The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-05-12


avs:
Your editorial exposing the
purposes Of the machine bosses
in raising the harmony cry is
very good. / myself have heard
this talk from that source a
number Of times.
But there is another scheme
that they have also resorted 10
in my section. They are busy
saying that while they want re-
cruits 10 come to the party and
want 10 see the party grow, that
the recruits should take a back
seat and that the hands OF the
old line Republican leaders. who
have stood the fire and the brunt
Of many battles. should be up
held. They are also saying that
they should beware not to give
too much prominence to a com
mercial Democrat, or to a near
Democrat who joins the party.
Now il is clear TO my mind
that all this talk is being in
spired by the machine bosses
who want TO be retained in pow
or and who do not want the
party TO grow any bigger for
fear that they may be retired.
Under cover Of this kind of talk,
they are also trying to attack
and discredit Congressman More
head, and men like him, who
have come to the party and who
are able to bring many more re-
cruits OF course. the effect of
this kind Of talk will be to dis
courage recruits from coming
wherever they hear and see this
is the sentiment of the party
leaders so-called.
This kind of talk. so far as
| have been able to see, has been
made chiefly to old-line Republi-
cans Of the rank and file kind.
1t has not fooled me nor any one
else in my section, however. I
am an Old-line Republican my
self, and | know we can never
carry the State until we get
many more thousands of re-
cruits, and | do not think it.
proper for us to refer to the re-
cruits that we must have to win
as commercial Democrats and
as near Democrats | am in
favor of welcoming every recruit
that will come, and am not do
ing it behind a door or in the
dark, but do it in the open so
as to encourage others to come.
"The Good Book tells us that
when people came to work in
the vineyard of the Lord, that
the Devil tried to stir up discord
among the workers by prompt
ing those who went to work
first in the vineyard to claim
more wages and more honors
than those who came to work
later. The Lords reply was that
he who comes at the eleventh
hour shall be welcome and re-
warded as greatly as he who
came at the first hour. If this is
the wise way to build up and
advance the Christian religion,
would it. not be a wise way to
build up and advance the Repub-
lican party?"
We have heard several times anG
ON different sources that there was
l effort on foot to appeal to the
ejudices of the old-line Republicans
ong the lines indicated in the above
tier, and we think our subscriber
Id correspondent has correctly sized
the motive behind it. We have
lard also that they are trying to ap-
al to the prejudices of the honest
d line Republicans of the rank and
e by telling him that the new re-
uits who are coming to the party
nsider themselves more respect
lie" than the old line Republicans,
ID that therefore they, the old line
will be expected to bow
wn and follow the leadership of a
ear Democrat" or a Commercial
All we have to say is, that we have
much respect for not only the in
ligence, but also the manhood.
urage and patriotism of the honest
nix and file Republican to believe
at they can be fooled by any such
Sc and insidious efforts on the part
the pie-counter bosses, who have
en- living off of the party like a
'ch and whose efforts have been
er to keep recruits out of the party.
cir scheme is cunning, but it can
win. for the people of North Car
ma have ever been noted for that
'dom which We call common-sense
THE GORED OK.
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