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


rournal which is being circulated ex
l,ensively just at this time in "ak'
IA, the expense of the Federal once
holders. contained nearly two pages
Ios abuse and misrepresentation OF
the Republican organization In thi'
lcounty. Mr.. w. ]. Andrews. the Fed
IeraI office-holders' candidate. had
letter In that issue that occupied over
three columns, most OF which was
s,mnIv abuse. This article was pre-
pared in the Federal building a week
ago last Tuesday and was sent me
with the request that / have IL pub
lished in The Caucasian. 1t was no'
published for the fact as stated iass
week. that II was not in answer 70
anv communication that had been
published In The Caucasian. nao
not written any attack on Mr.. An
drews and, therefore, as / stated In
the last issue of this paper. did not
feel called upon to have his personal
attack on me published, especially
not an article of that length. OF
fered to have an article printed II he
would write one in answer TO any
communication that had been pub
ilished in the paper, and would make
| 1t of similar length. He has not sent
an answer, because he can't. The ar
ticles published in The Caucasian In
regard to Mr.. Andrews candidacy
were not abusive, but stated facts.
But facts are what hurt the other
fellow, and that is probably why he
grew abusive. Mr.. Andrews doesn I
like it because he and his element are
called "bolters." Mr.. Andrews head
ed the list of the boilers delegates
to the State Convention. He says our
friends in the county are concealing
well-known facts because We know
that the State Convention decided
that his associates" and himself
were entitled to cast part of the vote
of Wake County in the State Conven-
ton. And here Is where Mr.. An
drews didn't tell all that he knew.
The State Committee that passed up
on the credentials was composed
largely of anti-Morehead men, and
not our friends; but even then the
committee allowed the boilers only
six delegates out of the twenty-s.x,
and Hon. A. H. Price, of Salisbury,
who was a member of that commit
tee and anti-Morehead man, told me
afterwards that they allowed you
those in an attempt TO harmonic
CO NJ No
cause you were really entitled to
them. At the Congressional Conven-
ton we allowed you to have the six
delegates because Mr.. Charlie Wildes
made the request, and we did it in
the interest of harmony, and not be-
titled to them. Even then Postmas-
ter Briggs attempted to be unfair and
wanted each one of the boiling dele
gates present to be allowed to vote,
without regard to the proportionate
vote. Mr.. Andrews says / have hard
ly been known as Republican long
er than himself. / did not raise this
issue, but since Mr.. Andrews has
raised it, will state that / was iden
titled with the Republican party and
working for it's success while Mr..
Andrews was trying to be Demo-
cratic alderman in the city Of Raj
eigh, and since Postmaster Briggs
aided Mr.. Andrews with his attack
on me. / will also state that I was
identified with the Republican party
and working for its success when he |
was writing articles praising speech |
es made by Democratic Chairman F. |
d. Simmons, and Mr. Briggs never |
in a Republican Conven-
ton until he was a candidate for |
postmaster. Mr.. Andrews further |
states that / began my political ca
reer in Raleigh as an of1ice-holder.
This is a misstatement. l came to
Raleigh to accept position in The |
office and have been iden-
tilted in politics more or less ever |
since. Furthermore, / have never
bolted Convention, and have always
done what l could in support of the |
ticket in the county. You speak OF
. ..rowdv convention" Didn't Post
master Briggs sound the hrst oiscoro
ant note in the Convention and tnen
take his handful and bolt the Con
vention when he saw the majority was
. ga;nst him. You speak of the clubs
vou organized in 1908. The CLUB In
. a,e,gh was formed by Mr.. u L.
sykes. whom you all, later, saw MT 10
ignore. And by the way, what mas
became of that club? Why ala you
LEI it go down? 1t was out OF pusl-
ness before 1 was elected County
chairman. And even If l had been
chairman while the club was in ex-
stence, the club was not a part OF
The county organization, and you
could have kept it going if you were
interested in the party. The other
.Iubs in the county were formed IN