THE CAUCA&AH.
Page Four.
I I VaUUaOiai I State organIration at ihls lime, witb
AKD nAIXIGn ENTERPRISE, jout waiting for their terms to expire
- 5 at the next State Convention. It wai
published ctekt yiiukhdat I pointed out to Mr. Pearson and his
j associates that each revolutionary ac-
C4UC ASIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY jUon couJd not in any way promote
the nomination of Colonel Roosevelt,
hUBSCKirTlOX BATE: lfaat feUch actJon on the olher
Six Months. . M hand, was sure to jeopardize Ilepub-
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llcan victory at the polls this fall.
As soon as Mr. Pearson and his
j associates realized that there was a
f
' very strong element of the Roosevelt
TIIK HKPLHMCAX STATE COX- ; delegates who did not approve this
VKXTIOX. j revolutionary program, tfiere was
The Republican State Convention ' then, apparently, formed by him and
was a large, representative and fine ' his associates a deal with the Duncan
body of men. The majority for Roose-Taft element of the convention. The
velt was overwhelming. Histoid shows strange and peculiar things that hap-j
that very large majorities in conven- pened in the convention indicateiat
tions, legislative bodies, or assem- such a deal was made.
blages of any kind, are. as a rule.! Now let us see what did happen,
liable to act less wisely than a small The Duncan-Taft element had bolted
working majority. Unfortunately, ' and contested the Roosevelt delegates
history repeated Itself in the case of in a number of counties where
this convention. nad en beaten, especialiyln the
Certain ambitious leaders, claim-8 Third and Fourth Congressional Dis-
ing to be the personal representatives tricts. The Pearson faction voted
of Colonel Roosevelt, organized a fac- solidly in defiance of plain facts to
tion or a combination of the conven- seat every one of the Duncan-Taft
tion and attempted to grab all power delegates in the counties of Frank-
for themselves. It was a selfish lin, Wake, and Carteret, and to turn
scheme, and, therefore, unwise, as out the regular Roosevelt delegates
selfishness always is. from those counties, and did it with-
The purpose of this combination out regard to the facts or merits in
wa3 not only to control for a certain either case.
clique everything In that convention,! This was done in the face of a
but to go even further and put unanimous report by the Committee
through a revolutionary movement on Credentials which favored the
to violate the State plan of organiza- seating of all of the regular Roose-
tion and to violate the call under velt delegates from these counties,
which the people elected delegates to Thus "the rule of the people" was
this convention by usurping the spat upon and the "square deal" was
rights and powers that the people ex- kicked around worse than a hound
pected to confer upon the next State dog. And to add insult to injury,
Convention that will nominate a Gov- this was done by the new ring boss
ernor and a full State ticket. In with the help of the old referee ring
short, their program went to the ex- boss in the name of Roosevelt,
tent of kicking out the present State Immediately following this most
Chairman and State Committee be- unjust and high-handed conduct, the
fore their terms of ollice had ex- Duncan-Taft delegates thus seated,
pired, and also of selecting a State lined up and voted solidly with the
Chairman and a State Committee be- Pearson faction on every ballot, on;
longing to that faction at this first every proposition. Every one of
State Convention. these Duncan-Taft delegates voted for
t . . , i Mr. Pearson for National Committee-
This scheme was so clearly a rule
... ,. , , i..i,. man, who claimed that he was Colonel
and ruin policy, and so clearly against
the interest of party success in North 'Roosevelt's personal selection. Every
Carolina, that the majority of the ne of them voted t0 suPPrt Mr'
delegates to the convention, be it said Pearson's effort to violate the plan of
to their credit, were patriotic enough' organization, to violate the call un
to arise in their might and rebuke der which the convention was called,
and defeat such unwise leaders in and to kick out the Present State
their selfish and revolutionary organization.
schemes. j tns tme was aso discovered
Long before this convention met, v,u. a
from this State to the National Con
vention are jeopardized by the un
necessary and unwise action of Mr.
Pearson in forming a combination
with the enemy to carry oat his eel
fish and revolutionary eheme
Already Mr. Duncan and his ele
ment had succeeded In defrauding
the will of the people In the fir? 1
Congressional District and elected
two Federal oSce-holders as dele
gates to the National Convention.
