North Carolina Newspapers

g" -L J." CAUCASIAN, VOI XXX. RALEIGH, N. C. MAY 30. 1912 Mo. CO. EDITORIAL BRIEFS I begins to look at though Sim nr vrill not be able to save his friend Lorlmer In the next Tote In tie Senate. A News and Observer headline jaT9 Baltimore Convenlton will be a deliberative body. If It ia, it will be very un-Democratic. The Baltimore hotels have an counced that they intend putting four Ienioratic delegates in a room. Bet ter put just one in a room and there by gave the furniture. A Norfolk school girl put on her filing dress in the cemetery while her fiance waited at the gate. He can't say that the girl didn't give him a ghost of a show. Itn't it funny to hear North Caro lina Democrats now trying to explain vhy Democrats should not vote for a v,te for a Southern man for Presl southern man for President? S. nator Gore in his Raleigh speeh saia that the money trust was the father of trusts, yet a Democratic Congress has refused to properly in vestigate the father of all trusts. When Senator Gore stated in Ral eigh in his speech that he. was op posed to high taxes, he evidently did not know just how hard he was hit ting his Democratic brethren in North Carolina. The News and Observer says it is a Democratic year, if the Democrats act wisely at the Baltimore Conven tion. But that word "if" is as un surmountable as the peaks of the Mules. Virginia Democrats have elected a son" of Thos. F. Ryan, a New York trust magnate, a delegate to the Bal timore Convention. Thus it will be seen that the Democrats are catering to Wall Street. There are two reasons why the ed itor of the News and Observer will not be the next Secretary of War. First, his man Wilson will not be nominated, and if nominated, he couid not be elected. Now it begins to look as though the North Carolina Democrats may refuse to instruct for Professor Wil son, and if they do, it. will put the editor of the News and Observer out of the running for Secretary of War. In his speech in Raleigh Friday night Senator Gore took some time to explain why a Southern man would not make an available candidate this time, and some Democrats applaud ed. You can certainly hear strange and unexpected noises sometimes. Some of the Virginia Democrats hissed the name of Bryan in their. State Convention last week. These same fellows will be in an awkward position when they have to walk up and vote for Mr. Bryan on November .6th. Senator Gore referred to the Dem ocratic investigating committees ap pointed by this Democratic Congress as "Committee on Curiosity." That's a good name for them, and their cu riosity has caused the Government many thousands of dollars, but has accomplished no good. Senator Gore says Professor Wilson should receive the Democratic nomi nation for President because he is a candidate in every State in the Union. If that is good cause, then Mr. Bry an should be the Democratic nominee y all means, as he has been a can didate in every State, not only one time, but four times. We are publishing in this issue a snapshot taken of Colonel Roosevelt during his campaign in New Jersey, which is one of the very best snap shot pictures ever taken of the Col onel while in action. This picture has been copyrighted by Brown Brothers, and we take pleasure In -giving them credit for the same. ROOSEVELT SWEEPS HEW JERSEY IN PRESIDENTIAL PRILIARY Yesterday's Returns State That CoL Roosevelt Carried Every District in That State and Re sult will also Give Him the Delegates-at-large - From New Jersey. The Republican State Convention in Texas was Domi nated by Roosevelt Men, But two Conventions were Held and a Roosevelt and Taft Delegation will go to Ghicago and Fight it out on the Floor of the National Convention The Result in New Jersey is the most Sweeping Victory . for Gol. Roosevelt Since he Entered the Presidental Race. Newark, N. J., May 28. Indica tions based on fairly conclusive re turns are that Theodore Roosevelt has won all the twenty-eight dele- Col. Roosevelt in New gates elected to-day at the New Jer sey, primaries. ... Newark, N. J., May 28. One of the most sweeping victories Theo dore Roosevelt has won in the pri maries since he began his campaign for the Republican Presidential nomi nation was recorded yesterday by Re publicans voters of New Persey. In dications based on the returns are that Colonel Roosevelt carried every Congressional District