The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-04-21
THE SITUATION IN GRANVILLE
CO., WILL INTEREST EVERY
VOTER IN THE STATE,


A subscriber in Granville County
writes US very thoughtful and in
teresting letter. After congratulate
| ing The Caucasian upon it's efforts
in favor of organizing the party for
a progressive fight to elect more
Congressman this year and to elect
a Governor two years from now,
this subscriber says:
IF the opportunity for winning
recruits in every county in the State
| is as good as it is in Granville, we
could win if we would only do our
duty. The Democratic party in this
county is badly divided and there is
much independence of spirit and dis
satisfaction on every hand. But, as
The Caucasian has so we'll said in a
recent editorial, to have the oppor-
tunlty for party success does not
amount to anything unless we have
something to offer that will be at
tractive to the dissatisfied and indie
pendent voters.
Now, when our next State Con-
Vent1on is over, if the Democratic
papers can truthfully say that our
convention was packed with Federal
ofhce-holders, and that the old pat
ronage machine policy was in con-
troll and was perpetuated, we can
not hope to get one recruit out of
ten that would otherwise come to
us. No matter how dissatisfied a
man is with the Democratic party.
ne Will not leave that party to Join
close corporation that is run simply
TO distribute Federal patronage.
Judge Graham, whom the DEM
ocrats are talking of nominating for
Congress or for Governor, has fore
ed on this county a hundred thous-
and dollar bond issue, without Civ
ing the people of the county a chance
10 vote on whether or not this load
or debt should be saddled on them.
This has caused great deal of dis
satisfaction, but the Republican
party is not in a position to gain
much advantage from it, because our
party at its last State Convention
refused to endorse the great fun
damental principle of the rule of the
people, known as local self-govern-
ment.' If we had stood squarely bv
this great principle we could now
say to those who are dissatisfied.
Come and join our party. which
stands for the rule of the people in
every county,; but for some strange
reason the pfe-counter bosses who
controlled the last State Convention
forced our party to straddIe this
principle just at the time when the
democratic party had completely
abandoned it, and when we could
nave gained thousands of recruits
II we had stood by it and made it an
issue What their purpose was ri
cannot tell, unless it was to prevent
Inc state from going Republican,
which many of our people are now
coming to believe that the machine
leaders do not want.
If our next State Convention will
put men at the head of the marty
whose standing and ability will mean
TO everybody that the party is head
ca toward progressive and winning
night to elect our candidates and
carry the State instead of a scramble
over Federal pie, and if the Conven-
ZION will also declare suuarely for
local self-government, and. then
only h1gh-class men are nominated
Tor all Offices. we will make great
gains in this county, re-elect More
mead to Congress and make him
governor two years from now. and
besides give the electoral vote of the
state for a Republican President
outside OF the handful of Federal Of
nce-holders, practically every Repuh- !
mean in this county is in favor of
such policy. and 1 believe the same
Is true all over the State.
therefore, say, go on with your
sood work in arousing the patriotic
Republicans in every county and in
every voting precinct to send their
AAOoS pdII1OIlC men as del /
sgates to the State Convention. IF
nat convention is captured again nv
ne machine, We will poll less votes
MS year than we did last. There IL
IL question about US having a great
opportunity now before us tn win
'ue II we keep throwing this oppor-
unity away it may not return. TIL
ne men who are now dissatisfied
Win the Democratic party can see
20 nope of any other party fit to :
o TO- they will grow Indifferent and ;
ettle back into the old ruts and take :
o further interest in politics and let {
ae machine in both old parties run !:
llngs to suit themselves. 8
Inc writes of this letter states the
tuat1on so clearly and intelligent,v It
lat we feel that IL what he saws :.