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CAUCASIAN JL JnL Ji VOL. XXX, RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE G 10123 Mo. 21 PRESIDENTIAL VOTE - There areonly 26 More Dele gates to be Elected to Nat ional Gonvention SOUTH DAKOTA VOTES TODAY Thf-re Arc Sixty Uninstructed Dele gates Iho Have Not Yet Declar ed How They Will Vote -Taft and IlioMveIt Political Headquarters Moved From Washington to Chi- ra Where the National Commit tee Meets Today and Where the National Convention Will Meet on June IK All Contest to be Held in ojeii Meeting The Ugly Lorimer Ca-e is Up Again Simmons StUl .standing For LoHiner The False Ixonomy Program. Washington, D. C, June 4, 1912. (Special to The Caucasian.) The Taft and Roosevelt political headquarters have been moved from the national capital to Chicago and are now both established In the same hotel (the Auditorium,) where they will continue the battle for the pres idential nomination until settled by the National Convention on June 18. Two weeks ago the poll made by the New York Herald showed that President Taft needed 52 more votes to secure his nomination. From that time until today, all of the gains that have been made have been in the Roosevelt column. Today, however, the Republican State Convention in Ohio is controlled by President Taft's friends by a close margin and gave to him the six delegates at large from that State, which reduces the number of votes that President Taft requires for renomination to 46. There are only 26 more delegates to be elected. Of the 2 6 ten are from South Dakota, which elects its delegates today. It is practically conceded here that the ten votes from that State will go to Col. Roosevelt. How the Situation Now Looks. It is this view of the situation that is giving President Taft's friends the greatest trouble. It is true that there are sixty delegates in the Con vention that are not only uninstruct ed, but have not declared how they will vote. It seems to be generally conceded, however, chat most, if not all, of these sixty unclassified dele gates will go for Col. Roosevelt. If this is correct, it will make it impos sible for President Taft to secure a majority, or even if all of the con tested votes are decided in his favor. A Powerful Influence. There is another element in the situation which is encouraging to the Roosevelt side and which is discour aging to the supporters of President Taft, and that is the general feeling, not only at the national capital and among all Republican Senators and Congressmen, regardless of their preference, but also over the country generally, that if President Taft should be renominated that he could . not be re-elected. This is a powerful element in the situation, because it appeals to the Republican candidates from Governor down to constable in every State in the Union. None of the leaders and candidates 'n- Republican States or doubtful States want to deliberately throw away a chance for victory in their States, as well as the nation, and it must be admitted that most of them think that if President Taft is renom inated that their States and the whole country will go Democratic. This is the one powerful argument that seems to indicate the nomina tion of Col. Roosevelt at the Na tional Convention. From now on, however, the center f Political activity and the center of political news will be" from Chicago instead of from Washington. The Public to Know Facts About Contests. Col. Roosevelt and his managers kave demanded that the National Committeemen, in hearing the two hundred and odd contests in Chicago, should not sit in star chamber, be hind closed doors, but that they should permit the newspaper men and the public generally to hear the facts in the contests and report the same. Today, President Taft wrote a let ter to the National Committee agree ing with Col. Roosevelt on this point, and this makes it almost certain that the public will get the full facts. This is claimed' by Col. Roosevelt ad his friends to be a great victory :or him, and it will be if the facts are !a Ms favor. On the other hand, it js claimed by President Taft's friends that he has scored a point in taking the position that he and his friends ave nothing to conceal about the contests. Everybody, however, will be grati fied that the fact will be given to the public, because the American people have shown their limit of pa tience with bosses and dark lantern methods. The Ugly Lorimer Caiw? Again. The nauseating Lorimer case was taken up in the Senate again today. Senator Kern, of Indiana. led off with a speech in faror of ousting Senator Lorimer from his seat, and f made a lengthy argument reviewing tne evidence of fraud and corrup tion and bribery. The friends of Senator Lorimer, Including Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, have ex erted every effort to postpone a vote on this case until after the election. The majority of the Senate, however, decided against such a postponement. Then it was that those who favor ed Senator Lorimer, realizing that a majority of the Senate would not vote again to keep him In his seat in the face of the new