The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-06-16
EXATTORNfY GENERAL r.. Y.
WATSER.

lie Tells the Washington Post That
business Throughout the state IL
Thriving a. Never Before and That
This Condition Spells Republican
Growth-Taft and the Payne
Aidrich Bill Extremely Popular
He and Senator Butler Got Presi-
dent Taft to Go to the Republican
state Convention at Greensboro.
Washington Post
Conditions in North Carolina at
present spell Republican, and every
thing makes it look as If the G.. o. p
is going 10 trade our State for Mas
sachusetts at the next Congressional
election, if anything can be inferred
from the election of Mr.. Foss in the
New England States" said Judge Zeb
Vance Walser OF Lexington, y. c., at
the Raleigh.
Business throughout the entire
State is thriving and the industrial
development equals that of any year
IL its history. The Southern Power
Company, said TO be the largest of
its kind in the world, extending
across the two Carolinas, is furnish
ing cheap power to cities and indus
trial plants. An extensive trolley
system is said TO be a certainty in
the near future, an outgrowth of the
company
1T is this sort of progress that
means success for the Republican
party this fall Our people want
protection, and plenty of it. With
the election Of three Republican Con-
gressmen and 5000 votes for the
ticket in 1908, we go into the cleo
ton this year expecting to sweep
everything before us. Indiana may
not believe in the PayneAldrich bill,
but at least IS per cent of the vot-
ers of both the Carolinas do. North
Carolina al least always has believed
in protection and internal improve
ments.
Representative John NJ. More
/
head, the great Wing internal i'm
provement Governor, in 1908. re-
versed Democratic majority of
more than 5000. Representatives
Grant and Cowles both are strong
and popular men. President Taft's
ante-election visit to our State in
1908 was a powerful stimulus, and
Mr.. Roosevelt did much, also, to pop
ulariZe the Republican party.
president Taft is extremely pop
ular in the State, and | am positive
could secure more Democratic votes
than any man yet named as a pos
sible nominee on the Democratic
ticket Of 1912 AS the Republican
party in North Carolina is led by
men of splendid capacity, the State
is destined to take its place among
the solid Republican States.
+ The two administrations of Roos-
evelt and Taft have held out the
olive branch, and the people of the
South have not been slow in accept
ing it. AS a candidate for Congress
two years ago, introduced the Pres
ident TO the people Of my district, and
had the opportunity TO observe the
fact that Mr.. Taft's passage through
the State was one continuous tri-
umph Former Senator Butler and
myself obtained the consent of the
President 10 speak at our State Con-
vention in 1906. This address was
SO cordial and warm-hearted as 10
arouse a strong attachment to Judge
Taft / notice with pleasure the
suggestion of former President Roos-
evelt as president of the University
OF Michigan. AS an alumus OF
that institution, and it is one of this
greatest l know. I speak the feelin :
of its thousands of alumni through
out the world when l say that his
election for this important post
would be received with great enthu-
siasm by its friends and the college
world generally"