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TLTTC fp A IT (HA QT A TYf VOL. XXX. RALEIGH. !V. C, THURSDAY, MAY 1G. 1012. No. lO, NORTH CAROLINA REPUBLICANS ENDORSE ROOSEVELT FOR PRESIDENT Republican State Convention Was Held in Ral eigh Yesterday and Elected Four Delegates to the National Convention, to be Held in Chi cago, June 18. The Convention Decided to Elect a National Committee at the Convention and Mr. Richmond Pearson was Elected to Succeed Mr. E. C. Duncan The Report of the Credential Committee was Rejected by the Convention and the Bolt ing Delegations seated Without the Convention Even Know r ing'the Merits of the Case Very Unfair and Unjust Pro " ceedings, Which will be Rebuked by the People Attempt to Elect a New Chairman Failed. REPUBLICAN CONTEST The Women Take Part in the Presidential Primary in Galifomia LI FQLLVTTEE LOSING GQOUNO ... Republican State Convention, h was called for the purpose of inn four delegates and four al-tt.-s to the Republican National ... iit ion, met in the Auditorium rday at noon. The convention , n,.(i to order bv State Chair- After the Recess. When the convention was called to order after the recess, it was found that the credentials committee was Colonel Roosevelt Ha Secured the Great Majority of the Votes the Pt Week President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt Both Making Week's Campaign in Ohio- Indica tions Are That Mr- Roosevelt Will Get a Good Vote in the Democratic Situation Speaker Clark Steadily Gaining Over rofewor Wilson- Democratic Leaders Take Fright The Pension Steal. (Special to The Caucasian.) grearionai District of that Slat. she torn, it it altted by every se that this will settle the content. j The Outlook la Srm Jersey. The only other State is wnlehj lher vu a serious doubt about the) result was the State of New Jersey. 1 which hold it pri marie oa the llthj of this month, hut If IlooeveU tweeds California. Minnesota and Ohio, hei will cot .only be nominated without New Jersey, bat, on the other hand, the effect of his victories up to date would no doubt caue him to sweep New Jersey alio. A Remarkable Political Situation. Politicians everywhere have been astonished. If not dumb-founded, by this remarkable political situation. j The outpourings of the masss of tbej people, not only to see and hear Col. ! Roosevelt, but also to vote for him for President, has put the politicians to speculating as to the meaning of it all. j The wise and the most thoughtful! ::ivote in CAUFomyk t V Theodore Roosevelt Sweeps the State by good Ma jority suras rnou LunuuiD la That State Eight rV4caH of Pre. bf of fecro del gas t v tate Ccatc&tioa te-4. tvtrst4i Prw cargi AttauVMajr tl tifms re ceived at t.l4$irti of t& Roostrll PrvKrii CUfe in tits ity. H m stated to-aigal. tableau that UooH !U$hira Ceft& tioas were feI4 la practical? ail Gf gta counties to-day to m&o 4lcai to State and district eaatefi tioas to b ideat Taft Were IHt oa the IMe-f fe,Mf J 4 ' Usoljr. A- cardie c to St. Jv-liaa Yates, prvsUesl gatkta to Ctxlraxo Itut AU Iatruct- of the club, a State orcaaiiatioa. the edtoVoteforMr. ltaoeltlrr-i RK'U lc ot ItPbUtaa party In this State, will send a fall Ideot Taft Carrie .Nevada Cm- contesting delegation to Ike Natloaal testing Ilooevelt IMegatioa frota Convention. The so-called regular. . . v. ! or Taft leg. held a State Coavectioa C.eorgU and AUbama Notice of jn March and nsmd a 4lgi!oa of Thlrty-thrwe Content Hat e Already j twenty-four to the Chicago Coat en Hern Piled With National Commit tee. - " from one district were uot attracted. not ready to report, as they had not!lican campaign have been in favor of coionei uooseveit. ine only votes which President Taft has secured finished hearing the contests. There were cries for Settle to Can Vr nicrt rl t m m A A j0f these politicians are beginning to j nar, relurnj Qf d prlnrikl : look for the cause that Is deeper than ' frnm tttrsu, ,,,..rK... Washington. D. C, May 14. 