The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-08-04
MIR. MOREHEAD FOR STATE
CHAIRMAN.
hr. Chas. VI. Ray Replies to Editorial
In the Southern Republican.
Charlotte Observer.

~4oA aSAt1 z
In the last issue OF the Southern
Republican, the leading editorial, en-
titled Where McGregor Sits Is Head
Of the Table" has been read with a
great deal OF interest By the Repnb-
iicans OF this section. The editorial
In question has reference TO the can
didacy OF Congressman Morehead for
the Chairmanship of the Republican
State Executive Committee
| do not wish TO butt in" but do
feel, as a lifelong Republican and
citizen OF this State, that have a
right to be heard and to have an
opinion on matters OF such vital i'm
portance.
The editorial says: Welcome.
thrice welcome. every such good re-
cruit to the cause Of progress, peace,
and happiness. But the
gorge comes when such an one ap-
prises the company with which he
has connected himself, that he
comes, as a missionary, to improve
their moral caliber, and root out from
them such as he is pleased to deem
unworthy" | did not believe that
the editor OF the Southern Republi-
can, broad-minded as he has been in
the past, was capable OF imputing to
Mr.. Morehead such sinister motives.
Mr.. Morehead is nothing but what
the Republicans have made him.
They nominated him for Congress in
the Fifth District, these same Repub-
+ licans elected him; and, since he has
made good" the Republicans of his
district, together with host of 9TH
ers throughout the State, appreciat-
ing his great victory, desire him for
State Chairman. If a majority of
the Republicans Of the State prefer
him for State Chairman, they should
and will elect him. If they do not
want him, he has no power to force
himself upon them, even if he were
so disposed. Hence, if you believe
in the old principle of majority rule,
how can you criticise Mr.. Morehead? !?
Is 1t sin for Republican to seek
preferment at the hands of his par
ty, in North Carolina, unless he has
the o. X. of two or three men who
have grown fat Off of its patronage?
Is it sacrilege for privates in the
ranks to vote for Mr.. Morehead? ?
Simply because these two or three
men want to continue in complete
party control? If so, I beg forgive
ness.
We need recruits and must have
them if We ever expect to carry North
Carolina. We must put party sue
cess above the control of party pat
ronage. But we dare say that if the
Craftsmanship carried with it no pat
ronage-nothing but hard work and
sacrifice for principle-Mr. Morehead
would have but little or no opposi-
ton.
Harry Skinner would, doubtless
have been appointed to the Eastern
Judgeship, instead of a Democrat,
but for the opposition, yea, 1 might
say, treachery, on the part of some
of the very men who are now oppos-
ing Mr.. Morehead for State Chair
man. Instead of the criticism and
abuse that is being unjustly heaped
upon the head of President Taft, the
responsibility for this appointment
ought to be placed where it justly
belongs.
We should put party success above
party patronage; throw open wide
the door of opportunity to all intel
ligent and respectable men; and let
it be understood, distinctly, that our
souls are our own, and that we can
vote and act as free men and not
} have to bow at the feet of a man in
the East, or man in the West, and
say: Lord, what wilt thou have
me to do?" But, on the other hand
we have seen the sorry spectacle of
some of our leaders standing on the
bank with a club ready to whack
: every man who dared to stick his
: head above water.
j. Let us get down to business, gen.
tlemen; elect Morehead for State
Chairman; send him back to Con-
gress from the Fifth District, where
he will work in perfect harmony with
McNinch, Cowles, Grant and the 9TH
er Representatives we will send from
the Third, Sixth, and Seventh Dis
tricts; and, then, two years from
now, inaugurate him for Governor
Of the grand old Commonwealth of
North Carolina. Let us do more than
this: put North Carolina permanently
in the Republican column, and there
by give unto her and her people the
place she forged for herself in this
great Union of States which was
welded together in the furnace Of hu-
man liberty. CHAS. M. RAY.