The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-08-25
-rosEED AND nssnxn :
4 Tyrssal Democrats Cs~x~~..
Thss Year cf Our Lard .s,a-r
Gorx~i Ox B~ilowx-a
Their Own Mrxfsxan~.

Gos~si Ox B~liow~-a
Their o~n M~<is<ane.
The recent Democratic Caz..x
vention Of JchIssoa xas sypsr.f
many Democratic eoaveasaa=s
greszionaI. Judicial AID rnas., =,
have been held over The SAL -
the present year. The xtrtks-r -.
about the matter IL tao alsax--..s%
faces the ''Eored or Dezse.-....
making To the very dose SEE
been giving the Republican
We publish herewith a. sss,-.s.,
from the Smithaeid HeraEs n
cratic. and Johnston Couatg 49,
cratic 1T that regarding ,As &C.,.
convention. We also ir4stte 8sr e..
ers' attention 10 an editorial f- a..
same issue on this very sabier.
THAT Locked and Rarv,>d Cau,-
tton-
That the Democratic eoavenus.
held here August ard wAs ted "a
locked and barred 10 well knoxn -
some who know most about :, =
was not locked and barred arnt.,.
Republicans, for quite a number =,
them voted and worked In the Goa.
vention. But IL was as well Locke
and barred against certain men .na
certain measures as ever a JAil was
locked and barred 10 keep prisoners
H.
well laid and carefully carried ont
There was not a break in the program
from start TO finish. This ooavep-
ton which should have been opea
and free to all Democrats was locked
and barred TO several things of which
We mention a few.
cit was locekd and barred agalnS,
the country people who wanted 10
see their friends and neighbors nomi-
mated for ONCE. For sometime there
has been a feeling over the county
that the farmers have not been treat
ed right in the distribution OF the
best paying Offices. The country peo-
pie have made their pleas for a
Shoh6C aio&A6 taAo OuL AuCs nave
fallen on deaf ears. This summer
the country people put forth a num-
Der of unusually good men as can
didates for different Offices and asked
for fair play at the hands of John
ston's Democracy. No one OF the
farmer candidates got even a smell
OF what was asked for. The man
ipulation was all against them. We
say the convention was carefully lock-
ed and barred against them and they
will tell you they found II so.
"The convention was locked and
barred against the introduction OF
any resolutions calling for the county
officers being put on salaries. Three
different men had arranged to pre-
sent resolutions to that effect, but
could not do 1t on account OF the
steam roller methods which prevail
ed. Some one will asked how tnes
methods were adopted. Early OF
convention day some of the old Of
ficers went through the crowd and
warned their followers against reso-
/ lutions. Just after the convention
| opened man, who 1t seems, was rep
resenting the office-holders who are
opposed to the reduction of fees and
to the salary plan, got through the
convention a motion providing that
all nominations should be made be-
fore anything else was done and that
/ speeches should be limited 10 two
minutes. Probably two hundred men
heard the motion and voted on It.
/ These were only a small fraction OF
/ the large crowd present and probably
not more than half of these realized
5, the full import Of the motion. This
had the desired effect and put OF dis
/ eussions and resolutions favoring the
i salary plan from eleven O'Clock until
nearly night, and. in fact, shut every
thing OF the kind out for the entire
day. Just before Adjournment a sug-
gestion was made to introduce some
salary resolutions, but 1t was entire
ly too late then. The most OF the
people had gone home, many in grea;
disgust There was absolutely no
chance to do anything about putting
the county officers on salaries. The
convention was locked and barred
against it. The Democrats of the
county, to say nothing Of any other
voters, are in favor of the salary
plan, but it could not be carried
+ through a convention managed by Of
!: fce-holders. Do not blame the lead
ers of the movement to place our
county officers on salary basis. II
could not be done under the condi-
lions which prevailed on convention
day"