In the State as well as the State at large, and that all the twenty-eight delegates, New Jersey will send to Chicago will be Roosevelt men. Governor Wilson won his own State against a strong opposition headed by his political enemies with in the State, and appears to have 24 of the 28 delegates, including the delegates at large. Colonel Roosevelt indicated plural ity on the preferential vote is ten to itwenty thousand. Senator La Fol- ilette made a showing in every county but his vote as far as counted indi cated that he would not get more than 2 per cent of the total. Newark, N. J., May 29. Theodore Roosevelt's victory in the New Jersey primary election is conceded by the leaders of the State Taft organiza tion. Shrortly after midnight E. W. Gray, secretary of the Taft Business Men's League, said that Colonel Roo sevelt probably had won the four delegates-at-large and also the ten district delegates fgrm the counties of Essex and Hudson, which com prise the cities of Newark, Jersey City and Hoboken, besides a number of the most populous suburban towns. Indications at 1 a. m. based upon scattered returns from all parts of the State were that Colonel Roose velt would carry three or four of the other districts and capture at least twenty-two of the twenty-eight dele gates this State will send to the Re publican National Convention. At that time President Taft appeared to be sure of only one of the twelve districts with a fighting chance of two more. Figures on the Presidential prefer ential vote were practically the same. At the same time Borden D. Whit ing, Chairman of the Republican Pro gressive League, estimated Colonel Roosevelt's plurality in the whole State at 12,000. "I believe," said Chairman Whit ing, "that Colonel Roosevelt will have every one of the twenyt-eight dele gates in this State." He declared that the Sixth Con gressional District was the only one about which he had any doubt, and he felt practically certain that this also would go to Roosevelt. Under the New Jersey law twenty eight delegates to the Republican and Democratic National - Conventions were chosen to-day, two delegates in each of the twelve Congressional Dis- I 1 frl. -. Mnmm 'ii'Vw' ili iihi nmmm n ti 1 -J tricts and four delegates-at-large, the latter being elected by the vote of thfe whole State. The voters also had the privilege of expressing their per- Jersey Campaign. sonal preference for Presidential can didates, although this result had fia effect upon the division of delegates. The New Jersey election was the last to be preceded by sweeping campaigns by all the Republican Presidential candidates. Its import ance was emphasized also because only one more State remains to hold primaries for the National Conven tion. The Two Conventions Held in Texas. Fort Worth, Texas, May 28. The Roosevelt-Taft fight in Texas result ed to-day in the holding of two con ventions here, the Taft followers re fusing to participate in the State Con vention where the Roosevelt forces dominated. Each convention elected eight delegates-at-large to the Republican Na tional Convention with alternates and electors and each indorsed its favor ite State and National leaders, the Taft supporters, including H. F. Mc Gregor in its indorsement for Na tional Committeeman and the Roose velt convention offering its support to Cecil A. Lyon. Lyon, who is now National Com mitteeman from Texas, is leader of the Roosevelt forces in Texas and MacGregor is the President's cam paign manager in the State. The Roosevelt convention, which held forth at the place chosen by the executive committee for the State Convention, claimed 169 counties of the 249, were represented with a vote of 171 1-2 in the first poll taken. The Taft supporters claimed to have 203 counties represented with a vote, based on a representation of one vote for every one hundred votes cast for Taft in 1908, or 1,014. One of the purposes of the con vention held by the Taft men wasjtp establish this basis of representation. The leaders contend that the Execu tive Committee wbich allows one vote for each of the 249 counties in the State with the exception of three, which are given two votes each, is un fair. By this calculation, they contend, a county which has less than 100 votes has the same representation as a county with 2,000 votes. This feat ure will figure largely, they say, in their fight to be made