The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-24


-.t.v morning. Mr.. Duncan had
... c,cepuons at articles which
~. Martin had furnished his papers
.a. state. which Mr.. Martin claim
..- common talk in political cir
..- 2 Raleigh.
Account Of the Fight.
To-. following is the report Of the
..-... fight az published in last Fri
+.... charlotte Observer:
.perublican National Committee
, + C. Duncan and his political
s-..rgs here assert that the political
cal. which was reflected in a politi-
..t -egspaper story from Raleigh TO
-t. observer Monday to the effect
,h., Mt Duncan, national commit
,.aman. had used the power due TO
,f.s office in such way as TO elicit
Contributions from Federal office
holders in the State that were not for
.he necessary party maintenance, but
-sfbrr in the interest of personal
s-..rdship. does him an injustice;
..r he has done no such thing and
that these reports are being ctrcu-
lated 10 injure his standing in the
marty and have no foundation in
fact The newspaper report merely
reflected the status Of the contest
that is on among Republicans for
State control from the viewpoint that
t.a Chairman Morehead forces were
alarming to dethrone Duncan as ma
ro.G Committeeman on these and
other issues and that National Com
rf-aaman Duncan and his forces
were preparing for a fight to both
retain Mr.. Duncan as national COM
m4ttscman and regain the State
Craftsmanship for Duncan man, pos
-B.y Wheeler Martin.
Mr.. Duncan met w. J. Martin, the
Raleigh newspaper man who handled
the story, this morning on Fayette-
vile street, and demanded retractiOn
of the story Mr.. Martin told him
the matter was common political talk
here and that he would look into the
matter. He desired to be fair in his
news service. Mr.. Duncan became
angered at Mr. Martins attitude in
not saying at once that there would
be retraction of the news report and
struck him. There were severa
passes between the two, neither be
ing injured, however, before parties
ran between them
Wha; Caused the Street Fight.
Following is a copy Of one Of the
articles that made Mr.. Duncan 81
mad:
observer Bureau, Express Build
ing. Raleigh, Aug. 13.-North Caro-
lima Republican politics is coming IL
for considerable discussion here
abOuts now. The increased lnteres
just now being partially due to tn
fact that there are couple or s.
very desirable positions vacant in tn
Office OF the collector of internal rev
enue here and Duncan and anti-Dun
can forces are eagerly watching tn
political plays that involve thes
places and also the manipulation G
Republican State politics in genera
The most important vacancy /
the collectors Office is that Of CAST
Ter, made vacant by the death of Wi
liam B. Duncan, father of Nations
Committeeman E. G. Duncan. Co
lector Wheeler Martin is the close:
sort of a personal and political frien
Of National Committeeman Dunca
and was made collector at the IL
stance of Mr.. Duncan. Therefor
just as far as the civil service rule
will permit with the most straine
construction, it is naturally surm1se
that supporters of the Duncan int
ests will be given these places in TT
revenue department. However,, it
pointed out that one or more OF tho:
on the eligible list, to whom und'
the civil service rules these place
would go, are in very bad standir
with National Committeeman Dul
can, being regarded as Morehead al
State organization men. One of the
especially in line is Frederick N. Ga
us, who had a clerkship in the d
partment and is charged to have bet
unfairly cut off some months ag
When the revenue force was beil
reduced by order of the departing
DIT Washington. The charge is beil
made now that the vacancies in t
revenue nHioo haro NOW IL