The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-29


rats Sign Call.
Tho organization" Democrats who
.... ne courthouse last Saturday
-.re issued the following call:
.r.a Undersigned Democrats here
g.. O.. for mass meeting Of the
I.-.rr~at.c voters OF Wake County.
o.. ta held at the courthouse, in the
,..v of Raleigh, on Saturday, Octo-
t.~ /. 1910. at Il o'clock, noon.
The purpose of this call Is to
dominate a ticket Of straight Demo-
rva.s for all the county Offices and
for he Legislature.
our reasons for making this call
are
"G) Because the ticket put out by
The self-styled Reformers' mass
Meeting and nominated at the prim-
aries in June is not a Democratic
ticket. 1t is a 'Nugwump' ticket.
The head OF the ticket, Dr. Skies, ad-
m,.ed in his opening speech at the
Metropolitan Hall that he had bolt
Ell the National Democratic platform
Kiuley, and that two years ago he
da..cd and refused to vote the Dem
oe-atic county and legislative ticket.
In his speech he said, in substance.
hat he had no apologies TO make for
ny OF these things, but, on the con-
r-ary. would do SO again under sim
lar circumstances. Such Democracy
is a Democracy Of disruption and dis
order; yet DR.. Skies is fOisted on the
Democrats of this county as their
leader and as chief prOmulgator of
Democratic doctrines! Then, too, it
Is well-knOwn that both Mr. |. H.
Lynn and Mr.. r. f. Pace have been
for several years active and recog-
nized Republicans We do not feel
that true Democrats are called upon
10 vote for such men, or for those
who are on the ticket with them and
who aided in having them nomi-
mated. g
"(2) Our second reason for call
ing the mass meeting is, that the
ticket nominated in the June pri-
maTies was nominated by the Repub-
liCan votes. The sO-called reform
ers' a few days before the primaries
recognized that the regular Demo
Gratis of this county was the choice
of the Democratic party in this
county, and they began at once
to run in all the Republicans
that could be persuaded to vote
and at the same time had their
organ, the News and Observer, tC
falsely and fraudulently charge in its
daily issues that the regular Demo
cratic ticket had arranged to steaI
the election and to vote Republicans
in the primary. They knew such a
charge was false and was made to
hide their own fraudulent methods
1t is Well-knOwn that some of the
townships where their ticket got the
biggest majOrities cast many more
votes than the total number of al
Democrats living in those townships
If such methods are to be tolerated
in Democratic primaries, then it will
be hard for real Democrats to ever
receive a nomination.
"(3) Our third reason for calling
the mass meeting to put out a true
Democratic ticket is, that the cam
paign of the so-called 'Reformers,
for thirty days or more prior to the
primaries, was one of bitter and crue
viliiCation, lying and misrepresenta-
ton. 1t was conducted, in chief, by
JOsephus Daniels and J. w. Bailey
but the candidates whom these two
represented not only approved Of
what Daniels and Bailey said anG
did, but they also openly endorsed il
their campaign speeches the false anG
malicious charges and misrepresenta
tons made by Daniels and Bailey
against the candidates on the regular
Democratic ticket. They knew thai
not one of the courthouse officer:
had done anything that would justi
fly the charges made, yet they charg
ed with fraud, with corruption anG
even with attempts to bring abou
murder! Was there ever such a vii
famous political campaign wageC
against Democrats by men wht
claimed to be Democrats? We do no
believe that any man of character
whether Democrat or not, justifie
such a campaign as was conducted b.
the self-styled 'Reformers.'
I'VE do not think Democrats ar,
called on to support the ticket nomi
mated at the June primaries, for tn
reasons above given, and we thinl
that it would be a great misfortune
to the Democratic party for such
ticket to be elected. If they ar,
elected, then in the future primarie
will be open for everybody to vote in
whether Democrats or not; If the,
are elected, then in the future Jose
plus Daniels, J. W. Bailey, DR.. Skies
and others Of their kind, will fee
justified in destroying the characte
and reputation of any Democrat b,
malicious Misrepresentation ant
false charges, whenever it suits thei
purpose to do so; if they are elect