evidence, exerted every effort to prevail upon Senator Lorimer to resign out of charity to his supporters. In this, however, they failed. A poll of the Senate, recently taken, indicates that a majority of from five to nine Senators will vote to oust Lorimer from his seat. Among those who are reported to have declared that they will again whitewash Senator Lorimer is Sena tor Simmons, of North Carolina. The False Economy Program. The Senate has just voted to re pudiate the false economy program inaugurated by the Democratic House for campaign purposes. That program included the refusal to vote a single dollar for new battleships and also a refusal to vote necessary money to finish the Panama canal and fortify the same. It will be remembered that the Democratic House, though making economy their chief campaign slogan, has voted for a wholesale pension steal bill that would increase pen sions to northern soldiers, including a large number of negroes who never fired a gun, to the outrageous extent of seventy-five million dollars, and at the same time refusing to vote money for the navy and other purposes clearly needed to support the dignity of the government In defense of .the nation. Every one knows that our Monroe doctrine is not worth the paper on which it is written, unless our navy is strong enough to enforce it. It will be remembered that in the face of this political campaign pro gram for economy that the Demo cratic House has refused to cut off the mileage graft of twenty cents per mile for themselves, and, on the other hand, when the question was raised voted to increase the salaries of their clerks from fifteen hundred dollars to two thousand dollars a year. The record made by the Demo cratic House has been such as not to command the approval of the coun try. and it is noticeable now that a number of Democratic Senators have joined with the Republicans gener ally in repudiating the niggardly and inconsistent program of the House. The Cuban Situation Grows Alarming The insurrection In Cuba is daily growing more alarming. It now seems almost certain that the United States Government will have to again intervene in the island to es tablish law and order and to protect American citizens and property and also the property of citizens and of other countries, which, under the Monroe doctrine the Piatt amend ment, is the duty of this government to preserve. REBELLING AGAINST THE BOS . ORGAN. Democrats Have Been Dictated to, Tied, Gagged and Delivered by One Man. New Bern Journal. The arbitrary stand of the State organ, the News and Observer, has aroused -Democrats to the situation that they were not to be even con sulted, much less be given a voice in naming a candidate. This same po litical proscription has been carried on before, but the Democratic voters have had no special choice of candi date, so have let the News and Ob server name the man without opposi tion. This year the scene has changed from its old time political placidity. The organ's dictation in being the sole one to name North Carolina's Presidential choice, is strongly re sented and thousands of Democrats demand ir the name of Democracy that that they be not smothered, tied, gaged and delivered, but that instead they be heard, and that equity pre, vail. It is this demand for party priv ileges for every Democrat in the mat ter of naming a Presidential nomi nee, that is the most important and vital issue before the Democratic Convention at Raleigh. Is one man to continue to name the nominees, presidential, gubernatorial, senator ial, i. North Carolina? SOUTH DAKATO'S VOTE Col. Roosevelt Captures the Solid Delegation in the Primary TAFT GETS SIX FBQU 0130 The State-Wide Primary Care Col. HoojereIt 34 Delegates From Ohio, But Mr. Taft's Friend Con trolled the State Convention and Elected the Six DeJegate-at-Large to the Chicago Convention Col. Roosevelt Gives Out a Statement on the Action of the Convention Roosevelt May Re main at Sagamore During the Meeting of the National Conven tion. Sioux Falls, S. D., June 4. Al though returns had been received from only 130 out of'about 1,500 precincts late tonight, they pointed to a victory for Theodore Roosevelt in the South Dakota primaries held to day. Newspapers computing the final result on the basis of these returns figure the plurality at from 5,000 to 12,000. On the Democratic ticket Governor Wilson appeared to have a small lead, but the returns were too few to indicate a decisive result. Two Clark tickets were in the field and this apH parently worked to the advantage or the New Jersey Governor. For United States Senator, Thomas Sterl ing, Republican, was leading Senator Gamble on the returns available and Edward S. Johnson, Democrat, had a good lead over P. F. Wickham. Frank M. Bryan, of Faulkton, the Re publican candidate for governor, was well in the lead over his opponent, George W. Aagan, of Sioux Falls. The ten delegates to the National Convention were agreed on at a State Convention and the four which are considered delegates-at-large were chosen by agreement from different parts of the State. The indications are that Col. Roosevelt will have a solid