Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-08-06
THE PEOPLE WILL JUDGE.
(Waynesville Courier.l


involved is SITS. Mr.. Reynolds claims
that this is not due. The management
OF the hotel insists that it is. "A Hay
wood county jury will pass on the dis
pute and end it.
In the meantime the fact that this
| suit is pending is being used by po
ktical opponents of Mr.. Reynolds i
the effort to injure him before TIL
voters of this district. Before tile
suit had even been filed in the court,
before the complaint in the case had
been drawn up or the summons is
sued, before single newspaper in the
state had printed a line about the
matter, the news of the district had
been spread throughout the district.
and the story so spread was greatly
exaggerated. The amount stated to
be involved has been reported to be as
high as twelve hundred dollars, more
than one hotel here has been said tc
be suing him. and other untruthful
statements have been made about the
! matter.
That such should be the case is not
surprising to those who know the cal
! iber of the present member of con-
gress from this district, and some of
his friends, Before the primaries in
May and during the convention held
here in Waynesyille ISLANDERS of all
sorts were uttered agaist bob" Rey
holds. Stories absolutely without
foundation in fact and of nature that
a seIf-respecting man would not even
think were told as the solemn trut
The friends of the young aspirant TO.
as the riff-raf and scum of society
End he himself was painted as one not
reing good enough for association
with even such class.
This sort of campaign which was
actively waged in its effect, howevel
Bob Reynolds came out of the Way7l
nesville Convention without the nom |
nation, it is true, but stronger than
ever before the mass of the people III
the district. A number of the leaders |
among his opponents had to go back |
home and explain some of the things
they had said and some that thew liads
done, and they had no explanation1
that would satisfy. For weeks follow
ing the convention the folks back
home in the thirteen counties of the
district were saying mighty little
about politics for the most part, but
they were thinking mighty deeply.
Sounding of the popular feeling de-
veloped the fact that an undercurrent
for Reynolds was getting stronger and
that unless something were done t
stem the tide he would carry at leasril
ten of the thirteen counties.
Then came the rumor of the difference
between the hotel here and Mr.. Rey-
Ec.ds. without waiting further de-
yelopment it was grabbed as the is
sue that would beat him. Trusted
lieutenants of the opposing forces vic
ale not averse to using any political
e.eans that come to hand began going
about the district. Bob" Reynolds
tried to beat his board bill at Way
lesville and he is being sued" was the
reported circulated. Mr.. ]. Frazier
Aienn, whom the people of Ashevhl
Overwhelmingly defeated for the may
or of that city and who is now IT,.
campaign manager of Representative
Gudger, is said to have utilized tn
story in his efforts to turn the tife
in Rutherford. In Macon county II
eople are nightly dissatisfied viii
he way they were represented at toe
WaynesYil1e convention and reports
rom that county were that Reync-..
iouId receive large majority. Mry
J. Scroop Styles, who after being del
feated as a candidate for solicitor N
the nineteenth judicial district is said
to have entered the employ of Repre-
sentative. Gudger, is reported to nave
zone to that county and spread the
story of the Waynesville suit. In
Pennsylvania county those who we're
telling the story were not careful
enough to get the name of the PLAZA
tin hotel correct. Finally Represent
alive Gudger personally used this
story while on the train coming to
waynesyille few days ago.
The Courier lis not trying the suit
in question. a court will do that
This paper only knows that as cam
didate Tor ofnee, and full we'll know