A resolution to Instruct for Roose
velt was voted down by order of Mr.
Duncan. This was known to all men.
Then why should the man who claim
ed to be the personal representaive
of Mr. Roosevelt enter Into a combi
nation with the man who had defeat
ed the will of the people in the First
District, and who had put up two
i-Roosevelt delegates, and thus
makeC possible for him to send, in
addition, four contesting delegates to
the National Convention? If Roose
velt loses these votes in the National
Convention, the will of the people
will be outraged, and the blame will
rest entirely upon the head of Mr.
Richmond Pearson.
In this connection, we are glad to
be able to state that Hon. Zeb Vance
Walser, the chairman of the Roose
velt forces in North Carolina, opposed
the revolutionary scheme of Mr.
Pearson and helped to prevent the
convention from committing such
folly.
ho should be elected Cover- greater or lew extent misrepresent- The eosrt u,ciuxu
j ,u- Aimtt to th State Con- tdal&tiff o&dr v.
Qor - - .4
The tame rule and reason should teotioa. Just as they were in HaroKtMhat the Asli-Trt u r
. i . Kt Ik rfrN mhlnH been rrcNP-alrJ k v.
inntr to the Presidency. iorrc waaw. " - - :
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nothing In oar National cosiuiauoa aetegaies w ,r .,t,
about the second term or the third the will of the people got to be dele-; latur In JM1. -
term. There U only what hat been pate by trying to yell louder than could not be ra5v 4 " V
. u araint the anrbodv else for Roosevelt, and tnus law. in snort, th f ...
t i i t v iuc uu i im n , ' - - "
third term. The reason for this un- fooled the ptople. It U a travesty on e hate todr .)
written law or rule Is what we have justice that "the rule of the people j that is north a
given above; that is. to prevent me, ana a square ui., ,
r s
President from perpetuating himself j which Roosevelt is so strenuously
in power by using the patronage and-battling, should be sacrificed. In the
prestige of his office. In the case of j name of Roosevelt, by men who are
where a President is out of an office claiming to be the strongest and best
and where one or more terms have
intervened, the reason does not ap
ply, and therefore the rule cannot ap
ply when the reason is gone.
it was clear to every one that the
other Ashevflle man to be State
people had resolved to give a solid Chairman, so that the whole machine
delegation from North Carolina to would be in one town' if not in one
Colonel Rosoevelt. When the coni man- Thus the East' which must be
vention met there was nothing that tbe battle-ground to win a Republi-
it could do to add a single vote to can vtory, was to be ignored. This
help in Roosevelt's nomination. The bean to look like the building of a
only thing that this convention could Patronage machine, with no idea of
do, if it was wise, was to act in tryinS to the state-
every way so as to promote Republi- when the revolutionary and eel
can success in North Carolina 4ndlflsh tactics of the Pearson faction
give the electoral vote of the State to had reached this stage, a number of
the Republican nominee for Presi
dent. 1
Every one knows that the situation
for Republican success in North Car
olina this year is better than ever
before. Every element and condition
in the political situation is favorable
to the Republican party, and with
Colonel Roosevelt as the nominee,
nothing but wise management is nec
essary to carry the State. It is also
clear that the Republican party may
need the electoral vote of North Caro
lina, to say nothing of the patriotic
duty of every Republican to try to
elect a Republican Governor and a
Republican Legislature so as to give
the Roosevelt delegates who had been
following Mr. Pearson's leadership
became aroused to the injustice and
unwisdom of such a course, and most
fortunately for the future success of
the party, refused to follow him any
further and joined with the other
Roosevelt delegates, who had been
standing for a square deal, in defeat
ing his scheme by ten majority. If
Mr. Pearson had succeeded in this
revolutionary scheme, he would have
jeopardized if not destroyed the last
chance that Roosevelt wrould have
to get the electoral vote of North
Carolina.
