VOL- XXX.
RALEIGH, M. C, THURSDAY, MAY 2. 1012
N'o. lO,
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EDITORIAL BRIEFS !
ian-ball has been forced to
th- rigM-of-way to the Presl-
j. Er-ra that the politics of Col.
p.-.. Harris are subject to change
it..'ut notice.
( urk Is champing the bits and
prpanrm for the home stretch at the
p,aitirvre Convention.
:r.iunna Is having a good deal to
say iout the waterways, and there
is i j doi.bt but that he is at sea.
If Uryan has had his ear to the
ground for the past few weeks It has
probably been splashed full of mud.
The Smithfleld Journal Is still play
ing on the Duncan chord while the
Federal office-holders are paying for
the limbic.
I i- about time for Marse Henry to
red r.i to Kentucky and add a little
more fuel to the Democratic Presi
dential situation.
Some of the Simmons men claim
Kitchin has not carried out his plat
form pledges. That is admitted
now what has Simmons done?
Kx-dovernor Glenn says he now has
no Senatorial favorite. He is prob
ably waiting to find out which one
will b for him two years hence.
in the way, it is about time for!
t
the ' Visiting Statesman" to visit Ra-j
Mi.ii again and announce his candi-'
date for the United States Senate.
The Baltimore Sun says the poli
ticians are mighty and will prevail.
Well, it depends upon what kind of
polit.cians they are.
In Wake County the rank and file
of the Republican party still rules in
spite of the perniciousness of the Fed
eral office-holders and Democratic
ward-heelers.
The Visiting Statesman might be
persuaded to enter the Senatorial
race. Still it may be that he would
prefer having some one else who
could do him turns.
Bryan has denounced Candidate
Oscar Underwood and terms him a
"Candidate of Wall Street." That is
another new way of getting Demo
cratic harmony.
The ladies of the, Democratic per
suasion in Washington City will have
a harmony breakfast on the 20th of
thi3 month. It might be well, how
ever, to request all members to leave
their hat pins at home.
Providing Woodrow Wilson isn't
nominated for President, Mr. An
drew Carnegie may be willing to
place the Professor on the retired
list and give him a pension in com
pliance with a former request.
U the Socialists attempt to organ
ize a party in this county they had
better have some provisions in their
plan of organization debarring Mr.
J- C. L. Harris or else he may join
tnem for the purpose of breaking up
their Convention.
Woodrow Wilson's campaign man
ager says if Champ Clark, is nominat
ed he will bolt the ticket and support
the Republican nominee. Of course,
the Republicans will have no objec
tions, but does that look like Demo
cratic harmony?
Simmons' campaign manager in
Guilford County says Kitchin has
never done anything as Governor nor
as Congressman. When the Republi
cans made practically that charge in
the last campaign the Democrats said
riSht straight that it was a campaign
He.
The News and Observer says that
ex-Rev. Bob Glenn has gone to Cali
fornia to speak in the interest of Pro
fessor Woodrow Wilson. No doubt
Mr- Glenn will have more influence
ith the voters in far away Califor
nia than he could possibly have with
voters in the State where he is
Known.
HOW THE VOTE STANDS
The Presidential Nomination
is Still an Unsettled
Question
SOilE UNCERTAIN ElEUEflTS
A Number of Votes Arc Contested
and Both Taft and Roosevelt
Forces Are Claiming a Majority of
the National Committee, That Will
Make Up the Temporary Roll
Great Democratic Interest In the
Republic Situation Speaker
Clark's Friends Confident Con
gress May Adjourn Early la June.
(Special to The Caucasoan.)
Washington, D. C, April 30, 1912.
There is now the greatest interest
imaginable in the national capital
over the result of the Republican pri
maries that are being held to-day
In Massachusetts. The supporters
of the administration have put forth
the most extraordinary efforts to get
the delegates from that State for
President Taft. They realize, and it
is generally admitted, that if Roose
velt gets Massachusetts that the
President is practically out of the
running for renomlnation; while, on
the other hand, even if Roosevelt
should lose Massachusetts, it is gen
erally conceded that he will not be
out of the race, but will enter a vig
orous fight in all of the other States
that have not yet acted, with a frir
chance of carrying a number of them.
How the Vote Stands.
Conceding to the President all of
the delegates that his campaign man
agers claim for him up to date, it will
be necessary for him to get 125 more
votes to get a majority in the con
vention. If the President should lose
Massachusetts, then the States yet to
act, in which he stands the best
chance to win or get a half or more
than half of the delegates, are Mary
Ian (with 16 votes), New Jersey
(with 24), Rhode Island (with 8),
South Dakota (with 8), and Ohio
(with 4 6). This makes 102 electoral
votes for the President, even if he
should carry these States solid, and
would leave still twenty-three votes
to be gotten out of the other States,
which are apparently more favorable
to Roosevelt at present than to Taft.