for recognition by the National Convention. It was generally expected this morning that all the delegates would appear in the regular convention and make their fight on the floor. Before the time for the opening of the convention, however, the Taft co horts were marching down the street to another hal. By noon both con ventions had perfected their tempor ary organizations and were proceed ing with the business before them. The Roosevelt convention adopted the majority report of the Executive Com mute on temporary roll. The Taft meeting adopted a minority report slgxed by two of the coanittM'i 31 Eembtrs. TW Roosevelt leaders were willing to concede oaly about forty counties to Us Taft Coaveotloa, basin their dairs oa the poll, which showed 171 1-2 votes with forty-one coun ties reported to have held no con veaUoas. The:-e were. bowxr. a number of counties which had their votes split by separate contentions. Some of the delegates who atteaded the Taft contentions early la the day retained to the Roosevelt convention later. THE IUXK AND FILE. Colonel Roosevelt Says That Where There Have Been I Yi marie Thai the People Have Holed and Have Overthrown the "Bossed' The Difference Between a IVmoi and a Leader. New York, May 27. Ia the issue of the Outlook which appears next Satur day, Colonel Roosevelt will comment editorially on the progress of the present campaign. Under the title of The Rank and File" he will de clare that the campaign has been one in behalf of the people against the corrupt bosses of the Republican par ty.; He denounces the manner in which delegates to the Chicago con vention were chosen from the South ern States, and intimates that he will not accept them as representing the will of the people in those States. j The Colonel writes in part as fol-j lows: ! "The popular primaries have shown I that the Republican voters do not; want any one else to govern them; they want to govern themselves. True Leader Does Not Drive. "The party is not made up of the bosses or the party workers alone; it is made up of all the voters of the party. Every party has to have its leaders. The true party leader is the man who tries to lead and not drive the voters and to put into effect their deliberate judgment. He has thej right and the duty to go before the voters and try to persuade them, butl he has no right, by tricery or violence to try to impose his own will upon them against theirs. The man who tries to impose his will upon the vot ers, who tries to do things against the will of the voters, is not a lead-er-fhe is a boss. "In this campaign we have shown that wherever the people have a chance to express themselves they have no us for bosses. Eleven States, including Ohio, have allowed the vot ers of the party to express their wish es. Out of 342 delegates elected at these primaries, the most that Mr. Taft could secure with the help of party organization and patronage and with the bosses on his side, amounts only to forty-seven." Notes on the Republican State Con vention. Charlotte Chronicle. The Republican State Convention was called to order by Chairman John M. Morehead at 12:15. Rev. Dr. R. T. Vann, president of Meredith College, led in prayer while the dele gates stood. Three thousand dele gates, alternates and visitors were in the hall when the convention was opened. Chairman Morehead then called Zeb Vance Walser to the chair. 'Crowd Cheers Butler and Pearson. The entrance of Marion Butler into the convention hall was met with lusty cheers. The applause came from all sections of the auditorium and continued until the ex-Senator had wended his way up the crowded aisle and taken his seat among his people from Sampson. Richmond Pearson's reception a moment later was equally as hearty, but it was easily observed that the cheers and applause came from dif ferent delegates from those that greeted the old fox from Sampson. The crowd accorded a very cordial reception to Col. Virgil Lusk from Asheville but refused to rise to their feet at the suggestion of a few en thusiasts for the old war horse from the Tenth. Dr. Cyrus Thompson spoke for Col. Lusk for State Chairman, declar ing that he could unite all factions. Strong Roosevelt speeches were made by Col. Jake Newell and others. The Democratic Oracle. (From the Philadelphia Press.) Colonel Bryan explains that he is so busy watching the Republican con test that he has