The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-06-17

and all the while the editor Of the
News and Observer said he was Dem
ocrat. We presume these Democrats
were trying 10 yank their political as
socia'e into 50 meihing like decency for
the sake Of their party. omember Of
any other party hiss ever thought it
worth while to fool with him. So far
a. they are concerned it may be well
said that IL, by chance, that old maxim,
a. applied TO some disgusting character,
mot worth the powder and shot it
would take to kill him, had not been
originated sometime ago, the matter
We have under consideration would
have been amply sufficient to have in
spired its origin now.
Again, when the News and Observer
INDUCES its absurd and ridiculous ten
dency TO make cur-Iike snarls at peo-
pie, 1t turns tail and abjectly takes it
all back if ordered to do so. For ex-
ample, during the last city election it
foolisbly made some administrations on
certain citizens of the town. They
simply called at the Office and went no
further than TO demand a retraction,
which retraction was made on the next
morning. During the past week it
sought to leave the impression that
there was hot row on between Gov.
Russell and G. l.. Harris, chairman
Of the A. II. College board, and stated
that the Governor had pacified Harris
by arranging that he IIarris) was to
have two hundred and fifty dollars per
year a. chairman Of the board, and that
Mr.. Harris son was to have a position
OF $4,000 per year. This was SANDER
Gus and villainous in the extreme, and
in the next issue it had to ablectIy
"eat crow" and state that the chairman
of the board had always drawn a SAL
ary-sometime5 rs much as $500, and
that Mr.. Harris Jr. was elected TO po-
sitiOn on the merit of the record he
had made as a student at the college:
and 1t didn't Isil to go as low as it
could get in making a humiliating
apology for its scandalous misrepre-
sentatiOD.
These are illustrations to show that
the editor Of the News and Observer is
extremely reckless in some things, and
it is quite probable that the most VIC
iOus and reckless statements it can
make would be allowed to stand as facts
unless he were called on to straightep
them out.
The Caucasian wishes to state, as q
fact it has ascertained, that those who
are in charge of state affairs by
vote of the people do not regard the
News and Observer as a representative
of the Democrats of the State. There
Is no belief among them that Demo-
Gratis are altogether either fools or
scoundrels, but they do think that any
man who agrees with the course of the
News and Observer or takes pleasure IN
its attempted SANDER and villification
of the State and people is either one or
the other. Moreover they believe that
neither fool nor q sCOundrel should
have any connection whatever with
any public institutions; and so if it
were thought that the prominent men
and the good men who are Democrats,
aud who are now occupying so many
high official positions in the State
endorsed the knavish, villifying course
OF the News and Observer, they would
be swept into oblivion within the next
ninety days. We believe this would
De done if it required special session
of the Legislature to accomplish it.
Finally, we have ventured to remark
that whenever the people, generally
speaking, commented on the News
and Observer, il was with contempt
and disgust. II there should be any,
body in any out of the way place
who would like to know the extent of
the truth of this statement, and is suf-
ficently interested to try to find out
the extent of it, let him come here to
Raleigh-the home town of the paper
and talk with the people about it. Let
him ask people he may meet on the
train. Or people anywhere where the
paper happens to circulate, and he
Will lind as much as he wants to know.