This shows that the contest is ex
tremely close, and why the loss of
Massachusetts would practically make
it impossible for the President to
win. If the President should lose
Massachusetts it would cause him to
lose some other States and districts
which he might win if he had carried
Massachusetts.. , .-'
Other Uncertain Elements.
In this connection,' it must be re
membered that among the votes
claimed for President Taft are twen
ty votes, the entire delegation, from
Mississippi; while, on the other hand,
Roosevelt's managers claim the en
tire vote for him. These delegates
are not instructed, and no one up to
date can be sure how they will vote.
Besides, it must be remembered that
a number of the votes claimed for
President Taft are contested, and,
therefore, the vote of some, if not all,
of these contested delegates ' will be
determined by the National Commit
tee. Both sides are claiming a majority
of the National Committee. ' It is
thought that the majority of it are to
day with President Taft, but if the
contested votes should be enough to
decide the nomination, as they no
doubt will be, then tremendous pow
er is put in the hands of the commit
tee, and there is no telling how they
will exercise this power when they
can virtually name the Presidential
candidate.
Great Democratic Interest in the
Republican Situation.
While a primary election is being
held to-day in Massachusetts for the
Democratic candidate, as well as for
the Republican candidate, and while
the friends of both Professor Wilson
and Speaker Clark are making a
strenuous fight and each side claim
ing the State, yet it is noticeable that
the Democrats generally are taking
more interest in the fight between
Roosevelt and Taft than they are in
the Democratic fight. They seem to
feel that their chances for success, no
matter whom they nominate, are in
some way to be vitally affected by
the action of the Republican party.
To Raise the "Nigger" Cry Again
in the South.
A Southern Democratic Congress
man on yesterday said, In discuss
ing this situation, that it now looks
like "there it great danger of Roose
velt being nominated, and if he is we
will have to raise the negro question
and placard the South with cartoons
of 'Teddy' and Booker Washington
eating together at the same table."
This ihom that the Democratic
politician In the South are still nurs
ing the negro question as their only
hope whenever their supremacy is
threatened. In short, whenever they
have to face issues, and there is dan
ger of the people being interested in
the Republican issues more than the
straddling and uncertain so-called
issues of the Democratic party, it is
absolutely necessary for them to raise
the race cry to appeal to prejudice to
prevent the people from thinking and
voting according to their judgment.
Friends of Speaker Clark Confident.
While the Democratic campaign
has not reached the interesting and
decisive stage as yet that the Republi
can campaign has, yet the friends of
Speaker Clark are each day growing
more confident of his nomination.
The Speaker has already overcome
the lead which Professor Wilson ap
peared to have at one time, and Is
now far in the lead. It is claimed
by the Speaker's friends that If he
carries Massachusetts to-day, that
then Professor Wilson will not be
able to get another Western State,
and that this would put him out of
the running.
When Congress Will Adjourn.
Some hopeful members of Con
gress have been predicting that that
body would adjourn early in June
There is no question that a large
number of Congressmen are very
anxious to adjourn as soon as pos
sible. This is especially true of the
Democratic Congressmen, for they
seem to fear the longer Congress
stays in session the more liable they
are to make mistakes and the more
they will be blamed for not making
any serious effort to pass the bills
which they had pretended to favor.
However, the condition of legisla
tion in Congress does not hold out
hope that adjournment can be had
until the last of June or until July.
The condition of the appropriation
bills, which is absolutely necessary
for Congress to pass before it ad
journs, are today less advanced than
ever known before in the history of
the government. In fact, when one
comes toreckon up the work of Con
gress to date, the record is one of
less accomplished, even on the rou
tine appropriation bills, than ever
known before. In short, this Con
gress will go down into history as a
"do-nothing" Congress, which has
spent its time playing politics.
The time of most of the Demo
cratic members has been spent on in
vestigating committees, which have
been "nosing" around in every di
rection and quarter trying to un
earth something for campaign capi
tal, in which they have dismally
failed. However, they have spent a
larger amount of the people's money
in this political fruitless search.
These committees are already being
generally dubbed as political "smell
ing" committees.
THAT PENSION STEAL.
The Democratic House Did Not Stick
to Right Nor Principle.
Raleigh Times (Democratic).