not time to talk about who is going to be nominated at Baltimore. This is disappointing, as he is probably the only man who knows. Teacher (reading aloud): "The weary sentinel leaned on his gun and stole a few i-'nutes sleep." "I bet I kno- where he stole that from." "Where, Dot?" "From his 'nap sack." When her little brother provoket her an hour afterward, Mary eleneb ed her little fist and said, "Mush!" DO U TC2 VOTE STANDS Herald Gives Taft 488 Dele gates and Roosevelt 424 not Gounting New Jersey rio msu cms n uzn The Herald Points Owt That U U Xe resMjary for Ur. Taft to Secure at Lrt 33 More Delegatea Im Order to Get NominaXlon eiajns fttr. IlousevrU Will Get Par! of the New York Delegation Which U Vain struct ed If All OoatrvU Should be Decided In lreideat Taft's Fa vor the Vote In Convention Would be Clottc Where the IMemtes Are Vet to be Elected WIU be a CI real and Exciting Convention. (Special to The Caucasian.) Washington. D. C. May 28. 191. These is less intense interest in the results in New Jersey today, strange a it may seem, than there was in the results of the contest between Tjlfl and Roosevelt in Illinois. Pcnasyl-J vania, Massachusetts. Maryland, and j Ohio. This is due to the fact that! there is a general feeling, not only among Republicans, but among pol iticians of all parties at the national capital, that Roosevelt will tet a jority of the delegates from New Jer - bey. There is also a general feeling that no matter what his vote in New Jersey is, that having secured a rua-1 a ruI,n tL1 lhe ll,rant Dot jority or even half of that State. hlslu accordance with the decision of nomination is almost certain. i the Supreme Court. This bill passed The contest, however. Is so close at there Is no little careful figuring th as to Drobabilities of the first vote in i the Chicairo Convention Man noli- ticians today were figuring on the table of Instructed votes between Taft and Roosevelt, as published by the New York Herald. I low the Vote Stand Up to Date. Outside of the vote in New Jersey,! u through the House in an effort to the Herald table gives 4 8 votes toraake a "word by the Democratic par Taft; this, however, includes all ofj on that ltlon. Hut that will the uninstructed vote of New York!not ave lhem now- ,n ort. they State and of all the southern con-i rcallie that certain dffeat it before tested delegates. The Herald table! gives to Roosevelt 424 uncontested and unquestioned delegates. This leaves 60 delegates to be elected, and places CO delegates in the unclassi fied column. The unclassified delegates are: S from Arkansas, 2 from Ohio; the 8 delegates at large from Massachu setts; 2 from North Carolina; 26 from Texas, and 14 from Washing ton. The delegates yet to be elected are the 28 from New Jersey, being voted for today; to be elected in Arizona; 2 to be elected in Araknsas; the 6 delegates at large in Ohio; the 10 delegates from South Dakota, and the 8 delegates at large in the State of Texas, also to be elected today. It is generally conceded, however, that the S delegates from Texas will go to Roosevelt. It is also generally conceded that in the State of New Jersey Roosevelt will get 18 or 20 of the 28 delegates, or more, while many admit that Taft will not get more than 4 or 6 delegates In New Jersey, and the highest estimate Is 10. Roosevelt Will Get Nearly All of Them. The general concensus of opinion is that Roosevelt will get between 40 and 50, at least, of the 0 delegates yet to be elected, and that he will get 40 or more of the unclassified dele gates. If this is correct, then the delegates from these two classes, added to the La Follette and Cum mins delegates, making 36 in num ber, which must finally go to Roose velt, would give him a clear majority in the Convention, regardless of bow the National Committee might decide contests. It is also pointed out, according to the Herald table (and that paper Is anti-Roosevelt) that it is necessary for President Taft to secure at least 50 delegates to be elected from now on to secure the nomination, and this statement Is made oa the ossumptlon that every contest will be decided la his favor, and that he will secure S3 of the 90 delegates from the State of New York who are uninstructed. Where Can Taft Get the XeceKary 52 Store Votes? It is generally admitted that It Is impossible for President Taft to get 52 vote3 from the States and