The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-08-10
PROM Our Exc HAxGKs.



som. easths Of intsres& We Have sssi .
erred wt.h o.r Pasee Pos a.s ~s-~r.- !
Washington city il n"i he "n'y |
city where GRAFT" his eoa,- iol
light n, emily Char"st- he h /
come infested with th- p.=t -Norh
Journal.
Six drunk b. r. n The rcordc.
Monday moi uiug. All csused from
eating to many -,ae. or rott-n ap-
pies, sunday. You know We have
no whisky here. THIS 10 strictly =
prohibition town -Charlotte Peo
ples Paper.
Under Grover grating WAS ram
paLt and no chsTgs II pros cutions
were forthcoming, but under Presi-
dent ko1 sevel. not oniy cha rges aud
pro ecutions are forthcoming, but
the Stripes Ia the pen are in evil
iIence. Look At the difference: Re
publicanism aud Justice. D-moc-
rscy and kuin .-Wilkesboro Jour-
nal.
About the "Leakag~."
1.-THE leakage v hich the Republic
cans want u stop IL the leakage Of
those scandals aud rott,nness at
Washington" remarks q little DEM
ocrstic mouth organ. Now the fell
low who thought up the remark
proposes TO Il easure Republican corn
in q Democratic half bushel. He
evidently had in mind the actions
Of the Democratic party In North
Carolina In regard TO the North Car.
olins RaiIroad, Or perhaps its scti, n
IN regard 70 the inf1uman manner in
which the State cOnvicts were treat
ed two years ago. A State Demo
cratic sdminisi ration didn't propose
to have any ''leskage" In either of
these cases. When things got so
rott n they smelled to high heaven
and the people began to call for an
Investigation, how did the Demo-
Gratis proceed3 "Put none but Dem
0crsts on guard" That was their
methods. They acted upon the
theory that the way TO catch a Dem
Ocratic thief is to put Democratic
watch dog after him. Is that the
way the Republicans at Washington
proceeded? Not much. Whom did
President Roosevelt employ to help
prosecute the Post Office grafters?
Why did he step out OF the Repub-
lican party to secure part of the le-
gal talent to prosecute this cases
Couldn't afford to be so narrow q
the Democrats. He wanted a clean
tho 0ugh investigation of the case,
and he knew the only way to dc
this was to make the investigation
non partisan. He didn't want t.
stop the 'leakage." If he had, why
didn't he select all his counsel from
his party like the Democrats dc
when they proceed to probe corrup-
ton in their Affairs? The admins
tration at Washington regards Re
publican thief as detrimental to the
public In, erests as Democrat.
thief, and it is not trying 10 prOtec
the one and punish the other. An6
it Is not trying to stop the .'leak-
age" The Democrats would ha "
us believe that all this graft and rot
tenness at Washington is OF recent
origin; that the whole party hi
turned thief and gone to grabbing
everything In sight, that there Is nc
honor in the capital city save the
few Democrats who hold places I'M
der the civil service rule. The fact
however, is that the major part OF
this graft existed many years ago,
even back to the days when Oscar
Halpin's father was president. And
some of the biggest graft rascals We,
discovered are Democrats. The ad
ministration has only very recently
''caught on" to this rottenness, and
it is making a clean sweep Just a.
fast as 1t can proceed. The prompt.
ness and vigor with which it il
searching for Departmental rascality
and graft and the rigorous punish
ment that is being dealt out to the
guilty ones is raising the Republican
party higher IN the estimation OF
all honest people than anything 1t
has ever done.
Whenever the Democrats appeal
to the opposition party for assistance
In investigating the graft and rotten
ness that reeks in their affairs, then
and not till thou does it become one
of their mouth organs to insinuate
that the Republicans desire TO cover
up and conceal graft, or that they
desire to see the "leakage" OF graft
Observation-Disclosures.
Home and Household Goods DESTROYED By
Fire