The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-10

the convention in sursy ten o. f.
sere Federal Office holders
among whom we're J s. Il
man. deputy collector ard ] -
walsh. postmaster a. EIkiu. s77-
man and secretary respect.
r. W. SamueIe. the revenue hEUE.
who assaulted Bob Deal and NH3 -
nov 81. liberty from a sentence - ~
-p-isunmcnf oF4ly ou rcTrleFf of
.Govcrno- pending his application f'r
pardon Wa- named ~ "a icleEatf bAA
had ~ease enough - decline me ap-
pointmenL
Watauca county had = convention
numbering sesenty-ttNc. Fcdera "ilS'
holder ~he took Il prominent part
being II. =. Blackburn and J l.
Hay another husband q the post
master.
In Washington county there were
twenty al the convention. once hold
crs participating were John l. phelps.
at Plymouth. W. II. SGbb~,
Federal deputy COMMISSIONS J. T.
Spencer. +. VI Roper 9. W. ~Heii'
postmaster 1T Mackey Ferry Town
ship. Chairman. r. +. Spruili. posi-
master at CTcswclI. secretary.
The Caucasian. Buffers orEan. a.
well as the Subsidized News. makes
some public protest that TN" issue 81
the convention hangs on 4 dcs3f' 10
carry the state. The truth 81 III
matter lies. however in the 4u9~t''is
raised by tin, Republican caucus q
the Legislature OF 1905. as to the hold-
ing of Federal jobs.
Ground Work OF Fight.
Tha caucus, after calling attention
TO the fact that appointments "oulu
soon be made by the President 10 red
eIaI offices, declared that.
Whereas. We are fully satisfied
q 60. a. .I1L4+flp 80 ,1Ks 4Qn - f33.
for the next four years, the Federal
offices i'm the state. Will be vedy behe-
fetal to the Republican party IN
North Carolina; and
Whereas, We deem il. therefore.
our duty. as the representatives Of the
Republicans Of this state, to make
known their wishes in regard 70 this
matter, and to express our views upon
this question. 50 that the President
may be Informed drought the state
organization of the true facts IN re-
gard to this matter
That is the meat in this fight. The
attempt on the one side Of oftlce-Aold-
ers to hold on. the effort on the other
of office-seekers to break in, with the
prestige of leadership with which to
handle the funds the golden bauble
of the contest.
Some Ex-Cathedra Opinions.
Says Blackburn's Tar Heel:
Let the mountaineers of the west
assert their manhood next Tuesday ana
show that they are not the slaves or
the Democratic East led by Butler II
his satellites"
Says the Caucasian:
THE Caucasian would be against
any candidate for State chairman that
these ~pap-Suckers favored, if they
We're sure that they were right about
their candidate. They will not be for
any man for state chairman who they
think would try to build up the party.
They want the party to grow smaller.
They know that it is already too big
for men of their kind and caliber to
get and hold offices permanently.
Every Republican of this kind in
the State hates Senator Butler prob
ably worse than any other man in the
State. Why? Because they believe
that he honestly wants to build up
the party and carry the State. This
is his crime in their eyes. But enough
of them for the present"
Says the Tar Heel:
"Did you ever stand on what is
called Midway at one of our county or
State fairs and watch the loud
mouthed fakir in his frantic efforts
ana Wild screams to catch the crowd -?
If so you can appreciate the attitude
of the Industrial News at this stage Of
the fight over the chairmanship. No
fakir ever made more e~XtraVagant
statements or wilder or more desperate
efforts to stampede the surging pro
cession. If it desired harmony half
as ardently as it desires the election of
Adams it would print all the news
Explodes The Caucasian:
IF Mr. Blackburn was State chair
man he would. if we can judge by his
actions. unquestionably use all per
scnal ends confined to the Eighth Dis
trict. and the result of his policy
would be to reduce the party to a
small patronage machine. to about the
size of his Tar Heel Club.
everyone. knows that the bulk of
Mr.. Blackburn'S following is the law
less element in the 'Moonshine' county.
and hat the few patriotic Republi-
cans Who have been misled by his in
sincere ak are kept by him to the
front to call attention from the bulk
of his lawless force and to give an ap-
p~earance Of respectability.'
A Tar Heel editorial chant:
"Good-bye
MARY Ann.
"Mr. Taft Monday.
'"The people Tuesday.
"Come to the convention
ct is about over. and it is not
Adams.
Its hot, but it will be hotter next
week.
Stand by your guns and all will be
WE'LL
Shouts the Caucasian:
What IS the matter with the man
who claims that he wants to build up
the Republican party. and yet VINO
cXertS every effort to abuse and drive
from the party its new recruits? Do
not his actions simply belle his words?
such a man either does not want the
party To grow. or else he has not Suf-
ticient sense to know how to make it
grow.
And yet the above accurately de-
ScT jhpc n n n N-hn ic ,Dn- on nj n to
for State chairman. Does the party
want such a man. and Il man who at
the time is wanting in sufficient capac-
ity and character for leadership. even
When he has the wits he possesses with
OF Wake the Tar Heel says:
1T appears that in the county OF
Wake when the observation-disclosures found
that there was danger ahead they call
ed for Col. jim Young and Ed John