The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-05-07

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-. ,h~r~ Ia absolutely no warrant
for the report that State Cnaa
Adams In not In good standins ~
,.e president. Such report ID IN
.rne The President has fun eonn
asnee in Judge Adams We take no
s,oek I'm charges against hirn recently
n,ea With Senate and House eon-
rn,,,aes by political enemies Have
conferred with ehalrmen OF eomu
tees with which charges we're iooSeo
Their fully understand situation ana
cav their confidence In Judge Adams
has not beea shaken
PRANK H. HITCHCOCK
when Hitchcock says I'VE" take
M stock In the charges OF bribery
against Adams, he no doubt intend
al the convention to understand thas
he meant me (Hitchcockp and the
President" But 1. remains TO De
seen IL he had authority TO say that
President Roosevelt Joined him In
any such statement. to be mace Al
that time 10 the convention, ana
while resolutions are pending In
both Houses OF Congress to inves-
tigate the charges OF corrupuon
against Adams and his Indian court.
the true friends OF the President and
Mr.. Taft do not believe that Mf.
Hitchcock had any such authority.
c. J. Harris, Thomas s. Rollins,
8. B. Adams and E. c. Duncan were
elected delegates. and A. II. Price
]. H. White, s. T. Everett and w.
7 Andrews az alternates to Chicago
by reclamation.
The following committeeman VINO
had ben elected by the various Con-
gressional Districts were then an
nounced as follows: First District.
A. Berry; Second, d. w. Patrick;
Third. ]. F. Dobson: Fourth. w. c.
Pearson; Fifth, B. s. Robertson;
Sixth, s. NJ. King: Seventh. w. A
Bailey; Eighth. Charles H. Cowles;
Ninth, ]. Y. Hamrtck: Tenth, Thorn
as I. Harkins.
Election of State Executive Commit
tee Postponed.
Mr.. Meekins, who, under charges
has just been forced to retire a.
postmaster at Elizabeth City, theI
moved that the State chairman
should be authorized to appoint th'
members of the State Executive
Committee.
: Marion Butler was at once on hi
) feet and moved as substitute tina
, the election of the State Executive
5 Committee be postponed to the mex
: State Convention, which will NEE
soon to nominate a State ticket. H
' advanced in favor Of this motion tn
same reasons which he had alread
: made In favor OF his resolution t
t postpone the election of State chair
l man and appealed to the conven
l ton to support his motion, as tn
delegates were not pledged on tn
Y matter.
Judge Bynum Gets the Floor.
At this juncture Judge BynuI
came forward demanding recogni
g ton and shaking a copy of the pla
r of organization Of the party in hi
= hand. He said the party law Pre-
g vided that the members of the Stat
= Executive Committee should b
s Ielected by the State convention an
n that it was not wise, but dangerou
4 to confer that power upon one maj
e the State chairman, no matter VIII
# he was. He said that the man VIII
a made that motion would expect I
S be appointed on the committee
d the motion prevailed. and that
e would result in a set of men bein
e appointed whom the State chairma
IS would always expect would bow I
n his own wishes. He said it was
Is most dangerous practice, and that /
y hoped the convention would repud
e ate 1t once for all. These remarl
l. were loudly applauded by the CONVEX
II ton. The Adams and Duncan machir
IS were SO frightened at the applau,
l. from convention that they thougl
Is they owned body and soul, that aft,
10 a hurried consultation among m
y chine leaders. Meekins again can
I'd forward and asked to change his m
K ton so as to provide that the CO
IS vention should now go into the ele
ton of the State Executive Commi
r. tee.
ii Judge Bynum then rising to b
ID full height, said. Il do not favor tn
y, motion either. we have already ma,
Il, great mistake In elecung a Sta
ct Chairman at this convention, and
Dt am not in favor OF making the mi
ty take worse" He then proceeded
ul say that Senator Butler vas eterns
H. ly right in moving to postpone Il
election of the State Executive Cor
al mittee until the next State Conye
&c ton. and that he had also been rig
ii In wanting the election Of the Sta
al chairman postpoped to the sau
IN time; and that, therefore, he hop,
D. that Mr.. Buffers present motto
a. would be adopted. The question n
IL put and Buffers motion was adopt,
,e by large majority.
ut Settle is Persistent.
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When the coavention was about
adjourn, Mr.. Settle brought mn h