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

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OF organization In the second divts-
ion OF the third ward the chairman OF
that precinct testified that he went
TO the appointed place at the ap-
pointed hour. and stayed some time
but did not call the meeting TO order
as there was only one other Repubii-
can present The man who has acted
as Democratic registrar in that ward
for several elections said he was pres
ent as a spectator and testified that
there was only one Republican at the
meeting besides the chairman. or
course two Republicans could not
hold a primary. After the chairman
had left Ii 10 understood that some
democrats, who had previously had
conferences" with some of the Fed
eral offieials. proceeded to fix up
some names as delegates to the Re-
publican Convention and on the day
of the convention one of these same
Democrats went to the city editor Of
the News and Observer, who was sit
ting near this writer, and asked him
not to mention his name in the paper.
He was probably afraid IL his name
was printed as taking part in Re-
publican Convention that he might be
challenged when he went to vote in
the Democratic primary next month.
Still the friends of the Federal Office
holders hollered fraud because the
credential committee decided that
Democrats could not name delegates
to a Republican Convention. Now
these we're the contests that were
noted and the friends of the organi
zation are willing to leave it to the
true Republicans of Wake County,
who it was that was trying to perpe-
trate a fraud upon the party in this
county.
The other side had spent their
money and they hated to see it go
without getting the county in their
clutches in return.
The credential committee named
by the chairman was as follows:
Messrs Jas. S. Mangum, Geo. Glenn.
a. D. Upchurch, o. G. Ellen, and w.
F. Joyner, all farmers but one. The
charge has been made by the oppo-
sition that each one of these men
knew they were to be appointed on
that committee and that they had
made up their minds ahead of time
how they would decide. This charge
is absolutely false. Even Mr.. Glenn.
who lives in Raleigh and had seen
the chairman almost every day for
two or three weeks before the con-
vention, did not know he was to be
appointed on the credential commit
tee until his name was called out il
the convention. This committee was
composed of honest, upright men.
every one of whom stands high in his
community. Still the Boilers say
the committee was packed and their
decisions were fraudulent. Another
case of the opposition hollering stop
thief" when they were trying to per-
petuate a fraud upon the party by
helping to get up fake delegations
and then attempting to have them
seated in the convention.
Third, the Journal article says that
the Andrews people were denied the
right of defense and some precincts
were denied the right of a hearing
Every contested precinct had the
privilege of a hearing, still when the
credential committee returned to re-
port after being out nearly two hours.
Mr.. Charlie Wildes said his ward was
contested and he had not been heard
The chair told Mr.. Wildes he had had
plenty of time in which he could
have been heard, but that the chair
wanted to give every one fair sho "
ing, and if the credential committee
wanted to hear any further evidence
from any one, they could again retire
and hear the evidence The Journal
article says that Mr.. H. T. Jones. of
Wake Forest, said he would like t.
be heard before the committee tina.
chairman Butler told the commit
tee to retire again." and that only
such as they saw fit to admit were
admitted and that some precincts were
refused hearing" This is another
falsehood. 1t was understood that
Mr.. Jones was against the Federal
ofice-holders, still when he approach
ed the chair and asked that the COM
mittee retire and hear him, the chair
told Mr.. Jones he was very sorry but
the committee had already made up
their report and had returned to the
hall. Mr.. Jones later withdrew his
request, but Mr.. Wildes and some
others of the Andrews men wanted a
hearing. At this juncture Mr.. Claud-
ius Dockery, the United States mar
shall, though he was not a delegate
and notwithstanding his ward was
not contested, vent to Mr.. Everett
Banks and wanted him to use his eff
forts to get the committee to retire
again and hear further evidence. Mr..
Banks made the request, SO that Mr..