French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-03-23
EWART ON BUTLER.

Judge H. G.. Mwart is one of the
self-respecting Republicans" of North
Carolina who cannot contain his in
dignation at the hand of Marion But
Ter is playing in politics in he State.
Judge Ewart strongly denies that But
Ter captured the late Republican con-
ventfon. but admits that Buffers ac-
tivity in the campaign will have the
effect of increasing the Democratic
majority. The Judge writes to The
French Broad Hustler in answer to
an interview with Butler copied in
The Asheville Citizen and he CLASH
fies it as a tissue of wilfu1 misrepre-
sensations. He denies that the Re-
pUblicans of North Carolina ever had
a referee system and~says there "has
never been a time under a Republican
National Administration that a Repub-
lican Congressman for this State has
not been able to control the political
appointments in his own district"
And further, without exception this
State has never had as chairman of
the Republican executive committee
a man who was not an able, conscien-I
ticus, honest man, who has always
acted for the best interest of the
P0A hAS was pol LASuAdA1y III 0O~.
tense of Buffers aspersions upon
Eaves, Holton, Adams and Linney.
Judge Ewart's letter makes edifying
reading for Democrats. He lets it be
known at the outset that "the people
o fthe State, without regard to party,
know Butler to be a liar, migrate and
kDave. And he says
"The Democratic press in the State
Wy ~ A~k~Al - 49,
all parties in the State have for But
Ter, was quick to attribute the action
of the convention In defeating Duncan
as a personal victory for Butler, but
the truth is his influence in the con-
vention was nil. His treachery to
Pritchard in the sensational contest OF
1908, his open and notorious ingratitudcI
an dtreachery to his former friends
and associates, Cyrus Thompson, Skin
ner and others; his attempt to collect
the ~fraudukSut tai bonds OF the people
of his own State, when he was a Uni
tee States Senator, have made his
name a stencil in the nostrils of every
decent man in the STATED"
Judge Ewart is of the opinion that
after the action of the convention. ct
is doubtful if any Republican of the
sCgnCeSc standing would have accept
ed a nomination" made by it. He re-
CARDS it cas- most unfortunate for the
Republican party of the State that it
has been put in the position Of having
TO deny that Butler was in any way
responsible for the defeat of Duncan"
And yet, in giving the list of delegates
appointed to the Republican National
Convention, Judge Ewart could moi
supply the initials of Mr.. Lewis, the
forced on the convention by But
Ter, thus giving unconscious confess
sion to the domination of the conven-
ton by Butler. Judge Ewart ridicules
claim that he had been work
ing hard for the patriotic purpose of
uniting the Taft and Roosevelt wings
o I the party and analyses Buffers Ia
bors in that direction in a way that
blasts and withers. The Observer
cheerfully submits the conclusion
reached by Judge Ewart for the con-
s~ideration of the people of the State
wit: "Self-respecting Republicans
will be slow to support .anyapoIicy,. OF
party in any manner Influenced by the
arch traitor. Marion Butler.-Char-
lctte Observer.