delegation from this State to the Chicago Convention. Wilson's manager claim a victory which is not conceded by the Clark men. What Roosevelt Says. Oyster Bay, N. Y., June 4. "Pure political brigandge," said Colonel Roosevelt tonight of the capture of Ohio's six delegates-at-large to the Republican National Convention by supporters of President Taft. Colonel Roosevelt said: "The plain people of the Republican party of Ohio have just held a State wide primary in which they repudiat ed Mr. Taft by over 30,000 majority. The politicians, by adroit manipula tion, have succeeded in giving Mr. Taft the six delegates-at-large, in frank and cynical defiance of the em phatic action of the people them selves. This la of course pure polit ical brigandage. "This action in Ohio Is merely a fresh and conclusive proof that Mr. Taft and his advisers care nothing for the will of the people and are eager to get the nomination without any reference to the methods by which it is secured without any reference to whether or not delegates represent the people whom they are supposed to represent. It is a crowding illus tration of Mr. Taft's theory of gov ernment of the peopfe by a represen tative part of the people." Colonel Roosevelt replied to to day's statement of William Barnes, Jr.., whom he attacked as a disciple of bossism and commanded the atten tion of his opponents including Mr. Taft to the report of the legislative committee which last spring investi gated conditions in Albany, "as to the workings of Mr. Barnes' theory of government in his own city." Colonel Roosevelt has not made up his mind whether he will go to the Chicago convention and he is making preparations to bring the seat of war ,as close as possible if he choses to re main at Sagamore Hill. Workmen began today the1 erection of telegraph wires to the Colonel's home. With the aid of sounders, and a corps of telegraphers manning direct wires from Sagamore Hill to the Roosevelt headquarters in Chicago, Colonel Roosevelt will be able to follow the contest step by step and give his di- Columbus, O., June 4. Ohio's Re publican State Convention closed its first session in short order today after warding President Taft the six delegates-at-large to the National Convention by a vote of 300 1-2 365 1-2. The State ticket, including the new Congressman at large, will be chosen at the adjourned session, which was called for July 2. - President Taft's strength In the Convention was plainly evident as to order. In the report of the Cr- dentUlt Commute eleven Stat del- j gates wert added to the Taft strength without a protest from the minority. In the first test of strength, a roil call oa the minority report, Indorsing Colonel Roosevelt, the delegates vot ed333 1-2 for Taft and 35 1-2 for Roosevelt. The result of the coaveatioa today gives President Taft fourteen of Ohio's forty-eight delegates to the National Convention and Colonel Roosevelt thirty-four. ROOSEVELT HAS A BIG LEAD IX SOLTH DAKOTA. Late Returns of Primary Indicate a Plurality of Approximately Fifteen Thousand. Sioux Falls, S. D., June 5. Lat est returns from the South Dakota primary election indicate that the plurality for Roosevelt may reach 15,000. On Governor, returns from about 700 precincts Ih the State, this Mn? nhntit half f Ho ,iB,..!,CTUUJi.uil(jv( uues ox , v nrma i0a f .J ? n A over Egan. For Congress, Thomas Sterling claims his nomination over Senator Gamble by about 8,000 plu rality. Returns thus far received In the Second Congressional District give Congressman Burke, for re-nomlna-tlon, a lead of about 800 over Cur tlss, his nearest Republican oppon ent. Congressman Martin Is conced ed to have won in the Third District. THE SCHEME OF SELF-SEEKING 3IEN. The Honest Roosevelt Delegates Fool ed by a Dishonest Patronage Ma chine Combination. Lincoln Times. The Duncan-Taft delegates who were seated at the State Convention instead of the regular Roosevelt dele gates, have held rump conventions in the Third and Fourth Districts and elected uninstructed delegates to Chi cago to contest the regularly elected Roosevelt delegates. And it was the "Roosevelt State leaders" who f ronght about the seating of these Duncan-Taft delegates. " " ' The only Taft delegates from North Carolina are Wheeler Martin, from Duncan's and Ike Meekins dis trict. And yet the so-called leaders of the Roosevelt forces combined with Meekins and Duncan in the State Convention and unseated a number of Roosevelt delegates with no other purpose in view than to capture the State organization re gardless of the interest of Col. Roose velt. The real Roosevelt folks were fooled into a support of this combi nation. We had done our best to warn them beforehand that such a scheme was on foot. They can now repent their mistake at leisure. Be it said to his credit, Hon. Z. V. Walser had no part in the betrayal of Roosevelt at the State Convention In the unholy attempt to lift a few self seeking politicians into power under cover of Roosevelt's popularity. It was a clever scheme and came near maturing before the honest Roose velt supporters became aware of their folly. Col. Roosevelt and the Tariff. Union