The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-09

Are doing What Ne oil rot alloS our
own citizens 70 do, Ely II me
euAscula ed bill uIll reach every
,rus, 10 tie State because tb.r' are
no trusts for IL TO reach, as NJ. Pou
in'erpre;s the At. then II SIMPLY
moe rs the cry OF the people for re
lief. IL puts the party ~ the att
,ude OF saying TO the P.ool' 'h-r-
is the remedy for trusts; Il wIll catch
every one OF them; eu' the fact Is
there Are none TO catch
Equally remarkable Is anoi h-r n
ternuce credited TO Mr.. PJu IN the
News ard Observers report OF ih-
hearing:
Mr.. steven. said he wss surpr'ssd
that Mr.. Pou should opp'..- the bill be-
cause he bad agreed To the bill ~ X
passed the ii ,u--. Mr.. Pvu .aii he Gas
acting in b, half of clients.
THIS rails. = the Interesting q I's'ion
| how ia' the DIM ezra Ic pl,tIorm Is
bindirg Whs' lass lie eX.mp' from
its authority Or 4 IL iAk"s In .
classes, what part OF man Dies u
bipdf ID ,es II permit n ID N crane
lawyer ~ become Inc N ~ npiec- of
those ~ho are seeking To prevent tn.
r. dem ptiou of q sole pledge COO
tain. d IN Its coveuent With the peo-
plei II is an astounding proposition
this, coming from the lips of ID NJ
"cratic ]. ader, that a bill sas s~cep-
able - him As Democrat when II
BASS. Il IN. Hvus L. not acc-p' ole
to him as sb s't"ra.y f certain In
,erests Who I ar ih~y viii b. iu)lr~d
By some of ITS pro, ls'"ns w h. re
the d. inocrst enus ard the lawyer
begrus Is n question Ia, viii .ubt-
less be Ia keh into c nsideratou by
the people In the future.
The question WAS also raised In the
discussio whence comes the demaud
for this legislation. Ii is u strange
question for a Democrat To ask.
Senator Glenn is reported by the
News and Observer As asking Mr..
Stevens if the utterance of the Stat
platform was not "a M re echo" of
the National platform. No, Mr..
Glenn, it is something more substan-
tial than an echo. 1t is the voice
itself of the oppressed people OF
N rth Carolina demanding relief. II
there is any echoing about it. the
National platform is the echo of the
State platforms. Aud even If the
state platforms did not condemn
trusts positively and upeQuivocally
/ but merely echoed the National plat
, form, the party's position is too vel
s known to be misunderstood. Free
= dom of trade if not ABSOLUTE fire.,
? trade, stan0s with freedom of con
q science, a free press and other funda
mentals IN the Democratic creed. Ar
y tificial restraints upon commerce ar
o at variance with the genius of Dem
t ocracy. A methodist conference
need not proclaim its devotion t
r free grace and never-dying love
every time it meets, for the principl
is wrought into its very fibre and
inseparably fixed in its life. So it i
, with the Democratic fundamental.
- 1t is for Democrat to apply them
q conditions as they arise.
v The trusts will never be broken u
y as long as they are given the protec
!. ton of the law. The law is thei
d vital breath withdraw its power frcl
r. them and they 60 10 pieces. Tres
p them as public enemis, outlaw then
!, y, let every mans hand be turne
- against them, and they will soon /
II begging for mercy, and their men
n bers will 60 back to square dealing
er not from preference, but becaui
at honesty will then be the best polio,