The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-05-02

Has the Chairman Of Johnston
and His Friends Called
Snap Convention
Gave Oaly fIfs~e. Days Ne<se~ H.
fore Coave9xsoa ard OnIy Tea
Days Notice Before Pr1mars~~-
Harris and ChAsaie wiid~s @ Axxin
Heller Frnnd@


When the Republican Executive
Committee Of Wake County met and
gave eighteen days notice before the
County Convention Was 20 Be held
and two weeks notice OF the prt-
maries. the Federal ONCE holders and
their side partners. Messrs. j. c. l.
Harris and Charlie wiIdes. charged
that the Executive Committee had
called q snap convention and Vas at
tempting To perpetrate q fraud upon
the party by not giving more notice.
Colonel Harris even charged that the
plan OF organization stated that 1T
least nfteen days notice must be Civ
en- before the primaries. well. of
course the Plan Of Organization does
not say anything OF the kind. but the
Colonel thought his statement would
prejudice the people,
The Smithfeld Journal published
all of the filth that was sent down
there from the Federal building In
Raleigh and added many comments
besides, making untrue statements.
and then flooded Wake County with
over two thousand copies OF the Jour
nal each week
But getting back to the original
question. The editor of the Smith
field Journal. who is Chairman of the
Republican Committee In Johnston
County, called the committee TO meet
in Smithfield April 25th for the pur-
pose of setting a date for the County
Convention land the notices were not
mailed in time for some members OF
the committee to receive them In time
to be present at the meeting of the
committee). Following the meeting
Of the committee on April 25th a call
was issued by Chairman Stancil for
the Convention to meet in Smithfield
on Friday, May 10th, and suggested
that appropriate time to call the pri-
maries would be Saturday afternoon,
May 4th. This gives only fifteen days
notice before the Convention and
only ten days notice before the pri-
maries, il they are held on May 4th.
1t will be seen that this is not as
much notice as was given in Wake,
yet he Federal office-holding ele-
ment in Wake and the Smithfield
Journal said the committee in this
county had called a snap convention
and was trying to perpetrate fraud.
Wonder if Colonel Logan and Mr..
Wildes will now say that Stancil and
his committee are trying to perpe-
trate a fraud in Johnston, where they
gave even shorter notice than was
given in Wake. And by the way, the
Federal office-holding element in
Wake and their attorneys, Messrs.
Wildes and Harris, claimed that the
Wake Convention should have been
called to meet on Saturday instead of
Tuesday But, 10. and behold, the
Convention in Johnston has been call
ed to meet on Friday instead Of Sat
urday. Now, why don't Messrs. Har-
ris and Wildes rise up In their right
eous indignation and say that Stancil
and his committee have perpetrated
a fraud upon the rank and file In
Johnston County by calling the Con-
vention TO meet on Friday instead OF
on Saturday? But these gentlemen
nor the Smithfield Journal haven't
said marry a word" about a snap con-
| vention in Johnston. Oh. Consistency
thou art indeed a jewel; but Con-
sistency. you also need an introduc-
ton from the Federal ofiice-holding
| element in Wake County and the ed.
| itor of the Smithfield Journal.
| Following is the call for the John
ston County Convention as issued by
the editor of the Smithfield Journal