The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-30
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EICH SPEECH.


and denouneing me even before
"a ever held any Office OF naa any
public record. -.
az something that. ordinarily,
hid seem TO be immodlst, out the
g.. ,ha, the cowardlx consplrafoTs
-,o make up the Democratic ma
.hIne have made me their sole issue
~ this campaign. and then nave
-,xardly run from their oTn issue.
40, only justifies me, but makes 1t
a.cessary for me. 10 state some plain
.ru,bs even though they are very
p-ersoDai.
The attaek begun on me by the
r..-uocratic machine started over
twenty years ago. IL was not an at
,.ck for what had done or had not
doue. Il was then. as nov, an attack
n pergonai abuse. misrepresentation
and mud-slinging, and was inaugu-
rsted and conducted against me be-
D.xse I stood for certain great re-
sorm measures in the interests OF
he people which the Democratic ring
.sd the powers that own 1t bitterly
opposed.
soon after leaving college, /
hought and began to edit small
county newspaper in Sampson Coun-
~ Through the columns of that pa
nor I attacked the record OF certain
democratic machine leaders. and
allowed that they were either incom-
retent or that they were acting TN
der the influence OF trusts and cor
rorations, and were deliberately be-
traying the interests Of the people OF
The state and trying to create a gov
arnment of the classes and special in
terests against the masses OF our
great State.
The position which took through
4be columns of that paper soon
brought down upon my head the de-
nunciation OF the leading corporation
attorney in that county. That at
tornev had for a number OF years
been member of the State Senate
from the county of Sampson. 1t be
came necessary for me, in the inter
est of truth and justice, to expose his
record as State Senator and to cal
upon the people to repudiate him and
send a different man to legislate al
Raleigh. was not then candidate
for his office, or for any other once
indeed, I have never been candi'
date for any Office in my life, ano
have never asked any man living OF
dead to vote for me and support me
for any office; but the contest or the
issues which then arose between me
as editor of that paper and betWee1
the corporation attorney who wal
State Senator, resulted in the Demo
cratic Senatorial Convention OF tht
next year nominating me for the
State Senate, by an almost unani
nous vote, and when l was not pres
ant I was nominated in a Demo
cratic convention as the regular Dem
ocratic candidate for the State Sen
ate.
Who Put Up the Money to Fight
Butler.
What happened Immediately ate
the announcement of my nomination
The small element of that Democrat
ic convention, which was controlle
by the tools of the Democratic ma
chine at Raleigh, and their owner
and bosses, the trusts and corpora
tons in the State, bolted the conven
ton and held a rump convention Wit
handful of men and nominated a
Independent Democratic cand1dat
against me, and Immediately sough
and secured the support and endorse
ment of the Republican party OF tn
county, nine-tenths of which at tia
time was composed of negroes.
my opinion, machine and trust none
was used to bring about this act1o
and to finance the campaign to d
feat me for the State Senate.
fierce and bitter campaign was wage
i without money-the Democrat
machine boilers apparently with ple1
ty Of money.
"The Democratic State Chairman
the head of the Democratic ring
Raleigh, secretly supported the Dol
ing candidate, who was endorsed
the Republicans of the county, an
used every effort within his powt
to defeat my election, though / WI
the regular Democratic nomine
Why? Simply on account OF the
sues for which I stood and which
boldly advocated and because no Den
ocratic corporation tool could me
me on the stump and answer my a
guments. The towards ran then
they run now.
The corporation attorney abo'
referred to did dare to challenge n
for joint discussion at fifteen a
pointments Of his own selection;
met me at four, then quit the STUN
and ran, and I finished the other {
teen appointments alone. He r,
then as Simmons ran later, and DO