1912. I Personality of the candidates and ! throughout the elmn Congrewlonsl During the past week all of thedeepr ,an e tTeco8 of thwo ! districts in California, indicated a victories for delegates in the Kepub- m.en fS ,f enJ ' r arf victory for Roosevelt in the Presiden tial preference vot. Apparently he ning to realize that there existed al ready a deep feeling of dissatisfaction in K T hall at that time. Mr. Walser made another short talk on Mr. Roosevelt's trip through North Carolina, which was greeted with cheers. Col. Wal ter U. Henry was then called upon for a speech and he spoke in behalf of President Taft. There were calls to "sitdown" and some to "go on" and then the band "struck up" and Col. Henry stopped speaking. Then there were call3 for Marion Butler. jr'Si nlod from several counties and Mr. Butler spoke for a few minutes th-sr were called, these coming in and stated that he stood for the rule !a- r. Chairman Moreuead announc- of the people and against the rule of that all the counties, a hundred, the bosses. Then there were calls xvr, represented. for Judge W. S. Q'B. Robinson, who The Credentials Committee. CrisHom as regular secretary. C!iair:ii.in Morehead had called .nwntion to order he asked Dr. Vann, President of Meredith ( ,,!!. to olTer prayer. Tli." roll of the counties was called ,,. t;1(. secretary and as this was call , "i noiict was given of contests from ns.m. Bumcombc. Carteret, Frank lin. Wake and Van:e, and it was an-K-KMici-d that no credentials had been which the Taft managers centered On the baris Taft appeared of Republican fV.in M. Morehead, with Mr. UH- gpt.ak, but Mr. Settle was not in the! "c c l"BI . ' i change that would brine the covern-i " . MW . raeut nearer the people and elminate v . . t supporters have been forced to con- , ... . . to be second choice 1 1 1 fi w c rii I k n nih to r rr o rvt a fAe cede that in the past they have been LV V V I , 7 " 1VI ! voters over La Follette. j , . , (Jark led Wilson bv a wid wi , ; i. T '"uuu in the Democratic places the number of ' "! w . i B, , , . fe ! as counted up to 8 o'clock claiming votes in the South for Taft that are now known to be for Roose velt. This margin preferential vote Anoth? !UwHl IMegatioa Proa) Ahbtiama. Birmlnchatn. Ala. May 11. At the Stat Contention of th Hoooetvli adhcrrnU of AUUisa, held fcte to day. tt-lt d.-!rctc it-larcr !h one-half ote each wer to the Chltatro coamtlm, tongreslonal dUtrtct caucus from the Flrt. Second, Fifth an4 Nltsth DiMrSctHjaJiKi were held and two drle ik tit to Chicago from ear h. All delegate rrr rUm iron-clad Hooeflt iutructlou. claimed delegates for Taft at the end among the people until it has become i Chairman Morehead then announc ed tin; Credentials Committee by Con pvssional Districts as follows: First District, G. A. Conover, of Beaufort; made a speech that seemed to please the audience. Secretary Grissom read reslutions thanking the city of Raleigh for their entertainment of the convention. Mr. J. E. Fowler then made a short talk in the interest :::-::-:--;:::y:-:or:-v:::A lf jrMV' vl? ,r -MteW. of this week really less than at the end of the week before. In the mean time, Colonel Roosevelt has given in thirty-eight additional delegates. California Probably for Roosevelt. i ripe for action, and this mature, j though silent feeling, is now simply j expressing itself in a most remark J able way in the support of the candi j dacy of Colonel Roosevelt. Many politicians, who have been San Francisco, Cal., May 14. The-( odore Roosevelt and Champ Clark were apparently victorious by a large margin to-day over their respective Republican and Democratic rivals In To-dy, the Presidential primaries; are being held in the State of Call-1 fornia. For weeks the Taft managers; have claimed that they would carry j all or a substantial part of that State, j Their claims have been based largely! upon the fact that the woman's suf rage has been granted to that State, and that the women are voting this year for the first time, and that a larger nun ber of Taft women's clubs have appeared stronger in-the-news-4 paper reports of their meetings than they have in effect, as the member ship has not been up to expectation. Another element of doubt as to the result in California has been the campaigning of that State by Sen ator La Follette and Mrs. La Follette. j Mrs. La Follette has had a number) of large and enthusiastic audiences saying In the past that Colonel Roo-I California's preferential Presidential 1 - J .. T- V, I I . ., 1 sevelt could not be elected, even if nominated, for such a campaign would split his party, are now begin ning to admit that possibly this wave of enthusiastic support of the Colonel will make the most remarkable cam paign if he is nominated, that the country has ever, seen, and the result in his election. primary. This statement is based on " The Democratic Situation. During the past week, Speaker Clark has been steadily gaining, while Professor Wilson has clearly been losing. If the majority rule prevailed in the Democratic conven tion, it would now be generally ad neri5jr HldItrtUft Mar) land Contention Will 1 1M Ht iKclegate. Baltimore Md., May -Governor Philips Lee Goldeborough. on of th leaders of the Republican party of Maryland, to-day declared tfcal he advocate sending a delegation to the National Convention that would vote returns received from 136 precincts ,or uooseveu as jong at mere out of a total of 3,700 In the State as1 was a cae of his receiving the foljows: j nomination. 