The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-08-18

4 larger and more thoroughly rep
resentative gathering of Republicans
was never assembled in North Caro-
lima than that at Greensboro on Aug
ust 10th, when the State Conven-
ton was held, a State Chairman and
nominees for the various Offices were
elected and a declaration of Repub-
lican principles placed on record.
The results attained were by prae-
! question at issue being decided by
/ the vote cast for the permanent
Craftsmanship of the Convention, this
resulting in the election OF Thomas
/ Settle, of Buncombe County, by a
vote of two to one. When the result
/ fore the ballot ON the State Chair
manship was taken, E. G. Duncan and
j. E. Alexander withdrew from the
race and the election of John Motley
Morehead Was made unanimous.
Details of the Proceedings.
When State Chairman Adams call
ed the convention to order, the
Grand Opera House, where the earli~
er proceedings were held, was pack
ed to suffocation, the space being far
too limited to provide for the unusu-
ally large number of delegates. Later
in the day the proceedings were con
Quoted in the Auditorium, about one
third of the space in the big building
being filled, while there was also {
large attendance of interested spec
tatOrs.
After the reading of the call for
the Convention by Secretary T. J.
Harkins, Judge Adams, acting as tenn
porary chairman, made an address,
reviewing his management of the
party's affairs as State Chairman and
making a plea for harmony in the
proceedings now inaugurated. At
the close of this review, contests were
announced from Ashe, Carteret, Cum
berland, Vance, Wake, Wayne, Pas
quotank and Camden, although in
one instance, that of Camden, no
delegate appeared to be present in
support either Of the delegation elect
ed or from the contestants.
Following the plan of organization
the Temporary Chairman at this
point named the Committee on Gre
dentials, this consisting of the fol-
lowing delegates: J. M. Mewborne
Thomas E. Owen, J. G. Matthews, r,
J. Petree, J. r. Johnson, J. P. Cam
eron, A. H. Price, ]. D. Albright, /
NJ Meekins, and w. E. Logan. The
personnel of this committee was sc
constituted that it gave a majority tC
the Duncan forces of eight to two, a
matter subsequently disposed of in
favor of Morehead by the vote of the
convention itself in making the lat
ter's election by acclamation.
/ After the appointment of the com
mittee the convention took recess
until $50 p. m, to meet in the Audi
torium, where a much larger space
was available.
Awaiting the Report.
The Committee on Credentials was
slow in making its report, and while
ton was addressed by a number OF
the delegates on questions pertinent
to Republican policies and the issues
before the delegates for settlement
Among those who spoke were Thos
Settle, who was later elected Perma-
nent Chairman; Moses Harshaw, A
E. Holton, Augustus Whitener, Y. S.
l., y15< <ny
Henry. Colonel Lusk ventured to
make an attack on President Taft
but it was evident that the disposition
of the convention was decidedly
against such attacks and the Colonel
was not allowed to continue without
a very active protest from all parts
of the Auditorium, where the con-
vention had reassemb1ed for the af-
ternoon session. While he was speak
ing, cheers for President Taft broke
out, and Harry Skinner, in response
to the attack, declared that the
President neds no defense but that he
(Skinner) would notlstay in the con-
vention and listen to such unwar-
ranted remarks leve1led against one
who is not alone the head of his party
but the chief executive of the nation
itself.
A. II. Price, chairman, made the
report of the Committee on Creden-
tials, after nearly three hours of dis
cussfon over the several issues involv-
ed, and this was adopted by an unan-