The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-18


still busy flooding Wake County with
their literature which In filled with
abuse and false accusations against
the present organization In this
county. They are also still using
Johnston County paper and circulat-
ing 1t over Wake County trying TO
tell the Republicans OF this county
how to vote In the primary. but the
"bolters" will find out that Republi-
cans know how to vote this time just
as they did two years ago without
dictation from the Federal office-hold-
ers.
Col ]. c. l. Harris, who was elected
Chairman OF the handful of boilers
two years ago, is now busy sending
out literature over the county, which
contains matter not in accordance
with facts. He has issued what he
terms IAN open letter." in which he
charges that the Republican Commit
tee called the Convention too early
and not in accordance with the plan
of organization. If the Colonel is go
ing to write he should stick to facts.
He says: THE plan of organization
of the Republican party says at least
fifteen days notice must be given be-
fore the primaries are held to elect
delegates to the different conven-
tons" have several copies of the
plan of organization which State
Chairman Morehead sent me and they
do not say that fifteen days notice
must be given before the primaries
are held, but fifteen days before the
Convention. The committee met on
April 9Th and called the County Con-
vention to meet April 23rd, which
was giving eighteen days notice,
and the notice of the call for the
Convention was published in both of
the daily papers in this city within
the required time, and notices were
mailed to every precinct chairman
within the required time. Notice was
also published in The Caucasian and
it was in the Smithfield Journal which
has been broadcasted in this county.
The meeting of the Executive Com
mittee was not secret meeting, but
was held in The Caucasian Office,
which is a public Office, and several
others were passing in and out dur
ing the meantime. Mr.. Harris charges
that the Convention was called on
short notice in order that it would not
reach a large majority Of people in
the county. The Colonel should know
that that isn't true, because the large
majority of the friends of the present
county organization live in the coun-
try and it was their support that gave
us such an overwhelming majority in
the Counyt Convention two years
ago,-and l might add that they will
do it again this time in spite of the
false charges of the Federal Office
holding ring and their few followers.
Mr.. Harris said some knew ahead
of time what date the Convention
would be called. This is absolutely
untrue, and the Executive Committee
themselves set the date, and Tues
day the 23rd had not been spoken Of
before the meeting. 1t was held on
Tuesday as Saturday would interfere
with the church days of many of the
Republicans in the county. The Col
onel attempts to say the primaries
should have been held on May 4th
and the County Convention on May
18th. What right has he to say when
the Convention should be held, and
he
tire Executive Committee of the
County?
The Colonel speaks of fraud.
What were his friends trying to do
last time when they had Democrats
at his primary and other primaries
in the city to try to dictate to the
Republicans whom they should elect
as delegates? And right now Mr..
Andrews and the office-holders have
Democratic ward-heelers working for
them in Raleigh trying to beat our
friends. The Colonel will find that
his false charge has missed-fire and
such unjust tactics will be resented
by the honest Republicans in the
county.
And when did the Colonel get to be
such good Republican? Didn't he
go into the Democratic primary in
Raleigh last year and declare that he
was Democrat? And hasn't he vot-
ed for several other Democrats dur
ing recent years. He failed to make
single speech in the last campaign
notwithstanding he was asked to do
so. In fact, the Colonel's Republi-
canism has not been on straight since
he held so many jobs under Governor
Russell, and now his activities are in
the direction of disrupting and dis
couraging the Republican party in
Wake County, and this after he had
talked with Willis Briggs and Chas.
D. Wildes.
Our Convention is not being called
so early. Stanly County held it's Con-
Oh