Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-06-04
8 = MM@ M@@ @# 8
THE PEOPLES FORUM.

e 500 words I'm length are SO r.
e Iicited.
So This 10 your column. Use II r.
s. as you viii, avoiding Vitupera- IS
q ton or hbelOus matter. If yOu q
- differ with us or eur contFibut- r
6 Ors, say so, and why. r.
q Letters must bear the name IS
& and address of the writer. Is
e Anonymous Communications Il
&c will not be considered. q
* y e e Il = e g g e e e
INFLUENCE OF MAN UPON MAN.
Echo of Waynesville Convention.
Editor Democrat:
We read and hear great deal these
days on such subjects as Biology,
Philosophy, Anthropology, Psychology,
Sociology, Hamilethics, Economics,
together with the teaets and holdings
of about hundred other fads and
isms that had their origin from the
craniums of that species of animals,
known as man. With ology ne
interprets to us this common temporal
sordid life, which we all love so well
to live. With another, he extends the
doctrine a little further, that the hui
man structure and its natural history,
and tells us we are double-geared,
having not only kind of ugly degrad-
ed body, but also a soul, mind, logos,
and dear friends, when he hit onto
that logos business, there is where
trouble comes. The philosopher or
reasoner tells us one kind of story
and the homiletic or scientific sermon
writer. tell us quite another one, anc
when they get mixed up on such dis
uuisition as whether or not old Satan
is personal or non-personal, whether
the Creator be a One or Trinity, how
much looking ahead He did from tho
first, as to whether we were going to
be lost or saved and whether our
Great Teacher had an existence before
he was born or not, and finally wheth-
er or not our spirits stand chance
of being eternally punished hereaf-
ter, those all be mighty and fruitful
subjects for the grandiloquent follow
who knows more than we do.
This thing Of one man having intfu.
ence over another, and the kind of in
fiuence, whether good or bad, comes TO
our observation in very many ways
and in divers manners. Recently at
a Congressional convention 1t seemed
to- be the business OF ever yellow, to
have influence over every other fell
low. One of the delegates from the
good old county of Mcdowell when
| called on for vote, from his delega-
ton arose quite in dignified manner
| and said. "Mr. Chairman, the situa-
tioa with my delegation is such as 70
| call for illustration: At one time
Republican National convention, the
| Southern delegates, whose descent is
| supposed to have been from Noah's
middle son, were questioned as to
why they all voted for Mr.. Mckinley.
| The reply was Boss, we don't all
vote for Mr.. Mckinley, some of Us
| are for Mckinley, some of us are MI.
Reed, and some of us are for Sale.
So the gentlemen said under the pres
| ent critical circumstances, Some OF
us possibly are for sale, hence at pres
ent and under existing conditions,
There is no change with the Mcdowell
! delegation. Later on, our good
friend, Pless from the same delega-
ton, was called on for vote from
| the delegation and he said, "Mr. Chair
man, since the explanation made by
my friend Blanton, awhile ago, there
have been too many visitors calling
on our RELOCATION, but as yet, l have
/ to report no change" OF course,
our friends were only presenting the
| ludicrous side of the situation, yet
perhaps, if there ever was time, IN
the history of political conventions
when the good citizens of mountainous
North Carolina endeavored to yield an
influence over his fellow delegates it
| was at this Waynesville convention.
| The writer has no reason to say that
| Il was not all righteously and proper
ly done, not that the very best of in
tentions were not in the heart of every
single delegate and political worker.
1t was case of where Greek had met
Greek and the tug of friendly war had
come, yet in all the spirit of rivalry.
honor seemed to be uppermost IN
every mind.
| The next Congressional convention
should be for the simple purpose Of
declaring the result Of primary
L