1iennhllcanRnnKPvlt 7 Tnff 1 Governor Goldthoroujch said; 4,162; La Follette 1,635. Democratic Clark, 1,437; Wilson 688. These returns were in the main from the five Congressional Districts embracing the three most populous districts of theStater San 'Francisco and Los Angeles Counties and the suburban area bordering San Fran cisco Bay. They are regarded as In dicative of the general result. "Colonel Roosevelt won the pref enentlal vote In the primaries In this State last Monday, and the will of the people should prevail. 1 was on the Taft side and we lost." Chairman J. B. Ilanna of the Re publican Bute Central Committee, who heard the Governor make the above statement, said he endorsed the Governor's views. Mr. Ilanna sup ported President Taft In the primary ; campaign. in ban h rancisco. in wnicn were f I I . a a - mm mitted that Speaker Clark would be! centered the hopes of the Taft man-! 11 'Y1 , T ."H'r t rr lasers, the vote was close. .borough will head the Maryland dele- tiir i iriiiin i i i ii iiiiiii i iirt-.. i i w ivi i c - - r - - - j thirds rule of the Democratic party, ! 'mtt-pvor still 1pjivs snFfiilnHnn as tn She has been appealing for support j ".Wo t: Vrttoc nf tho nthtT nnHi One hundred and twenty precincts 'atlon to Chicago. Col. K. C. Car- Col. Theodore Roosevelt. ?eond, R. D. Paschal, of "Warren; Third. C. C. Vann, of Duplin; Fourth, Kerry Godwin, of Johnston; Fifth, v. Hampton, of Surry; Sixth, I. B- Tucker, of Columbus; Seventh, A. B. Coltrane, of Randolph; Eighth, J. D. Dorsett, of Rowan; Ninth, C. A. Jones, of Lincoln; Tenth, Fred D. Hambrick, of Rutherford. After the appointment of the cre dential committee Chairman More head arose and stated that the chair, recognizing the overwhelming senti mnt in the convention for Col. Roosevelt, that he deemed it fitting tbat the leader of the Roosevelt forces in the State should act as chairman over the convention during the organization and he therefore alled Hon. Z. V. Walser to take the cilair. Mr. Walser then made a short address in behalf of the cause of Roosevelt and stated that he was con fident Col. Roosevelt would be nomi nated fnr T?, v, icoiucm cl i i. uc uuiv.agu George Pinion on June 13. Mr. Walser ad a telegram from Senator Joseph j-1- Dixon, National Chairman of Col. Roosevelt's campaign, stating, that - r- Roosevelt's prospects were very brght and hp honor! Vr-Vi Poi-nlim vvv Aiwa iu. vui viiuu of Col. Roosevelt. The next call was for Mr. Jake Newell, who endorsed Mr. Roosevelt's candidacy. Mr. V. S. Lusk, of Asheville, also made a talk before the convention. for the Presidency for her husband. The fact, however, that Senator La Follette has been attacking Colonel Roosevelt more than he has been at-! dates might consolidate. Therefore, while Speaker Clark is now clearly in the lead, yet the result of the Dem ocratic Convention is still much in tacking President Taft has caused j doub th n Qne things geems to be much of his following to desert him j ciear and tna ,8 tnat Professor wil. and go over to Roosevelt. The feel-) EOn cannot be nominated. mg has grown and spread that Sen-; u wiH proDablv De clark or iiiui r uiieiie was reany trying to beat Colonel Roosevelt, and that he The Committee on Credentials. Here Chairman Walser announced that the Committee on Credentials was ready to report. There was a stir in the convention. The report was read by Mr. F. D. Hamrick, of Ruth, erford, the secretary of the commit tee. It set out the following as to contests: Anson County Both delegations seated, each to have a half vote. Buncombe County Thomas Settle to be a delegate, that he had asked in the county convention for the rel ative Taft and Roosevelt, strength, and despite the wishes of the minor ity had not been put on as a delegate for Taft. Carteret County To seat the Dr. W. Davis delegation. This delegation is an anti-E. C. Duncan