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TOD CAX70AOAII. ?C3 FCXLT. i 4 The Caucasian AND RALinH ENTERPRISE. PUIU.I8IIKD EVISUT THUBDAT - CAUCASIAH PCBUSH1KG COMPANY S!JBSCUIPTIO IUTFs $100 SO SO 02 Yeah. Ttiaxs MOJTHS. DID MR. GRANT TELL THE NA TIONAL C03DIITTEE? The National Republican Commit tee has Just held a meeting, at -which it removed seven members of the committee and proceeded to elect their successors. The Republican Convention, which nominated President Taft after hav ing stolen enough delegates to ac complish that purpose, passed a reso lution declaring that If any member of the National Committee who had been elected by the various States did not endorse the action of the con vention, that the committee itself should have the power to declare the seat of such member of the National Committee vacant and proceed to elect some one for such State or States as successor. It will be noted that it was not pro vided that the National Committee could declare any place vacant and that the respective States should se lect a successor, but the committee arrogated to itself the machine boss rule right to remove or unseat such member and fill the vacancy created by them. The Associated Press reports of the meeting of the committee .were that of the seven members removed, Mr. Pearson, the member of the Na tional Committee elected by the Re publican State Committee of this State, was one of the number. It is further stated that ex-Congressman Grant of this State was present at the committee meeting and appeared before the committee and demanded the removal of Mr. Pearson, and fur ther that he recommended the elec tion of Mr. Duncan who, he said, had been recommended by the Republican State Convention. It will be interesting to know whether or not Mr. Grant told the National Committee how the so-called Republican State Convention that recommended the election of Mr. Duncan was constituted. The people of the country general ly know of the high-handed theft committed at Chicago in unseating reguliarly elected delegates and seat ing those who had no right or title of any kind. The so-called Republi can State Convention, which Mr. Grant says recommended the elec tion of Mr. Duncan, was constituted by greater acts of fraud against the rule of the people than were commit ted at Chicago. The case of Mr. Grant's own coun ty of Henderson will serve as one il lustration. The Republican plan of organiza tion in North Carolina provides that the people in any township meeting or any county convention can express their wishes on any subject and have the same recorded, and that when this is done the delegates there elected must cast the vote of the people as there expressed. In the Republican County Conven tion of Henderson, Mr. Grant's coun ty, the sense of the convention was taken as between Taft and Roosevelt. Of the fourteen votes, the delegates were instructed to cast 13 2-3 for Roosevelt and 1-3 of one vote for Taft on all questions. Ex-Congressman Ewart was named as the delegate to cast the 1-3 of one vote. Mr. Ewart did not attend the Republican State Convention, but Mr. Grant went, claiming to be Mr. Ewart's proxy, and claiming there fore to have the right to cast 1-3 of one vote of that county. The Republican plan of organiza tion provides that proxies shall not be recognized; yet in spite of this provision Mr. Grant was seated as t delegate and was accorded the righ not only to cast the 1-3 of one vote for Mr. Ewart, but was further ac corded the right to cast the whole fourteen votes of . the county, the ..... j State committee having refused to allow the other thirteen delegates seats in the conventions If Mr. Grant had told the National Committee this, he would have com manded their greatest admiration and respect, because they would have then realized that a theft was com mitted at the Republican State Con-. Tentlon of this 8 Late that far out classed anything that the National Committee ever dreamed of at Chi cago. GOVERNOR WILSON STILL HESI TATING AND TALKING GLIT TERING GENERALITIES. It has been more than two months since Governor Wilson was nominated as the Democratic candidate for the Presidency, and it is now less than one month and a half until the elec tion; yet so far Governor Wilson has not been able to state clearly to the people of this country where he stands on any great important ques tion. His first declaration was to repu diate the platform on which he was nominated by declaring that the platform was not a program, and that he and his administration would have a program of their own. He haa not, however, told the people what that program would be. His next declaration was that he would not interfere with the rule of the State machines and bosses in the various States. This raised such howl from the progressive Democrats in the various machine boss-ridden States that Governor Wilson has been forced to modify his statement by saying that he did not mean what he was quoted to have said. He has not, however, yet explained which bosses he will stand for and which he will not. Only recently he has declared that he is against Boss Smith of his own State of New