Hurbert Bruce Fuller has an in
teresting ad illuminating article in
the May Lippincott's on that greatest
of all steals from the public treasury,
the pension system. The pension fig
ures are staggering, and yet the Dem
ocratic House has passed a bill that
would add many more millions an
nually to the already too large
amount. This is the one great blun
der that the Democrats have made.
It is a blunder for two reasons
first, because it is not right, and sec
ond, because they voted for it as a
matter of policy, in the hope of
catching Northern votes. It is best
to stick to the right, and it is the
best policy to stick to principle. That
the Democrats did not do in this
matter.
The Baying and Stealing of Votes.
The Lincoln Times.
The Charlotte Chronicle says the
ministers of Davidson County have
organized for the purpose of putting
a stop to the wholesale buying of
votes in that county in the way of
paying poll taxes for votes and other
wise debauching the ballot box. The
charge is that the electorate of Da
vidson County is being debauched to
a fearful degree by political leaders.
The move of these ministers is a good
one and should be followed by the
ministers of about ninety-nine other
counties in the State. Nobody who
Is informed will attempt to deny the
fact that elections in all parts of this
State have been bought and stolen
promiscuously for ten years by the
the dominant party. This is a matter
that should receive the earnest atten
of all good citizens. No matter is
more injuriously affecting the moral
standard of our young citizenship to
day. And nothing will make more
for the moral uplift of our citizenship
than the purification of elections.
80TH CLAIM BAY STATE
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Mr. Taft and Mr. Roosevelt
Running Neck and Neck in
Massachusetts
BESULTS II 0TOEQ STATES
nr. Tart Has Two Delegations for'
Him From Tennessee, Also Gets
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' as. n m laui imi m mm n m wm r wvo a.
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velt Gets the Twelve DeJegatea-at-Large
From Missouri and May Get
Them From Pmntjlvsnla Clark
Beau Wilson Two to One la Mas
sachusettsMr. I Follette Gets
Small Vote in the Bay State.
Boston, Mass., May 1, 3 a. m. The
struggle for the control of the Mas
sachusetts delegates to the Republi
can Convention in Chicago between
President Taft and Colonel Roose
velt was close in the primaries today
and at midnight with his Taft State
tabulated, the two aspirants for nom
ination were running neck and neck
for the Presidential preference. In-
complete returns showed that they!
had no equal division of the district
delegates.
On the Presidential vote returns
i from half the State gave President
Taft 30,035, Colonel Roosevelt 29,
894. On the other hand, Baxter, who
headed the Roosevelt group of candi
dates, had 30,834 to 26,349 for Sen-
ator Crane, who led the Taft ticket.
Democratic Candidates Almost For
gotten. The closeness of the fight In the
I Republican ranks overshadowed the
contrast.
i Returns from half the State gave
I Speaker Clark 19,706; Governor Wil
j son 8,597.
The La Follette vote failed to reach
j four figures at midnight.
President Taft carried Boston by
about 600 votes, but the eastern
towns, including many in the Cape
Cod and Plymouth districts lined up
strong for Roosevelt, while the cen
tral portion was evenly split.
v A Detailed Report.
Boston, Mass., April 30. The con
test in the Presidential primaries to
day for the Massachusetts delegates
to the Republican National Conven
tion far outclassed that for the Dem
ocratic delegation to Baltimore.
The race beween President Taft
and Colonel Roosevelt, which on the
showing of the preference of voters,
was a neck-and-neck affair, for sev
eral hours absorbed so much atten
tion that the long lead of Speaker
Clark over Governor Woodrow Wil
son was almost forgotten. President
Taft carried Boston, exclusive of
Hyde Park, by more than 500, but
ran behind in the small towns that
had reported up to 10 p. m.
In these small towns, together with
a number of wards in the cities of
North Adams, Haverhill, Newbury
port, Lynn and Woburn, the vote
stood:
Roosevelt, 6,468.
Taft, 5,355.
These same cities and towns gave
Baxter, who headed the Roosevelt
group of delegates, 6,154 to 4,537
for Senator W. Murray Crane, who
led the Taft group.
An early canvass of the fourteen
Congressional Districts was not satis
factory owing to meagre returns.
In the first district in twenty-three
out of seventy small towns, Crane
had 386 to Baxter's 334. This is
Senator Crane's home district, and
the election of the two Taft delegates
was conceded by Roosevelt leaders in
the early evening.
In th second district 12 out of 47
towns gave Crane 432 and Baxter
399, with a similar lead for the Taft
men over the Roosevelt men.
In the third two small towns out
of 21, with nothing heard from Wor
cester, gave Baxter 227, Crane 189.
