The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-10-13

n>e,.re< That County's Affairs Have
Not Been Properly Administered
The jury Box should BE Purged
Vicious and Unequal system Oh
Pad Taxation Denounced-Schooi
system as nj Present Administered
Unfair TO the People
Al the County Convention, held
August 9th. the Republicans o.
wake County. adopted the follow
ing resolutions:
We, the Republicans of Wake
County. In convention assembled, do
hereby adopt the following resoiu-
lions. to-wit:
"r) That We re-affirm our true
allegiance 10 the National Repubh-
can party and its principles and COM
mend and endorse the present ne
publican National administration
"(2) We hereby declare in favor
of local self-government in its broad
est, truest sense, and direct our oeie-
gates elected TO the State Con'en-
ton to use every honorable means 10
have the State Convention to so de-
clare it's platform.
"(3) We hereby re-affirm the DEC
laration made in our county pat
form two years ago favoring the put
ting of the county officers or wake
County on a salary basis with reas-
enable salaries.
"(4 We hereby declare for
more economical administration OF
our county and city affairs ana the
lowering of our tax rate in both
county and city.
"(5) That the delegates elected by
this convention as its representatives
to the State Convention to be held at
Greensboro on August 10th, be, and
they are hereby, instructed to vote
; for the Hon. John M. Morehead for
State Chairman of the Republlcan
party in North Carolina for the next
: two years"
| At the re-convened meeting on
: September 18th, these were supple
: mented by the following:
In addition to the platform adopt
2 ed by the Republican County Con
l vention, held on the 9Th day OF Au-
} gust, 1910, we hereby endorse the
: platform as passed by our State Con
vention on August 10, 1910, and we
desire to further go on record az
t favoring in Wake County the purg
I ing of the jury box and the selection
i of men on juries who more properly
i represent the real citizenship OF the
e county-the remedying of the pres
: ent system of double taxation-tht
: unfair manner and enforcement o.
d road taxation-allowing school dis
/ triets the selection and election o
: their school officers. We demand ;
fair election law, which will permi
= every qualified elector to cast ON
:, free and untrammeled ballot, withou
e interference or dictation.
d We favor the depositing the fund
= collected by the officers of this coun
|, ty and school funds in such banks a
d will allow per cent interest, com
= pounded quarterly and hereby pledg
our candidates to such Offices,
a elected, to so deposit said funds.
~ Whereas, We learn that man
a. farmers in Wake County in conven
is ton assembled, have resolved to re
f. quest their representatives in tn
p next Legislature to take such step
II as will SECURE the establishment c
r. the Office of County Commissioner {
20 Agriculture; and
II Whereas, They are the best judge
70 of the necessity Of such commil
nt sioner; therefore, be it
''Resolved, That the Republica
- party in Wake County hereby d.
"a clares if it's candidates for the Legi
=. q lature are elected to give favorab
-, consideration to such legislation an
- the establishment of such a commi
NC sioner"
. Col. Harris then offered the TO
lowing resolutions which wei
n adopted:
ne Resolved, That this conventio
We condemn the action of the Count
al Board of Education at the instig
Oh ton and upon the recommendatic
ne of Supt. Judd, in consolidating tt
ne public schools in Swift Creek ar
at Houses Creek townships, against I'll
ON most earnest protest of very lar,
&c. majority of the patrons of the
IL schools; and to their great ammo
ue ance and Inconvenience.
ed Resolved, That we demand tn
tie the law be amended so as to ele
the superintendent of Schools of til
county by the voters of this count
and that the nomination of the faith
of Mr.. Judd was for the express pu
.u pose of continuing Superintende
49, Judd in his present position, and '