The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-05-24
BY THE O. TCAsIAN PUB.CO.
REPUBLICAN STATE CHAIRMAN.

REPUBLICAS STATE CHAIRMAN.
The following interview with a
MeckIenburg County Republican is
published by the Charlotte Observer
Of last Saturday:
"If you will not give my name /
don't mind saying few things for
the paper" said a sly Republican
politician to an Observer man yes
terday.
"Iet it come, stuff and not names
is what we are after these dull days."
declared the reporter.
"Talking about Marion Butler and
the leadership Of the Republican
party-why shouldn't he make the
best leader the party could get in this
State? What can you say against
his party record? Did he not stick
to the Populist party as long as it
was an organization Didn't he
have a right to join either of the old
parties if he saw fit? He says that
the principles of the Republican
party suit him-well, if they do,
what is wrong in that? He has a
good personal record.
snow lie: us suppose that the Re-
publicans should accept Butler as
their leader What would be the
result? Is there a man outside of
the Democratic party who could
draw the crowds to hear him speak
that Butler could? Is there man
that could stand before Glenn, Sim
mons, AycOck or any other Demo
crat like Butler can? These are the
questions that come to my mind.
Let us do the fellow justice. Did
he not succeed in demOraliZing the
Democratic party in this State when
others failed? Was he not emf
nently successful while leading his
forces? Answer all of these ques-
tiOns and then curse him. The Dem
ocrats did not like him, aud, there
fore, they swOre at him, but every
time that prominent Democrat
cursed him he made followers for
him. Yet, Butler would do more to
build up q formidable Republican
party in this Stale than any other
man in it. lie is not afraid to go to
the people and to meet any of the
Democratic leaders on the stump. 1,
for one, am in favor of giving him
a chance to try his hand"
If the above is true why is it that
certain Republicans join in with all
the Democratic machine bosses and
organs in abusing Mr.. Butler? But
let that be as it may we simply
copy the above interview to say
that we know that Mr.. Butler is
not only not a candidate for the
State Craftsmanship, but that he
would not accept it. Mr.. Butler has
no time or desire for leadership, but
he does want to see the party grow
and triumph. He is against all the
little pap-suckers, who want to keep
the party as patronage machine, and
they are against him for that reason.
But on the other hand he wants to
help and to follow the leadership of
a chairman who has his face turned
to the future, and who will go after
the political enemy-a chairman
who wants to and will fight to make
North Carolina a Republican State.
We take this opportunity to say
to the rank and file of the Republi-
cans 1.-THE Spartan band if you please)
that there are some who aspire to
leadership and who profess to favor
such policy, who, in our opinion,
are not honest in their declarations.
This class of hypccrites would, i'll
they were placed in control, at once
try to reduce the party to a very
small patronage machine-about the
size of the inner circle of the ssTar
Heel Club" And besides, the kind
of men that this faction would put
forward for Chairman has neither
the brains nor the character to lead
the party to victory or in the direc-I
ton of victory, even if he desired |
to, which he does not.
Beware eff those who denounce the
organization, but who at heart want
to capture the organization to make
a small close corporation for the sole
purpose of distributing federal jobs.
Democratic organs never waste
time to abuse any Republicans ex-
cept those whom they fear. This is