The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-08-22

ehissment. Compare this wi1h the
conduct OF the Taft men IN the State.
OF South Carolina. Mlsxs.sIpps and
Louisiana where 100 counties b.
actual and careful count. ahowed
that not one Of the counties In these
States we're eliminated. and yet not
not one Of the 100 had cast more
than sixty votes for Nr. Taft IN 1905.
An honest man on earth Il obliged
TO conclude that The counties IN
Texas were DISTINGUISHED because
they we're for Roosevelt and the
counties in the three other States
were permitted 10 vote because they
we're for Mr.. Taft. By excluding
ninety-nine counties in Texas Mr..
Taft appropriated TO himself twenty
six Roosevelt votes. a number SUM-
cient 10 reverse the result OF th]
Chicago convention, and yet the
State of Texas cast six times as
many Republican votes as did the
States OF South Carolina. Mississippi
and Louisiana all put together. In
fact these three States last named
were allowed ffty-eight delegate
votes in the convention, while all
three of them put together cast few
/ er votes than the tenth district OF
North Carolina, and / venture to as
sert that not one Of the forty-eight
delegates thus seated for Mr. Taft
I'M those States was superior TO
either OF the two delegates from the
tenth disIict OF North Carolina,
| whether considered in point of intel
| ligence or moral character. In fact
nearly all of these ffty-eight Taft
| delegates from South Carolina, Miss
| issippi and Louisiana were negroes,
who had no right TO vote for a town
ship constable in their several pre-
cincts, but were allowed to force
upon the Republican party an unfit
| and unworthy candidate for the Pres
idency.
Third. Mr. Roosevelt was entitled
to the two delegates from the fourth
district of North Carolina for the
double reason that the two delegates
Mr. Bernard and Mr.. Parker, were
lawfully, fairly and regularly elected
and instructed for Mr.. Roosevelt, and
. for the further reason that the con
testing delegates, Mr.. Harris and Mr.
Matthews, were pledged to vote fol
Mr.. Roosevelt by the most solemn
forms, verbal and written, that car
sanction any personal or official OBJ
legation. At the convention held IL
!, May in the city of Raleigh Messrs
!, Bernard and Parker received SO O
the regular uncontested votes. This
; total vote Of the convention was so
|, therefore these gentlemen had {
clear majority and a perfect title tt
their seats. Messrs. Harris ant
Matthews were chosen by boltins
and irregular convention and wer,
pledged but not instructed for Roose
welt. At the Chicago convention Mr.
Duncan sent word to me that the ma
tional committee would accept m
, judgment asst to the merits of tn
contest l replied that | was no
disposed to take up this invidiou
task, because / knew nothing abou
the merits of the case. 1t is tru
: that in the State Convention | ha
voted for what were known as tn
Duncan men from the counties O
Wake, Vance and Franklin, but
voted in that convention for th'
. Duncan men as did six hundred 9th
= er delegates in ignorance of the fact:
i but simply because Chairman More
Il head had packed the committee o
credentials, had excluded every Dur
can man from a seat in that commit
tee, SO that there was no minorit
. report, but even conceding that tn
Duncan men from the counties name
+ were properly seated in the Stat
/ and in the fourth district CONVEX
tions, the number, all told, was thi1
ty-seven, while the instructed dele
IS gates, Messrs. Bernard and Parke
had, as above stated, clear and res
u ular majority. While | was in Oh
Icago l felt it to be my duty to inve
e tigate the merits of this case, whic
e I did most carefully, and I becam
convinced that Messrs. Bernard an