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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-22
THE CAUCASIAS'S BIG CAMPAIGN
EDITION.

The next issue OF The Caucasian
(sept. 29ih) will be special cam
paign edition. Every Issue Of The
Caucasian is a campaign edition, for
Il is full Of potent facts and argu-
ments that should be considered by
every voter. That issue, however,
will be at least four extra pages.
teeming with such matter, making at
least a tweIye-page edition. II Will
contain the salient facts as to every
important issue in this campaign. No
single Republican speaker or voter
can afford to be without it, and our
Republican readers should see to it
that every Democrat who wants to
know the truth, and who has the
courage to vote his convictions after
knowing the truth, should receive
and read a copy of the campaign is
sue Of The Caucasian.
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ton, provided the subscription are
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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-22
RETURN OF BILkINS.

With this issue We are resuming
the Bilkins letters. We have not
had anything before from Major
Zeke Bilkins since his letters telling
of his miraculous expedition to the
North Pole.
We have had many anxious in
quiries about the Major since his last
letter appeared in this paper, and We
know that our readers will be de-
lighted to again have the opportunity
to read after Major Bilkins and the
"doings" at Bilkinsville. We had
expected to hear from the Major
when the campaign opened, for you
know he can't stay out Of politics !;
in fact, it is his hand that guides
the political as we'll as other i'm
portant affairs in Bilkinsville.
Get up club Of subscribers before
orr next issue so your friends will
get the campaign issue Of The Cau-
casian and will also get the next let
ter from Bilkins. Our readers may
rest assured that his letters will be
intensely interesting through the bal
ance of this campaign.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-22
DEMOCRATIC CORRUPTION.
An Appeal to the Patriotic Voters of
Robson County.
Robson Advance.

Robson Advance.
The Democratic party of Robson
County is now in a state of strife
and turmoil. The fight going on
between the different factions for of
flee and party control is waxing
stronger and stronger every day. The
acheming and unfair methods re-
sorted to by certain leaders are cor
rupting and disgraceful. No man of
integrity, VINO is patriotic and stands
for honesty and purity in politics can
afford to participate in the battle now
waging between the factions without
feeling deep sense of humiliation.
in our judgment the time has come
when the unsuspecting, honest, pa
triotic yoemanry of the county should
be inspired to rise up in their might,
exercise their independence, shake OF
party shackles, and In the November
election join with honest Republicans
and help eliminate the leaders OF
these corrupting forces from the pol
itics of the county.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-22

at vosp TIE county ticket two TeaFs
$50 because yoa di6n't Ike IL the
.lnEn. ordinary voter wants TO gno~
sn~ when roo climbed The bean
s,atk and became greater iaAn your
partys Yoa. position. according %
xonr own statements. has seea'
Nominate the man I wans ron 20 o.
I won't vote for them ! kno~ pet
ter shat Is needed IN Wake SoAnss
than the balance Of the Ave or ST
thousand Democratic That, Doctor
= lust a little too mach- II yoa
were SO weak you allowed one man
10 control you for ten years. pray
when did you get 50 strong that you
can control the Democracy OF wake
County,"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-22
"THE LEOPARD AND THE LANIB.,

Senator Carmack, who was shot by
the Coopers in Tennessee, must have
had prophetic eye to the progress
of events in the county of Wake,
North Carolina. when he wrote:
''The leopard and the lamb lying
down together, the spider and the
fly becoming boon companions, soda
and vinegar remaining quiet in the
same bottle, oil and water mingling
together" All this and then some
more; but could he have imagined
Josephus Daniels and Nicholas De
Boy sitting side by side, or Bart Cat
ling and Geofge Hunter playing polit-
zeal ring-around-rosy? Joe said that
Nick 'stole votes when he could moi
buy them," and George said Bar
cheated and stole votes and would
resort to any crime to carry hi:
point
Isn't it a beautiful spectacle? Blu
what can one expect when Daniel:
takes to his bosom the man he call
ed a "mountebank," and J. William
Bailey gets under the same bed
| spread with the man he denounced
as political charlatan and liar
| Josephus Daniels.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-22
THE LEADER LED.