While the party is to be congratu-
our people better and more economi- lated uPn the defeat of this scheme,
cal State government. yet immediately upon the heels of the
With a State Convention meeting adjournment of the Convention the
under these conditions, and with the evil effects of Mr. Pearson's combina
duty of every Roosevelt supporter ly- tion with the Duncan-Taft faction be
ing before him so clearly, let us see 6ns to aPPear.
what happened. Was there an ef- The illegal Duncan-Taft delegates
fort to have the Roosevelt delegtrtes from the Fourth District, who had
:to act together in harmony? There been seated by Mr. Pearson, called
was; but this effort was rejected by a rump Congressional. Convention in
the leaders of a faction which had the Fourth District the day after the
been organized to run the convention State Convention, and proceeded to
in the interest of that clique. j name two contesting delegates to the
s It soon became apparent that Mr. National Convention against the two
Richmond Pearson, of Asheville, was Roosevelt delegates who had already
ambitious to be National Committee- been elected by the regular Congres
man. Mr. Pearson was assured thatsinal Convention,
he could have the election to this po-J On the same day, the bogus cbn-
THE RECALL OF JUDGES, THE RE
CALL OF JUDICIAL DECISIONS
AND THE THIRD TERM.
A subscriber writes us to know if
we approve of the recall of judges,
and also the recall of judicial de
cisions, and also what we thought of
the third term proposition.
In reply we would say that our
forefathers, when they were framing
the Constitution of this State and the
Constitution of the United States,
provided in each document for the re
call of judges. The method which
they provided to recall an unfit or an
unfaithful judge was to remove them
by the method called impeachment
proceedings. The only question about
the recall of judges to-day is, not as
a matter of principle, but purely as
a matter of method. If the impeach
ment method which our forefathers
thought would be effective to recall
an unjust or an improper man for
judge, then surely it is the duty of
all of us to-day to adopt some other
method that will be more effective.
As to the recall of judicial' decis
ions, will say that the people made
the constitution and the people know
what they meant when they made it.
If a judge decides that the constitu
tion means just the opposite of what
the people intended it to mean, then
we submit that the people have a
right to recall that decision and re
place it with their own decision, mak
ing it clear just what they did mean.
What good does it do the people to
have the right to make a constitu
tion if they cannot see it enforced in
the form in which they made it. If
the judges are to be given the right
to warp and change the constitution,
then they should be given the right
to make the constitution for the peo
ple, in the first place.
As to the third term proposition.!
!
HOW THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE
WAS DEFEATED.
A subscriber from Harnett Coun
ty, in a letter says:
"I was very much surprised
and disappointed to see how the
vote of Harnett County was cast
in the Republican State Conven
tion last week. One-half of the
vote o this county was cast to
unseat the regular Roosevelt
delegates from Wake, Franklin
and Carteret Counties, and to
seat the Duncan delegates from
these counties. If that question
was submitted to a primary of
the people of this county, the
vote would be ten to one against
seating the Duncan delegates. I
understand hat the credentials
committee, every one of whom
was a strong Roosevelt man,
with one exception, voted unan
imously in favor of seating the
Roosevelt delegates, and that the
facts were that way.
"I also understand that one
half of the vote of this county
was cast against Marion Butler
for National Committeeman.
This will surprise the people of
our county very much. If a
primary is held in this county,
and every man given a chance to
express his wishes, it is safe to
say that Marion Butler would
get a hundred votes to one that
would be cast for Richmond
Pearson. This shows how
much truth there is in what Col.
Roosevelt has been saying about
how the will of the people can
be defrauded by the bosses
through the old convention and
caucus system. This convinces
, me that Col. Roosevelt is right;
that the only way for the people
to rule all the time is to have
primaries, so that the people in
each township can vote direct
for the man and measures of
their choice.
"I think what has just hap
pened at the last State Conven
tion, however, will arouse our
people so that such a misrepre
sentation of the wishes of the
people of this county cannot oc
cur again. I now see how much
force and truth there was in
was the Caucasian kept warning
the people about, and that there
was danger of men who stod with
the old referee machine fooling
the people by declaring loudly for "
Roosevelt into sending them as
delegates to the convention. It
now seems to me that this is ex
actly what happened In this
county, "and from what I can see
about the vote in this Conven
tion, the same thing must have
happened in every county in the
State. One thing is certain, how
ever, and that is that these
agents of the old referee pa- ,
tronage machine won't fool any
body in this county again."
