The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-06-08

The new Finance Committs Ct the
Board of Agriculture has examined
he books Of the Agricultural De-
partment and made . report which
.sems to have furnished considerable
TO that class Of Demo
cratic papers Of the state whose
policy it is tn magnify the faults of
others and minimize their own.
We suspect, however, that the re-
port. partisan as it is. is not a. high
ly pleasing IS it seems to the pecu-
liarly morb taste of these papers
which, vulture-like. have waitea to
receive il. We deem this SO because
OF the prominence which they give
to petty clerical inaccuracies, such
as spelling diem d me. And the
report itself, though the burden of
its song is carelessness and ineffi-
cheney. admits that the books were
neatly and accurately kept. One of
Its chief complaints was the failure
% insert itemized vouchers in
accounts, though the itemized
vouchers, as per their own admis-
sion, were on file in the Office and
were shown to the committee. And
this reminds US that in some of the
state Offices under Democratic con-
troll no books were kept at all, or at
least were not found when this
administration came in; and the
fact that the Democrats now find
books to investigate, and, upon In
vestigation, find them neatly and
accurately kept" is an iten which
should be duly noted by these Dem
ocratic papers. At any rate, it is
not becoming in the class of Demo
cord -eferred to, with their long re.
Gratis of state abuses, to cast the
first one.
The Washington Post considers
itself a fair paper, and usually ii
when individuals are concert ed. bu
evident belief that wealth can do nj
harm, makes it one-sided when i
comes to question effecting cerpo
rate interests. In recent editoria
defending the action of the railroad
in not complying with the law re
curing automatic car couplers, i
uses an argument which from ltspon
of view saves the R. R. companie
from harmless blame in not comply
ing with the law requiring those safe
ty appliances but which makes a col
, siderably better argument viewe'
from a different standpoint. 1t says
"Railroads are corporations crea
ted by the people. Their sins ar
chargable to the people. If the
, have been culpable in failing to pro
, vide safety appliances for their WORK
men, the voting masses must shar
, the blame.'
, The statement that railroads ar
, corporations created by the people
q true; and if, as the Post states, thei
3 sins are chargeable to the people :
I Is only an additional argument tn.
+ the people themselves should contr'
y the means through which the slr
+ for which they are responsible al
i committed. Certainly they coul
with greater justice and more wi
n lingness tote responsibility for the
u wa. ~:-~ AL~- Co. tA~ ~:..o vf Oth0.
a Besides, this is, We believe more
r accord with the doctrine of free mao
10 al agency. If the Post is CORE
q (and it is), what more convincir
proof is needed of the justice of Il
e people controlling the railroads.
II The chances are that Hon. Dav
It B. Henderson, an Iowa Congress
t man, will be next Speaker of Il
II House of Representatives, to succe'
~ Hon. Thos. B. Reed, resigned. Be
s remembered that next to the Pres
It dent the Speaker of the House
q Representatives has more pow
y over legislation than any other o.
n man; too much power. in fact, as u
der the present autocratic rules
the House no legislation can be col
sidered without his consent. 1t is
small wonder, then, that the admi
- istration has been anxious to uni
the Republican strength upon a MI
- who stands committed to it's police
. Hanna is for Henderson and has +
Gently pledged him the support
Ohio's delegation. This means
course that Henderson is acceptab
- to Hanna, and that this being s
70 under the present Hanna dynast
" his election is more than probable.
% The Spanish government has ju
o ceded to Germany the Caroline L
l. ands, the Paloas Islands, and tn
70 portion of the Ladrone Islands 7