We copy the following from the
Raleigh Evening Times of June 10,
1910:
CDR. Skies, reform candidate for
that for ten years he had been voted
by ringster. Then he proceeded to
describe that ringster, and the pic
ture he drew Of that man was of a
dark hue. The Doctor charged brib-
cry, debauchery, and other such we'll
known undertaking epithets.
1.-THE Doctor says (and he is a
truthful MANI that for ten years, up
until 1905, he allowed the man who
he described in such inky TERMS to
vote him.
Doctor Skies has been a member
Of the faculty of one of the States
greatest educational institutions for
years. In this capacity he had the
shaping Of the minds of many of the
future leaders in all works of life;
in fact, he has been a shepherd lead
ing flock along grounds Of safety
4
on the most vital part of our govern
ment, political economy. In his ca
pacity he has been a leader Of youth.
forming, to a certain extent, the
views they would accept and adopt
as their own and be governed by in
all the years Of their lives.
! Now to the pitiable part: This
man openly confesses that he has
been absolutely controlled by ring
ster,' one of those despised creatures
/ that find their habitat in the county
of Wake in the year of our Lord
1910, for the period of ten years
prior to 1908. What a guiding star
to the youth who attend the great
college Of which he is a leader,
Who knows that he has not simply
changed leaders, and is till in tow of
another ringster under a different
name? If it took him ten years to
find out how black one man was, ii
is not reasonable that he can find out
another in three weeks.
Doctor, in the best of spirit
haven't you just changed yokes
Hasn't your study of the great eco
nomic theories that have been re
Gently advanced kinder mixed you
up?' Do you intend to support the
Democratic ticket as nominated June
25th? Or will you do as you did two
years ago and say in substance: M,
men were not nominated, therefore
will not voter
1.-THE people admire your work a
college and speak kindly of you in
t the ordinary affairs Of life, but wher
: you admit that you were absolutely
: controlled by black ringster for ter
: years, voted for a Republican becaus.
you didn't like free silver, and would
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-22
The Robson County MIDDLE.
Robson Advance. I


The Robesonian, the Oldest and one
OF the most reliable Democratic
papers published in this section, real
iZing the corrupt and rotten condition
OF the Democratic organization in
this county, is constrained to say:
There are many Democrats in
Robson County who could and who
would do effective work for the party
but who refuse absolutely TO train
under the present leadership. Have
not the ministers of the county
enough interest in decency and
high standard for men in public life
to lend their influence publicly and
privately, to the side of changing
conditions that are a reproach not
only TO the Democratic party but 10
the county?"
Is it not a deplorable state OF al
fairs when the leading organs o.
the Democratic party of this county
are constrained to call upon tho
ministers of the gospel, invokins
them to use their influence, publlcl!
and privately, in bringing abou.
moral reformation to the masses o.
the party? This is prima facie e'i.
dence of corruption and incapaclty ..
the leadership. The true solution u
the problem is to exercise indepen
| dence, vote the Republican ticket anO
turn the rascals out"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-22
THE STATE OUTLOOK.