districts yet to act; including New Jersey, In which State, no one, outside of ex treme partisans claim more than tea for him. Thus it appears that the re sult at the Convention will be ex tremely close, even If the National Committee should decide every coo test in President Taft'a favor. The next Republican National Con vention will be the greatest and most exciting Convention of the party since the Harrtaa. V:4 tUsia eomttt la ll3-!Urrlsw.Va ftfetalt f ?ire4rt &4 u p 'KtttJso&a &4 was towa. Jm aai hmm &o3i&at4 the cost.,, y woU a to a aattNt the calamity t a Orve laad Dsocrti atatalstrattom. Ln4r tint the tl2n. It U fceltcafcle thai the Pesocratk ia4rs la Cgrmm have a ca of the bm over the fdEiik) tU feta tion. Their ntthtaare I the aar eat tucevsa f Cot Rooert!t. Tsty hate taa4 all e! thetr lts tad haav4 all of thlr hap e& the aoxteatloa of !T14at Taft. Thy have $trt$ar4 a natator of tariS hills dariac the preat seealon of Co&cree. and pa4 the aante through the Ho;, with a lw to taaki&g an Uaue agai&st tae I'ayae Aldiich tartS hilt to which the IT idem la contained. They bow realUe that If Itootve!t ia noateated that all of their well-laid plana to male an iswue asaict the ia?&cAlinch tariff bill win co for naught They realise that KooMvelt as the aot&l&e will not he rrspocslbl tor tfc yr ent tariff laws, and beetdes that the overthadowicg issue undrr hit lead ershlp will he the reculatloa of th truil od lh corporation. Tb It?mocraU hT not u record on this alMuiportant qumtioo. -nd. u realised now that the re- cord U lnit them. Th InKicmU Are la a senator Cummins introduced a bill and passed it through the .Senate, instructing the Attorney General to mi-!1 th ".en-enl of. the Standard OU and Tobacco Trust ca-a In the final decisions of the Federal Court, to the Supreme Court, and to ask tor j th hnte PPt'T and has been ly l,nB PlK-ho!ed In the Jadlclar; ary I committee of the Democratic House for omo l,ra' anJ U U knomo lo every one that it was the purpose of I the Democratic leaders to let It sleep i Its death In the Iemocratlc pigeon I hole. There is already talk of bringing 1 out that bill and attempting to rush them. aftkk tiii: ri.vi; luiirruL Bureau of F.ntomology at Washing ton Kay Affected Tree Should be Cut Iown and Hark Burned Be fore May. Washington, D. C, May 26. Repititlon of the enormous losses sustained by timber owners through out the South last year because of the destructive pine beetle may he prevented this year If timber owners will simply burn the hark of the dead and dying pines from which the aeedles have aot yet fallen, the burn ing to be done before May 1st. ac cording to Dr. A. D. Hopkins, who Is ia charge of the Forest Insect Inves tigations for the Bureau of Ento mology. "The people of the South have aa opportunity to make a final effort, which if properly directed, will go far towards controlling this pest," says Dr. Hopkins. "The beetle Is now passing the wlater la the bark of the dead aad dying pines from which the aeedless have not yet fall en. These trees should be cut dowa aad the bark of the mala trunks de stroyed by buralag before May 1st or the beetles will come out with the warm weather aad take up their work of destruction. This object may be accomplished without direct expease by turning the iafested trees iato cord-wood or lumber, but It Is essential that this cord-wood be burned with the bark oa before May 1st aad that the slabs of the lumber with the bark oa be burned before that time. It is oaly necessary to treat the dead or dying trees from which the aeedles have aot yet fallen. The dead trees from which the aee dles have fallea have been abandoned by the bettle aad may be disregard ed la control operations." Fearing that the daager from the ploe beetle is common to the whole South, whose Interests It considers Identical with theirs, the Southern Railway Company Is co-operating with the United States Department of Agriculture la warning Southern timber owners of the threatened dan ger and how it may be avoided. Little Nelly told little Anita what she termed a "little fib." Anita: A fib Is the same as a story, and a story, Is the same as a He. Nelly: .No, ifa not. Anita: Yes, It is, because ay fath er said so, aad my father is a pro fessor at the university. Nelly: I doa't care if he Is. My father is a real estate maa aad be knows more about lylag than your father does.