The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-08-13
IS THE VOTER bound BY
THE PRIMARY ELECTION ?
Did J. Il. DaFden Play DR.. Jekyl and
MT. Hyde Roll to Secure the Nom
ination? Will he SquafeIy State
His Position?

His Position?
In fairness to the people of this
county. in my opinion, the powers
that be- ought to at once call an
other primary for the selection of a
member of the House of Represent
atives for at least one place on the
Legislative ticket. Unless this is
done ard the people know the facts
i'll regard to the nomination of ]. f.
Darden, and the tactics and methods
used, they will not consider them
selves either duty or honor bound to
support this nominee, and ought and
will feel free to vote for any other
Democrat for the Legislature. The
Democrats Of this county have here
tofore had too much confidence in
their leaders for such confidence to
be destroyed in the whole party in
the county in order to advance the
| nomination Of one man. There
seems to be only two classes Of Dem
ocrats. IN this county-the Democrat
who favors Prohibition and the Dem
ocrat who is against Prohibition. I,
being an Anti i-Prohihitionist, have
believed ever sipce the Prohibition
law was enacted, and still believe,
that if the Prohibition;sts have the
majority in the State OF any county
or town, that they ought to hold the
various Offices III the same, and that
it ought to be made an issue and put
square'y un to the people, the sooner
the better. # the various Offices
were held by Prohibitionist then
they could not complain that the
laws in regard thereto were not
properly executed. 1t ought to be
made an issue, if for no other pur-
pose than to avoid such tactics and
corrupt practices as were used in
the nomination of ]. II. Darden in
OUR last primary.
The people ought 10 know how 4
man stands upon any public question
when they ask it. | have TIC fuss
with the Prohibitionists and | re-
spect any mans honest opinion. |
am not a Prohibitionist as every
man in the county we'll knows. |
charge that J. II. Darder was not
fairly nominated in the primary on
| August sixth. have been his friend
all my life. He and I have stood to,
gether on all political questions VI
to few days ago He was known
by all men in this community as az
| Anti-Prohibitionist Democrat from
start to finish. He was voted for il
this precinct, and | am informed, If
! all other precincts in this end of the
county on August 6th as 2 strone
Anti Prohibltionist, and when tht
charge was made publicly that h
vas running in Weldon TOWNSHIP
and other places in the upper end o
the county as a Prohibitionist, th'
leaders here who were working fo
him and handing out tickets to th'
voters denied the charge and state'
to the ti-Prohibitionists that h.
was not PrOhibitionist and WOult
, not vote for an antl-jug law. NJ
information is that he declared him
} self to the Anti-Saloan Ieorce
through its chairman of this county
that he was Prohibitionist AM
upon his declaration he was SUP
ported by the Prohibltionists, the
believing him to be strong advC
cate of any measure they Inightw IS
} introduced in the coming Legisls
ture. AS an evidence of that quot
his letter to the chairman OF tn
Anti-Sa,oon League Of this county
which was written in reply to le
ter from the chairnan, telling hll
} that they expected TO have som
legislation in the Legislature lool
I ing towards the preventing Of shil
ping whiskey into this State as be
erages, ETC., and inquiring as to h
exact position on the question. Hel
j ox,<lc
!, Spring iEiil, II. c.,
} July 81, 1914.
! "W. T. Shaw, ESD,
} "Weldon, N. G..
: Dear Sir:
= Your letter to hand and IN
reply to your inquiry ! will say
that I am in favor OF prohibl-
ton in North Carolina, and the