The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-10-02

and Omicc-HoldcrS are Such That
ScIf-Rcspccting Men Cannot Vote
The Republican TicIlct and Maintain
Their ScIf-Ecspect.-Thc Office
Holding and Party Managing Crowd
j More CORRUPT and Disgusting Now
Than Thcn-Th"y Have Spit Upon
The Resolution OF Republican leg
ioiator~.
The principles OF the Republican
PARTY in North Carolina are scEcn-
two leaves and five small f-iies.
And they hardly pretend 10 nave
any other principles or TO set forth
any other reason for their existence.
Whether You read the declaration OF
q leg sIativc aucus, h resolutions OF
Il state, District OF County Convention,
read the editorials and other articles
i'm a Radical newspaper, or hear ItaG1-
cal leaders talk on the streets or
privateIy-the objective point III all
they Dc and say is how to secure II
how to diV!de the Federal patronage.
80 other question interests or divides
thCm in North Carolina. You never
bear any discussion among North
carolina Republicans aboul matters
IF public policy before their AVE-
tons. The only thing n q u
their interest is: WHO va distribute
the Federal ofices?" AS to state
offices they say little, for Their char
actcr as Il rule is 50 diSF@putaDI2 Trey
cannot be elected to any Office By the
people with whom they associate.
They must get office, if at all, from
Washington, where they are not
known and must depend upon the
Boss the state chairman) to give
them a character far away from home
50 they can get connected with a sal
airy. The most important action of
the Republican state Convention held
i'm Greensboro in July was to adopt
resolutions looking to distributing the
FederaI pie and resolutions were
therefore adopted to the effect that on
the first day Of each September and
March the State Committee would
meet to pass upon the applications
for Federal offices, provided that no
application shall be considered unless
the applicant shall state in his appll-
cation that he will submit to the ac-
ton and recommendation of the ON
mittee without further contest"
Imagine the Republican State Coz
VentiOn of New York or Indiana ad-
vertising their ~pie-loVing procliVity
and Iack of principle of making sucH
resolution the chief plank adopted by
the Convention!
state Legislators TaIred With Same
Stick.
At the last session of the Le@iSla-
ture, The Republican members were
chiefly concerned about the distiibu-
&c.,, e 49,, Vrl,.,- "a, ,nI ,.t1,11N,~ for
Legislation that would help /" state.
and usually voted against all good
measures. 1t would be more nearly
accurate to say "they were VOted'
against all good measures, for the
bosses would give orders which were
obeyed by the legislator. But there
was one question upon which they a
opinions and upon which they were
keenIy alive, and that was about Fed
eral patronage and how to distribute
it. With ~high-SOunding phrases as to
their desire to see the party prosper
and such ~Verbiage, they issued the
following address:
TO the state Executive Committee Of
the Republican party in North caro-
lima:
Observation-Disclosures. we beIieve
that the Republican members Ct the
General Assembly OF North Carolina,
nov in session at Raleigh, fairly rcp-
] III " III go - :
and are earnestly DESTROYS of prOmOt-
ing its growth in every town, county
and district in the State; and
Whereas. the returns from the last
lection show that wherever a healthy
local organization existed in the
ties, directed by capable and active
party workers. large gains We're made
for the Republican party, and these
gains were general throughout the
State, showing that about two out OF
every five voters cast their ballots for
the Republican ticket, and being de-
sirous of increasing this ratio to the
end that our party may be triumphant
at the next State election; and
Whereas. it is made manifest to US
that the growth of the party is re-
tarded in some places, especially in
some portions of eastern North Caro-
lima, on account of the character and
conduct of local leaders and their man
agement of our party in those partic-
ular sections; and
Whereas, these local leaders OF the
party are often engaged in fractional
Wrangles among themselves for the
control of the local party machinery
and Federal patronage, rather than
engaging their time and energies to-
ward winning recruits and building up
their party; and
Whereas, the private life and con-
duct of some of the party managers
and o~tticeholders are such that the
Se~ll-IeSpectlnS professional and bust
ness men in these sections. who are
anxious to vote the Republican ticket.
cannot do 50 and maintain their self
respect, but are forced to remain in
the democratic party, and vote a ticket
watch Stultifies their conscience and
good Judgment. instead of bringing
their strength, character and mem
befs TO our rapidly growing party. and
assist us in carrying the State for good
government and conservative, safe leg
islation; and
Whereas, it is apparent in some
counties, and notably some that have
q large share of Federal patronage
poll the smallest Republican, vote. and
the local leaders and the o~fficeholders
in these counties are making little OF
no effort to increase their party's vote
and this inactivity on their part, cou-
pled often with a private and political
life that is repugnant to the people
generally IN these sections, places 6
barrier in the path of our Dartv's
growth, and thereby hundreds anC
thousands of patriotic ana conserva-
tive business and professional men