The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-06-06

etteT, says.
Il have just finished reading
the last copy OF the Winston
Union Republican. and | see that
the editor of thai paper. whc
vas at the State Convention.
takes the same position as you do
about the schemes that certain
parties tried TO put through He
says that the managers OF the
Roosevelt campaign In this State
pledged the people that they
were not after anything but TO
get delegates from this State for
Colonel Roosevelt's nomination.
but that IL appears that when
they got 10 the Convention that
there was a scheme Matched up
and a deal made TO break faith
with the people. and that the
real purpose of the politicians
In that deal was to use the name
of Roosevelt TO capture the or
ganiZation OF the party and to
take the whole thing across the
Blue Ridge Mountains and in
sight of the Tennessee line.
Now il seems TO me taat IL
the purpose of these politicians
was 10 carry the State for Col.
Roosevelt next fall, they would
not have attempted any such
scheme under false pretenses.
am glad that there were enough
honest and fair-minded Roose-
Welt delegates in the Convention
to break up such a high-handed
trick to grab power against the
good Of the party for their sell
fish purposes. Those who are
trying to grab everything and
take it over the mountains to
the Tennessee line show by their
actions that they are not think
ing about carrying this State.
Everybody knows that IL we
give the electoral vote of this
State to Roosevelt that the votes
to do it must be gained in the
great eastern section, which is
from five to seven hundred miles
east Of Asheville where Mr.. Pear
son and Mr.. Lusk live.
This is not a square deal, and
1t is not the rule of the people.
Besides, want to know why and
set of politicians, who claimed
to be for Roosevelt, went into a
deal with Mr.. Duncan and the
old patronage machine, when
there was such large and over
whelming majority in the Con-
ventiOn for Roosevelt.
Turn on the light and the
people will rule and have a
square deal at the next State
Convention. 1t is now clear
that The Caucasian was right
when it warned the people that
lot Of machine men managed
to get into the Convention as
delegates, by declaring them
selves to be for Roosevelt.
Don't let any combination of sell
fish politicians use the name of
Roosevelt behind which to build
up another patronage machine
in this State. 1t is an insult to
Roosevelt and to the principles
for which he stands to attempt
to do such thing.
Remember that Mr.. Pearson
and Mr.. Lusk were both against
the will of the people at the
last State Convention, and used
their efforts to try to keep the
old patronage machine in power.
1t looks now like they were try
ing to build another machine to
carry out the same old referee
policy.
Il am glad to see that Mr..
Walser opposed and helped to de-
feat such an unjust and dan
>gerous scheme that they tried to
put through at the last Conven-
ton"
The above will be endorsed by e
cry fair-minded man in the Sta,
who is for Roosevelt because he b
lieves in the principles for viii
he stands. 1t is very unfortuna
that lot of disappointed ofice-see
ers got hold of Colonel Roosevelt
campaign in this State. The M
who were in the scheme referred
above were part and parcel of the @
referee patronage machine in IL
State. We feel satisfied that the Dc
pie will repudiate at the next Co
vention what they attempted to do
the last Convention.