The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-10-25

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President Roosevelt
The oshcr paper in question was q
Democratic weekly which, sitter aecns.
ing the Republican party Of bcing Goa.
trolled by corporations, simply says;
s'It Is true that shey have nosaIn~'ed
Judge Douglas for corporation eommis-
sioner, but he, like Mr.. Roosevelt. dads
no moral support in his own party, and
would find himself bound hand and foot
should his party carry the Legislature. -
Aside from the absurdity Of such state
ments, | feel highly eomplimented by
being compared with one in whose
great qualities Of heart and brain the
people throughout this broad land rec
ognize the incarnate spirit of Ameri-
eanism. II is not too much TO say the
Railroad Rate Act, the Pure Food Act,
the Employers Liability Act, and the
Meat Inspection Act, four of the most
important and beneficial laws that have
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to Mr.. Roosevelt. That a man who had
already attained the summit of human
ambition, with no pledges to fulfill and
nothing to gain, should throw all the
weight of his matchless personality
and splendid popularity into the scale of
individual right, is the surest guarantee
of the stability of American Institutions
Employers Liability Act.
The Employers Liability Act is
worthy of special attention. 1t provides
that common carriers shall be liable
to their employees or, in ease of death,
10 their personal representatives, "for
all damages which may result from the
negligence of any of its officers, agents
or employees, or by reason of any de-
gence in it's ears, engines, appliances,
machinery, track, roadbed, ways or
works. Section 2 provides that the
injured employees contributory neg
| ligence, unless greater than that of the
| defendent, shall not bar a recovery;
and concludes with the following signi-
ficant mandate: "All questions of
negligence and coptributory negligence
shall be for the jury
Not Opposed to Rate Bill.
There is no warrant for the statement
that the Republican party in North
Carolina is opposed to the principles
of the Rate Bill. 1t is true it is not
specifically endorsed in the platform,
| but Colonel Skinner in placing me
in nomination, plainly and distinct
ly stated that my record was a
had always been in entire sympathy
with Mr.. Roosevelt Is views as to the
| Rate Bill and other railroad and corpor-
ate regulation. My immediate nomina-
tion by reclamation, without dissenting
| vote, was as much a ratification Of
those principles as if they had been set.
out in the platform itself. AS my letter
was written after my nomination, i
| of course am responsible for the pro-
posed method of their application; but
| no one can say that the principles them
selves are in any degree antagonistic
to anything contained in either the
Republican state or national platform.
Mr.. Bryan's Principles.
But it has been said that these prin-
ciples have been stolen from Mr.. Bryan,
the colossal figure that bestrides the
Democratic party from ocean to ocean,
| and whose slightest words, even when
borne by the wandering winds from. far
beyond the seas, come to waiting Demo
cratic ears with all the sanetity of an
oracle. If these are Democratic prin-
ciples, why should any true and pat
triotic Democrat refuse to endorse them,
if he believes they are just and neces-
sary to the welfare of the statef The
Commoner, in its issue of September
2Sth. says: "But the election of
Democratic house means that Mr.. Roose-
Welt will be sustained whenever he
moves along reform lines or upon any
other action which seeks to protect the
public interests from the special inter
ests.' 1t would seem that those who
profess to be the followers of Mr.. Bryan.
might initiate in some degree the mag
nanimity of the great Nebraskan.
| Ny letter is not addressed to Repub
lieans alone, but to all the people Of
North Carolina who are true to the old
state to which I belong not only by
l..
blood. All that I ask is that they viii
read my letter and discuss it with their
neighbors regardless of politics. Then
they should do as they think right. Ny
own election is of no Importance com