The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-08-16

ing TO Morehead by a unanimous vote.
The entire afternoon was devoted
to making speeches, and II was nouce-
ahle that not once was Marion But
ler's name used, while even Morehead
in his speech of acceptance, only re-
farred TO him as "a certain lndlVld-
ual."
Morehead is Named.
When the fight was all over and
Butler made his VIZ to the platform
to whisper to Chairman Tom Settle,
a nlain bid for cheers and calls for
= speech. there were wild calls for
him, but he would not speak. 1t was
evident that though not IN
person, his 1ieutenants had been
taught the game by him and they
carried out his plans we'll, using the
steam roller as experts ana Oeatlng
out the Duncan forces. who admitted
defeat with frown and surliness,
though it was a unanimous vote that
elected Morehead State Chairman. the
foxy ex-senator Butler cleaning up
the D~uncanites horse, foot and
brOgoOn.
Settle Scores Machine.
The afternoon session met at about
three o'clock, and sat in the super
heated auditorium waiting for the re-
port Of the credentials committee for
an hour. Then there were calls for
| Tom Settle, the Butler-MOrehead rep-
resentative. Chairman Spencer B.
Adams did not seem anxious to let
Settle speak, but finally gave way and
Settle spoke.
His speech. in the main, was the
same tina he has been making at va
riOus points, in it the Republican ma
cnine. dubbed by him the referee sys-
tenn was roasted to a turn and while
Settle did not name Duncan or Adams.
he made it plain whom he was after.
JI;- cpnaoh WOO n Ia I16oflan of Pc
publicanism, a denunciatiOn of Demo-
cracy, and a bitter fusilade Of words
against the Republican machine. He
declared the crowd at the convention
was an o~utpouring Of Republicans to
regain liberty from the referee sys-
tenn. which had held down the party,
that it could not live under it, that
he had no sympathy with the referee
system. He praised Taft in warm
terms and spoke for an open door
policy for the Republicans.
Holton Hoyyled Down.
A. f. Holton, Of Forsyth, made a
bitter attack on the Duncan-Adams Of
f~ice-holding machine and declared the
Republican party was on the line to
success with young men recruits. His
speech got tiresome and the delegates
hoWled so he had to give up the job
of speaking after a general hurrah
about Republican prospects.
AESSf SftlicIiaiaA ttaii1lsGiSt.
The convention grew restless and
A.. A. Whitener, Of Catawba. intro
duced a resolution to sen after the
credentials committee to find when it
would be ready to report. Col. Harry
Skinner. ey-DiStrict Attorney, added
to the resolution the notice that if it
was not ready the convention would
take up the contests and settle them.
Chairman Adams declared this an un-
Just reflection on the committee,
which had many contests On hand.
A committee consisting of DR.. j. O.
Campbell, Of Stanly, A. A. Whitener,
of Catauba, and E. W. Timberlake, of
Wake, was sent after the committee.
Taft Is Denounced.
Then Virgil S. Lusk, of Buncombe,
was called out. He defended the ref
cree system and declared the remarks
of Tom. Settle to be ill-timed and out
of place. He tina he
stood by the Duncan way, and then
administered a ~caustic reproof to
President Taft, saying: 1T is an indi-
geStible mOrSel to be told by HI Pres
ident that belong to a party of ILL.,
600 fools in North Carolina" He said
Taft had slapped the Republicans of
the South in the face. Al this the
delegates grew wild in cheers for
Taft. There was great disorder and
Chairman Adams pounded on his
desk. Lusk declared that whether
or not n convention liked what he
said he would say it. Adams begged
that he be heard and Lusk went on,
denouncing Taft, that he had said:
the Republicans OF North Carolina
are not worthy to hold public Office"
abusing him also for his appointment
of Judge Common. The convention
shouted wildly against hin.
Col Harry Skinner arose to a point
OF order and raised his hand for ST
lence, but did not get it. Skinner and
Iusk kept talking at each other. while
CHAIRMAN Adams talked also and
pounded on his desk with a walking
SUCK, everybody was talking. and fin
any the cries were for Moses Har-
shaw, Of Caldwell.
HarShaw Cusses Butterflies.
FarsnaW IN his speech literally
cusSed out the Butler out