National Committeeman delegation. Franklin County To seat the H. Whitaker delegates. This favor ed E. C. Fuller as chairman and was against James Ball and T. T. Hicks, Cm Vend Up a solid delation for who also lost in the Congressional v., vit, XUC1C cheei was great iring When Mr Waleor VioH ftnicVi. ed reading the telegram. A motion to take a recess for one tUr.to give the credential commit time to act was then carried. Convention of the Fourth District. Greene County A contest present ed to tte committee and withdrawn. Franklin County To seat the T. H. Whitaker delegation and throw (Continued on page 4.) was more anxious to do this than to help the progressive cause for which he stands as one of the champions. It is believed that the result of the primaries in California to-day will give, at least, eighteen, if not the entire twenty votes of that State, to Colonel Roosevelt. Same Situation in Minnesota. At the same time, the Presidential primaries are being held in the State of Minnesota. It has been thought that Senator La Follette was strong er, in that State than in any State in the Union outside of his own State and the State of North Dakota. The Taft people have believed that Senator La Follette would defeat the progressive element, to such an ex tent with Colonel Roosevelt that President Taft would secure most of the delegates from that State. The present indications, however, are that Roosevelt will carry every Congres sional District in that State over both Taft and La Follette, with the possi ble exception of two Congressional Districts. Only one of these districts, however, can be said to be really in doubt. Therefore, the outlook is that Roosevelt will get twenty out of the twenty-two votes. Almost the Same in Ohio. Beginning on yesterday. Colonel Roosevelt and President Taft both began for a week's campaign in the State of Ohio. A number of Colonel Roosevelt's friends tried to perusade him not to campaign Ohio, inasmuch as it was the President's home State. Other I friends-of his pointed out, however, that President Taft had invaded New York and gotten action in that State so early that it gave President Roose velt no chance to put his cause before the people of his State. A few months ago It was thought that Senator La Follette had really a stronger following inOhio than would have Colonel Roosevelt. All of this, however, is changed. The La Follette strength has nearly all gone over to Colonel Roosevelt. It is now believed that Roosevelt will carry at least half and possibly two-thirds of -tha Con- i : . . I . a. complete in SanFrancisco County i ,IUfcluu v " i mwseicu out of 356 gave Roosevelt 5.2S1: j Maryland Committee, aaaured the Taft 4,285; La Follette, 2.572; Clark ' Governor that the Roosevelt people 1,913; Wilson 823. j wanteo n,ni take the position. Gov- ' Outside of San Francisco Roose-i ernor GoldsborouKh Implied that he velt carried every Congressional Dis-i would he Klad to a"nd th National trict. his vote being especially heavy j Convention If it waa demonstrated in the interior counties. Women vot-j that 8Uch was the dlre of hl Parr ers played a large part in to-day's primary. Reports from all parts of TWO MOltK OX Ml KDLIt CHAIU.i; dark horse, and in every list of dark tne fetate indicate mat tney went toi horses the figure of W. J. Bryan hastne polls in greater numbers than the j Medame Nora Itritt and Llxxie always, and will always, loom up as;men in proportion to registration, j Shaft of A!cvi!le Arretted for long as he lives. " I tne twenty-six delegates; Complicity in the Myrtle Havtkia 'elected to-day were chosen at large! Cose, democratic leaders m congress ; and accordIng to the state law they Hesitate. Maryland State Convention Klects Roosevelt Delegates. C. May 15 Myrtle Hawkins the Henderon Coun ty grana jury to-day returned true bills against Mesdams Nora Britl and Lizzie Shaft, of Ashveille. The bill (containing a new count, four In I!nrlorLnrtvil!A V , ""V"" Charging tiera with At one time the leaders of the 01 prererence. Democratic House seemed to be an I j A1U 14 O UJU Ui U XXJLlfyM COS) L A J I lUt . jmeeting of the National Convention.! Apparently, they have either changed . i . i i . , HQ 1 f i m nro T tl lHv 1 A c I rttmrt ' tneir mmas or are nesitaung auout: . 7-' 7" jail) Included five other persons here- what to do. ; delegate, eight of them selected byjtofore When they found that the Republi- the friends of President Taft andthe McCa,u am, wm can leaders were wining to aajourn ; 6". 