The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-08-18

But also aIE0EA81A AVS
ws,I ~ for men 10 take . view o'
themselves - seen By their oppon-
epts or q. least such OF their oppon-
en.s whose opinions are worthy o.
consideration.
In this connection. IL Is worthy o.
note. In passing. that the Repueii-
cans State Convention NJ Greensboro
vas such 4 large and magnificent
body Of men and tina; It's work was
of such a high order that every Dem
ocratlc paper In North Carolina has
been forced TO admit. more or less
these facts. Even the
Raleigh News and Observer (the
most partisan and unfair Democratic
paper in the State, and a paper that
has persistently misrepreseRted and
abused Mr.. Morehead, and a paper
which has done everything within its
power TO cause his defeat and to
boost and magnify the cause of Dun
can and Adams and the old referee
ring), admits the facts as to the Re-
publican State Convention, as above
stated.
But what we desire to do at the
present is to see how the best Demo-
cratic newspaper in North Carolina
views the convention and its work
in it's editorial columns, after taking
several days to digest the facts and
TO deliberate over the situation.
The Charlotte Observer is admit
ted by every one to be the best news
paper in the State, not only because
It carries the largest amount of
news, but because it is the fairest
paper in the State in both it's news
and editorial columns That paper,
with it's accustomed fairness, gave
'ull and quite an accurate account Of
he proceedings of the convention in
is news columns. The following,
aiken from it's editorial columns of
Friday, August 18th, will be read by
Ill of the people of the State with
unusual interest:
Any one who viewed attentive
ly the pen-pictures of the Re-
publican State Convention pre-
sented in The Observers news
columns yesterday could see
that the patriots, as the late
Hon. Romulus Y. Linney called
them, had a notable day. It
was a large gathering, credit
able in its personnel and evil
IDENTIFY DESTROYS to make gains
next November. Almost all the
orators increased their reputa-
ton. Permanent Chairman and
former Congressman Thomas
Settle, whose fighting PERSONAL
1ty pervaded the air, and Mr..
Frank H. Linney, particularly.
The platform, on the whole,
came off well. 1t contains rath-
er less than the usual proper
ton of buncombe found in par
ty platforms, offending sadly,
however, when without the
slightest truth it 'denounces the
extravaganza of the Democratic
party in the management of
States finances"
The platform, nevertheless,
does protest against general
charges that office-hunger is the
North Carolina Republican or
ganization's sole excuse for be-
ing. Not without some justice,
it passes structures upon the Ma
tional Democratic party of this
period as characterized by an
oppositionism and negatien. It's
declaration for local self-govern-
ment in North Carolina must
favorably impress every believer
In the fundamental Democratic
principle which North Carolina
Democracy does not at present
espouse.
One especially interesting
feature of the convention was
the evidence afforded that North
Carolina Republicanism now ex-
tends widely in the State. It
is no longer without. substantial
strength except in the noun
tains and, to less extent, in the
Piedmont region. Probably not
quite holding its own across and
very near the Blue Ridge, it has
made its recent gains elsewhere.
To this eastward extension ia
due the fact, broadly viewed.
that the gerrymander which re-
lied upon Piedmont-middle coun-
ties to outweigh Republican
counties farther west, and there