In the fourth district the Roosevelt
delegates had a margin of 774 to 433
in six out of 72 election precinct,
while in the fifth two small towns
showed a slight lead for Roosevelt
men. Sixth district reports irom two
cities ana nve towns out 01 nve cities
and eighteen towns, gave Boxter 2,
458; Crane 1,915, and a similar mar
gin in favor of the Rosevelt district
candidates.
Roosevelt gained a lead in the sev
enth district, carrying thirty major
ity in Lynn.
In the eighth district nine out of
eleven precincts showed Roosevelt
and Taft running even on the district
delegates.
The Roosevelt leaders claimed the
ninth and tenth districts, comprising
two-thirds of the Boston wards, while
in the eleventh, covering the Back
Bay section and termed by Colonel
Roosevelt as the "silk stocking" dis
trict, the Taft leaders announced
early in the evening that they were
in control.
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p. a.
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2 to I.
TrnnrtMY tVlegatJoat fr Taft.
Memphis. Teaa, April 25. Two
J sets of delegates to the National Con-
vention, both instructed for Taft were
I elected by opposing factions at the
Republican convention of the Unlh
t congressional district of
Traces;
and P. C.j
to-day. Harry O. True
Church. Jr., were named by the fac-s
tlon maintaining the formally organ
Ued convention as dele grates and C.
H. Trimble and T. C. Paeiaa were;
selected by the faction headed by
Postmaster L. W. Dutro. of Memphis, j
who withdrew from the regular con-,
ventlon. 1
. . . BUkiasfllle. N. C. April 2t. it 12
MUsoari Endorse for Out. !tooereJt. . -.
St. Louis, Mo.. April 26. Twelve cr"a of Jb C.rasUa
Missourl delegates-at-large will pre-! Enterprise
sent credentials to the National Re- n 2th or Iecember. 17U. a
pubUcan Committee when that body j rotable metln i called la
meets in Chicago for the e ism Ins- Prance This assembly u for a
Hon of credentials. general eichanse or vit upon pub-
Eight of them, with half a votej,,c qt.ticn or ureal moment at tht
each, will present credentials of the!tlni. ad in call wm signed bt
j Republican State Convention early to-
day which instructed them for The-
odore Roosevelt. The other four, church ov Rome. The members
who are of the Taft factioa, will pro-' numbered 111, and Janusry 2th.
test against seating the eight Roose- l"7wu ten date set in the call,
velt delegates, charging they were Upon the arrival ov the Important
elected through the breaking of a! personages at Paris the mtnister said
"gentlemen's agreement." The four that he nut not prepared to submit
Taft delegates were appointed by Taf; hi plans and asked for a delay un
leaders this morning, after the ad- j til February 7ih. which u alone
Journment of the State Convention enough to prove that Franc stood in
and will be accompanied to Chi- j need ov a business administration,
cago by attorneys who will argue ; for instance, a McKlaley, a Roosevelt
their case before the National Cora-1 or a Taft administration. In order
mittee. that many governmental mattrrs
Eight delegates-at-large were chos- might bo straightened out pvrms
en after an all-night session, that nently. On account ov the aickne
number being agreed upon. Instead ov a prominent official. It wu not un
of the customary four. In an effort ; til the 22nd ov February that the
to obtain harmony In the convention, meetin wuz finally In shape for act
The effort was successful so far as It Ual busings. The chU t financiers
resulted in the Taft followers vot- ! stated before the meet In that the ?x
Ing for six Roosevelt delegates and j pendlturea had eiceeded the govern
two Taft delegates, but the Taft dele- j ment income for years an that the
gates resigned when they were in- deficit wuz now alarmingly large,
structed later to vote for Roosevelt, j Xho national debt wuz now 300.33O,
Two Roosevelt delegates were chosen 00q llvres. The chief financial ora
in their places. j ciai suggested a sort ov income tat
The convention adopted a platform j to raake up deficienryt an. u wus
which endorsed Roosevelt, the recall J ,iropogia lhal the pr!eiU heretofore
of judicial decisions and the admlnls- j exenipt from taxatjont be required to
tration of Governor Hadley. The ad- wnack up 0,,,. ,n thc way Qr ,n.
mlnistrtalon of President Taft come taxes. The public lands belong.
was condemned j n. t0 the gorernment were to be
j made to yield an Income. Hit wuz
New Hampshire For Mr. Taft. j soon found that no agreement wuz
Concord, N. H., April 30. The ! likely. The chief minister ov finance
State Republican Convention today ' found lhat lhe nobility an the clergy
elected four delegates-at-lare to the 1 dead against any form ov taxa
Chicago Convention favoring the re- tlon whicn lighten their pock
nomination of President Taft and in- t8- Fr nje time "patents of no
structed them to vote for him until btlity" had been sold to whosoever
released. A clause in the platform ; couId r,8 "e "dough." an this
presented to the convention instruct-1 crowd wl objected to any form ov
ing the delegates not to vote for j taxation which would force them to
Colonel Roosevelt under any circum-j contribute to the support ov the gor
stances, was stricken out after s.!ernmen Hit wux the old, old story
heated debate. j the poor must pay practically awl
1 or the taxes az usual. The clamor
Col. Roosevelt May Get the Petmsyl-
. ,
, April 30. The
Harrisburg, Pa.
