The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-01-06

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same old obnoxious ~ay.
Cold on the Trail.
one incident viii serve 10 khow ,As
change Of conditions. Two years Axo
when the news Of John q. More
heads election reached Charlotte, .
little party of mill men. who had 49,
sembIsd Informally In the Southern
Manufacturers Ciab 10 eejoy = aEi~s
smoke and . cheering cup. pledged
| themselves 10 send one of their asso-
cia,es 10 Congress in 1910. A Frac'
| tIcal politician In the crowd asked !.
| How much Is your enthusiasm good
for!" The person 10 whom this SAs
addressed replied. My check foF
$500"
And yours" said the man with
the pencil"
The same
And yours?"
Three thousand dollars were raised
| inside of ten minutes. Republican
enthusiasm ran high. Lukewarm
Democrats took courage when they
| heard of Morehead's election. But
the White House has humiliated
Morehead-the business man. the
| ideal Republican-judgin from the
Taft speech at Greensboro in 1906 f:
instead OF giving him the glad hand
President Taft has made him fgh.
at every turn In the road for his jus,
| dues Morehead has won. but, every
time, after a bitter contest.
One Instance In Many Years.
The election OF Morehead was one
Of the most remarkable elections held
| in the South for many years. The
negro had kept men In line for the
local Democracy year after year,
Hundreds of people who believe In
the principles of the Republican par
| ty could not afford to vote their con-
victions until the black voter was
eliminated. Twelve years ago North
Carolina passed an amendment to lis
| Constitution, disfranehising the init
crate negro, and since that time po'
litical contests have been between
white men. The colored man has
not participated to any significant ex
tent. Therefore, the independent
spirit among the citizenry has In
creased. The Republican victory In
the Fifth District. resulting In More
heads election, was the first one o.
the kind South of the Potomac River
Grant. an old-line Republican. defeat
ed Crawford In the Tenth, but he die
it by beating the bushes and driving
in mountain Republicans who hat
grown gray In the faith. Had th'
byways and hedges of Burke. Madi
son, Mitchell, and Yancey been work
ed as those of Wilkes. by Cowles. ant
Henderson and others. by Grant, th
majority of Webb might have beeI
reduced by 2.0O0, or perhaps swep
away The gains OF Grant an
Cowles came largely from Republican
precincts, but those of Morehea'
from Democratic. The very indepen
dence that President Taft encourag
ed In his famous brick-bat speecl
asserted itself.
One More Man i'm Virginia.
. Although the Republicans Of Vii
ginia made a poor showing In tn
Gubernatorial election this year. the
are going to try to capture the Fift
l Congressional District next fall. Tn
Parsons-Saunders contest may hay
do mi ha mi N
fight. If the Republican Is seatet
and he thinks that he will be. som
green-back will be put in Virginia
: 1t has been said here frequently thi
n many Virginians who have loyal
= supported the nominees of the Den
t ocratic party are tired of 1t. but the
t have nowhere to turn. Two. an
d even four years ago, one heard niue
IL talk of Republican gains In Virgini
o North Carolina, and Tennessee. b'
l. recently it has almost ceased. Soutl
, ern Democratic leaders say that Il
b publicans will get a back-set
" North Carolina, Tennessee and Ke
J. lucky in 1910. Cowles, 1t Is argue
is will be the only Republican return'
r from the Old North State, and Slen
ot from Virginia.
That Charlotte Fund.
e-l In Charlotte, where the hurri
;: campaign fund was raised, the ma
a. ufacturers have lost their polite
he zeal, not because OF any change
10 local conditions, but the appare
Ell change In Mr.. Taft. At present I
ee talk there is of an independent, W
II, would represent the manufacture
r. interests of the District This. no
ct ever, may not result In anything Ia
ee gible.
On To President Taft credit for q
a Indifferent state OF affairs is due.
him the Democratic organizati
owes a vote of thanks. Men "
stood willing to take the leap ia
re ungirded their loins and gone ba
lft to the camp of their fathers. At
ed very moment when they were res
of to make the spring they got a c.
I'd, deal from the President.
Is: This Is the information that con
ed to Washington, and what Ii true
tn North Carolina is true OF Tennes
ap- and other Southern States.
ie Afraid of His Work.
- The appointment of Connor. Ju'
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