-
lima. There is a reason for this.
When Mr.. Ewart was in Congress he
there posed as the defender of the bal
lot-box stufing Democratic machine in
North Carolina, and he of course, re-
ceiVed the A~HqHaIided praise and en-
dorsement of the Simmons ballot-box
stuffng machine and of all the DEM
Ocratic machine organs.
It will be remembered that EWart,
en- the floor of Congress, denounced
every charge which the Republicans
had made against Democratic cleo
ton methods, and gave the Democra-
tic machine a clean bill Of health.
1t will be remembered, again, that
when Mr.. Ewart was a member of the
legislature in 1895, he used his posi-
ton as Chairman of.the Committee on
Privileges and Elections to keep every
Democrat who got to that Legislature
by ballot-box stufing in his seat, by
refusing te act on the contests made
by Republicans and Populists, and
that he was again the idol of the De-
mocratic b~allot-boX stufing machine.
1t will be remembered that it became
Necessary for Mr.. Walser, the Speak
er of that Legislature, to remove Mr..
EWart as Chairman of that Commit
tee before action could be taken in the
committee on a single contest made
BY a republican or a Popplist- After
Mr. Ewart's removal as chairman,
there were promptly seated six Re-
publicans and Populists about whose
election there was no doubt from the
evidence.
Mr.. Ewart's course in the Legisla-
ture which has just adjourned a
been such as to give great pleasure
and comfort to the whole
machine in the State, n gan ne
has commended himself to them TOT
marked praise.
The people of the state will ess9 re-
member that when EWart was
ed Federal Judge, that the charges
filed against him before the Judlc1asv
Committee of the United States sen
ate were so serious as to demand an
Investigation, and that the inYestiga-
ton of the charges developed eN
dence of a kind that caused q Y
dietary Committee of the United states
Senate to unanimously decide against
his confirmation.
1t is not strange that none OF
charges and none of this evidence q
ever been published OF commented
upon by the Democratic press OF the
State? Any Republican who was try
ing to build up his party and make
North Carolina a Republican State
would have had the changes wrung
On those charges and that evidence
every hour from then until now.
Mr.. Ewart should join the Demo-
cratic party where he would be in
cOngenial company, and he is now
qualified to go into the class of such
Democratic leaders as Simmons and
%udnlels, and that is where he belongs.
MT Simmons and Mr.. Daniels, how
ever, would no doubt like to keep him
IL the Republican party, because he
oO9id there do more harm to the Re-
puplcan party than he could in the
Spen with Mr.. Simmons and Mr.. Dam
'es as Democratic allies.
les there is a reason, and abundant
rneasons, why EWart received such
nmarked praise from the Democratic
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