The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-07-28

promise c. he FRESHEST 10 sAs p~o-
pic Ct The sossA 90 Seza@e8eass thea
s@9re@ freE political saaxe-y. asserts
n EAa sEe~xA tAat sk0 E~rsss1sug Ass
not asas BE cToa&se. Ass declares
that ever s4ngle aps0sataa~as wAkxA
rs aas made - Marta caruaaaa aas
Deea dictated ~ these sanw Aegah-
lieaa referees IL answer to lat
statement. challenge hin to sAos
4 asnTIe Instance shs~w TIE Pr~aaA~ns
hAx refused 20 s@x1 tie apr~aIs %
the people % Auy community @ksa
they have asserted themselves sna
protested against a. aasit appoint
been turned down and y MAJ Of hIxh
character has been appointed wAo
represented the wishes Of from 20 10
s5 per cent OF each community !
point 10 Sew Bern. -. c.. - = shsn-
ing example. and could have polni-
Cd 10 the gentieman's home ;own N
an illustration If he and the people
there had continued TO demand shat
they frst said they demanded
Mr.. Pou next says that IL the Re
publican party were To carry the
State that the Legislature would be
that the President denounced In his
speech At Greensboro. In answer 10
that reckless statement. | want 10
call attention TO the fact that when
the Republican party carries the
State. as it will-for less than al
900 more recruits will do il. and they
are coming-that the Republican
party viii then be controlled by the
flower of the brains and manhood
that has in the past been in the Dem
ocratic party. In short, two-thirds
of the party. when II becomes a ma
jority party. will be composed OF
men born and raised In the Demo-
cratic party. but who have had the
manhood and patriotism to leave IL
because of its utter failure TO give
good government In both Nation and
State.
CD The gentleman next complains
that the South has not been treated
matter of appointments. and pro-
ceeds TO show how few Cabinet Off
GERS, how few foreign ambassadors
and ministers. have been appointed
from the South. In reply, | have TO
say that for once Mr.. Pou has stated
! the facts correctly, but his political
partners, the Republican referees, are
responsible for this. They have not
, desired or have not had the political
, influence to secure such positions fol
, the South. That is why the Presi
dent wants to get rid of the old ref
Mr.. Pou does not want the Republi
can party to get rid of it.
> The referee system is the creates
asset that the Democratic party ha
s in the South to-day, and nothing cal
t keep the Democratic party togethe
f and keep Mr. Pou and the Demo
S cratic politicians in power except tn
r continued existence of the Republi
| can referee system. When the bes
Y part of the Democratic party walk
O out of itself and into the Republican
s party, as it is doing, then that condi
! ton will be changed in North Caro-
f lima, and we will no doubt have
Cabinet officer and a number of first
g class appointments; but above all G
= that, when North Carolina goes Re
publican the offices that 1t will &c
r. will be the smallest consideration
q The State will take a new lease o
q life and it's present prosperity will b
! doubled. 1t will mean the comm
4 Of much more capital and the mo:
o. desirable immigration to develop GU
% most wonderful natural resource
- Indeed, with North Carolina in til
"a Republican column, it will rapid
i become one of the richest and mos
h powerful and progressive States
- the Union. If Mr.. Pou does NJ
20 know this, there are enough votel
4 in the Democratic party who belie'
it to come and make the State Z
publican.
=. (S) Lastly, Mr.. Pou paints a pi
~ ture Of some imaginary Repubilca
y making an appeal to the South
- come to the Republican fold for son
- selfish and sordid reason; and the
having set up a man of straw OF b
~ own creation and to his own lkin
:: he strikes a tragic air and, with
=. appearance Of righteous indignatio
: % says:
"Oh, Mr.. Chairman, IL there
is a man who thinks the people
~ of the South will ever heed such
an invitation as that, / will tell
that man here and now he does
80 not know the people Of that sec
ton. He il a stranger to their
traditions and ignorant of their
~ history.
o.. IF in order to get the repre-
cal sentation to which she is justly
10 entitled the South must turn
he traitor to her principles, she will
to be content to remain in that POI
no iitical isolation which has been