The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-06-02
AN Insult To. THE fSTELLI.
GESgE AND PATRIOTISM OF
OLD.fISE REPUBLICANS.

a. =.
Ninth District was announced the
Democratic politicians and newspa-
pers at once realized that there was
danger of Republican success. They
realized that the nomination OF
man like Mr. McNinch would
appeal to the large and growing
ing independent vote in his district,
just as the nomination Of Mr.. More
head did in the Fifth District. They
realized that there were no success
| full charges that they could wage
against Mr. McNinch any more than
they could against Mr.. Morehead 10
prevent the gaining of sufficient re-
cruits to mean Republican success.
| Therefore the only scheme that they
could figure out whereby Republican
| victory in the Ninth District could be
prevented was by stirring up feeling,
lii possible, among those citizens
whom they styled "old-line Republi-
cans" in the district.
| To this end, the Washington CORE
| spondent of the Raleigh News and
| Observer, of course after a confer
ence with Congressman Webb and his
| friends and colleagues, sent the fol-
Iou,ipo m
| congressman Webb is being
| congratulated by friends, here
and at home, by reason of the
| political record Of the man who
is running against him and on
the attitude of old-line Republic
cans, especially those in the
| mountain counties"
| Thus, it will be seen, that the only
hope that Congressman Webb has of
being elected is that the ofdline
Republicans, and especially those in
1.-The mountain counties" should not
lvote for his opponent; and hence Mr.
webb and the News and Observer got
tbusy to try to arouse prejudice
among the old-line Republicans
Iagainst the Republican nominee. OF
course, they must know that this
scheme could not succeed unless
those whom they call "old-line Re-
Ipublcans" should be ignorant enough
to be fooled by this Democratic trick.
And it is to be noted, in this connec-
ton, that Mr.. Webb considers the
old-line Republicans in the mountain
lcounties less intelligent than in the
other counties in the district.
AS for ourselves, we have no fear
that this scheme will succeed, for
our experience has been that there
are no more sturdy, clear-headeG and
intelligent people in the State than
those in the mountain counties.
But the important thing to which
Injection, is that this Democratic trick
to try to divide the Republicans
lagainst their nominee was no sooner
Istarted than it was taken up by the
Republican patronage machine bosses
land their organ. The Asheville Ga
IZette-News, the typical patronage Or
gan at once writes an editorial along
the line of the scheme started by
Congressman Webb and the Raleigh
News and Observer.
The Asheville Gazette News also
goes out of it's way to attack the new
recruits which have come to the par
| y and to try to offend those who
may think of coming, by referring to
them as near Democrats" and com
mercial Democrats" and indicating
that the rank and file of the party
do not want them. The Charlotte
Observer, commenting upon this,
goes out Of it's way to refer to the
: Ipie-counter Republicans as "stal-
warts" and the new recruits coming
to the party as "half-breeds" These
Democratic epithets will no doubt at
: once be picked up by the Republican
: patronage machine bosses and their
: organ and adopted and rolled by
3 them as a sweet morsel under their
tongues
We have just received a letter
from a Republican in one of the
mountain counties in the Ninth Dis
trict, in which he says:
Il have always been Republican,
and am what I suppose they call an
, old-line Republican. l have noticed
the effort to try to stir up a preju-
dice with me and others against Mr..
McNinch, our candidate for Congress.
want to say that I. consider this
, attempt an insult to our intelligence.
We have been battling all of our
lives for the Republican cause, and
we have not won because we have
not gotten enough recruits. The only
> place from which we can gain re-
cruits is from the Democratic party.
!. Now the way l look at it is that
any Republican who is not in favor
OF trying to get enough recruits out
OF the Democratic party to carry the
State Republican is either a fool or