The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-04-28
DEMOCRACY IN THE NATION AND
STATE.

IsHioutcu 10 the last Issue OIL the
Union Republican by Mr. T. T.
Hicks:
Mr. Editor:-The Democratic
party has bad no policy i'm National
politics since the war except TO get
In. Its platform of 1892 means any
thing, everything and nothing.
They got in on i, and did nothing
except Iaralyze the country. Sew
eral times before, it had the house,
the Senate and once the Presidency;
yet not one single act Of National
legislation worth mentioning has
the party to its credit. Now after
years out, an exceeding keen of
| appetite for office, ii ,an be best de-
scribed a. "a house divided against
Itself" 1t can agree on nothing ex-
cept in a desire to beat Roosevelt,
aud l verify believe the Bryrn,
Hearst and Clev Gland factions would
each prefer Roosevelt's election to
that Of either Of its rival Demo-
cratic chieftains. Truly may the
nation and its friends lay them
selves down and sleep in peace
while the Democratic factions are
thus at war among themselves. But
1t is really painful to note that about
every Democratic paper i'm the
country devOtes itself daily to abuse
and utilization of President Roose-
welt and atiributing to him acts,
words and deeds they know to be
false or do not know to be true.
Judging solely from his public acts
and speeches, consider him as en-
tirely honest, intelligent and coura-
geOus l believe three-fourths Of
the people in the nation regard him
in The same way. But the people
understand generally that when you
see statement about Republicans
in Democratic papers, &" it amt So"
The North Carolina Democracy
has thrived ever since the war solely
by appealing to the prejudices of It's
supporters against the negro. With |
three whitemen in the State to |
onenegro-the white owning IS per
cent. of the property and sense, the |
Democrats have been able very [
election for 80 years to alarm the
people into voting Democratic, ex-
cept in 1894 and 1896 when the
people concluded "negro domina-
tion - so-called was no worse than
the domination of ballot box STUFF.
fers, election thieves in the State
and of Clevelandism and paupefism
and business paralysis in the nation.
In 1898 the Democratic campaign
button had on it: 81 am white,
man." In 1900 the badge was a
'' Red Shirt In 1902 the cry was
'' if you elect Republicans they will ,
put the negroes to voting again" ,
The profoundest argument, the :
most exalted patriotism, the high ,
sst purposes, the best and most 9
patriotic administration of the :
States affairs by Republicans, could :
Ill be set at naught by appeals to 9
he fears of the whites that the
would override them. The
Democrats must now justify their
pulling down hundreds Of school I
,ouses. creation of many unnecessary I
'tfices, increase of salaries, impeach-
ng the Judges, repeating criminal
avs OF longstanding to keep their
and politicians out of the
'enitentiary, increasing taxes and y
he valuation of property, and their .
candalous and disgraceful manage =
aent of the Atlantic and N. G. :,
sailroad all by t. danger of negro
omination. Will any sensible man u
'nger listen to such appeals? The T
egro argument was the party's d.
Die stock in trade. But it has
killed the goose that laid the q
olden egg" It must stand now Q.
aked before the bar of public ~
pinion and accept the consequences "
it misdeeds. What is it The s
overnor up to his Inauguration
'e President Of an Oil Co. that
finishes the A. and N G it's oil.
as he sold his stock since then g? =
ne State furnishes the convicts and I'M
o wood and carries both and paws
q profit of $4,000 day
get it. The State has bought Oh
om some of the Administrations DO
ends an old run down hotel and
ns it. The State running a hotel! 'o'
nd the administration handling
lllion dollar investment of the TT
ate's money 80 that it ma kes not
Q cent but looses thousands of T.,
liars. And how? by hauling much ~
light free, by having "a political ~
Vyers, living some OF them hun
Ids of miles from il as local coun..
for the road; by boa ding, lodg- Tr.
:, winning and dining the political
'ses at the hotel free. Imagine Trs
m, when the taxpayers are l
in their low ground corn rr'
rocky hill-sides, or hot aud dusty LEI 81
ces. Imagine these statesmen -
ing on the breezy balconies of and
lghtful Morehead," slipping the
te's wine with cracked ice, tell
new jokes and inventing new =
ses in which to describe the
orrors of negro office holding.n
my part, 1 say if the people of 4
State are willing to be taxed for