The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-03-14
THE PEOPLE ARE ALERT TO
THE SITUATION.

es the present political situation.
is told 80 admirably that we take 4
liberty OF making the following e
tract:
81 enjoyed very much the last
issue of The Caucasian. 1t is
one of the best issues you have
ever gotten out.
81 see that the much adver-
tised Greensboro meeting did
not amount to much. did not
believe that it would, because
the people are not ready to
break their necks to follow the
man who called it. The small
attendance of that meeting,
however, does not show that
there is little Roosevelt senti-
ment in the State. The Roose-
welt sentiment is in a large ma
jority in my county, and from
what / know, it is over the State
in the same way.
II went to the banquet COM
plimentary to the State Commit
tee at Raleigh a Roosevelt man
and went away Roosevelt
man, but l want to say that l
went away determined to stand
should to shoulder with our
friends In the State who want
to build up a party and who con-
trolled the last State Conven-
ton. I agree heartily with the
sentiments expressed by Sen
ator Butler at the banquet, that
our first and greatest duty is
to stand together and go to the
next Convention to complete the
work begun two years ago; that
is, to finish the work of re-
organization and house-clean-
ing as he expressed it, and that
when we have done that, that
then we could still agree to
stand together and send an IN
instructed delegation to the Ma
tional Convention, or at least
one instructed to go to the Con-
yenticn and there use their best
efforts and votes to save the
country from the calamity of
another Democratic national ad-
ministration.'
"This sentiment, which was
also expressed by the Senator in
his speech, was applauded by
every one present, and I think it
expressed the sentiment of ev-
cry one who was at the ban
quet, and that every one went
home determined to work to
this end. Every Republican
that l have talked to since I
have gotten home approves this
line OF policy. We realize that
our first and greatest duty is to
preserve our State organization
and to keep it in the hands of
men who have the character
and capacity to build up the
party and lead 1t to victory. We
know that no matter what Re-
publican is elected President,
that the country will be safe
and will prosper, and that it
would be foolish thing for us
to now split up over the Presi-
Dental question mad let the
party organization in the State
be destroyed as it would be il
1t got back in the hands of the
old referee machine. They
would simply organize again
close corporation, which would
exist simply for the distribution
of patronage.
This is just what would hap
pen If the men who called the
Greensboro meeting could fool
the people into following them
behind their cry for Roosevelt.
Let US send our best men to the
uninstructed, and
when they get there let them
vote for Roosevelt or for Taft
or for Hughes or for some 9TH
er candidate, IL it seems best
for them to do so when they
get there. Besides, our self-re-
spect as Southern Republicans
demands, as Chairman More
head said in his speech, that we
should assert our manhood and
independence at this time. I
was delighted to hear Mr.. More
head take this position at the
The man who wrote the above let
is a level-headed progressive
N. He said, in closing his letter,
It 1t was not for publication and
srefore we do not even name the
1nty, for IL we did everybody
uld at once place the writer. We
however, take great pleasure in
blishing the above extract from
letter, for we think it states the
uation most admirably; indeed, it
ls the whole story, and we believe
is expressing the sentiments of