The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-10
A LETTER TO THE POINT.

Indian Trail. n. c.. Dec s, 1908.
Hon Marion Butler. Elliott, n. C.
Ny Dear Senator:-I had hoped to
see you during the campaign. re-
greet that we failed TO get you TO
come to our county. We have no To-
cal organization or leadership and
the Federal appointees don't help but
hurt the party. but in spite of this,
the sentiment is growing fast our
way.
AS see from the newspapers. your
county nearly doubled its majority,
and the same IL true of every county
where we had effective local organi-
zation and high-class candidates. II
Is only In those counties that are in
the deplorable fix as mine that we
made only small gains, and how
could more be expected under such
circumstances?
In spite of the bad local condi-
lions In many places, verify believe
that IL We had had a proper cam
paign run from State Headquarters
we would have carried the State this
year. We have done pretty well as
1t Is, as will appear to casual on
lockers. but those who are On the
ground and know the real situation
know that this was done in spite of
any organized effort by the so-called
State organization. An opportunity
is before us to continue to grow, and
grow fast, IL We are only in a posi-
ton to take advantage of the stu
alton. We, however, I do not be-
lieve, can ever carry the State as
long as we are under the domina-
ton of leadership that has no inter-
est in the party except to boss the
job of dishin out the Federal Offices.
| do do sincerely hope that President
Taft will have his eyes opened to the
situation as 1t really exists.
Judge Taft never spoke anything
more true or inspiring to true Repub-
licans than what he said in his speech
at Greensboro two years ago. This
statement of his improved Republican
conditions during the last two years
wonderfully in the State, and I know
caused us to make many gains from
that class Of men who are disguised
with the Democratic party and who
would be glad to join us if they
| thought we desired to win and would
| make an honest effort. I and many
| others, however, were very much dis
appointed as to the report in the
| newspapers that he took back, or at
least modified his statement in his
speech in this State during the last
| campaign. trust that it is not cor
! rect; however, the report put a dam
per on many of our people. He GER
| tainly knew the conditions as they
| were when he made his speech at
the Greensboro Convention, two
years ago, or he never could have
stated the situation so correctly, and
do believe that he is too big a man
to take back statement that he
knew was true, and, besides, he GER
tainly has enough wisdom and fore
sight to know that to take it back
would hurt instead of help.
That was outrageous conduct on
the part of Adams machine in having
your appointment to speak at Cha
lotte on Saturday night before the
election cancelled. I have seen sew
eral people from that county since
| then, and they say that the effect was
to lessen the Republican vote. Adams
tried to prevent the county organiza-
lions from inviting you to speak any
where, and the only places where he
succeeded are where he has a Fed
erai patronage machine that don't
want the party to grow. I have been
looking over the vote in the counties
where you spoke, and I notice that
in every one of them there was a
great increase in the vote, and that
some of them we carried that we
have never carried before But, OF
course, no county except where there
is strong, progressive and fighting
organization that had the courage tC
ignore Adams would have dared tt
invite you to speak, and those were
the kind of counties that were max.
ing fight already to win and where
a speech from you could be and wa:
very effective.
In conclusion, want to assure yor
what you already know, and that i.
that the only people that are oppos
ing and abusing you in North Caro-
lima are those who are afraid of YOU
ability and influence, and that com
prises the Democratic machine who
fear you more than any man in tn.
State and the Republicans who ar,
afraid that the State will be carried
Republican. The unison of opposi
ton and abuse from those two ele
ments, one in the Democratic part
and the other in the Republican par
ty, is not only arousing your friend
more than ever, but it is opening tn,
} eyes of many men who have neve
before been your friends.
You will be invited to speak in m
county at the next election, even /
the invitation has to be extended b
a resolution passed at a mass meet
ing of the Republicans of the coun
/ ty, and I want you to promise no,
to come.
j I am glad to see that-Adams ha
announced that he won't be a candi
date for State Chairmon again. Thi
is good as far as it goes, but IL h
could only be gotten to resign now
and we could get the right kind of
! II