The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-07-07
WAKE DEMOCRATS MEET.
1 CoId-Blooded and LifeIess Meet
ing-Winston Fails to- Arouse En-
INSTRUMENTATION q Farce.

Wake County Democracy, which met
in this city Saturday. was the most
spiritless and discouraging meet
ing OF political nature that has been
witnessed in this State There was
an absolute lack Of any enthusiasm
or anything like it. Regular and in
surgent sat side by side, cycling one
another with the cold eye of suspi-
cion. There was a feeling OF chilli
ness that not one cheer even attempt
ed to dissipate.
Chairman Armistead Jones called
the meeting to order. With only
rcrfunctOry remarks, In which he re-
cited his duties as county chairman,
and how he had had them fulfilled,
he called for the election OF a tenn
porary chairman. A delegate, coach
cd by Editor Daniels. placed in nomi-
nation ex-Judge r. W. Winston, who
was declared elected.
Winston and the Knocking Birds"
The former Judge, leader of the
North Carolina bar, for once met
situation that overcame him. 1t was
absolutely impossible for him to
arouse one spark of life in the body.
To the regret and disappointment of
those who know the welI-known jur-
list, failing in all things else, descend
ed to the old cry of niger" though
he possessed the decency and self
respect to admit that it was a dead
issue now. Unfortunately, however,
he referred to the EZRA of peace and
good will" which existed in this State
in 1900, when, to quote Judge Win
stOn's law partner, former Governor
Aycock, "sleep lay down with alarm,
and the sound of the pistol was heard
more frequently than the song of the
mocking bird"
The ex-judge then INDUCED in pro-
phecy, and predicted that the Demo
cratic ticket would poll over three
thousand majority in Wake County
this fall. At this the regulars sat
still and looked down their noses, -
ard the insurgents looked anxiously
at the regulars, but not one cheer,
though the ex-judge waited for a
full minute for a cheer to develop.
He then tried to get up some spirit
by charging that the Republicans,
when they had a row like the Demo
Gratis did in Wake County, kept it up
until election; but again regular and
insurgent looked at one another, and
the latter decided to keep quiet.
"a Shallow Meeting"
st this juncture, regular Demo
crat was heard to audibly state that
this Convention was the shallerest
thing in the way of a political con-
vention he had ever seen. The grin
ming faces of the regulars beamed ap-
prevail to the remark.
Failing to get up any steam among
the delegates by any reference to
niger and other dead issues, the
ex-judge turned his attention to ma
tional affairs. He declared that the
Republican party owed their election
to what he termed enormous con-
tributiOnS of the big trusts to the
campaign fund of that party, for get
ting to mention the fact that Judge
Winston as a public man and we'll
informed one, we'll knows that the
bill providing for the publicity OF
campaign funds and expenses was a
Republican one, and was passed re-
Gently by a Republican Congress, de-
spite the Democratic opposition.
Going further into prophecy, the
ex-judge predicted for Harmon 200
Democratic majority in the electoral
college, exceeding any claim ever
made by the poke berry, paper at
Raleigh for candidate Bryan.
Voted Both Ways.
The judge gave a little to both
SIDES by declaring that he voted "a
little both ways at the last primary
SO frustrated was the ex-judge by his
cold reception that he got a little
mixed and called the court house
This Democratic house." When he
finished the body looked on coldly
and waited for what would happen
next.
A motion was made by a delegate
seated by Mr.. Josephus Daniels, who
with Winks and mods and frowns
prompted the various delegates when
and what to say, that the Demo
cratic press be made the secretaries
of the convention This remark.
able motion went through, as did
every thing else on the nod of Mr.
Daniels.
AS previously stated by Mr.. ARMS
tead Jones, the retiring chairman
1.-THE only man in the body who re
celved even semblance of a warm
r7"e"+ IN by the Convention), haG
sad Messrs. H. H. Roberts, rep
resenting the regular Democracy, anG
E E. Britton, representing Mr.
Daniels organization, to tabulate the
returns, and he stated that they hat
agreed. This was received accept
ably by the body, as the day was no