Never were the conditions more
propritious for Republican success in
this State than now. The Democ-
racy is rent and torn by internal dis
sentions, they stand upon no COM
mon platform, leaders have been
read out of the party, Congressman
have violated platform pladges, in
fact they are all at sea.
Facing them is a united, rejuve-
mated and triumphant Republican
party At it's head is the progress
sive Morehead, who, two years ago
carried an apparently rock-ribbed
Democratic stronghold and made
reputation at Washington that is sell
dom accorded one-term member.
He is bending his energies and tai
ents to the redemption of his State
and he has the loyal support of
strong organization. Properly sup
ported, the efforts of the State Chair
man will elect our State ticket and
carry the Legislature.
The Congressional outlook is es-
pecially encouraging. In all but one
district, the Democrats have nomi-
mated their present Congressman. Of
these all but one, with the two Sen
ators, voted squarely against their
party's platform. AS to results they
have accomplished absolutely moth
ing. Out of touch with the National
administration, retroactive instead OF
progressive they have either been
unable or unwilling to do anything
The voters of the State are awak-
ening to the need of a change and q
wholesale one. The old "bloody
bones issues that once reused the
boys have passed away and the voter
can now look with clear, unpreju
diced eye as to his real needs anG
can vote accordingly. Thousands O
men, long attached to the Democrat.
by the old dead and gone questions
are coming into the party of prog
ress and prosperity.
But a word of caution should b
said just here to the active worker
in the Republican party. Do not lie
the feeling of security prevent yo1
from keeping at work. The victor
should be made so sweeping, S
overwhelming that it will thorough
purge the moribund old Democrat
and make it respectable. There
need of two political parties, it
the safeguard Of the peoples rights
but both should be respectable, eve
though differing in points of view.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-22
A TEMPERATE EDITORIAL.

The following is copied from the
New Bern Journal and is a sample
of the temperate tone and views that
are fast gaining a foothold in the
Democratic press-that is, the re-
spectacle element of it, News and
Observer methods are fast growing
into disresute and the state is to be
congratulated upon it,
Strength of the Disaffected.
Men do not always leave a poll
teal pOrty for pecuniary gain. They
do not always leave because of fail
ure to receive political reward. But
men do leave because of individual
convictions that fall to coincide with
those of the party they have hither-
| to affiliated with. The change of
party does not necessarily denote
mental failure, and yet political
newspapers license permits the black
guarding of men who change their
political parties. With some a
change Of political views is held as
| the objectionable sin,
From an impartial view point, it
would seem that political party,
the same as any organization would
be the one to seek to reclaim any
member that had become disaffected
and inclined to leave, rather than
hurting foul abuse at him and con-
e. on inc h i'm tn
how seldom this is done, and yet
would it not be the wise policy7
The man who changes his party in
! North Carolina, particularly within
the last few years, from the Demo
cratic to the Republican, has had
much to contend within way of abuse
because of his action. There are
some notable cases of men in this
state, who as Democrats, we're held
as honorable men, good citizens. But
changing their party, to Judge from
the criticism, rather TRADES hurled
against them, it has been the sur.
prise of many how they were ever
permitted to remain in the Demo
cratic party. The reason for this
abuse must prove to every observing
: person, that these disaffected one.
r have personality and their leaving
has basis that calls for some dis
play to cover up the cause More
head, McNinch, and nearer home
L Iredell Meares are notable disaffecte(
7 men, who have taken up active worl
!, in Republican State politics. Refer
: ing to the case of Iredell Meares
took some four columns in Sunday
Raleigh News and Observer in contr;
version. Mr.. Meare's statement of hi
S position. A man who can receiv
t such wholesale attention from tn
:, political organ of a party must hav
an individuality not to be sneered al
, At no time during the years whe'
o Mr.. Meares worked in democracy
y interests, and he was good, SINGER
v worker, has he found his personalit
: such an important factor in Mort
Carolina politics.
% Might it not be political wisdom o
}, the part of the Democratic party t
n speed such men as the above wit
regrets, with the idea of their re
turn, rather than make their leavin
season of birthstone and sulphur
81 with words that some day may hav
to be recalled, If it were possible?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-22


