The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-09-06

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nor that unless he follows the coura'
marked ont by them that he Will XII
himself with his own party. The ms
chine mistook and moderated the'
man WHEEL they used this argnm"r
Oh Jude Conuor. He can never b.
moved by arguments that arPeal
the gordid and selfish clements Of hu
name nature Judge Conner woulc
sacrifice himself politically a dozen
times before he would DO anything
that did not measure up to the high
est sense of the duty Of citizenship
irrespective of party.
Now the question arises, would
Judge Shepherd, Judge Mcltae OF
Judge Burwell do what the machine
wants Judge Conner to do: We
challenge any Democratic paper
in the State to admit they would
Sucn an admission would be bas'
SANDER on them if they are tit to
sit on the Superior court bench.
NHY TH,S HOWL FROM The HACH.HET
The sudden howl that has come
from the Democratic machine y
very significant. 1t is the cry that
betrays them. Every Democrat that
we meet claims that be is in favor OF
honest elections. We have had
thousands of them to tell US that
they had rather a dozen times for
the patty to be defeated, than to get
in power by DISTINGUISHING a single
voter or by stealing single vote af
ter it is cast. These same men have
claimed that there We're no frauds
in the last election and that they
would not stay in party that would
not only commit fraud but that
would wink at it or encourage IT.
When such claims were made, VT
have always called attention to the
character of the men appointed by
the commissioners for judges Of the
election. Ia hundreds of instances
and in at least 80 speeches on the
stump we have shown that the com
missi6ners after appointing three OF
the five judges that are satisfactory
to the Democratic party, that ther
they should appoint for the Other
two Judges men that were satisfac
tory to the Peoples party. We have
appealed to fair minded men, ant
asked if that was not right and II
every case they have answered thai
1t was. They have not only salt
that right but they have f~!rtheI
said that their commissioners wert
ready to do it. Then we have asked
why they did not do it in 1892. Ii
dozens of counties they have answer
ed that no one representing the PEG
pies party had recommended mer
for judges of the election and that in
each case the commissioners were
| forced to select men themselves. And
this is correct. For when the PEG
| pies party does not select and rec
ommend men satisfactory to them
selves for judges of the election
they have no right to blame thu
commissioners, unless the men APP
pointed are evidently incompetent
Now acting on this principle
which was approved by Democrats
everywhere we went to speak, w
called upon the committees of tn
Peoples party in every county an(
township of the State to 90 befor
the commissioners and recommend
men who would be satisfactory t,
the Peoples party for the two Judge
of the election which the law say
shall be appointed from an opposite
political party. The minute thi
call (Which We thought was approved
by every honest Democrat in tn
State) was made, at once there wen
upa howl from every machine cuckoo
organ in the State. They cried on
that "Butler is trying to bull doz
the commissioners They said tina
to suppose that the commissioner
would not have the wisdom to know
exactly who to appoint to represen
the Peoples party was an insult t.
the commissioners. They said if tn
Peoples party were to recommend
good honest men for judges of tn
election that it would be an etfor
to ''intimidate the commissioners.
The Raleigh correspondent of tn
Wilmington Messenger and Char
lotte Observer who no doubt wen
to interview Pou and Simmons ant
who no doubt drew his inspiration
from that sweet smelling pair O
possible "boss McKanes," telegraphet
to the above papers that the commits
sioners would pay no attention t.
any recommendations, but that the
would appoint not only three of jus
such men as the machine wanted
from the Democratic ranks, but ais;
two just such men as the machin
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