The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-08-10

INdJ gave tue sS0ELn Ibs uisLIDclIOu
and made its aHti-bellam historv ba.
been reversed. machine politics
ha. been the curse of Southern deyei.
opment-poliiical as well as indus.
trial. 1t has descetionaIized the
craftsmanship of the country. Ii
has destroyed the manhood and de-
tbrcned the BRAINS of the 5 uth.
Vance, Butler. of South Cafolina,
and Morgan, of Alabama, are the
Southern leaders in the Senate.
With all his political infirmitie.
Vance is the ideal Southern Senator.
He empties tha cloak -rooms and fills
the galleries when the word is passed
around Vance has got the ioor.
That is the test. The people IN the
galleries-many millionaire onop-
oily made tramps among them-are
acute observers Of the pollticals eyo-
lutions now in progress. To-day,
when | saw him he was the hero of
the brains, the manhood and the con-
yictions of the Senate. He was sur
rounded by group of men who, in
the coming weeks will make new
chapter in the political history of the
country.
Thought of the anti-snapper,shir
tall-parrot newspapers that are bark
ing at his heels-readIng him out of
the Democratic party-because he
insists that party platform pledges
shall be kept But the newspaper
fellows are right. Vance says Demo
Gratis who expect silver legislation
AFTER the repeal of the Sherman law
are "traitorS or fools" The Bour-
bon press replies, "the Democrat who
demands that the Democratic party
carry out its platform promises, is a
''traitor or fool" Speaker Crisp
says: 1--WE must redeem our
pledges" Why don't the little ma
chine editors jump on Crisp? Rea-
son: Crisp is lying, and they know
it. To be Democrat Gin good
standing" now, is tantamount to a
confession Of lying and hypocracy.
The happiest-looklng most self
complacent man in the Senate is Gen.
William Ransom Cox. For many
years past his lines have been cast IN
hard places. According to Bob Fur
mans arithmetic he was counted out
of the nomination for Governor.
Later the Raleigh politicians defeated
him for the Congressional nomi-
nation.
The machine nominated John W.
Graham-a representative of the kid
glove aristocracy. The people re-
volted and elected plepian printer,
John Nichols, Republican. Wash
ington is the Utica of tramps, newly
married people, political hacks and
eX-COngressman Cox was chairman of
the Civil Service Fraud and, natural
ly, when he got out Of a job, he looked
in that direction for employment.
lie was an applicant for Civil Service
Commissioner. For some inexpli-
cable and inscrutable reason Cleve-
land didn't take to Cox. RANSOM
a kinsman-exhausted his eloquence
in vain. Cox left here in despair.
He went to his Edgecombe farm with
the ambitious resolution to re-estab-
llsh his reputation as lawyer. He
saved the party as the chairman of
the State Executive Committee, and
made the reputation that afterwards
sent him to Congress. The last cam
paign found him respondent and
hopeless. He was ignored by Sim
were Columbus Smith, Dick
Battle and Sam Ashe, who preceded
him, as Chairmen of the Executive
Committee. He compared Simmons
knowledge of politics to his own edu-
cation in base ball literature. He
made two or three speeches to the
Edgecombe farmers, but they didn't
| saw him to-day for tie
first time since the reunion at Apo
mattox. No drawer soldier followed |
the great Lee than young Cox.
Hardly a line or feature of his face
recalls the gallant young officer of 20
years ago. The old, tattered, battle
marked, gray clothes, have given away
to the highest art in "draping" and
English clothing. AS l write his
erect, military figure, stands conspic-
nously under the shadow of Adlai's
Ak. He is the Secretary of the Sen
ate. The patronage of his office has
been panned out by the Senators. He
has no voice in the matter. A stand
ing committee, composed of German
and Ransom, dispose of his plans.
He is no cheap hotel man, but lives
like a gentleman at ex-Vice-Presi-
dent Morton's hotel-the Shorehouse.
1t wouldn't surprise me if my old
married a certain rich
maiden. Anyway, he is in ''the swim"
and he was born under a 'luckv
star"
Ransom is at his best to-day. Fresh
from the dextrous hands of his faith
ful French valet-him of noble lin
eage-hls Romanesque strut suggests
5he Senator, statesman, diplomat. He
sweeps the ladies' gallery with the air
If a courtier who knows the feminine
weakness. He is the senior Demo-
cratic Senator. In his RI years of
service he has made one speech in
,he Senate. He has made the same
speech in every campaign in the State
since 1878. 1t has been printed in
he State history, text books on ora
;ory. and is live campaign literature,
without any regard to the Issues IN
7olved in the camgaign. When he
las finished the present (and LAST
Senatorial term he will have pock-
ted over 100000 of the peoples
money.