Jersey being elected to the Senate. This is the only boss against whom he has declared. How ever, when he wa's in New York the other day to make a speech he ran when he found that he was about to be photographed In a group with Boss Murphy, the head of Tammany. Hall. The progressive Democrats are still appealing to him to stand with them to overthrow the rule of Boss Murphy, but so far the Governor has been silent as a dumb sound oyster. THE TRUSTS TRYING TO CAP TURE THE SENATE. Senator Simmons, in one of his re cent speeches, gave as one of the rea sons why he should be re-elected to the Senate, that he would be the Democratic leader of the Senate. We remember that when Senator Martin was the candidate for re-elec tion in Virginia, that he used the same argument in that State. Sen ator Martin had a better right to use the argument then than Senator Sim mons has now. The leader of each party In the Senate is selected by a caucus of the members of each party. -. Senator Martin was selected by the Demo cratic .caucus of the Senate as the Democratic leader. He is still the Democratic leader, and will be until - the caucus displaces him and elects j some one else. j Just before Senator Martin's fight j for re-election came up, Senator, Bailey and other Senators who repre-l sented the trusts and special inter-1 ests, took an active part in having Senator Martin made leader of the Democratic side, and it was under stood at the time that they were do ing this to give him a boost in his State and help in his re-election. The same Senator Bailey, of Texas, who is so smirched with Standard Oil that he cannot himself be re-elected, was at the head of the Finance Commit tee of the Senate on the Democratic side. It will be remembered that he voluntarily retired in order to give Senator Simmons this place to help him in his fight for re-election. Thus we see that Senator Bailey, the man on whom the trusts have relied the most, Is especially active in the re-election of Senator Simmons, as he was for the re-election of Senator Martin. The same interest that would like to have Senator Bailey re-elected in preference to both Martin and Simmons, realizing that the people ofi . , 4 . ... . , ing misrepresented by him in the Senate ,are not doubt specially anx ious to save Martin and Simmons In the Senate since they must lose Bailey. There is one great fact that the brave and intelligent people of this State should take note of, and that is that a tremendous struggle is being waged and will be waged between the wealth-producers, laborers, and all other people engaged in legiti mate pursuits on the one side and the trusts and monoplies on the oth er. The Senate is the stronghold which they specially want to capture. North Carolina, should do Its duty in putting men in Congress who will stand for Justice and good govern ment and defeat the domination of the trusts and monopolies. How can North Carolina do this If it sends to the Senate the man who is preferred to all the other candidates in this State by every trust and monoply In this State and the whole country? THE TAX GATHERERS AND THE TASK MASTERS. The Western Carolina Enterprise says: "The tax gatherers are abroad in the land and the people mourn!" The task masters of Pharaoh whi made the children of Israel labor for the King were no more oppressive than are the "tax gatherers" of the Democratic machine. The Bible tells us that when the wicked rule the people mourn. The children of Israel threw off the yoke of the Pharaohs, because the Lord helped those who helped them selves. The Lord will also help our people to throw off the yoke of the Democratic machine, if we will only make an effort to help ourselves. COLONEL ROOSEVELT IN NORTH CAROLINA There was every reason for Colonel Roosevelt to be delighted with his visit to North Carolina and he was. The audience that greeted him in Ra leigh was the largest and most rep resentative ever seen at a speaking in this city. The large audience was orderly and appreciative. They had come to hear Roosevelt as well as to see him. His bean story and his explanation of his part in taking over the Pana ma Canal captivated the audience; i in fact, they were with him from the beginning to the end of his speech, and then wanted to be with him some more. Two or three Democrats were heard to say after the speaking that they had Intended voting for Wilson, but they would now vote for Roosevelt. Let the good work go on. OHIO ENDORSES ROOSEVELT. The people of Ohio have Just voted on a number of important constitu tional amendments. It will be remembered that last spring the Ohio constitutional oon vention invited Colonel Roosevelt to deliver an address and to discuss the leading questions being considered by that convention. This speech made by Colonel Roosevelt was his opening speech in the campaign 'for his nomination for President. He discussed and supported all of the leading reform measures before the convention, including the initiative and referendum, the recall of Judi cial decisions, etc. The people of Ohio have adopted all of these leading constitutional amendments which were supported by Colonel Roosevelt in