The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-15

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county erEssisataca. "a 49,.
wili. In thls eoansy In Aa-~n~,
Chairrnaa Moreaeaa. re VII -.
Teod account of oarse,vss ,.a -
from aow.-
csmbe<s.sd Ce..sr.
A prominent eistsea Of cs.
land county writes ~ -
Waite this eoaaty and Sal. -
gone Desaocratie By . lasr.- =.
iority than I expected. aas -.
larger than the Democrats a.
selves expected. yes ~ wfii sso,. -.
TO be q Democratic vtcsory. =
true that the Democratic masAs..
this State was frtEhtsned "a -.
before. and resor;ed TO ever ss.-w-
ate means Of which they are easasa.
TO buy. steal. or IN any o,Ae. "a.
capture the last election TIE D..
ocratie bosses bad more uossr :.
spend than tina, party has sve- :.
FIRE In liz history had In this So.
Where did this money come trs~,
This inquiry should be kept % s..a
the truth has been revealed r.
sibly Governor Kischin. who pvBs.
the teeth out OF his anti-trar a.
could help TO explain.
The prohibition Democratic -.
~ not only used money In ever "a.
that IL could be used TO pcrvsrt az
corrupt the ballot box. but wAl.sv.
was also one OF their most s-er.,v.
arguments on the day of clec,sos a
over the State. from what I =,
hear. OF course. their campa!r. :.
abuse and misrepresentation IA
natural, for they have never run ar
other kind OF campaign. and ns-
desperation explains why they -
sorted to these methods In 4 -.
extreme fashion this year than esr
before. We have a great, eravs
fair and intelligent people II o.,
State, and with such people So
methods are bound TO cause . -
action.
ut is true that the cry OF the klgA
cost of living. backed BY the "a.
that prices OF everything that or
people produce are higher nov tAss
ever before, cost US many votes. Jsr
as it cost the party many roses ls
the North and Northwest Tht h
the chief reason why States The
Ohio, New York, Indiana, Massseha-
sets and New Jersey went Dsro-
cratic this year. In this State. nasy
a laborer or clerk who beIieres thar
his wages or salary have rot essA
increased in proportion 10 TIE H.
creased price OF the product o. he
wealth producers, stayed at home OF
voted the Democratic ticket a.
protest because he did not feel tha;
he was getting a full measure q
Republican prosperity. should 81
that this cause alone cost us al leaE
ten or fifteen thousand votes In 10
State. These men, however, win -
fore the next election think bette
OF their action. and besides. net C
Of them, in my opinion, will Be VI
ing to risk another Democrats
President and Democratic hsn
times. At the same time. the farz-
ers and other wealth producers, vs
are the direct and for the press
the greatest beneficiaries from BIC
prices, did not seem fully TO appfe
ciate their blessings, and many .
them voted for the party that isFen
low prices. OF course, these ne
were born and raised in the DsHS
cratic party, and prejudice and tfs
dition are still more powerful VI
them than the good times Sh'0
they are now enjoying, but the Sc
sown by the Republican party ID y
last campaign has not been throws
away, and will bear fruit at the heA
election. Our farmers are think1he
and reading as never before, buL =
you know, they do not act a. csieA'
ly as the coupon clipper and o'hs
people who live on fixed incomes
''In addition to all OF this, tses
is a large class Of Republicans :
this county and over the whole s.1.
who have heretofore been
might be called the leading or ooAr
nant faction while the party was 70.
as q patronage machine. These me-.
instead Of being loyal to Chairn.S
Morehead and our ticket this ye-,
have many OF them not only sui..-
but done worse. and this aceooh.
for at least ten thousand more F0'@
In the State.
Under all these cfrcumsfancss =
It not wonderful that the heps
can party in North Carolina ID
last election. polled at least :.
thousand more votes than II o'o
the off-year election four years =
when al popular a man a. -
welt was the candidate? In So. 80.
North Carolina has done better