The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-13

bleg in North Carolina
What the Washington Star says
about the situation In North Caro-
Ina shows that the great fight which
the Republicans of this State made
last year 10 wipe out the old ref
cree machine and put the people in
charge of the party is we'll under
stood in Washington.
ADD ALABAMA REPUBLICAN MI
P. S.-Since the above was writ
ten, the Raleigh News and Observer
has published letter from its Wash
ington correspondent which purports
to give the news about the Alabama
row and how it was set
tied, etc. All that there is in that
letter about it is the following:
The President has hit on
new plan for settling party rows
in the Southern States. When
the factions cannot agree he
sends them back home to hold
State Convention and the win
ner get White House recognition
which means the distribution Of
local patronage.
The National Committeeman
and State Chairman in Alabama
fell out and so Mr.. Taft has
made them both resign and has
referred the dispute to a State
Convention"
The News and Observers CORE
spondent got his information, I'M
questionably, from the Washington
newspapers, which papers carried
nearly a column story, including a
statement given out from the White
House on the settlement Of the Ala
bama matter That statement not
only said that the Alabama factions
were sent home and told to submit
their contentious to the people at a
State Convention, with the assurance
that the organization elected by this
convention would be fully recognized,
but it also went further and stated
that this action would be following
the precedent set by North Carolina
last year in settling a similar faction
al fight, and that the people of North
Carolina had settled their fight by
electing an organization in the way
it was desired that Alabama should
now do.
This is the part of the White House
statement that is of peculiar interest
to the people of North Carolina, and
it is the part that the News and Oh.
servers special correspondent should
as a matter of news, have sent fol
publication, even if nothing else was
sent. Those who have watched the
course of that paper, however, have
had no trouble in understanding why
the important part Of the news con
nected with this affair was sup
pressed.
1t is the policy of the News and
Observer not to publish any news OIL
facts that would be fair or just to-
ward Mr.. MOrehead and the Republi
can State organization, but, on the
other hand, to publish any and every.
thing possible to try to boost the rem
nants of the old rotten referee Re
publican machine.
In this connection, We call atten
ton to the fact that only a few day.
before the Washington correspond
ent of this paper sent down in hi:
Washington letter an interview from
a Republican who was antagonistit
to Mr.. Morehead and the Republican
State organization, and who wound
up his interview by declaring that he
was in favor of the reelection of Mr.
Duncan for National Committeeman
or for any one else he wanted, etc.
The Washington correspondent OF
that paper takes pains never to inter
view any Republican who is a sup
porter of Mr.. Morehead and tie State
organization, or who wants to see the
Republican party grow. This may
be good tactics from the standpoint
of Democratic machine organ, an6
We have no complaint to make. We
are simply calling the attention OF
our readers and the public to the
fact that the Democratic machine an6
the organs of that machine fear Mr.
Morehead and his organization, bur
that they show constantly that they
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