The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-01-20

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meaning. &c referred 10 tho nsiszoye
poss-oEzse3. aaa sd sAas all tAss CIR
about Grant taking advantage of .
wonaa and agiax ssxF~s 29dsvgsa
against her wsrs eosh. that "a tka
truth eoE4ws eas i - tsx.aE s@~a thss
GTani wKs mos; eoas13sr2ts 20 Mrs
Reed: that be exen cunssatet ses hes
70 reEaAlE II the oazee slx Esosths
which she requested. Ana promisea
At the time that she made the Feauess
that she woBIa SET out al The ena 81
that tine ~anoat ans controversy.
Grant Kept hA1 gsoaass. II u said. bat
she failed 10 Lesp hers. IL il Also
said thai GRAFT aotaaea hsT whwa ke
eonseated 10 her remaining sn tie Of
ice Tor tie aGa no1G1s longer. that IL
she did Eot keep &c. promise &c
would be compelled 10 Gle charges OF
alleged bribery against her. II would
seem that there xas nothing secret
about this matter. but that. on the
other hand. Mr.. Grant was not only
eonsiderate Of Mira Reed. but very
frank With her.
This Republican alse. IN comment
ing upon the so-caiiad secret AsldA-
Wits TO be commeadable rather than
otherwise. because many persons
would no doubt 60 TO the Postmas-
ter-General and make verbal charges
who were not willing 10 put In writ
ing such charges. much less 10 put
them in the form OF an affidavit. lie
said that this was just like Grant
being 4 frank. sincere. open man
TO be always willing TO put In writing
what he says BY word of mouth. and
that he is always ready To testify on
oath as TO whatever he is willing To
say is true.
The Wilmington Situation.
There has been an unusually
strong protest made by the leading
business men OF Wilmington against
the effort OF the Republican State
machine to import a man named
King from Georgia to Wilmington
and make him Collector. II has de-
yeloped that the business people Of
Wilmington are practically q unit In
asking for the re-appoin;ment OF Col
lector Keith. on the ground that he
is man of high character. has made
a most efficient officer. aud is thor
oughly identified with the business
interests of Wilmington.
A delegation of the business men
of Wilmington has been here, and IL
is understood that large number OF
kilograms and letters have been sent
by others who did not come. and II Is
further understood that they not only
strongly endorse Mr.. Keith, but that
they also protested most vigorously
against the appointment of Mr.. King.
contending that he Is not resident
OF Wilmington, and that he has nc
occupation and that he is not in any
way identified with the people OF VIII
mington and its business interests.
Il
chine.
1t is indeed astonishing that the
patronage machine should have un-
dertaken to foist such a man upon
the administration and upon the peo-
pie of Wilmington, and ii Is not be
lieved that the President will permit
the thing to be done.
This Wilmington situation is a fair
illustration of the methods Of the
patronage machine in appointing men
to Office, regardless of their fitness
for the place and regardless Of the
wishes and sentiments Of the com
munities where they are to serve, fol
in every case the machine seems tc
be controlled by desire to get some
henchman appointed who will wear
the collar and do the bidding Of the
machine without question. Such 9
course puts the administration In 9
wrong light before the people, and
will seriously hurt the party In NORTH
Carolina IL 1t continues.
Morehead Congressional Committee
man.
The people of the State are to b
congratulated upon the election o
Congressman Morehead as the NORTH
Carolina member OF the Nationa
Congressional Committee.
The patronage machine had picket
out Mr.. Cowles for this place. ant
when they failed to land him the.
showed a bad temper. The argumen
advanced In favor of Morehead 70
| the place was that he was a man o
affairs and wide acquaintance an
would use the good Offices OF his 20
sition to increase the number of Re
publican Congressman from Nortl
Carolina.
This argument succeeded In elect
ing him, but 1t Is the very argumen
that made the patronage machine i
North Carolina fight him TO the bil
ter end.
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