The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-11-26

Was Not the Result of the State
| Organization-The Receiyership oi
the Industrial News.
Special TO The Caucasian.
Washington, D. c.. Nov. %. 1908.
The Capitol is already beginning &c
FIJI with Representatives and Sena'
tors for the opening OF Congress
Nearly every one has some special
view as to the political situation and
a different reason as to why 1t hap
pened or did not happen. A number
have brought back some fresh politi-
cal stories and incidents of the cam
paign that are always interesting.
Taft and Cannon.
| The chief question of serious dis
cussion, however, is just what kind
| of tariff revision there should be and
as to whether or not President-elect
Taft and Speaker Cannon can agree,
1 anu IL bhI5 oo a5tNCs saaA an yAt&N
| to Cannon or will Cannon yield to
Taft, and if so, how much, and vice
versa. Following this phase of the
| situation, comes always the live-wire
of inquiry, if they do not agree will
Taft fight Cannon; and IL so, will he
| does, beat Cannon, will he disrupt
the House SO that he will secure less
reform than if he had compromised
| with Cannon?
OF course, at this stage all of this
| discussion is preliminary and specu-
lative. The knowing and thoughtful
ones say that Cannon will, of course,
have to come to the terms of the Re-
publican platform promises, or that
Taft will have to oppose him. But
II Cannon will be no more than any
other member Of the House, is what
they say, and such has been the ex-
perience of the past.
Some Interesting Stories From North
Carolina.
There have been number of North
Carolinians in Washington during the
past week, and some of them have
talked quite freely, giving some most
interesting stories of political situa-
tions and evelopments during the last
campaign. Practically every Repub-
lican outside of the close corporation
of the patronage machine has stated
that it is the general belief in the
State that If the State Chairman had
been competent for his job and had
run an intelligent and vigorous cam
paign, that the State would have gone
Republican, not only giving the cleo
toral vote of the State to Taft for
President, but also electing Cox for
Governor. Several have come armed
with figures showing that the change
of less than enough votes which were
necessary to elect Cox, distributed in
the close counties, would have made
the Legislature Republican, and this
view seems to be very reasonable.
One thing seems to be certain, and
that is that the great Republican gain
in North Carolina was not the result
of the State organization but resulted
in spite of it.
The Election of Morehead.
One of the most interesting stories
is about the election of John Motley
Morehead for Congress in the Fifth
| District. 1t seems to be the general
opinion that in the first place More
head would not have been permitted
to get the nomination If Adams and
his clique had supposed there was
any chance of his election, and an
other thing is that Chairman Adams
not only did nothing to help elect
| him. but was the most astonished
man in the State when he found he
was elected.
Another story is that Morehead
and his managers knew that they
could expect no help from the State
organization to know what they were
doing. The intimation is that they
feared that somebody might try to
put a spider in the ointment. Oi
course, it will be just like Adams
now, since Morehead is elected, to
attempt to claim the credit for 1t and
to attempt to have some influence
and control over him; but those who
know Morehead best feel satisfied
that he will not only be an efficient
and Independent Congressman, bu
will exercise his influence against the
old blighting referee system and ia
vor a progressive policy of building
up the party and carrying the whole
State.
The Daily Industrial News.
/ Another story is to the effect tina
the State machine has been long fig
uring in what way 1t could mos
gracefully discontinue the Daily In
dustrial News without being charged
with direct responsibility for wreck
ing the paper. 1T is said that the,
made no serious and successful eff
fort to have the paper grow in circu
lation and increase its advertisin:
business, but that they deliberatel.
allowed the paper to run its adver
tising list to less than half what |
I formerly was and its advertising bus
mess to vain and then assessed post
masters and other Federal officer
Isuficient money to keep it going un