The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-10-06
WAKE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM


The JURY Box sa.oald Is~ rurx~a
Vicious and Unequal System ct
Head TAXATION D~n0une@a--@cbeol
System as at Present Administered
Unfair to tb~ People.
At the County Convention. held
August sth. the Republicans os
Wake County. adopted the follow-
ing resolutions
We. the Republicans of Wake
County. In convention assembled. do
hereby adopt the following rexru-
tions. to-wlt:
I'D That we re-a1Arm our true
allegiance TO the National Republi-
can party and It's principles and com
mend and endorse the present he
publican National administration.
"(2) We hereby declare in favor
Of local self-goyernment In It's broad
est, truest sense. and direct our dele
gates elected TO the State Conven-
ton TO use every honorable means to
have the Stas Convention TO so de-
clare Its platform.
"(3) We hereby re-affirm the dec
laration made in our county plat
form two years ago favoring the put
ting OF the county officers of Wake
County on a salary basis with reas-
enable salaries.
"(D We hereby declare for a
more economical administration of
our county and city affairs and the
lowering of our tax rate in both
county and city.
"(5) That the delegates elected by
this convention as its representatives
to the State Convention 10 be held at
Greensboro on August 10th, be, and
they are hereby, instructed to vote
for the Hon. John NJ. Morehead for
State Chairman of the Republican
party in North Carolina for the next
| two years"
At the re-convened meeting on
September 18th, these were supple
| mented by the following:
In addition to the platform adopt
ed by the Republican County Con
| vention, held on the 9Th day of Au-
| gust, 1910, We hereby endorse the
platform as passed by our State Con
vention on August 10, 1910, and we
desire to further go on record as
favoring in Wake County the purg.
ing of the jury box and the selection
of men on juries who more properly
represent the real citizenship of the
county-the remedying Of the pres
ent system of double taxation-the
unfair manner and enforcement OF
road taxation-allowing school dis
tricts the selection and election OF
their school officers. We demand a
fair election law, which will permit
every qualified elector to cast one
free and untrammeled ballot, without
| interference or dictation.
| We favor the depositing the funds
collected by the officers Of this coun.
| ty and school funds in such banks az
will allow 4 per cent interest, com
pounded quarterly and hereby pledge
our candidates to such offices, IL
elected, to so deposit said funds.
| Whereas, We learn that many
farmers in Wake County in conven.
ton assembled, have resolved to re.
quest their representatives in the
next Legislature to take such steps
as will secure the establishment Of
the office of County Commissioner OF
| Agriculture; and
Whereas, They are the best judge.
of the necessity of such commits
sioner; therefore, be it
| Resolved, That the Republican
party in Wake County hereby de.
clares If it's candidates for the Legis-
lature are elected to give favorable
consideration to such legislation and
| the establishment of such a commits
sioner"
Col Harris then offered the fol
| lowing resolutions which were
adopted:
Resolved, That this convention
| condemn the action of the Count5
Board of Education at the instiga
| ton and upon the recommendation
of Supt. Judd, in consolidating the
public schools in Swift Creek and
| Houses Creek townships, against the
most earnest protest of very large
majority of the patrons of these
schools; and to their great annoy
ance and inconvenience.
Resolved, That we demand thai
the law be amended so as to elect
the Superintendent of Schools Of this
county by the voters of this county
and that the nomination of the father
of Mr.. Judd was for the express pur-
pose of continuing Superintendent
Judd in his present position, and we
therefore urge the people to vote
against him"