The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-29
WAKE REPUBLICAN, PLATFORM


Road Taxation Denoanced-schooi
System as at pr~s~nt Administered
Unfair To the People.
A. the County conventioa. held
Angus; 9Th. the Republicans o,
Wake County. adopted the follow
ing resolutions:
We, the Republicans Of Wake
County. In convention assembled. do
hereby adopt the following resolu-
tions. to-wit:
I'D That we re-affirm our true
allegiance To the National Repuhli-
can party and its principles and com
mend and endorse the present Re
publican National administration
"(2) We hereby declare In favor |
Of local self-government in It's broad
est. truest sense. and direct our dele
gates elected TO the State Conven- |
ton 10 use every honorable means 10 |
have the State Convention TO so de- |
clare It's platform.
"(3) We hereby re-affirm the dec |
laration made in our county plat |
form two years ago fayoring the put |
ting OF the county officers of Wake |
County on a salary basis with reas-
enable salaries.
go We hereby declare for n
| 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 to be held al
| 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
I two years"
At the re-conveRed meeting Oh
| September 18th. these were supple
mented by the following:
In addition 10 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 b. 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
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 as
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 assent led, have resolved to re-
lquest 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 judges
of the necessity of such a 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 County
Board of Education at the instiga-
ton and upon the recommendation
of Supt. Judd, in consolidating the
Houses Creek townships, against the
most earnest protest of a very large
majority of the patrons of these
schools; and to their great annoy
ance and inconvenience.
Resolved, That we demand that
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"
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