that speech. This would indicate that the N people of Ohio will give their electoral vote this fall for Roosevelt, for neither Taft nor Wilson support these reform measures which the people of that State have Just adopted by a big ma- Jority. THE DOCTRINE OF THE "DEVIL TAKE THE HINDERMOST. Governor Wilson, in one of his re cent speeches replying to the posi tion of Colonel Roosevelt, says: "Ours is a program of liberty and theirs is a program of regu lation. The history of liberty is thejiistory of the limitation pf Governmental power, not the in crease of it." Herein Governor Wilson states in another form the oft-repeated fallacy of the Democratic theorists that the "best government is that which gov erns the least." The liberty for which Governor Wilson stands is the liberty of the weak attempting to protect them selves aerainst the strone. with tho r- ax n j ... Government standing "kands off" and w me weao, ixiu me strong that the devil can take the hinder- most. If government is not organ ized to protect the weak against the strong, then there is no purpose" or excuse for -having any government at all. Government is an expensive and necessary burden or evil, and the only excuse for its existence is for securing equal opportunity between all the people, to protect the great mass of unorganized against the few powerful who are organized. The taxes that we pay to support government are a tribute paid for this protection. It is clear to-day that to secure Justice, the functions of government must b extended fur ther than thy eter bTe been. Got ernor Wilson, however, declares in favor of not extending but limiting the functions of government. This doctrine will be pleasing to every monopoly and trust in this country and over the whole world. The doctrine he preaches is exactly the doctrine that the feudal barons preached in England and in Europe during the Dark Ages. THE TRUSTS WANTED CRAIG FOUR YEARS AGO. Four years ago Governor Kitchln warned the people that they could not correct the trust evil If Craig was elected Governor, because he was the man that the trusts wanted. Now Craig Is being supported by Kitchln for Governor. If the trusts wanted Craig four years ago they want him now. In this connection, it Is well to re member that Senator Simmons did all he could to "get Mr. Craig nomi nated for Governor four years ago. The trusts ought ot be satisfied by now with Governor Kitchln, but they no doubt prefer old friends to new friends. IT MUST BE A PART OF THE DEM OCRATIC MACHINE. The Lincoln Times says: "Have you yet heard of the Anti-Saloon League of North Carolina condemning the posi tion of Woodrow Wilson and Governor Marshall on the liquor question? Yet both of these men are avowed local optionists. The silence of Rev. R. L. Davis is nalnful " , . . mere wouia seem 10 De omy one explanation of this silence, and that is, that the so-called Anti-Saloon League is simply a part of the Demo cratic partisan machine. TAFT SHOULD QUIT. ' In -an editorial the4 Pittsburgh Leader says: "Taft ought to quit. He is beaten. There is no reason why he ought to stay in the field. The people did not want him and they showed it by their vote in the primaries last spring. Taft stays now merely to help out Wilson. There is no Republican party any more. Taft has de clared he will take no part in the campaign. He is beaten and he knows it. So do his crooked managers. In common fairness " to himself and' the people he ought to quit and get out of the way so as t ohelp save the coun try from the blight of another Democratic National administra tion." The New York American calls at- tention to the fact that the Demo- cratlc leaders from Governor Wilson Hawii qq Q , ,OTr , down are each day throwing bou- quets at President Taft, while vigor - ously denouncing Colonel Roosevelt, It says there is a reason. That pa- per further predicts that when the . . A. m election comes that the Taft Repub - hcans will be found voting for Wil- son in order to beat Roosevelt. Hon. George D. Penniman, one of) the leading citizens of Baltimore and a life-long Democrat, has iust an nounced his support of Col. Roose velt for President. He gives manv reasons why he thinks it his duty as a patriotic citizen to take this course,' and fair price for It. News and Ob and concludes his statement as say- server. ing that he considers Colonel Roose- Can tne Democratic State organ velt not only the best man for Presi- guarantee an "honest and fair price" j a - . Q. ... . . for the staple if Governor Wilson is dent, but also that he is a man who elected President? Union Republi can do things, and that we have can. You Gan Press Wl at $15 Absolutely Sure of S This thing of awaiting the test of time for your clothes is needless. When you buy BERWASOE CLOTHES at $15 to $25 you can be sure they'll give the right service. ' Take your pick from many good styles and patterns. See how well the Suit or Overcoat fits J minute you tsy it on. Then you can buy with absolute safety, as serrlce and satisfaction are guaralteed. The BERW ANGER guarantee assures things you usually have to take on faith absolutely pare wool clothes; first-class trimmings and workmanship; permanent shape; satisfactory wear and service. Thus your investment is protected before you spend a cent. Try on one of our FALL SUITS or OVERCOATS. See the good-looking, good-feeling fabrics. 