Our subscriber, in his letter, from
When the lv-trj.,. .
passed the Aatl-Tr.'
they refused to r4M
but cut much of . M
friends, yet who are false to hira andiThe Democratic frt
ail the principles for which he stands.
tiik su;au pitoiiucixc; states
ALARMED.
Louisiana and all of the other
States in the South or Wet that pro-
In the neit camp 4-
ter law. but imt.
worse law and rrfx A4 4
Every Duncan fo:tMn.( ,
tion to the late Itepubu r H.4 t
dure either cane or beat sugar are vention was srau-d t, sl.
creatlT alarmed at the bill which the! Col. Richmond Pearstis. J
Democratic liOUSe nas pui lurwaru iu iu iw m? iwnl ref rrv
(Colonel Roosevelt la
and every one of th- t.
put sugar on the free list.
The people in these States are ap-
nAiin!r tn ftfnuhlican Senate to . Duncan delecates m hn
w - w - .i vl
save them from threatened ruin by'ed have since Joined z toij tt
the Democratic House. They point conventions in the Third j r;,
out that if the Democratic free sugar
bill should become a law, that the
cane and beat sugar Industry will be
killed in the United States. They
point to the farmers, whose main
crop is cane or beat sugar, will be
driven out of business and forced to
devote their attention to raising oth
er crops for which their land is less
suited. They also point out the mll- J
feu
Congressional Districts,
contesting dclefcaus to
a rv Inct tttA 1 . . t
were pledged to Coior.H W:;,
The Duncan contestinc :n.
elected have refused to pie
selves. What does this rsAt
Colonel Richmond IVartot nzi
enough Roosevelt d-lpn x
; lions of dollars InvestedMn cane and , Republican State Conw-ntics
factories that will be Bcat the Koosevelt u l jtatr, i:
beat sugar
closed own, destroying the value of
this property, and besides, putting
thousands and ten of thousands oft
laborers out of employment.
In short, they picture the same con
dition of stagnation and hard times
which they suffered under the Cleve
land administration, and appeal to
the Republican party to save them
from such a calamity. There is, for
tunately, a Republican President and
a Republican Senate, and, therefore. ? son's frIenUs who ,uf him
tion felt that it was :
them to appeal to hv i!
contested county and to ?at ttc t
can-Taft contesting t! Wat
mediately following this artioa,
j one of the Duncan-Taft
seated voted solidly for Mr. Hifts..
Pearson for National Conn-r.'M-,.
If this" was not a trad uh.-t n
in iiuuiuuit iu .mt. 1 .1 r?n t :j
made a trade with t r.ccj. a
having secured thir ot. in r'.-
Jit is also noticeable that Mr. Fi
this calamity to that industry and to
hundreds of other industries and
sition by a unanimous otp of the 'testing Duncan-Taft delegates in the
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Roosevelt delegates, provided a wise i Third
and harmonious program could be
agreed upon that would promote Re
: publican success. It was soon discov
ered, however, that Mr. Pearson and
; those who seemed to be in close as
' sociation with him would not agree
V -r x -
the revolutionary action of kicking
rinira congressional District, who
naa neen seatea by tne Pearson fac
tion, proceede dto hold a rump Con
gressional Convention in the Third
District, and there also to name two
Taft contesting delegates against the
Roosevelt delegates who had been
regularly elected.
Thus four Roosevelt delegates
we would say that there is an old : wnicQ we take the above extract, has
and true maxim to the effect that stated the situation most admirably,
whenever the reason behind a rule . We eeI sae In saying that in a large
is removed that the rule fails. The ! majority of the counties of the State
objection to any officer succeeding; tne wishes of the people were to a
kl..1 1 A. , !
uim&eij. iur a. secunu lerm, to say
nothing of a third term, is based on
the fact that a man holding a power
ful office, like the Governor of a State
or the President of the United States,
has the power to use the prestige and
patronage of his office to' secure his'
renominaticn, and that this is a dan-5
gerous power. For that reason, our
forefathers in North Carolina wisely
provided in our State Constitution!
that no Governor should succeed him-'
self.
