The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-05-05
THAT MASS MEETING.

The Democratic mass meeting held
in Raleigh Saturday was the most
dIsgraceful affair ever held in the
State. The leaders on both sides
came out with political scars which
they will never be able TO live down.
Had It been any other kind OF meet
ing except a political one. the lead
ers in the disturbance would have
been arrested. and lot of their fol-
lows put under peace bonds. The
Raleigh Evening Times (Democratic)
in Mondays issue sized up the mass
meeting, in part, as follows:
ITO those Democrats who love de-
cency and harmony within the party
we must say that the disgraceful al
fair between the two factions in
Wake County Democracy on last Sat
urday was a sickening occurrence, TO
say the least of 1t. For several days
we had foreseen trouble between the
factions, each striving for the con-
troll of the party in the county, but
We did not have any idea that Demo
Gratis would make such spectacle OF
themselves before all the State. We
believe the mass meeting was con-
cived by a rabid desire to get control
of the machinery of the Democratic
organization in the county and
L NV OF CT
sire to land the fat office which it is
claimed has paid so much in the past.
We believe that the organization OF
the county deliberately thwarted the
meeting and that unfair and foul
means were taken by those whose
duty it should be to uphold the law
and compel respect for the officers of
the county. We further believe that
the officers of the law, both county
and city, were negligent and derelict
in their duty or the county jail would
/ have been full and the city prison
would have been packed to over
| flowing, and that they should be
made to give an accounting to the
proper authorities for allowing such
reprehensible and disgraceful con-
duct within a civilized city. We fur
Their believe that a number of indict-
ments should follow and the men
who were to blame for all this trou-
BILE should be made to pay a penalty
commensurate with the disgrace and
calumny that will be heaped upon
L
We believe that Wake will eventual
ly have a salary system, and that the
matter will be adjusted, but the trou-
BILE seems to be that in getting this
one good thing the whole county is
going to be torn by discussions and
strife and with the unusual activity
of the opposition in the county it
would not be an impossible thing for
the county to go Republican because
the Republicans have declared long
Iago for the salary system.
'It was noticeable fact that the
men who clamored, cursed, black
guarded, swore and profaned the
temple of justice of the county were
the followers of either the ring or
the insurgents With the exception
of few men of standing and promi-
nence in the city and county, who
had gone as on-lookers to see what
would be done, the crowds were COM
posed mainly Of the regulation ward
heller and regular political bush
wackers of the city and county. In
other words. it seemed to be the vote
selling elements in the Democratic
party trying to get control by making
a lot of fuss and cursing the loudest.
The decent men who happened to see
the fracas were made sick, but then
the backbone Of the Democracy of
Wake County was at home attending
to business and when the twenty-fifth
day of June comes round they will
let 1t be known in tones of thunder
what they favor and that they are
tired of having the county continual
ly torn into shreds by lot of schem-
ing politicians. It has been said
that When thieves fall out honest
men get their DUE so it may be that
the grand jury will get a few cases
for buying and selling votes by those
who have been supposed to be pure
and be leaders in pure Democracy"