The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-03-21

,..rh News and Observer anu
cuoonshoro Daily News, have pup
800 washington specials announc-
.ba+ Mr.. Morehead and MT Dun
I've haen In Washington, gone
.ooo.,er to the White House ana
ohad a compromise, and tna'
from now on they will work and pun
,ogether. We have received a null
-. ,attars from our readers IN
on;ring about this compromise s'oi'
The Caucasian feels warranted III
saving that there is not a worn u
truth In this report. or course TIC
u,,t,ication of the report must De
very pleasing to Mr.. Duncan ana 1t
e M doubt exactly what he "ouio
tito n hiring about, but the fact u.s.
that Il ia not possible to have a co"-
PROMISE between the State Chairman
and Mr.. Duncan because they are
headed in different directions.
Mr. Duncan stands for the old rel
cree patronage machine, which mas
been the bane and curse OF the he
publican party in the South. MT
Morehead stands for exactly the OPP
nosite Mr.. Morehead stands for
militant progressive party, organized
m win victories for Republican prln-
c;nlas at the polls. One is for "boss"
rule and the other is for the prlnc1-
ple of local self-government In the
management of party affairs. These
two Numerically opposite poEcles'
represented by men of Numerically
opposite views, can no more mix ana
compromise than can oil and water.
Mr.. Duncan knows that the people
of the State have repudiated his ma
chine boss policy forever. He knows
that he cannot be reelected National
Committeeman, but that man Will
be elected within a few months as MS
successor who will work in harmony
with the State organization for party
growth and success. The only power
that Mr.. Duncan has Is the power
that he will hold for only few
months more as National Committee
man, and while he holds it he can use
it to the detriment of the party as he
sees fit, as he did use his power and
influence to the detriment of the par
ty in this State in the last election.
Of course, as a member of the Ma !
tional Committee, he will have a |
voice in passing upon the contested |
delegations at the next National Con-
vention. This gives him for little |
while longer the only political pow
er that he has of any kind, and of
course he is very anxious to pull off |
some Federal appointments while he
holds this power. This is why Mr.. |
Duncan was so disappointed and was
so worked up over the withdrawal of
the ten North Carolina appointments
by the President.
Only two of these appointments
had been made for Mr.. Duncan,
while the other eight had been made
for Mr.. Morehead, the State Chair
man. If Mr.. Duncan had any hope
of having the people to endorse him
at the next State Convention, he
would have been delighted to have
gotten all of these appointments
withdrawn so that he and his ma
chine could control them after the
next State Convention.
The fact is, that whatever propo-
sitions of compromise may have been
made to Mr.. Morehead, they were of |
course rejected. Our readers, there
fore, may rest assured that there is
no compromise, and that there can
be no compromise.
On the other hand, there viii soon |
be harmony in the State, and this |
harmony will be decreed by the peo-
pie at the next State Convention |
when they elect a successor to Mr.. |
Duncan who stands for a militant |
progressive party. That is the only |
kind of harmony that viii mean par
~ health and party growth and party |
victory.