The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-07-28

fusinR, on last Saturday morning. to
publish a reply to the false and COW
ardly attack xhieh appeared In that
paper on Friday morning, signed by
one White. throws of the mask OF
fairness and deesncy and shows the
"cloven foot" Of its selfish and
treacherous ring bosses.
The Greensboro Daily Industrial
News was established several years
ago TO fill a longfelt want and TO per-
form a high mission for the Repub-
lican party and for the State. The
ring which had dominated and cursed
the party. was not enthusiastic about
the establishment Of such a paper,
and had no sympathy for the mission
for which 1t vas created. They
acquiesced In the establishment Of
that paper. when they could no long
er refuse TO prevent It. for fear at
that time OF the exposure of their
selfish game"
This being their attitude, OF course
they never supported the paper as 1t
should have been supported, and, in
fact, the paper was soon captured by
them and debauched from a high
class newspaper to AN organ" to
serve tLeir unpatriotic ends, and
from that hour il was doomed to de-
served failure and death. even though
ii was for many months kept alive
for appearance sake by levy OF
heavy contributions upon Federal
office-holders.
We are satisfied that the pie-coun-
ter ring were delighted at its death,
but the indignation which arose
among the rank and file of the party
at the debauchery, and consequent
dissolution of the paper, so frighten-
ed the bosses that they were forced
10 buy up the plant and start up
again the paper under the name of
the Greensboro Daily News with
professed patriotic purpose.
To this end, they employed a Mr..
Smith, a gentleman from Raleigh,
whose name and character would
give apparent sincerity to their dec
larations. We are informed that Mr..
Smith, himself, having, no doubt,
mental reservation as to their real
purposes, stated positively that he
would not accept the editorship and
management OF the paper unless he
was to have free hand and be able
to conduct it in the interest of party
growth and the uplift Of the State.
Mr.. Smith declared in that paper.
when he took charge, that this would
be his policy; and we are informed
that he declared to many friends
that the minute he was required ITO
a SOiIdi anu 10 become an
organ" that his friends in the State
would know it, for he would resign.
We wish to go on record now as
saying that We believe Mr.. Smith was
entirely sincere in this view when he
accepted service on paper that was
VIGOROUSLY owned by the ring. In
deed, he showed his sincerity for
sometime by conducting the paper on
high plane for fairness and de-
eency. 1t is true that the paper never
mas been great newspaper, and in
deed most of the time it was disan-
Pointly dull and eolorless. but the
spirit of fairness and tolerance was
always evident. This continued for
some time, but AT last there appear
ed an evident change when the pa
per either was ordered not To mr. ~
least failed to show this spirit by its
actions-and probably more by what
- NA~ NJ bubA4SA ludu DIV W0af II did
publish
We will here mention one concrete
case IN point. When the Raleigh
News and Observer was making vi
c1ous attacks upon Republicans who
were connected with the honest Sec
ond Mortgage North Carolina Rail-
road bonds, the Daily News never
once raised its voice in answer to
that which was published, not to hurt
individuals so much as to hurt the
Republican party.
This silence having continued so
long, Mr.. Marion Butler finally pre-
pared an answer to the false and ma
Hcious attacks made, chiefly. by the
Raleigh News and Observer and
sent copy Of the same to the Daily
News for DuhIicatinp Tha