Republican. Much has been said regarding the silence of Colonel Roosevelt on the tariff question. Possibly no one took the trouble to ask him. or most as suredly an answer would have been given. However, Col; Roosevelt has saved those anxious about his tariff views any further worry. In his speech at Patterson, New Jersey, a few days ago, he said: "I believe in a protective tariff but wish to see the benefit get into the pay envelope of the working man as well as appead in the dividends. For this reason I advocate creating a na tional bureau to investigate the prob lems of industry and see that the problem does really benefit the work ing man." What Causes 111 and Impaired Health of Prisoners? With almost every pardon granted by Goversor Kitchin, and they are many, in almost every instance among the reasons, appears the state ment of impaired health. And why are so many prisoners in the State penitentiary suffering from impaired health? With plain and substantial diet, steady work and general good treatment, there should be reason for the best of health on the part of the prisoners. Perhaps, if Governor Kitchin would take enough time from his official duties and junketing around the State after another office to investigate, there might be an elimination of the ill and Impaired health clause attached to his many pardons. There is no reason or hu manity for such alleged conditions as these pardons indicate. Union Re publican. . FiFfli a rjn stj f fticth v j . Titles of Honor Were Another Great French Fake DBIOCMCT TCOX A RAP Lafayett Was Soorhins of Lr4cr When -Tbe Jarwbin Were FormedThe South I la IW Af-i flirted With "Jacobin" l W' Other Xmr-TtM"' DrnorrsUr An nei What a Utile Bunch of l"o - liUeal Money May Do Whm Do - i. t. .vi . . ; i nitrxi Mate tlf. an hit ao toots mocracy Realty IHedThM (.r;ljke . thfd Uml lUt l( . . . Biblical Riddle. BllkinsvIIle. X. C. June 3. 1512. Correspondent of The Caucasian-Enterprise. Toward the close or the seven- i honor" er practically done a with in France. Matthieu de Montmo- j rtion o the e.nh to i Vf rencybeln the first msn to volunteer thal oM locutt outnt. trucr and make what wuz generally regard-lunleiJ w. crt anrr thaa QW ed ax a real sacrifice. Democracy are wuz not gotn' to take a long sleep lni France, however; hit only meant to! take a catnap. For a wonder Lafay ette an the people who were known az the middle-class or French citizens were satisfied. Even a majority ov the members ov the assembly, really the members ov Congress in that country, said amen, "so mote hit be." A great political club, known az the "Jacobins" duz formed; yes, a polit ical club, if you please. Democracy awlw&ys did delight In secret politi cal societies, the Ku-Klux, for In stance. An' awl ov hit meant some mischief, ov course. The "Redshirts" in South Carolina durin the early Tilman struggle for political ascend ency wuz the same thing under an other name. Hit wuz just az illeagl az unlawful. Later the same diabol ical scheme wuz tried In North Caro lina an' the "Redshlrt" campaign in 1894, in my estimation, destroyed awl ov what little honesty wuz left in the Democratic party In this State. Thousands agree with me an' other Ih eusan da wfl! ooir ttrrow-off-tbe shackles ov Simmons-Daniels Democ racy (?) an the remnant ov the Duncan-Simmons-Daniels sideshow, a mere Democratic annex. The word "annex" means that somethin' hez bin added to a thing, a bulldin', for instance, either to one side or one end. In this case, the Duncan ma chine hez bin added to the rear epd ov the Democratic machine in North Carolina an' hits trusted an' mostly "busted" adherents air generally sup posed to get "so much per" when some particularly good (?) work iz done. One ov the lieutenants ov the machine writes many ov the meanest editorials which appear in the mean est Democratic dailies published in North Carolina, an' hez bin doin' hit for many years. When I lived In Ral eigh I watched this so-called leadln' Republican night after night az he wended hlz treacherous steps into the office or the so-called leadin Demo cratic daily paper an who would hang up hlz coat an' seat himself at a desk only a few feet from the elbow ov the editor ov the so-called great Democratic paper, this so-called life long Republican, even now a so-called candidate on a so-called Republi can" ticket probably written out by the editor ov the so-called great Democratic daily, at least dictated by him an' hiz associate schemers. Now, no real Republican iz goln to hang about the office ov the so-called great est Democratic paper in the State night after night, year after year, an,' write either good or bad editorials. unless he hez a hen on, unless he hez an axe to grind. If Wake County pol itics are more rotten than the politics ov any county la the State, an I be lieve such to be a fact, then you here hev the secret ov hit Democratic money properly placed In the pockets ov the right people will sometimes fix things. But, you say, Bilklns claims to be a Democrat. Well, he izn't a Simmons-Daniels-Duncan Democrat; he izn't a Bryan nor a Wood row Wllson-TUman Democrat; he iz simply a Thomas