Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-10-09
CLARK FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR.
Wright. Esq Of the Salisbury Bal,
thinks the Judge Should be Named.
published by Request)
To the Democratic voters:

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To the Democratic voters:
At last the time has come
in North Carolina when hel
yeomanry can go to the bal
lot>b box and have a voice III
the selection of a United
States Senator, and this
special perogatlve has been
given the people through the
unceasing efforts of Judge
Walter Clark and a few other
leading citizens of our state.
Without any reflections on
Senator Simmons and Gov
ernor Kitchin, we desire to
present the name OF a man
for United States Senator
who is the peer of. any man
in the state, and from the
standpoint of ability and in
telleetuality tn greatest man
in North Carolina. and if
elected to the senate, will be
the representative of the en-
tire people, regardless of
classes, but for the interest
of the masses. That man is
Judge Walter Clark, now
Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court and the hero of pros
gressive democracy. Long
before t b e Democratic
National Convention at Balti>
more, Judge Clark heralded
his progressive platform from
one end of the state to the
other and enunciated the
principles upon which he
would be a candidate for
Senator. When that great
convention assembled, it en-
bodied (not copied) in it's plat
from the major part Of the
great principles advocated by
Judge Clark, and did you
know that our candidate for
the presidency, Governor
Wilson, is now running on
and proclaiming to the people
of the Union the very same
doctrine promulgated months
before by North Carolina's 8
able jurist? The platform Of
Judge Clark can not be guess
toned, because it is the
Democratic platform of the
nation aud of our state, and
if you question his, then you
question Governor Wilson's,
Locke Craige's and every
Democratic candidate in the
field seeking election.
From the time this worthy
man was a soldier boy and
shouldered his musket at the
call of his state in behalf OF
our country's cause, and
marched over the Virginia
hills with Lee and Jackson
and offered his young life as
a sacrifice, if needs be, for
the Corfederacy, no person
true to his state has had the
temerity to question his in>
tegrity and patriotism. His
life has been dedicated and
consecrated to the people OF
this state, and his career is
an open book for the inspec~
tion of the public, and no
person can say aught against
him.
When there was cessation
of war Judge Clark returned
to his people and took up
their cause for justice and
right and to relieve his fellow
brethen of unjust laws and
tyrannical cooperative in
auence and combined trust
oppression. Had it not been
for Judge Clark and men of
his type. the people of this
state would have been Over~
ridden by unjust laws and
the laborer, poor man and
farmer would have been
crushed to earth and ground
to powder. He has had the
manhood, courage and integ-
rity to see that the laws of
our state are fairly and inn
partially administered, res
gardless of classes. All this,
Notwithstanding the unlimit>
ed influence Of combined for
ces, illegal trusts and ops
pressive corporations. AS a
jurist Judge Clark is by far
tue abies in the south, and
equalt d by few in the Union.
He is ever abrest with the
times, alert and active, and if
elected United States Senator
to succeed Senator Simmons,
he will be another Vance, an !
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