Roosevelt faction,
which ex pets to
control the Republican State Conven
tion here tomorrow, plans a progres-
sive ticket fro mtop to bottom. There
were rumors of compromises and
trades on the various candidates to
be selected, but the Roosevelt lead-
ers declara tonignt tnai meir aeie-ina(i
gates will name the entire ticket.
The regular Republican organiza
tion under the leadership of United
States Snator Penrose concede thiA
the Roosevelt faction will name the
twelve delegates-at-large.
Yesterday Afternoon's' Report on
Massachnsett Primary.
Boston, Mass., May 1. Revised re
turns from yesterday's Presidential
preference primary election, which
brought results up to 1,040 out of
1,080 election precincts, gave for the
Republicans: Roosevelt, 76,564; Taft,
84,948; La Follette, 1,960. Delegates-at-large,
Baxter, heading the Roose
velt group, 82,687; Crane, heading
the Taft group, 74,835. Democrats:
Clark. 32,973; Wilson, 14,859. In
th HietHrt Roosevelt eets ten dele-
j.tM nd Taft 8ixteen. leaving two
o "
doubtful.
Taft and Rosevelt Break Even
Boston, Mass., May 1. Practically
complete returns from fourteen Con
gressional Districts show that the
complete Massachusetts delegation to
Chicago will stand eighteen for Roo
sevelt and eighteen for Taft.
ROOSEVELT CAPTURES THE 12
FR03I PENNSYLVANIA.
Just as this paper is going to press
it is learned that Col. Roosevelt's
friends captured the Pennsylvania
State Convention yesterday and elect
ed the twelve delegates-at-large and
twelve alternates and instructed them
to vote for Col. Roosevelt.
ttEALVENTDISTORY
When AnotriwGrcat Meet
ing of French Parliament
Was Called
umsra m mi beady
it',rrmmrMt Kidttrea CireaUy
Ktrredrd Isnmwfort N amber v4
Years, Which Co.14 Xc Li For
ree lactrfn Tat gg44 as
Way OnU Ilwf Pat lis mm t Itrl-rU-ex!
Pri4. Dwltaed to Whark
rp"Patrls of Xosvllitf- sat
Their V urt h ImftCM,
j nrly ai the nobles, chief ofSristt
nd bishops and arthbUhops ta th
j lhe minister became so great
that he wuz compelled to resign hit
jjob. which he did on April 12th. an
,retlred for a time to England, proh-
ably fearing hiz life would be taken
by hiz enemies. The King finally dis
solved the assembly without any sc-
j uon havin' been taken. The King
I made a conciliatory speech at the
j time which served to allay much or
j the bad feelln which the controversy
aroused. The King besan to
raise money from any possible
source, doubling the amount ov poll
tax. for Instance. The parliament
wuz very angry an' the King finally
had to resort to what wuz termed
"absolute authority." The parlia
ment at last declared that the law or
"rule" had been registered against
their approbation or consent, an by
express command ov the King." an
that it neither ought to or would
have any force; an' that the first
person who should presume to carry
into effect should be adjudged a
traitor, an' condemned to the gal
lows. This left the King with but
two policies, one ov which must put
into effect quickly. He must take
the bull by the horns or be a back
number forever; In fact, that situa
tion wuz liable to develop at any
time, no matter which horn ov the
dilemna be might seize. One week
later a military officer (for the city
ov Paris had been filled with osl
diers.) visited the home or each
member ov parliament an notified
them that they must proceed to the
city ov Troyes, about seventy miles
from Paris; that he must not hold
any conversation with anyone before
goin'. or on the way, an that he must
remain In Troyes until further noti
fied. This wuz proctlcaily nothin'
short ov actual banishment. Pre
vious to this they had promulgated a
remonstrance an had recommended
that the government adopt certain
plans which had proven effective an
popular durln the reign or Charle
magne, who had become very popular
in hiz day.
(Continued on page J.)
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