The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-12-13
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Wilson, Dec. 13.-Butler RepubD-
canism backing the Alexander ma"
chine won out in the State conyen-
ton of the Farmers Union here
when the anti-Alexander forces
found themselves unable to cope
with the new blood OF the organiza-
ton overwhelmingly endowed with
political corpucles.
This is the gist Of post-mortems
Yesterday after the election OF the
four principal officers and the five
members Of the executive commit
fee failed to show more than one up.
standing Democratic figure. Gray
King. Of Mesh. The anti-AleXander
forces unheeitatingly state that they
have no objection to Republican Of
fcehOldeTs in the organization, Dut
they dislike the type selected and
are full of forebodings as to the
progress of the union under the fu-
sion type Of leadership that drove
the Alliance into the slough of uo!i-
tics and ignomini0us death.
After the election OF DR.. II. c. Al
exander. president; DR.. J. NJ. Tenn
pleton, Wake, Vice-president; MI
Y. c. FARES. Moore, Secretary. and
NJ. w. r. Dixon. Wilson, organizer
and lecturer the convention selected
the following five members of the
executive committee: Capt. w. b.
Gibson, Iredell: w. T. Cherry, Edge
comhe: r. G. Maxwell, Duplin, Gray
King Nash, and Orand Crews. Row
an
The choice OF Gray King, as a
member of the executive committee
is unexplained. since he was the op-
ponent of Dr. Alexander who was a
candidate for the precidency The
rest of the committeeman were as
expected under the Alexander land
slide.
Before adjournment, the union
went on record in favor OF woman
suffrage and voted to ask North
Carolinas Congressional represen-
taton to vote for theamendment
when it comes up in Congress.
Hearing that nitrate of soda whict
has been shipped to ports Of he
South will probably be sold at auc-
ton, the convention wired Senator
Simmons to have il sold the farmers
at cost. The convention received
the assurance of the Senator that
promise to this effect had been Sc
cured.
w. r. Dixon. of Wilson, was the
leader of the Butler Republican
machine that put DR.. Alexander in.
The opponents of DR.. Alexander who
had been contending for new blood
in the Union leadership were sur
prised upon their arrival at Wilson
to find new blood. Dixon had dis
coveed it and the blood was every
where in evidence.
It was apparent from the begin
ming that the lines were clearly
drawn. On the one side were the
supporters of Alexander, led by Re
publican politicians, notably, w. r.
Dixon, of Wilson; j. 4. Wilson, OF
CASTOR; Bob Maxwell of Duplin; w.
w. Green, of Vance; J H. Evans,
Of Orange; and other lesser lights.
This faction was here TO stand by
Our brave leader, Or Alexander,
first, last and all the time.
On the other side were about
thirty delegates who wanted a clean
SWEEP III lle CleEtIOll VI ohlNClH'
They put up hard fight their
ranks were never broken but new
er had change of winning. And
the appeals for brotherly love and
harmony were all for the Doctor.
Some of The anti-Alexander dele
t,r II, "a
that local Republican leaders had
been grooming the president of the
union, were not surprised when they
captured the Farmers Union conven-
ton both organizing and controll-
Ing it. The surprised, II seems, were
those supporters Of DR., Alexander