The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-05-24

editorial en- the Blackburn trial and
possibly two ar three editorial ri.
erences 10 him prior 10 that. We
are rot responsible for We've Of sx-
changes or thuSe Ct correspondents.
81 Inrg n Blackburn sepTssenis aud
stands for the people against The
ring dominstsd by Butler and the
third iermers CT hoS=es, We are nr
him and no longer.
As 10 n o aid &C Ssmueis. Ace
Dinkfns and every di<tiller in the
Stale In Biackburn's fight. this Is -
wild and as far from the truth
are his Batter tlgures. When Eol-
ton made his last charge aud played
HIS last card Cor confirmation II was
with the .flldavit OF J. L. Casper.
the leading and largest liquor manu-.
facturer aud dealer In The State.
When Hoiton undertook to convict
Blackburn before court aud jury OF
his country IL was upon the evl-
dence of Davis, krider, E1dlemau
and Dinkins, who were or had hcen
distillers aud liquor dealers. Ii
common knowledge that some at
the liquor men have money inter
ested In the stock Of Buffers paper.
Ii Il fact that no liquor man has
dollar Of stock In this paper. They
dare not subscribe for or read il
openly for fear Holton will imiiet
them. Mr.. Hicks Is following In
the footsteps Of the ealumniators
who have heretofore made this
charge and who knew they Were
making q false impression.
The Tar Heel numbers among Its
party friends and readers such men
as Judge Furches, the Bynums, the
Settles, the Pearsons, Judge Cobe.
Judge Sutton, Governor Harris. Maj.
Grant, DIR. Abbott. Mr.. Eugene Holt,
Mr.. w. i. Holt. Mr. Il. S. Robert
son, Mr.. W. l.. White, Prof. Fra.
zier, Judge Ewart, Col. Lusk and
more than q thousand others whose
names we cannot for the moment
recall and for which We have not
space.
The appeal Of Mr.. Hicks TO us 10
''get right" is in vain. Frankly,
We could not feel fright" under the
leadership of Mr.. Butler. "Right"
does not live under his standard.
No, Mr.. Hicks. when we recall the
names on the list of the splendid
leaders The Republican party has had
i'm this State since the war and then
find men of your intelligence seek
ing to place men the size of Duncan
and Millikan in the places once
adorned by the Bynums, the Pear
sons, the Settles, the Caldwells, the
Dockerys, the Dicks, we must refuse
to conform to your conceptions of
"Right."
Again, Mfr. Hicks, when we see
men of your observation and intelIi-
gence contending that q man of Ar.
Duncan's attainments Is entitled TO
the foremost place Of honor as leader
to represent North Carolina In the
national councils of the party and
to fill the seat once hOnored by the
illustriouS dead we must confess that
the star Of our hope Is under cloud.
The last time Mr.. Butler put a
ticket in the field in North Carolina
was in 1896 when Msj. VIM. A.
Guthrie was the Populist candidate
for Governor. No one questions the
fact that Major Guthrie is q clean,
heightened gentleman Of the highest
character and of uncommon ability,
and yet after a most vigorous pre-
sentation and discussion of the prin-
ciples Of Mr.. Buffers party, he
polled only 31,143 votes. Was there
any reason why Mr.. Butler should
have kept this 100000 friends aud
admirers" in the woods aud kept
them from the support Of the dis
tinguished leader of the Populist
ticket in the campaign? The more
we think about il the more we mar
vel as to when and where these
400, 900 friends and admirers" of
whom Mr.. Hicks speaks so glibly
in his letter i'm another column.
Eviden tly they must be recent cen
versions.