The coming session Of Congress
wlli Dc called upon 20 make re-
appor;ionment OF the membership o.
the Iower house. upon the basis o.
the figures obtained IN the recent
census. How this will effect the po-
IIticaI status Of the two parties In =
very Interesting question and one
which Is keeping the political man
ayers figuring
The present membership. based on
the census Of 1900 is 1856. which rep
resents a population Of Is3,167 for
each member. AS the nation has
grown greatly and as 1t Is considered
best TO keep the membership al
about the present number. the ratio
will have 10 be increased. This will
cause a shake-up in the various dele
cations, some States having lost,
comparatively, while others have
made decided gains.
After the allotment Of the various
States are made by the Congress, the
various State Legislatures then gen.
orally re-district their State. Natur-
ally the party. in power generally
makes the apportionment Of the va
rious districts in their favor, or in
such manner as they can best be car
ried by their organization. This be-
ing the case, the advantage will lie
decidedly with the Republican party,
as they control a large majority of
the State Legislatures.
AS a general rule, the apportion-
ment among the Republican States
of the North and West have been
fairly made, and with view to di-
viding the population equitably. The
reverse has generally held good in the
Democratic States Of the South, un-
fair districting being the rule.
notable case is in the State of North
Carolina, that of the Second district
where the population is less than
one-fourth that of the rich and popu-
lous Fifth District. AS a conse-
quence, it can be reasoned out that
in ha fri ut I,o
the voting strength of four men in
the Fifth, manifest injustice to the
people Of that district
The heavier gains of population
as shown by the census retprns sc
far issued, have been in localities
where the Republican party has
control. This means, of course, 6
large increase to the Republican ma.
jority in Congress, and which in.
sures also a continuance of pros.
perity and good times
In North Carolina, while the off.
cial census returns have not beer
made public, it is believed that the
increase in population will enable
the State to hold it's present member
ship of ten, provided the ratio of in
.. habitants is not too largely increas
ed. 1t will devolve, therefore, OF
f our next Legislature, which presen
indications point out will be Repub
lican, to re-district the State, and i
it is, the present unequal and unfai
! re-districting will be done ava,
5 with.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-22
A Difference That Tells.
Lin colnton Times. I

The Gastonia correspondent of the
Charlotte Observer said McNinch and
Butler failed to arouse any enthusi-
asm in the Republican rally at Gas
tonia Saturday. Democrats can't see
any enthusiasm unless speakers tell
dirty jokes and the people howl and
shout like negroes at a drunken
froiic. But they will feel the enthu-
slasm on the day of election. Heap
or difference between truth and rea-
son, and fiction and yelling.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-22
Editor of COmmoner Bolts Demo.
cratic Ticket.

Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 17-R. T.
Metcalf, associate editor of Mr.. Bry-
ans paper, The Commoner. issues a
statement declaring that ne will not
support Mayor Dahleman, of Oma-
ha, the wet" Democratic candidate
for Governor. but will support Al
orfck, his Republican opponent.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-22

The Caucasian from now until af-
ter the election for only ten cents in
clubs of ten is the best newspaper Of
fer in the State. Big campaign num-
Der next week.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-22

Some of the Democratic orators are
already making Butler the issue. but
none OF them dare divide time with
him.-Mt Airy Leader.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-22

It's a dull Sunday when the Ra-
leigh morning paper can't indulge a
cussIng spell-before Sunday-schooi
time .-Greensboro News.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-22
WITH THE EDITORS

Mr.. Bryan's associate editor Is not
going 10 help IL bit by boiling the
ticket In durham Her
aid.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-22

Troubles Never Come Singiy'
Charlotte Observer.
This is unquestionably year
mosquitoes, comets, and DemoeiS
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-22

Mr.. Goodwin lived up to the last
half Of his name so far, anyhow.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-22

The so-called Independent Demo
Gratis of Tennessee did what it seems
to us they were in honor bound to do
decided to stick to their temper
airy coalition with the Republicans.
1t means that Republican will be
the next Governor of Tennessee. By
the time the next election is held, it
is to be hopd that tn Democrats will
be in such shape that they won't be
obliged to enter into an agreement
with the Republicans in order to pre-
vent an unfit Democrat from being
made ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Tele-
gram.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-22

1t will be u good day for all OF US
when il is so close politically down
here that candidate OF any party
will have to get through on his mer-
its.-Durham Herald.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-22

Even if the much talked of plank
in the Republican platform did mean
ticker" would it make matters any
worse than they are today in North
Carolina?-State Dispatch.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-22

