The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-05-16
NORTH CAROLINA REPUBLICANS
ENDORSE ROOSEVELT FOR
PRESIDENT.
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out the contestants. the Marlborough
delegation. The Marlborough delega-
ton had also lost IN the Fourth Dis
trict County Convention.
Vance County-The Satterwhite
and T. T. Hicks~contesting delegation
TO have three votes each.
: Wake Commissioning the Lester
r. Butler delegation and throwing
out the ]. G. L. Harris-W. ]. Andrews
delegations as had been done In the
Fourth District Convention.
The Credentials Committees re-
port as to Arson County. TO seat each
delegation. with half vote to each.
was adopted without much ado.
The next contest was on Buncombe.
Mr.. Richmond Pearson took the floor
and opposed the seating OF Mr.. Settle.
Friends of Mr.. Settle stated that
while the minority had been given
representation on the delegation that
the minority had not been allowed TO
name the minority delegation as pro-
vided for under plan OF organization,
and that Mr.. Settles friends in Bun
combe wanted him as delegate,
that he should be seated. Aft
much discussion a vote was taken,
which denied Mr.. Settle a seat, re-
CARELESS Of the plan of organization.
In the case of Carteret County, the
convention went against the report
of the Credential Committee and seat
aI tho holtiuo dolauafinn
The contest of Franklin was called.
Ex-Congressman Cowles arose and
shouted a motion to seat all the re-
naming contesting delegations.
There was a vote by aye and no on
this but it was weak on both sides at
first. Some one declared that no one
could hear what the chairman said.
! He announced the motion again and
put the vote, AYE" and no" and de-
clared that the 'ayes" had won, thus
seating the contestees. There was
immense noise and confusion at this,
and Chairman Walser beat some
more on his desk This decision gave
seats to the Hicks delegation from
Vance, and Harris-Andrews delega-
ton from Wake, and the Marlborough
delegation from Franklin.
Mr. r. H. Dixon, of Chatham, the
Republican nominee in the Fourth
District for Congress, asked for roll
call vote. The chairman pounded for
order, the delegates made noise and
there was the greatest disorder
Finally the chair announced a roll
call as to Franklin County, but there
came the noise of protest, that the
vote had been declared Exon
his resolution to seat the contesting
delegation, reported against by the
Credentials Committee. Some dele
gates moved as substitute that
each delegation be seated and the
votes divided equally. This was
! howled down. The Cowles res Tuition
was put for the third time and de-
clared carried the Harris-Andrews
delegation from Wake, the T. T.
Hicks delegation from Vance, and
the Marlborough delegation from
Franklin being therefore seated.
Thus was the report of the Creden-
tials Committee knocked out.
This gave great dissatisfaction and
the convention was in such disorder
: and confusion that only those close to
the stage could hear, and many dele
gates announced they did not know
what they were voting. The action
of the convention On the report of
! Credential Committee was revolution
airy and was never heard of in con-
vention. 1t showed they were deter
mined to go against the report Of the
Credential Committee regardless of
the merits of the case. The conven-
| ton therefore seated the boiling DEL
egates from Franklin and Wake
without even knowing what they
were doing. The delegates from
Franklin and Wake that the Creden-
tial Committee reported favorably
upon had been elected in their coun-
ty conventions without a dissenting
vote at the time the delegates were
elected, and the unseating of them
was rank injustice. In fact, it SEEM
ed that there were a few supposed
position that had gone wild. They
seemed to care nothing for justice
and did not even consider matters in
that light.
Permanent officers.
''Let us get to business said
Chairman Walser. Then quickly the
temporary organization was made
permanent, z. V. Walser chairman,
and J. T. Hedrick added as secretary
with Mr. Grissom
Nominations for elegates-at-large
to the National Convention were next
made. DR.. Cyrus Thompson, Mr..
Thos. E. Owens, Hon. Zeb. V. Walser,
Hon. Richmond Pearson, were named
as the delegates, and the delegates