1 tice how well the clothes fit-especially how the coat-collar sets in close at the back of the neck. Ask to be shown one of the heavy-weight blue serge or unfinished worsted suits In the differed grades at from $15 to $25 and youll soon see the advantages in buying here So THE FsJE-lPIE2nCE CLOXMEEIK' reached a time In the history of this country where we must have a man who cot only wants to do things that are right, bat who knows how to do them and will do thme. "Ut doesn't pay to run la debt observe the Wilmington . Dilnatch. Nor to "fall" there. In fact, there is no trip leading to the land cf debt that Is safe." Charlotte News. Then it behooves the voters of North Carolina to see that the State does not have another Democratic ad ministration, for the Democratic guardians have continued to run the State deeper in debt with each suc ceeding session of the Legislature. Making Bjm! Roads, la Chatham. Mr. Editor: Please allow me space In your valuable paper to dis cuss Chatham County's abominable road system. We have the worse system It has ever been my displeasure to experi ence. Any one that has traversed these roads in mid-winter or during the dry months of summer will bear witness to what I am about to say; but for the sake of those that have not. I will try and give them an Idea of our Democratic mismanagement. During the spring months they compel us to take plow, pick, and shovel, and if we leave a space un plowed or unpicked, It Is because the want of both time and labor forbids. They are compelling us to dig up stretches of road that it has taken years to form, and which is now more substantial than the new road, for they have a gravel foundation that will last until the end of time if it were not for these road-bed destroy ers. This loose dirt thrown into the 'roads forms a dust which is almost - - a suning to me traveler, ana aner rain, is hardly passable. i""1 u jnirarorW7 During early autumn it's the same abused by the more partisan pn tt thing over; they pull down the banks New York Clt- Every of l and throw them into the road, thusihas Deen misrepresented. Kiry ft forming a mire knee-deep to a horse; bearing upon him or his piny l or axle-deeo to a vehicle, and this! uec" u,Blo,lcu '"" is not just one little spot, but the whole county; It Is almost Impossible to travel more than three miles per hour with buggy and horse, and empty wagon is considered a load. he and his party are entitled to trrJk I would much rather travel the sand- ful newspaper publicity, and to jat hill roads, tf or when there's lots of rain they are very good, while ours are Impassable. I do not credit this to ignorance. If we had attempted to work the roads under this system a half cen tury ago we would have been Indict ed for destruction of the public high ways. It Is said that history repeats been foal t ttiif ff V ora fin a avor w their just reward. There is between five and ten thou sand dollars expended on Chatham's roads annually besides the free la- hnr. It i not nnlv tfmA And mnnov thrown away, but in destrovine tribe of people previous to this date VMr. Munsey will do xnon, & that worked their roads under this, will devote his newspaper to ft system. I believe they have received : support of Mr. Roosevelt wita di public highways you are decreasing. In order that they may render wm the Yalue of our real e8tate als. for fnd twe11 advised judgment for ut I am satisfied that under the old sys- best interests of the country, Qur roadg were m ceQt "WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEABST . ter j Now, I will vote for any one who The er Aftcr crip wil1 Pledge himself to have this sys- 6 tem cnanged except a Democrat' and 1Ies often ,n a run-d;w 'C .would vote for him but for one rea- Weakness, nervousness, lack or pj- :sont and tnat ,g ..beCause he was' tite. energy and ambition, with dif never known to keep a camoalral dered liver and kidneys often folio j promise." ROOSEVELT REPUBLICAN. Ore Hill, N. C. Wilson and the Cotton Market. The cotton keeps growing in the Sunny ftut?i n a" th the. Urm' er Wants fit that Tin tw nafrl an tinnaof atisfactorv BE US W-A Rf FAV0.1S A SQUARE Mr. Hearst Says 7v,. ,,4V"'wkj wrgana Fat. ... Dei! He Say th Um 4 Kmw th Truth M Munry for Are Kuppi.ru He Will Not Sm lW New York. Stpi. : t, Hearst, ownrr of tst American, to-day prist if ..! Ing editorial: "Ilemrst Welcome. M8u; tor RooMrriv "The purchase of t& Ntw Y Press by Mr, Muny u tu on which the conmunit? taa V. gratuiated. "Mr. Munsey it on of Aatn greatest publishers, with ta Ideas of the ethics asC etUo of his profession. "He Is always honorablt U In -latlons with the public i4 j, Jt dealings with his fUow-pitlZ' He Is always concirat!0Bi u u work, always admirable la lu ls poses and In hit methodt. Courmgeouft in Support. "Mr. Munsey conn coart to express his contictloci kti tarsv port the cause of Mr. Roovtt: u this campaign. 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