The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-08-04


Morehead--The AcsmAl F.gur~~-
Evidence. Of Complete Understand
Ing Besw~en Duncan Machine and
the Democrats shown-fa.plr~d
"interviews" and similar News
in Both Papers.
The Caucasian can nov state with
certainty that Mr.. Aorehead wsll be
elected State Chairman by a very
large majority.
From the action OF the counties
that have already elected delegates.
and from information which we have
received. that We consider entirely
reliable, as 10 the action that will
be taken on next Saturday By the re-
manning counties. IL Is safe 10 state
that Mr. Morehead will not only be
elected. but that he will have over
eight hundred votes. out OF a total OF
eleven hundred and twenty-six. when
the convention meets on August
. 1UIu- nGnF the
Unfortunately. a large number OF
people are dependent upon the
Greensboro Daily News and the Ra-
leigh News and Observer. its ally in
this fight 10 perpetuate ring rule. for
news as TO the political situation. IL
is noticeable that both the News and
Observer and the Greensboro Daily
News either misrepresented the ac-
ton of most OF the large counties
that elected delegates for Morehead.
or failed 10 print the news and the
action of such conventions. On the
other hand, there is not conven-
tion held that declares for Duncan
and ring rule that a report Is not
published in both papers and unduly
magnified.
Magnifies Insignificant Things.
For instance, when the county OF
Edgecombe, with only two votes In
the State Convention, is captured by
the ring, because the party Is sc
small that the ring and their hench-
men can easily control, the fact Ii
; heralded from one end of the State
to the other as a great victory for the
machine and as a death knell ia
. Morehead and the rule of the people
Practically, no effort has been made
to secure delegates for Morehead
from the counties that had only two
or three votes. The efforts of those
who are striving to re-organiZe the
parry and head it toward victory have
been concentrated in the counties
with a large Republican vote where
the people could rule in spite OF the
. attempted domination Of the ring
bosses and their henchmen.
These twin organs have gone even
further, as in the case OF Granville
County, in saying that 1t had de-
clared for a continuation of the ring
when, as a matter OF fact, the coun-
ty had declared for Morehead.
An Inspired "Interyiew."
Recently. a STAFF reported OF the
Raleigh News and Observer was in
Morehead City. He sent an article
on the Republican political situation
to that paper which was published
In great headlines on the front page.
The substance of this article was an
interview which was, no doubt, given
by Mr.. Duncan or inspired by him, to
the effect that the machine would
have every delegate in the three
strong Republican Congressional Dis
tricts In the West. namely, the
Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth, and that
the large vote OF these Districts, with
the other counties that had been cap
tured by the ring, would give them
majority, even IL they did not Sc
cure a single vote in the East.
The nameless interview proceeded
to state, also, that Morehead would
get only one county In the East. and
that would be Sampson. and that the
rest would be solid for the machine.
Since that interview was published
every eastern county that has held a
convention. with the exception OF the
little county OF Edgecombe. with
two votes, and the county Of Vance.
with only six votes. has elected q
Morehead delegation, and In Vance
County there Is a split, with two con
ventions. and We understand. OF
course, that there will be a contest
ing delegation. The people OF that
county are against a continuation Of
ring rule.
4 When the county Of Duplin held its
convention, the largest ever held In
the county, with the Hon. Thomas
Settle present as a speaker. making
the occasion a notable one, neithe-
/ the Raleigh News and Observer no.
the Greensboro Daily News carried 6
line about the convention or the
'speech of Mr.. Settle. er the fact that