The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1910-05-17
anti RING MEET
ING IN WAKE


ring Democratic mass meeting here
Saturday nominated complete coun-
ty and legislative ticket for the June
primaries.
The meeting was called to order
by Editor Josephus Daniels about
1890. This duty had fallen to him,
he said, because he was made chair
man of the Sidewalk meeting April
80 when there were such stirring hap
penings. There is but one issue,' he
said, "Shall the people rule Or
be ruled? They call this an insurgent
movement, but it is the spirit of the
people and of liberty A people will
ing to be ruled is but craven peo-
pie. A few self-constituted bosses
have been overriding the will of the
people in this county with ring rule.
The party machine is turned to fight
the will of it's party and we now rise
against it. We are tired of gum-shoe
and elbow-pulling politics in Wake.
Our officers must be our servants and
not our BOSSES"
Mr.. Daniels called Fab Whitaker to
the chair as temporary chairman. He
commended the personnel of the con-
vention and appealed for conserva
tism in a rather long expression Of
appreciation for the honor
J. w. Bailey, in stating the object
of the meeting, declared the meet
ing magnificent body of men to be
called enemies of the party. He ridi-
culed the machine leaders as won
drous wise, having jumped into briars
and scratched out their eyes; they
forthwith jumped into another to
scratch them in again after the man
ner of the Mother Goose rhyme. He
| declared that he was here to put his
foot on the machine, being like the
boy who after eating too much apples
was urged to have more. He didn't
| want what he already had. We want
an organization to obey and not com
mand. He insisted that he was not
a candidate for any Office and would
accept no nomination, county or legis-
lative. He was cleared for action and
could best make his fight for the re
forms advocate his fight for the re-
ranks. He had a speech prepared for
April 800 but the machine heelers
who met them in that meeting made
| his speech far more effective than he
could have by coming forth and show
ing their rottenness. They led as
complete a mob of bowling dervishes
from the academy to the court house
to break up that meeting as ever fol-
lowed heather leaders. They showed
their fear Of the people and that they
would commit the grossest frauds.
He said it does not matter about
Josiah" and "Joe," personalities are
not counting in this movement. eve
can be decent because We have a de-
cent cause. Their conduct is indecent
because of their indecent cause. That
machine would not stop to shed blood
Blood would have been shed in the
court house that day had we men
whom they insulted deeply not re.
strained ourselves. Those insults are
not forgotten and will not be. We
now to June 25."
Mr.. Bailey said the grievances of
his faction of the party were: Domi-
nation of the machine. forcing every
one who would enter politics to make
obeisance; a change from the fee
system to pay for county officers to
| salaries, and Representatives in the
legislature who will accomplish some
thing for the people. He declared
that Wake representatives in the last
/ legislature only succeeded in putting
as door keeper of the senate Nick De-
boy in place of some deserving Con-
federate soldier, Deboy only recently
having boasted that he stolen votes
and bought them too and would do it
again; that they did add about ST..
500 to the income of the Wake sherif,
and the senate formed such contempt
for the Wake senator that it passed
on 10 readings bill to remove the
car of the state to Greensboro.
Thj he said. would not have been
dor Wake had been properly rep
res I'd in the senate.