The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-05-09


+ Again On 1sth-Howwver the Goa
gre~sionaI and state Conventions
VIII settle Matters for Him Before
That Time-AIi Hi. Proceedings
Irregular.
, The following Is a copy Of = letter
that was sen; TO the Meas and Obser-
yer yesterday. with the request that
/ IL be published In to-day's issue Of
that paper:
Editor News and Observer no
tice in your paper OF yesterday that
Mr.. J. E. l.. Harris has sent out a call
for the recovering OF the "Republi-
can County Convention OF Wake" on
May 18th TO consider some matters
which they forgot TO attend to al their
/ former meeting. | presume this call
Is intended for his boiling element
OF the party. | also note your article
states that Mr.. Harris has invited me
and others who cursed him" at the
former meeting. TO attend. | have
not yet received Mr.. Harris invita-
ton. But ! will say right here that
| did not curse Mr.. Harris nor any
one else. but | did hear him call an
other delegate a liar. and his further
conduct was not that usually seen
at Sunday -school meeting Neither
have | seEs out false and Iibelous
matter over this county as he has
done
| had really expected that the next
Convention Mr.. Harris called would
be a Democratic one, as he seems to
affiliate with the Democrats at one
meeting and with the Republicans at
the next. / don't believe he has ever
taken the oath that he is a Republi-
can, while he has taken the oath to
support the action of Democratic
primary. In fact, it was only last
year that Mr.. Harris got furious when
the poll-holders questioned his Dem
ocracy. But since he has tried to
burst up three Republican Conven-
tons within the past two years, / do
not believe there are many true Re
publicans that will now deny Mr.
Harris Democracy. But getting back
to that boiling Convention. Their
whole proceedings were irregular and
out of order, and will not stand be
fore a Republican Congressional and
State Convention. There was a mo-
ton before the house to adopt the re-
port of the Credential Committee,
and the motion had received a sec
ond, but the motion had not been
voted upon when Mr.. Harris hurried
ly left his seat on the floor of the
Convention and proceeded even more
rapidly to the rostrum to take charge
of the Convention by his corpulency.
. While Mr.. Harris was en- route to the
rostum Mr.. Chas. ID. Wildes made a
motion to make Mr.. Harris Chairman
of the meeting and seconded his own
motion and Mr.. Harris halted just in
time to declare it carried and then
, proceeded to put motions and declare
them carried in real trough house
style. There is no one who is at al
familiar with parliamentary usages
that doesn't know that another mo-
ton cannot be put before the house
and declared carried when there is al
Icduy d MOLlOu ludL udS IcCclFcu
second still pending before the house
Mr.. Harris faction claimed the mem
bers of the Credential Committee
knew ahead of time that they would
be appointed and had already made
> up their minds what they would do
This is absolutely untrue. And the.
threw out only the credentials tina
had been faxed up after the date o
the primary and where no primarie.
were held. OF course. no honest Gre
, Dental Committee would accept ir
: regular and fraudulent credentials
= Mr.. Harris and his followers had a.
, well admit that they bolted the Con
vention before the vote was taken OIL
. the report of the Credential Commit
. tee because they knew they were out
numbered and knew that the vote OF
the report of the Credential Commit
> tee would clearly demonstrate tina
fact. / had offered to abide by tn
decision of the Conventions; VIII,
didn't Mr.. Harris and his follower
). offer to do the same? 1t was for tn
reason that they went into the Con
e vention for the purpose of breaking
up in a row if they saw they coul'
not control it. They did not succee
u in doing either. The Congressiona
/ and State Conventions will finally set
Ii tie this matter, and not Col. Harris.