There were only six murder cases
on Arson County court docket this
week, but there would have been an.
other but for the fact that the mock
ing bird hasn't been Gagged yet.-Al.
bemarle Chronicle.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-22

The local self-government plank in
the Republican platform is clear and
distinct. The people Of North Caro-
lima are sane and safe enough to gov
ern themselves and are weary OF
Democratic leader guardianship
Union Republican.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-22

Democrats are conceding the cleo
ton of Maj. Geo. E. Butler; yes,
that's right. Open confession is good
for the soul and those Democrats who
are honest enough to admit it will
not have to eat SO much cold crow
the morning after the election. See
-News-Dispatch.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-22

If some of the men who are stand
ing around the street corners com
planning about how the country i.
going to the dogs would only do hal
a mans work the dogs would not ge
within barking distance.-Greensbort
News
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-22

1t is feared that Governor Patter.
son fell down on himself too late tc
do much good for the Tennessee
Democracy. The idea of eliminating
himself should have struck Patter
SON. before it did.-Wilmington Star
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-19
NEWSBOY RUN DOWN AND
INJURED BY AUTOMOBILE
Vitrio BaIIadino May Have SuS-
tained Basal Fracture
of the Skull

Uneasy because his 9-year-old son,
Vitrio, failed to return home before 8
o'clock and fearing that the lad might
have been arrested for violating the
curfew ordinance, Lamo Balladino of
652 CASTELAR, street began a search for
the missing boy and found him un-
conscious in the receiving hospital,
suffering from a concussion Of the
brain and a possible basal fracture of
the skull.
The lad was selling papers near
Third street and Broadway shortly
after o'clock last evening. He ran
from behind an auto standing at the
curb and attempted to cross the street.
He darted in front of an automobile
driven by J. F. Onerod of 1909 Wright
street, was knocked to the pavement
and rendered unconscious.
No one could identify the victim,
and not until the father appeared was
the name of the lad learned.
When the police surgeons told the
father that the boy was in serious
condition Balladino burst into tears
and in broken English declared he
would never allow the lad to sell
papers any more. The father stated
he is employed as a bootblack and as
his meager earnings are not sufficient
to support the family the injured boy
assisted by selling papers.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-19
ASKS COUNTY TO
LOWER VALUATION
Los Angeles Gas and Electric Co.
Wants Franchise Assess
ment Reduced
BOARD PoSTPoNES ACTION
County Assessor Claims Corpora
ton Refused Statement
on Value of Stock
BOARD PoSTPoNES ACTION

The county board of equalization
yesterday received application from
the Los Angeles Gas and Electric corr
poration for the reduction of the as
sessment on it's franchise from $685.
600 to 81, 1862 900. Attorney Herbert j.
Goudge appeared for the company,
The company asked for the reduc-
ton, claiming that the assessment
placed on the whole company ex-
ceeded the total value of its stocks
and bonds. Assessor Hopkins informed
the board that when he made the as
sessment he could get no statement
from the company as to the value of
the stocks and bonds, while now the
company claims that they are at par.
Attorney Goudge stated that no pro-
test was made against the valuations
fixed on the company's tangible prop
erty, but only on it's franchise. He
further stated that the total valuation
fixed on the company by the county
assessor was $6,402,0 ,020, and 1t should
have been $612500O, which is so per
cent of the valuation of its stocks and
bonds.
The attorneys produced testimony
from a representative of the company
in which 1t was set forth that the
stock of the company amounts to ST.
$50, 900, pays a dividend of per cent
and is bonded for $5,000,000 at 8 per
cent.
Assessor Hopkins then asked the at
torney why the company had made q
statement to the city In January show
ing that its property was valued at
$13, 44S,42S.
This proved to be a hard question
for the company's representative to
answer, but something was said about
1t being done for rate-fxing purposes.
Attorney Goudge stated that the city
regulated the raise of the company so
as to give 1t only per cent divi-
dend. and that stock at per cent
could not be worth more than par.
The board then took the application
for a reduction under advisement, and
will act on it during the latter part
| of the week.