Jefferson-Abraham Lincoln-William McKinley Teddy Roosevelt Democrat, an that iz awl there iz to hit. After namin Thomas Jefferson you will notis that I had to name Republicans. That iz because Democracy died when Thomas Jefferson died, so far az men ov real prominence air concerned. Vance wuz a fairly gude Democrat. But he had to fite hlz way against Cleveland, Simmons an Daniels an the deriL the King bee ov the whole business. William Tell got a place in history because he wuz an expert with a bow an arrow an shot an ar row through an apple which he had placed upon the top ov hiz son's bead, a boy about ten years old. But did that benefit the world? Thomas Jef ferson wax & very good Democrat, a good citizen. But he pierced Democ racy with a knife an' the stench wuz i ? 4 to remain ia la aea4x4 et lb rarraa. Is alitor? ae an arrosal or ta tsaa to fa4 that a sara o b a4 wtf 4 aa had bsMi aoaeteafe la tat tit to tv a a or, Ta maa gH up a riddl after eard. Taosaaa mSrs at hoaey fr ta ta vonag ear rats t Dorrey. tisst ta 14 car- tt goa, ta Ws ar ga; aKa j la tt left aow la North Caraltaa. at least. tcM the odor, an' hit na'i Look out for ta eor boy" caa41 aica mm tosam aar ia Hoe! From cowbor to ta rttter&ar. ; h!p cv N Tor on trta; Vic- f lrslcnt ot term? Prr!4ot ov ta get hit this yesr, hs food for felt four years from now. Talk sWat your bif rata. hy Teddy tait gvt run ovrr by a rai!roa4 train a ! cut Into set erst piece a4 fh pi would hv mor ttfo ia' political hoaesty than a resident or Bryan lies. I do not btir that Irotldear rwrmll tti rr.ili( tw.m. I The plain truth, az 1 sew hit. ti. that Duncan. Harris an Daniels, an potsibly Richmond Pearson, air fait ov Imocrstic hookworms. tht new an terrible dla hkh th Stata Democratic administration pruts upon the good people ov this State this past spring for the purpoM ov muddyin the political waters one more time with a view ov again car ryln' the State. The State Health De partment and the Agricultural De partment wuz thoroughly drilled fa this months ago an they wuz not long in flndin' the trail ov the hook worms at just the rite time. Dispen saries so-called wuz loon establUhed to fite the new peat; an, for once, the army worm or cateplllar, which wuz nothln' new, had to ttike second place. Perhaps, such kind Demo cratic aids az Harris. Duncan & Co., were requested to become bredJa places for the hookworms until they could get a portion ov tht public In noculated. an while I make no claims az to expert knowledge in hookworm cultivation. I hev no doubt but Har ris. Duncan & Co. air az suitable for such a purpose az any Democrats in the State. If Democracy Iz eter forced to Introduce the cholera Into this country, an I believe they are nearly desperate enough now, they will probably use some ov the few Republican renegades they now con trol az breedin' places for the ter rible germs. Yes, French history tz repeatln' hitself. Speakin' ov secret political socie ties, i. ., "Redshirts." I once amused myself with a portion ov the gang for ,n,e e.Ten!n I attended a great po- litical rally at a certln North Caro lina town, I believe hit wuz In 1 S 3 4. At that time the town had a great reputation on account or the number of saloons bit contained an the size ov the usual Democratic majorities hit gave. But hit finally went prohi bition in name. The occasion wuz a big Democratic rally an' a Congres sional Convention. I went to observe what wuz done an meet some friends in a business way. The big guns spoke, an, ov course, whiskey flowed freely, for prohibition muz then oa the taxis. Before the day wuz out an acquaintance ov mine, a so-called Democrat, but one who professed to eb U friend ov mine, warned me prr vately that there wuz much excite ment (much drlnkla') In the town that day (anybody could notis that 9 an' said that he feared that an at tack ov some kind would be made upon me by the "Redshirts" before the day wuz over, an adrised me to be watchful, even suggested that, la the interest or peace, hit mite be well for me to take the first train out. I at once asked him how many votes Cleveland got the last time he ran for President. He told me. Then I said: "That represents the number or Democrats in the United States, an I guess they are now awl mem bers or the Redshlrt fraternity. "Not enough" sez I. "for my father came from England an' my mother was aa Irish woman. The Redshirts will her to grow greater than the present Democratic rote az recorded for Cterelaad before I leave this or any other town until I get ready. Dur in the next hour I walked up 'an down the two main streets or the town lookin for "Redshlrt aa showin my carcass to 'em. Az train time approached I went to the sta tion. The train wuz reported twenty-five minutes late. Hit proved to be somethin more than that, az usual. While waltln for the train I walked back and forth, up an down down the longtrtatforni for exercise, an to give Democracy, "Redshlrt Democracy the best chance possible. Hundreds or people, mostly Demo crats, were present, for some or the risltia speakers were to leare on the rarioca trains before midnight But (Continued 03 page 7.) ... j i