The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-11-11
PROTECTION SOUTH

Massachusetts, Tending To
wards Free Trade While
the South is Leaning
to Protection.
A LESSON FROM VIRCINIl
The Democrats Claimed the Repub
lican Party in That State Wa.
Run by patronage Machine
and That the Conventions Wer,
Packed With Postmasters ant
Revenue Oflcers-This ATTACK
Caused the Republican Vote tt
Fall Of-North Carolina Car
Draw a Lesson-Why the ATTACH
on Morehead and Smith?
Especial to The Caucasian.)
Washington, D. c., Nov. s,-The
most striking feature of the cleo
tions held on last Tuesday was the
great slump in the Republican vote
in the State of Massachusetts. The
overshadowing issue in that cam
paign was the new tariff bill Gov
ernor Draper, the Republican candi-
date for reelection, based his ap-
peal to the voters of the State on
that issue, claiming that it was nee
essary to elect him to show their ap-
proval of the new tariff bill. He
barely pulled through by eight thou
sand majority, falling off of over
sixty thousand majority of the pre-
vious election. The fact is that the
South is, to-day benefited more by
protection than New England, and
hence Massachusetts is tending to-
ward free trade.
A Lesson From Virginia.
The Republicans of North Caro-
lima and the whole South can draw
a most important lesson from the
campaign just passed in Virginia.
The one campaign cry which the
Democrats used against the Republi-
can party was that the Republican
party was run by patronage ma
chine" that the conventions were
packed with postmasters and reve-
nue. officers, that the nominees of
the party from Governor down were
not making the race with a view to
being elected, but that every one of
them were candidates for federal
jobs. The result of the election
shows that this attack on the Re-
publican candidates caused their
vote to diminish instead of to in
crease
It is well known to observant peo-
pie of all parties that no party can
gain recruits Or win any victories
when the people believe that it's can
didates are not trying to be elected
but are simply running for federal
jobs. Indeed, had it not been, for
this general belief, which the Demo-
cratic politicians and newspapers
were diligent to spread among the
rank and file of their own party in
this State, the Republicans would
have gained enough recruits from
the Democratic party at the last
election to have carried the State.
A prominent North Carolina Re-
publican, who has never been a can
didate for a federal Office, but who
desires to carry the State
said few days ago that
every patriotic federal Office holder
in North Carolina owed it to his
party to refuse to go as a delegate
to the next conventions of the party,
but, on the other hand, he should
use every effort to pick out the best
and most representative men who
held no federal Offices and send them
as delegates to all conventions. This
wise politician said that he believed
that that one act alone would be
worth from ten to twenty thousand
foSOo ~ tASS Po1 eys-stS~E~@
A Fight on Morehead.
Nearly every Republican from
North Carolina, who has been here
recently, has commented upon the
fight which the Adams patronage
machine is making on Congressman
Morehead. The recent action of the
machine in not only ignoring but de-
flying Morehead by getting a census
supervisor appointed in his district
without his consent and against his
wishes and recommendations is ad-
ditional proof that the machine did
not want Morehead elected to Con-
gress and that they do not want the
party to grow.
In this connection, attention has
also been called to the fact that
Chairman Adams, in his, at last,
open hostility to Mr.. J. A. Smith,
who is contesting for his seat in
Congress, shows that the machine
did not want Smith nominated and
did not want him elected, and that
their present hostile attitude is not
only intended to hurt his contest
but to try to prevent him from be-
ing re-nominated for Congress in his
district.
All of this conduct on the part OF
the patronage machine is in keeping
with it's action in refusing to put UP
Republican candidate for solicitor
against Mr.. Jones Fuller, the Demo
oratin nandidatn in tho last cam.