The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-11

candidate for the State Senate IN
both elections. and who lives In
Sampson County. In 1905 ur- Mat
thews received In Banner township
2s3 votes. while in 1910 DR.. Mat
thews only $50 votes In the
year 1908 the late J 7. Killing
ton. on the Democratic ticket. re-
ceived in Banner Township 2l4 votes.
while in 1910 . mere boy without po-
litical experience polled In that town
ship Els Democratic votes. Some 81
the rest Of the Republican losses were
still greater Your statement *hat
the highest previous Republican ma
jority in that township was 81 or So
is erroneous. as Is your statement
that there was only one other town
ship In this county that made Re
publican gains In the year 1910.
Mr.. Buffers action in coming in
10 this county as he did had dis
couraging effect on our Republican
workers all over the county. and did
a great deal of harm. He plainly
showed that he had no respect for
the wishes or the welfare of our can
didates, and his action in the matter
is indefensible.
Yours truly,
j. c. STANCIL,
Chairman Republican Executive Com
mittee of Johnston County
Smithfield, \. c.. April 8. 1912.
Mr.. Stancil does not correctly
quote the vote in Wake. He gave
the highest vote Of his friend in
Johnston, why didn't he give the
highest vote of our friend in Wake?
No campaign money was sent me nor
our committee fro State head
quarters. They needed 1t for other
purposes to conduct their campaign.
| haven't asked that the figures of
the Wake election be not published.
But the fact remains that the Federal
office-holders did not give their sup
port to the ticket but actually talk
ed against our ticket. If they had put
their shoulder to the wheel and pull
ed for the ticket they might now be
| in position to make some criticisms.
Stancil's charge that ex-senator But
Ter forced himself on the people of
Johnston County to make a speech is
absolutely untrue. He was invited by
| friends to go to Benson and speak
and when he suggested changing the
| date to Dunn, his friends still insist
ed that he go to Benson, which he
did If Mr.. Stancil does not know
this fact, then he should get inform
| ed and not make any more untrue
statements. Butler had larger
crowd to hear him at Benson than
you had elsewhere in the county
Why did so many people go to hear
him if no one wanted him to go to the
county? And don't forget that the
township in which he spoke increased
| its majority and was the only town
ship in the county that did increase
except Smithf1eld, and that was prob
/ ably due to the fact that Mr.. j. D.
| Parker, one of the candidates on the
! ticket, lived there. Mr.. Stancil GER
/ tainly can't claim the credit for: it,
| for l remember that at the Johnston
County Convention where the dele
gates to the State Convention were
selected by townships, Mr.. Stancil's
township did not think enough of him
10 rut him on as delegate and he
| had to go to his friends from an
other township and ask them to slip
him on as delegate. Before attack
ing our organization Mr.. Stancil
should explain why he lost votes in
all the other townships in his coun-
ty. We were glad to have all the
speakers we could get in Wake Coun-
ty, and We had good many. II
you had been truly working for par
ty success in Johnston County, you
would have been glad for Mr.. Butler
and other Republican speakers to
help you out in your county.
Mr.. Stancil's trouble is from the
fact Mr.. Butler did not endorse him
for postmaster at Smithfield and ap-
parently Mr.. Stancil thinks more of
his little Federal job than he does of
Republican success in Johnston Coun-
tty. L. F. BUTLER.