The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-11-16

rur EFKLY TAR HEEL.

THE WEEKLY TAR HEEL.
The long promised Daily Tar
Heel" which later dwiudled to
long promised weekly Tar Heel"
has Just appeared under date of
Nov. eth. In its opening editorial
II says:
"The Weekly Tar Heel is here.
It IL here in response to demand
long felt, widespread and urgent.
This demand comes not alone from
the rank and file of the Republican
party Of North Carolina, but 1t
comes also from those who are decent
enough to be tolerant, and brave
enough to be Independent. This
birth In the Journalistic world is not
premature. More than nine months
ago It was conceived In the ranks Of
the Tar Heel Club"
This statement may be too bril-
liant and progressive for our modest
comprehension, but we are not too
vain to admit that we are in doubt as
to Its meaning. 1t would seem that
the crank and file Of the Republi-
can party" are off in one common
herd by themselves, a little short
Of decency and q lintle short of
bravery, yet who are blindly and
humbly crying for The Weekly Tar
Heel oil the same. Next 1t would
seem that there is a specially exclu-
sive set who are also crying for the
paper and who refer to themselves
% '.thoee who are decent enough to
be tolerant, and brave enough to be
independent"
The editor who writes these lines
aud who no doubt means to say that
he belongs to this last class, mod
estly withholds his name. But he
does tell us that the birth of this
paper was conceived over nine
months ago in the inner sanctuary
of this self.constituted, exclusive set,
which they have christened as the
ssTar Heel Club" What a wonder
full spot this must be for the cotcep
ton, CESSATION and birth 81 lo,eIahl,
brave, decent and patriotic Impulses !!
In the second editorial i, o'acks
the organization of the it.lub.icar
party In the whole South, al ii tsw-
cially In North Carolina. We clip
one paragraph, which contains the
substance of the whole article:
'.It Ia notorious that a close cor
poration Of petty bosses exists in
nearly every Southern State who do
not want the party to succeed. They
simply want an organization large
enough to control and consume Fed
eral pie. Their political work con-
sists largely In scheming for dele
CATION for the National Convention.
It Is common knowledge that this
L. true Of North Carolina to-day.
The nnk and flle Of the eighty.two
thousand Republican voters in this
State and large per cent Of the in
dependent element are looking to
President Roosevelt for heroic treat
ment Of this situation. They are
not clamoring for office. They
simply demand freedom from the
tyranny Of bossism and are asking
for policy which will subserve and
promote the best interests Of the
party"
In another part Of the article it
speaks Of the organization of the
Republicans as incompetent and
indecent leadership"
What 1t says about the organiza-
ton Of the Republican party az ap-
piled to some Southern States has,
We fear, too much truth. And
where the organization is nothing
more than patronage machine,
striving to make the party smaller
90 there will be shorter division Of
federal patronage, we are fully
agreed with the 'sTar Heel"
But we think that the ssTar Heel''
u very unjust In applying Its charges
tothe Republican organization in this
State. When Judge Pritchard, aud
Mr.. Holton before him, were State
Ohairmen, they did much to ele-
vate the standard of the orgsniza-
ton. They not only were constantly
Improving the personnel of those
appointed to Office but were also
drawing many recruits to the party.
10 not Mr.. Rollins following the
same wise policy? And should not
the 'Tar Heel" be supporting and
encouraging him, instead of attack.
ing himf It certainly should do 80,
II It sincerely wants to build up the
party.
We cannot understand its vicious