It has always been understood and
held, however, that this provision of;
our Constitution only , prevents a
Governor from being1 renominated
for the office while he still holds It
Any man in North Carolina who has
once been Governor, and who has
been out one term or more, is eligible
to be re-elected Governor if the peo
ple want him, and be re-elected as
many times as the people want him,
providingjhat one term intervens. If
any man who has been Governor and
who has been out one or two terms
is so popular that the people, on ac
count of the fine record that he made
as Governor,, and on account of his
high standing with the majority of
the people, want him to serve again
as Governor, then by all means he Is
thousands of other laborers will be
averted at this time, but if the people
of this country should foolishly elect
another Democratic President and a
Democratic Senate, along with the
Democratic House, then tils threat
ened calamity will become a real
ity. In this connection, we beg to sug
gest to the frightened Democrats ofj
Louisiana and wealth-producers of
other Democratic States, that it
would be a matter of a little common
sense, to say nothing of patriotism,
for them to stop voting the Demo
cratic ticket, and send Republican
Congressmen and Senators from their
States to Washington at the next
election, as well as to give the elec
toral vote of their States for a Re
publican President.
If they do not, the remainder of
the country will have but little sym-
'vote for Mr. Pearson b;
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! the man that Colon 1 i; ;t
sired to be elected as Nation!
mltteeman. It is un:r-;i! to
'that Colonel Roo?evelt au:h:r:z?i 1
such statement, and St is J:m::
believe that he would appro fit
liberties being taken with his uz
to influence the convention. Wt ii
not believe it.
; School Taxes Have Bern DoohW-
Ilon About the S-nkf?
Albemarle Chronicle.
How does the average rural
school of 1912, compare witb
twenty-five years ago? Do you tisi
they are a great deal better? I T
think the averaee country cfcCi
getting a square deal in the nsttf?
school advantages?
PORTO UICOS NEW V0PIX.
From far away Porto Rico
renorta of a wonderful new disco"?
pathy for them when the Democratic ! that ia. believed will vastly Um
calamity overtakes them,
to vote the way you pray.
It is time, the people. Ramon T. MarcR
Barceloneta. writes "Dr. Kic -
Discovery is doing splendid
here. It cured me about fiT
of terrible coughs and colds.
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THE SUPREME COURT OX THE
STATE AXTI-TRUST LAW.
The Supreme Court of this State has and more than 20 other8, who
handed down an unanimous opinion, it on my advice. We hope this
holding in effect that the present medicine will yet be sold la
anti-trust law is a sham and a fraud Btore In Porto Rico " For lf J
It was the case of J.M.Smith vs. Mor- XT
T , , will convince you of its mer.u
ganton Ice Co. This suit was brought and $100 Trlai bottle free-
unaer tne Anti-Trust Law of 1907. j anteed by all druggists
The Weil-Dressed Man Mas Qtoious Advantage
PSpero"s- A Prosperous appearance is often the preliminary to actual j
ZTZ ' T "'Vbsea man ten gets a hearing when the carelessly garw"
fh! , 5Lisnt fair t0 dways iudge a mn by his clothes, but it is
Y Se..World 1116 worId likes to be blind to non-success; hard luck stories
don t go with it Spruce attire has no hint of hard luck. The world likes to laugb
?w!rif ! Wr,Why Sh0u,d a Por,y dressed man laugh? So reasons
the world. It costs but little at BERWANGER'S to
Look As Though You Had Just Been
Finished By Your Tailor
be 'tffita BERWANGER $15, $18, m or suit of clothes
tc meSuSVl w? character, style, and fit are uflly on a par with the made-
Sl7aiM&B,D c!?ing is cut by expensif fS
source TWm!! fyles are correct and studied at the
4oTh an c t0Ck 13 D0W 31 itS comprehends every thing that -
0 IBeirwaimgeir, nine one ppfce ciottuer.
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