The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-07-28
WHO INSPIRED THE FALSE AND
MrsIEsDrS. ARTICLE ~ THE
NEWS AND OBSERVER

The Raleigh Ness ard Observer.
on wednesday Of las; week. eoasaia-
ed several extracts froks editorials
whlen appeared In TIE Caucasian OF
the seek before. We wIsh TO thank
the Observer for it, unintsnded kind-
ness In copying = part Of these @ds-
toriaas- We oniy regret that taey
did not copy al Of them What ne
have 10 complain Of. however. - the
prelude which that paper published.
referring TO and commenting upon
the extracts from our editorials
These Introductory remarks we're
very misleading and unjust There
was nothing In the articles copied in
part, we're q plain statement Of facts
and argument IS 10 Why Mr.. More
head should be made State Chairman
in the Interes; of party growth and
success.
There vas also an extract from a
communication by Mr.. j. I. vause.
of Lenoir County, commenting upon
Mr. DuEcan's insincere and machine
methods in dealing with certain peo-
pie in the east and making certain
appointments TO Federal Office
The News and Observer started its,
evidently inspired. article by saying
that the fight at the State convention
would be between Butler and Dun
can for the control of the pie coun-
ter. Nobody knows better than the
editor of the News and Observer that
this is a base and malicious false
hood and Is published to try to hurt
the candidacy of Mr. Morehead and
TO try to help, in any way ii can, the
continuation of the rotten and
treacherous ring rule of the party by
Duncan and his henchmen.
Mr.. Butler has never attempted to
dictate the Federal patronage of the
State, and does not now desire to do
so, and never attempted to do so
when he had right to expect that
Duncan and Adams would give some
heed to his judgment as to political
conditions and what was best for the
party in the State
The break that he had with these
machine bosses was not because he
advocated the appointment of some
friends of his for Office. but because
he protested against their action in
appointing at Hickory, n. C.,atatat
appointing a man for postmaster at
Hickory N C., who was imported to
that county from the Revenue Ser
vice and from a far western noun
tain county, and man against whom
the whole Republican county organi-
cation and 95 per cent of the pat
rons of the Office protested. On the
other hand, the county organization
by unanimous resolution, and the
patrons of the Office by an almost
unanimous voice, had endorsed the
appointment of Mr.. S. NJ. Hamrick
for that office.
Mr.. Butler championed the cause
of Mr. Hamrick simply because his
people and the county organization
were behind him. He succeeded in
driving Duncan and Adams from
their nefarious scheme to ignore the
ported mGMHTGMH MGHTM THIN
wishes of the people and have an i'm
ported man appointed, and they have
never forgiven him for this patriotic
act, which act made it possible for
the Republicans to carry the county
OF Catawba Republican at the last
election.
Mr. Butler wants to see Mr.. More
head made State Chairman because
he knews him and has known him
since their boyhood and school DAYS
as a frank, open, honest, straight
forward man of high character and
OF clear, strong judgment, and a man
OF force and action. He knows that
the great prospecting business ele-
ment OF the State has confidence in
him, and that thousands and tens of
thousands Of them would rally to the
party if its banner is carried by John
Motley Morehead.
Mr. Butler is also for Mr.. More.
head for Chairman because he knows
that the great progressive Whig ele-
nent Of the State that so idoIized his
grandfather and made him Governor
before the war. would rally to the