The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1915-07-20
The Beckett Sentiment.

The Beckett Sentiment.
Nobody seems TO thing that there
will be any other candidates for the
nomination for governor other than
those already announced, Hon T. l..
Daughtridge. now lieutenant COVER
nor. and Hon. T W. Beckett, attorney
general Some other little boomiets
were launched months ago On, uoGe
of them ever were gGlvanilel into
real life and are more or less for
gotten. The horses were tried out
and found they did not have the bot
iom for the race. Mr. Neil Pharr OF
Charlotte ard Mr. Max Gardner Of
Shelby seem to be the most active as
pirantS for the nomination for lieu
tenant governor About the only
thing that comes TO a lieutenant gov
ernoy is the opportunity to preside
over the senate during two sessions
and to be called governor the remain
der of his days. There will be no
great amount of interest attached to
the second place
There really seems to be no doubt
that Mr. Beckett will be the nominee.
and there are not wanting shrewd OBJ
servers who think the nomination will
be handed over TO him without on
position in the wind up, This IS not
meant as any reflection upon Mr..
Daughtridge. who is good man and
has a large number of friends But
ne lacks one essential without which
no man at this stage of North Caro-
lima politics can hope to secure the
goyernorship-speaking ability. This
is very easy Of explanation. Take
two men, granting them equal high
character and ability. but let one be
a non-speaking man and the other
faeile speaker. and the latter runs
away with the other in point of popu-
larity with the people. This is large
~ due 10 the fact that he has so
much better opportunity TO mingle
with the people and give them the
opportunity to get acquainted with
him and size him up. \ speaking
man is ready on all occasions and
thousand people hear and see him
where one hears and sees the non
speaker
This advantage Mr. Beckett has to
a marked degree over his opponent
He is not only a speaker. but one OF
rare gifts He does not belong to the
class OF mere fervid orators, who.
combining a rhymthic flow of word
with pleasing voice, are enabled to
produce in an audience a more or less
hypnotic effect while the Grafton is
proceeding without much regard for
its intrinsic worth or lasting elects
On the contrary, Mr. Bicketts power
lies in the gift of understanding the
average man and putting this under
standing inio words He is a nan
of unquestioned talent, but that tai
,ert is the electrifcation of the COM
mon DIST of which We are all made
rather than an attenuated refinement.
of that dust which has the effect of
separating its possessor from the
mass of men. Hence he is naturally
a peoples man, not an affecting one
or a patroniz ms one Added to pcr-
sonal qualifications is the fact that he
bus had the opportunity for wide ac-
quaintance with the people of the
State. 1t is no wonder that the
wise ones feel that he really has no
serious opposition, and that it is pos
sible for his excellent opponent to
gracefully withdraw before the day
of the primary.
or course this county wifi give Mr.
Beckett its unqualified endorsement
Ii is his birthplace. and that Of his
forebears. While his mature years
have been spent elsewhere he has by
no means boone a stranger to us. We
will find not only duty but great
pleasure in supporting our worthy
son.