The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-02-03
LOOKING To SOUTH

Campaign Committee Think
the South an Excel
i lent Field.
CONG. MOREHEAD In CHARGE
VIII Capture Other Districts In This
State-Action of Committee VIII
Mean Thousands of New Recruits
to Party in the Soutll-Machine
Talking Of Patronage Instead of
Party success-President Taft
Unifying the Hitherto Warning
Factions in His Party.
Washington, D. c.. Feb. !. 1910.
Special TO The Caucasian:
President Taft has. during the last
week, made considerable progress.
| he Is daily unlfyIng the hitherto
warning factions in his party to unite
on at least one thing, and that is TO
put through legislation in harmony
with the pledges made by the Repub-
lican party in its last National plat
| form.
One Of the reforms to which the
party is pledged, namely, to establish
a system of postal savings banks, has
already been fayorably reported and
will soon be fayorably acted upon.
1t is believed that this measure
will pass at the present session of
Congress.
1t is understood that other i'm
portant bills regulating corporations,
etc, will also soon be reported
! The Congressional Campaign.
1t is understood that the National
Congressional committee is already
actively at work mapping out the
which winning fights are to be made
! districts in the United States in
which winning fights are to be made
to elect Republican Congressman.
! With view to off-setting the Re-
publican losses. that may be sustain
| ed in certain western congressional
districts, the committee is looking to
the States of North Carolina, Virginia,
Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana and
Alabama, in which to make material
gains. 1t is thought that at least ten
| or twelve Congressman can be elect
ed from these States in districts
that have never before elected Re-
| publican Congressman.
In short, it is figured that North
Carolina, for instance, ought to elect
five or six Republican Congressman
| at least.
Congressman Morehead in Charge of
| South.
In this connection, it is most sig
nificant that the National Congress
sional Committee, in electing an Ex-
ecutiVe Committee, to actively con-
duct the next campaign, has placed
upon it Congressman Morehead of
North Carolina. 1t was considered
so important to have him on the
active Executive Committee to con-
duct the campaign that Congressman
Longworth, of Ohio, resigned to
make place for Mr.. Morehead. This
means that Mr.. Morehead will be
looked to to push a vigorous vigor-
Gus campaign not only in his own
a h11f 0l leo in oil hn fHnr
States.
This action on the part of the
National Congressional Committee
will give renewed hope and inspire
renewed activity in every Republican
in the South who wants to see his
party grow. Besides it will mean
thousands Of recruits to the party.
A prominent Republican from
North Carolina, here to-day, COM
menting upon the action of the Con-
gressional Committee, remarked that
it was noticeable that Mr.. Duncan
gave out whole column interview
to the press of the State from Wash.
ington a few days ago, and in il
there was not suggestion of his
sympathy and cooperation with thi!
movement to elect Congressman, bu
that his whole interview was a squea
!, and a whine about the distribution
of federal patronage.
It was also remarked and com
J, mented on that State Chairman
;, Adams is now in town, and has beer
= here a week, and yet, so far as an.
q one knows, he has not taken an
- part in the conferences or shown an
, interest in the efforts to elect Con
; gressmen from the State. He, toe
. it is said, is devoting his whole tim
- and talk to the distribution Of pal
ronage, beginning with himself a
"a the chief beneficiary.
Old Nick Williams Company Mu.
j. Pay for Defrauding the Cover
IN ment.