The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-05-23
Runp Convention.
Especial 10 The Caucasian.)

The Republican Convention for the
Third Congressional District met In
Goldsboro on Thursday, the 18th. TO
select delegates and aiternates 10 the
National Convention. The Consen-
ton met in the Wayne courthouse
promptly at IL o'clock, C. NJ. Fair
cloth, District Chairman. presiding
There was a large attendance Of dele
gates, as the delegates returning
from. the State Convention at Raleigh
were present and other delegates
came in on the noon train. A roll OF
the nine counties in the District was
called and all the counties were rep
resented. Chairman Faircloth called
Judge w. S. OBJ. Robinson to act as
temporary chairman. Mr.. ]. F. Ken
nedy, of Sampson County. was elected
secretary. A contest was reported
from Carteret County, and also from
Wayne County; but the contest from
WAYNE County was not heard of be-
fore, and no such contest was pre-
sented to the State Convention. A
committee was elected by the dele
gates as a Credential Committee to
pass on these contests, and after
hearing all the evidence, seated the
delegates headed by DR.. George Da-
Wis, of Carteret, and turned down the
delegates headed by w. A. Mace,
known as the Duncan faction. The
new contestants from Wayne were
turned own, as their contest was
without merit. Upon the announce
ment of the report of the Credential
Committee, the contesting delegates
retired and the Convention unani-
mously endorsed the action of the
committee.
The Convention then unanimously
elected ex-senator Marion Butler and
Judge w S. OBJ. Robinson as dele
gates to the Chicago Convention, and
DR.. George Davis, of Carteret Coun-
ty. aud D. W. Basnight, of Craven, as
alternates. They were instructed for
Roosevelt 1t was a large and har-
monious Convention, and enthusiast
tic speeches were made by Chairman
Faircloth, Judge Robinson, Major
George E. Butler, Hon. J. T. Kennedy,
DR.. J. E. Person, J. S. Basnight, Thos.
E. Owen, DR.. V. N. Seawell, and Mr..
Grady, of Duplin.
The action of the Convention has
| been highly commended in the wis
dom of their selection as delegates to
Chicago. While Senator Butler was
not present and was not candidate
for the position as delegate, and while
Judge Robinson was not a candidate,
yet their home district was anxious
to honor them for their manly fight
| for Roosevelt and the State organiza-
ton at the State Convention. 1t is a
significant circumstance that this Dis
trict is the home of E. Carl Duncan,
and DR.. Cyrus Thompson, yet they
were both so overwhelmingly in the
minority in their home district, that
they did not even control a single
county in the district. OF the eighty
three accredited delegates to the
Convention, they had only five or six
| delegates present in the Convention
who bolted and attempted to hold a
little convention of their own, send
ling each other as delegates and al
ternates to the Chicago Convention.
Duncan and Thompson no longer have
any controlling force or influence in
their home district, and much Re-
publican growth and progress have
been made in the Third District with
in the past few years since they have
been eliminated in political factors
1t is still a mystery to the public
how Duncan and DR.. Thompson had
any strength or following in the State
Convention, Convention which was
supposed to be overwhelming for Roo
sevelt and it was known that Mr..
!; Duncan was a Taft man and had
promised Mr.. Taft to deliver the votes
! of this State to him, and in his eff
forts to carry the delegates, had at
tended the various District Conven-
| lions in the east, securing Taft dele
gates to Chicago, and DIR. Thompson.
by his advocacy of Mr.. Duncan's cause
/ in the past and at the State Conyen-
ton, shows he is also at heart Taft
and Duncan man: yet this Roosevelt
| convention, by a combination of the
Richmond Pearson forces and the
Duncan and DR.. Thompson forces
prevailed, and forgetful or in viola
j ton of the Roosevelt sentiment, un-
seated Roosevelt delegates and seat
ed Taft delegates and allowed Ike
Mukins, Taft appointee, to act as
spokesman and floor leader of the
!. Roosevelt forces and in the mix up
: elect DR.. Thompson, who is Dun
can-Taft man, as a delegate to the
Chicago Convention.
1 The people are fast getting on to
the deal, and when the full light OF
the facts are known, will repudiate
, same things that were done at the
: State Convention, and especially the
efforts OF this peculiar combination