French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-07-17
THURSDAY, JULY IL, 1919
SIMMONS IS FOR MORRISON

Some home folks over-spoke them
selves when they started the rumol
that personal differences have arisen
between Senator Simmons and Mr..
Cameron Morrison, of Charlotte, one
of the aspirants for the democratic
nomination for Governor. So per-
sistently has this talk been passed
along, since it started during the ses-
sion of the General Assembly, that the
Senator decided to put the yarn to
rest with a positive denial. He goes
further by burning the bridges be-
hind him. and declaring himself I'M
e~Quivocally for the nomination of the
Charlotte man. The Senator's posi-
ton is thus outlined in a recent state
ment sent out from WASHINGTON to a
number of North Carolina papers:
From different sources reports
have been reaching Washington of a
circulated in North Carolina to
the effect that there has been a breach
in the friendly relations between
Senator Simmons and Hon. Cameron
Morrison, a candidate for the nominal
ton for Governor OF North Carolina
in the democratic primary to be held
next year, and that while the Senator
would vote for Mr.. Morrison, he
would do so reluctantly and only be
aus of Mr.. Mcrrison's long a
of support and friendship for him.
Your correspondent called these rum
ors to the attention of Senator Sim
mons today and inquired of him if he
desired to make any statement with
respect to them.
"In reply, the Senator thanked your
correspondent for calling these u
mors to his attention and expressed
surprise that such misrepresentation
should have gained circulation or
credence, and declared emphatically
that there has been neither breach,
nor cause for breach, in the warm
friendship that has for thirty years
existed between Mr.. Morrison and
himself. .-t . ~<;HS@tsAs"RA+-u
1.-THE Senator said that his support
of Mr.. Morrison in his candidacy for
Governor had been, and would On
tinue to be whole-hearted, not be-
cause of Mr.. Morrison's great and
conspicuous service to the demo-
cratic party and the State, rendered
in every campaign during the last
thirty years, as we'll as because of his
recognized fitness for the position
which he seeks. - a4<@ %@
"The Senator said he regretted the
necessity Of making this statement,
but thought it was due to Mr.. Morri-
and that he made it not with any
view of getting into the gubernatorial
contest or of d~isparaging, in any way,
the claims of other candidates"
Senator Simmons may have faults
bu forgetting the activities of friends
his interest is not n of them. Mr..
Morrison led the fight for the Senator
during the memorial campaign of 1912
when capable leadership was needed
and needed badly. The political life
of the Senator was in jeopardy. Two
OF the States best and strongest men,
Governor Kitchn and Chief Justice
Clark, were contesting the senator
ship with him and the battle was fast
and furious.
In the democratic state convention
that year the supporters of Kitehin
and Clark sought to prevent the
adoption of a resolution endorsing
the record of North Carolina's2sena-
tors and representatives in congress
lest the action might be construed as
an endorsement of the Simmons cam
didacy. Mr. Morrison was chairman
OF the committee on platform which
proposed the resolution and Congress
man Claude Kitchin, a brother of the
Governor, led the opposition to incor-
porating that section into the party's1
declaration of principles. The con-
voted it in and the eloquence
and logic of Cameron Morrison play
no insignificant role in putting it
there.
The success of that convention con-
test was naturally construed as a
victory and proved a win
ming card during the weeks and
months that followed. The Senator
was victorious over both Of his
opponents in the first primary and he