The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-01-31
THE INTERNAL
REVENUE.
a Talk About Some Promises
Made by Democrats on This
Subject--And Forgotten!
PUBLIC DEBT INCREASED
Ey One Hundred Miiiion.--By = p~mo-
cratic Admini.irAtion--tn nd-r freten.~
OF Maintaining the Gold k~s~rSe''---
Bonds sales" a slogan for. the Next
Campaign.

Especial 10 the Caucasian
WASHINGTON. Jan. o5-Mr settle
made vigorous and spirited speech in
the House to-day in opposition Ia the
appropriation of $4,000 a. revenue
corruption fund. He denounced the
appropriation a. wanton expendi-
ture of the public money in the inter
est of the Democratic party. 1t l. ne
farious, partisan legislation" he said.
''and lis conception and support means
Democratic patronage" Speaking a
lawyer with ten years practice in he
nited States courts, he asserted that
he spies and informers who get th.
benefit of the appropriation are de-
graded people, whose oath no honest
jury would entertain. Nearly all the
indictments induced by this appropri-
alton, he said, are repudiated by the
jurles at great cost to the government.
The appropriation means persc-
cutlOn and needless annoyance to
innocent people, and additional Demo
cratic revenue officers. He cruelty re-
minded Democrats of twenty years of
broken pledges to abolish or modify
ocratic party, he said. had won its
greatest victories as the champion of
internal revenue law abolition. In
North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee
and Georgia, revenue abolition was
/ he test of Democracy. Between IA
robber tariff and IA rObber revenue
officer, every Democratic state plat
form, for twenty years, declared in IA
vor of the 'robber tariff" He appeal
ed with stirring eloquence to the Dem
Ocratic side of the house to redeem its
pledges, and vote down the aDpropria-
ton.
The one certain way to provoke "A
Democrat to desperation and resent
ment is to suggest a broken pledge.
Said a good natured Southern Demo-
| crat tonight. commenting on settles
speech, Il intended to vote against
Williams, but-well, see things differ
emily now. The Democratic party may
be whipped, but | have no, surren-
dered."
Settle was subjected To sharp inter
! rogatories and may lose months sal
airy as a consequence of sharp answers.
In the Republican conference today
Senator Pritchard received an ovation.
He has made a splendid impression on
| the most competent critics. Two prom
lnent newspaper correspondents said
tonight: eff Pritchard is the logical
result of cooperation against the SOL
| id south We are co-operationists."
Committee rooms in the Maltby
building have been assigned to him.
and on Monday he will begin on a
| bushel of letters, the accumulation of
4 two dayS s.It iS my dat.rm moi ion -
he says, "tO punctiliOusly discharge
senatorial duty: and if this pile of cor
respOndence is significant can readily
understand that great industry is ne
cessary to accomplish anything here
| His first privileged act to-day was
| to frank" a package of yaluables and
some garden seed to State Senator Car
yer, of Cumberland.
| Under the pretense of "maintaining
the gold reserve" the Cleveland ad-
ministration has illegally borrowed
one hundred and sixteen million dol
lars up to date. Since 1879, when the
total debt amounted to$1 ,797 ,OO0, 900. il
had been steadily decreased, year af-
ter year, without single break i'm che
way of temporary increase. Between
1879 and 1892 two thirds of the inter.
est bearing obligations of the UnRed
States had been redeemed and cancel.
led. In one year the Democratic ad.
ministratiOn has increased the inter.
est bearing public debt by 100000, 900
or more than II per cent and it want.
authority from Congress to increas,
the public debt.
"BOnd sales for revenue" will be tn,
Democratic campaign slogan i'm 1896.
J. T. H.