The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-03-28
THE JUDGES WILL NOT BE cox
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AsTHE CACcAsIAs goss 10 press
tb. famous, aud We may say 'n'a
I'm. us Impacb ment tria' - ~ AZ .
ing It's close The testimony AID
the learned and poserfui arsu
mente made by The counsel Tor TN
defense are so convincing and un-
that IL now seeDs as
positively certain As anything can
be tb at the Senate though overwhel-
mingly Democratic will not dare TO
vote for conviction II Is perfectly
clear to us that at the begi ming OF
the trial there was d.termi nation
to convict. The simmons machine
has to all Appearances exerted It's
elf to the utmost 10 keep Senators
whipped into line In spite OF the
facts, law and arguments produced
to show tina. they could not vote
for conviction unless they most
outrageously Violated their oaths
of office. The Senate 10 strongly
Democratic, but II sufficient Sena
tors break away from the machin,
to make one.third opposed 10 con-
victi 1n, then the mOnstrous parti-
san effort OF the political machine
will be thwarted
| We had Intended to hold back
this Issue Of The CAUCASIAN until
the verdict had peen rendered, but
the arguments Of counsel have
been extended longer than was an
tici pated, and, therefore, 1t be, ONES
necessary for the paper to go to
press. We think, however, We can
say to orr readers what the suit
will be as confidently rs II We wait
cd until 1t was announced.
In another column we give ex.
tracts from some Of the speeches
for the defense which to q certain
extent set forth the gist Of the law
facts and arguments which will
make 1t impossible for the Senate
to convict. The CAUCASIAN has full
reports of some Of these able and
mastery efforts and will in the
next issue publish them In full OIL
make liberal extracts therefrOm
We shall have much more to Say
about this trial In the future. SUI
fee 1t to say for the present tina
this impeachment trial, which II
nothing more nor less than q ma
lignant. partisan, political persecu
tion, presents the most monstrouI
situation that has ever been seel
In this or any other State.
Hon. G. M. Cook, the Democratic
Elk Secretary Of State, said as mucl
in his magnificent speech for tn
defense. Elk. Governor Jarvis salt
even more when he turned an,
looked the Senators in the face an,
asked: would you dare impeac]
a Democratic judge for doing wha
these judges have donew He sail
more, because he intimated tina
they were not only attempting t.
9 impeach them for partisan politi
| cal reasons, but that they were do
l ing it for the further. purpose o
getting the Offices for the henchmel
of the Simmons machine.
Q We might Say and say truthful
ly, under thee conditions, II thes
judges are i'm peached and tho Sim
: mons machine offers the judgeship
thus made vacant to their Demo
o cratic henchmen that it would b
d an insult to any man Of honor, be
8 ing the same as saying that We OF
Z poet you when on the bench to ren
der partisan Democratic opinions
. because we have impeached Fun
ches and Douglas for deciding caus
8 es according 10 the law and facts
O However this matter is determ
;. ined, day Of reckoning is coming
and the conservative, patriotic an,
. just people Of North Carolina viii
z neither condone the conviction G
9 these judges nor the attempt t
convict them, to say nothing of tn
!, lawlessness and revolutionary cor
duct of the Simmons machine.