Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-18
THE MEANING OF
THIS CAMPAIGN

for Governor on July 3 depends
the political future Of North
Carolina for years to come.
One vital issue will be decided,
That issue does not arise out OF
the party platform. Gardner
and Morrison both say that they
stand Loyalty upon that platform
regardless of their former views
upon any subject therein cover
ed.
The issue grows out Of Gard
ner's refusal to answer the ques
tionnaire of organized labor. THAI
refusal has brought him the ener'
gized enmity and hate of small
group of paid labor agitators. AT
their head stand Barrett and Nc
Mahon, the one a republican from
Asheville, the other an interlo.
per from South Carolina. To;
day they are canvassing the
state against Gardner. A few
days ago in Goldsboro one OF
them publicly advised his hear
ers to bolt the ticket and vote
for Paker il Gardner is nominat-
ed.
These men do not represent the
great body of the laboring peo-
pie of North Carolina. They do
control a few thousand votes.
They believe that this control
gives them the balance of power
in this contest. Their policy now,
as always, is to divide and con-
quer." They expect YOU, Mr..
Unorganized Laborer, YOU, Mr..
Farmer, Mr.. Merchant, Mr..
Business Man, to divide your
votes between the two candidates
but every vote THEY control
will be thrown In solid mass
against Max Gardner. That is
their policy; that is their plan;
that is their only hope Of getting
THIS STATE, YOU AND YOUR
CHILDREN IN THEIR POWER,
for they aim at nothing less than
the control Of the State.
WILL YOU LET THEM DO
1T? YOU are not organized.
YOU have made no demands
upon any candidate for Governor.
You are willing to take your
chances in an open field with no
fayors shown. You are inartic-
ulate. There Is no one to speak
for YOU unless you can have a
Governor who will represent
ALL THE PEOPLE, a Governor
who can get into office with hands
united. unbound by private
promises or public pledges.
But these others are organized.
THEY have made demands.
: They seek special commitments
to their special policies. And
because Max Gardner chooses to
serve YOU rather than THEM
they threaten him with political
death.
The friends of Morrison will
seek to break the force of this
statement. The best they can
say for their candidate is that
his position Is the same as that
of Max Gardner; that Barrett
and Mcmahon cannot control the
one any more than they can con-
troll the other. But where the
carcass is there will the eagles be
gathered together" " They may
not love Morrison the less, they
certainly hate Gardner the more.
THEY know their man. No
vote which they can control will
be cast for Max Gardner. That
they don't want him is a good
reason why we should,
And yet the selection of a
Governor this time is a small
thing compared with the large
matters involved. If A SPEC
IAL CLASS CAN SELECT A
GOVERNOR IN 1920, THEY
CAN DO 1T AGAIN IN 1924. Il
a few thousand men can force
their will upon the Democratic
Party this year, how long will it
be before that Party will pass
wholly under their control? Pow
er grows by what it feeds upon.
If these agitators cap defeat
Gardner now, they wilQeount it
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