00110 w mcvuu.c if the Democrats wanted to adjourn, j Roosevelt, but all Instructed to vote but at the same time announced their 1 for Colonel Roosevelt at Chicago, willingness to stay here and pass up- j wre elected to-day at the Maryland on legislation that was nending. the i Republican State Convention. Democratic leaders took fright. They realized that their record had been a do-nothing one, but one that would put tncin on the defensive, and hence they fear now to adjourn unless they can do something that they can point to as a record of achievement, on the other hand, the Republicans take the position that the longer the Democratic House stays here the worse its records will be. The The Pension StesvL Democratic pension . steal. which provided for taking seventy five millions dollars out of the Treas ury to pay the so-called pensions to soldiers who never fired a gun, has been slashed and cut by the Republi can Senate down to one-third of its former size. The Senate has finally agreed to the bill in a form in which it will carry about twenty-five million dollars additional pensions, and this bill has been signed by the President. It is regretted that the Senate did not disagree to the whole proposition, because every man, woman and child in the country, who is not interested in one of these pensions, is clear that the pension roll was already too large to properly care for those who are justly entitled to protection and sup port from the Government. f The 3Iisissippi Floods. During the past week the floods of the Mississippi River, which it was thought had reaehed and passed their s .(Continued on page 5.) Although the Taft men controlled a majority of the 129 delegates so far as their personal affiliations were concerned, they made no effort to de feat the instructions of the prefer ence primaries, which- were for Col. Roosevelt. After some skirmishing before the convention met a plank was put in the platform and later unanimously adopted which declared the Presidential record of Colonel Roosevelt "without parallel In our generation," and concluded with a pledge to give him the "undivided support" of the Marydand delegation for the Presidential nimination. President Taft's administration was endorsed in more measured terms. The Roosevelt forces yielded the position of National Committeeman and pledged themselves to re-elect a Taft man, William P. Jackson. The delegates at large chosen to day are: Governor Phillips Lee Gold bor ough, Wm. T. Warburton, Col. E. C. Carrington, Jr., George L. Welling ton. In addition twelve district dele gates were chosen. Of the delegates at large Governor Goldsborough and Mr. Warburton are Taft. men. Colonel Carrington is chairman of the Maryland Roosevelt committee. Mr. Wellington Is a former Unit ed States Senator and a Roosevelt supporter. One of the district delegates. J. P. Evans, of Baltimore, is a- negro, and ed by the grand Jury a few months ago the Shaft and Brltt women were bound over by a magistrate. The new bil Icharges first degree murder against the two women, George Brad ley and Abner McCall. McCall's wife and Boney Bradley are charged with being accessories to murder before the fact and Dan McCall with being accessory after the fact. The new count In the indictment charge all with conspiracy to bring on an abor tion. The Shaft and Brltt women who were on bond were arrested and will not be admitted again to ball. So licitor Johnson stated that much new evidence was brought oat before the grand jury and that the State has A very strong case. Cblef-of-Pollce Garren left to-night for Ashevill to get the Bradleys who are In Bun combe jail. The Hawkins case has been set for trial, beginning next Monday and may consume two weeks. Severe Storm in Randolph. Greensboro, May 11. A wind of cyclonic proportions swept over the central portion of Randolph County this afternoon, doing considerable damage. At Speere, two barns were turned over, trees uprooted and two men who had sought safety In one of the demolished barns were injured. Wires largely down and definite news not obtainable. Anniston. Ala,, May 11. -Three persons are reported killed, scores in jured and property damage estimat ed at 1250,000 as the result of a cy clone at Talladega, Ala. Tonight tel ephone and telegraph wires were tons down and the entire city is in darkness.
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