The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-06-15

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a.. As ~eeond-ciass mail matter
The Garolinian asks why We do
not publish a statement tn the effect
that Hon. Mike iIoke Smith (whO
gave the editor AL Office made
ruling that saved the people $40, OOO,-
900 from being paid in fraudulent
pensions. 1t says we ought 10 praise
this great. wise and exceptionally
Just man for doing this thing. III
the first place We dodn't know that
it is so. If Hon. Mike Hoke IN it'll
could by ruling stop the paying
% that much money, then there was
no law to Justify it being paid aud II
he had done otherwise he ought TO
have been impeacned. If he did as
the CarOIenian says then he could
not help doing it without violating
his oath If Office. According TO Mr..
Daniels logic if We can find one
man iu North Carolina III the DEM
ocratic party who did not cheat aud
steal for his dear party at the late
election, then we ought to get out
our rooster put him at the toy OF
column next to reading matter and
have him to crow long and loud that
we had found machine Democrat
who would net break the law and
steal in open day time.
The CaIolinian need not worry,
for when the total spent for pen
sions under the Democratic admin
istration is footed up, The CAUCA-
SIAN will publish it, whether it
shows an increase or decrease. We
hope the party will be honest enough
to keep its pledges and cut off every
man not honestly entitled to pen
sion. Let the people remember chat
twenty years ago when the Republi-
cans were paying out S2S,OOO,OOO
for pensions, that the Democrats
howled and said that the amount
was outrageous and that thousands
were drawing pensions who did not
deserve them. If that were so then
(one-half of the men entitled to pen
sions then are now dead the Dem
ocrats must now reduce the pension
roll to less than 100000 year.
VIII they do it? Is the Carolenian
in favor of doing it? We predict
now that the Carolinian, whose edi-
tor is being fed at the public pie
counter, will approve anything this
administration does right or wrong.
The great Quadrangular debate
held in Philadelphia during last
March under the auspices of the
Chatham Literary Union, has at
tracted widespread attention among
reformers. The question discussed
was: (Which offers the best prac-
teal political means for the benefit
of the worklngmen of the country
the Democratic party, the Republi-
can party, the Peoples party or the
church," Col. Henry Watterson,
of the Louisville Courier-Journal,
spoke for the Democrats; Gen. S. L.
Woodford, of Massachusetts, for the
Republicans; Gen. }. 3. Weaver, for
the Populists, and Rev. r. H. Con-
we'll for the church. Each speaker
was an able and intelligent advocate
of his side and naturally brought
out all the good possible to be OBJ
tanned from the means he advocated.
The CAUCASIAN Will publish Wat
terson's and Viewers speeches if not
all of them. This will be valua-
BILE addition to our reform literature.
1t gives a hearing to both sides.
Subscribe at once and get these
speeches. Get your neighbor to take
it. When you have gotten everyone
to subscribe who will, if YOU and
your neighbors will raise one dollar
to send the paper to four men for
three months, you may send five
names and We will give the paper to
the fifth one. If you will send
$500 for eight names, you may send
two extra names. We will contrib
ute that much to the work of educa-
ton. This proposition is good for
only two weeks.
The News and Observer comment
ing on the undemocratic methods of
pOynrumant ia RboJo Island o,