The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-11-24

CONDITIONS " THE NINTH
Mr.. McyInch says Democrats Used
Lots OF Money 60 Defeat Him. Also
Some Republicans I'm the District
Failed to DO Their Duty-Is Not
Cast Down but VIII Make the
Fight Again III His Party Calls Him
Political slavery In South
To the Editor Of The Charlotte OBJ
server:
All my life | have made IL . rule
10 pay no attention 20 newspaper
and other political gossip or crlti-
cism. / do not relish the silly story
In The Observer OF Saturday or that
of q few days ago-and yet / am not
calling for any consideration from
any one anywhere. However. word
or so to my friends, just a. this time.
may not be amiss. / was badly sur
prised. but not grieyed. at the result
OF my contest for the position OF Rep
resentatiye In Congress, and Q few
words covering that affair may help
some people TO better understand IT.
AS Is well understood our local Re-
publicans largely remained away
from the polls and left me 10 the
tender mercies OF our political enc
mics. Why they did this I do not
know and care less. That Is their
business, and not mine, and l shall
not inquire. However, | have sus-
pected that their poll taxes were not
paid, and that they could not vote,
SO stayed away. II this is SO. then
they are not to blame, because pie
has been scarce, and many or them
are In consequence in poor circum-
stances.
In Mitchell.
Also a part, of our Mitchell County
friends seem to have preferred to
vote for my opponent, hoping to have
the help of Democratic Legislature
in their desire for a new county
They were fighting among them
selves, and one element seems tC
have traded me off for this new coun-
ty. The mountain divides the coun-
ty and makes it hard Of access fol
one part OF the county to reach the
court house. While I had repeated
assurances from all the leaders thai
my interest should not suffer, ye
their promise was unavailing. A full
| vote should have meant 1900 ma
/ jority in Mitchell but the vote wa.
close. Have never heard whether
got a majority there and do not now
care. This being a Democratic year
neither a full Republican vote here
or in Mitchell would have sufficed.
Two Years Hence.
Two years from now. If again nom
mated, as 1t seems I could be, so IA
as l know now, I would make thu
fight anew. It is true that &c
looked to the hills from whence com
eth mine aid" in vain, but by tina
time 1.-TWO years from now tn
Mitchell folks will have made friends
and our Mecklenburg Republican
will pay their poll tax earlier, beini
necessarily DESTROYS of voting 70
the head Of the ticket and will no
stay away and my own friends viii
have their nerve, no doubt, becaus
hard times will, I think, surely b
with us by then. My farmer friend
who have to vote the Democrat
ticket will then have understood tina
they have been put back on their oil
poverty ration Of cheap cotton. The
may not understand me, and so
will try to explain.
The West and the Tariff.
The West has been fighting for al
, other reduction of the tariff; thes
Western insurgents" have been j
. nearly every case successful in the
! fights for the congressional nomin:
I ton, and would have, no doubt. bee
q able to carry out their wish for
r reduction Of the tariff, to whic
President Taft committed himsel
= agreeing to revision of the TART
( one schedule at a time.
e No doubt the financlaI interes
]. decided that the only way to chez
o this effort at lowering the tariff, W;
9 to raise large sums of money
: carry the doubtful districts Dem
y cratic-which, because of the know
edge OF the fact that the Democra
e and Republicans could not, or wou
r not agree, would keep the presel
d tariff as it is. I have no doubt tn
Q a higher tariff was wanted, but
r the face Of the attitude of the r
s publican West, the financial elemel
q surely locked the stable door, Wi
the horse inside. holding the prese.
K tariff for at least two years. II
same financial element, common
IS called wall Street." no doubt kne
n that a Democratic House would. b