The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-07-12
The Panama Canal.

fact that merely to accomplish some
supposed advantage 10 the Democrat
ic party. majority Of the Senators
from the South were willing 10 sacrl-
Gee her material interests and delay
the great project of such capital I'M
portance to her, indicates the dlsad-
vantage that she laborS under in hav-
ing 1t thought that she is tied ire
trievably to the Democratic party.
Allegiance to the Democratic Party q
Disadvantage
At the session Of the Senate Just
ended. the Democratic Senator's IN
sisted OF & caucus rule TO prevent the
| ratification Of the Santo Domingo
treaty This is another and striking
instance Of the manner III which the
mvarying allegiance Of the South to
The Democratic party works to her
disadvantage. The peace. prosperity
and development Of the islands Of the
| Caribbean sea and the countries of
Central and South America are of the
utmost Importance to the South. more
| so than TO any other part Of the roun-
try. Santo Domingo. q republic IN
name, has been SO sub lect To revolu-
| ton and internecine warfare and yio-
lence as almost to dissolve the entire
social order. For the purpose of
avoiding European interventions. for
the purpose of bringing about peace
and making agriculture and business
and general prosperity possible in
this island. richer than any other of
the whole Caribbean group. the gov
ernment Of that republic appealed to
the United States to help her main
tain order while she collected reNenue
enough to pay off her debts and be-
gln business and the arts Of peace
again. Standing as we do land the
South especially is emphatic in this)
for the Monroe Doctrine. how can we
logically or consistently refuse to aid
these weak governments when prop
erly called upon BY them to adjust
their differences with European @ov-
arnments. and remove the tempta-
ton from the latter to intervene and
violate the policy which we are SO
|
And vet. merely for the purpose Of
making a partisan point. merely for
the purpose Of embarrassing the ad-
mlnlstratlOn. Il party caucus of Sen
ators of the United States Is called to
bind every member of the party to
vote against the ratification Of the
treaty. In other words. twenty Sem
| L. Il, -
be made able to defeat the will Of the
President Of the United States and Of
the remaining seventy Senators. Is
it any wonder that under these cir
cumstances the South does not en-
JOY that prominence in high official
circles that it is entitled 10 by its in
telligeEce, population and Importance
in the country? Its people. by rea-
son of their political course and thei1'
Difference to tie Democratic party
under all circumstances. are them
selves responsible for this condition.
The secretary here gave eogent
reasons why the political solidity of
the South should be broken. He also
touched upon local conditions, the
apparent scramble for federal offices,
} which he heartily deplored. He coun-
seled harmony in the republican
ranks. at all hazards.
Republicans Do Not Favor the Trusts.
1t has been the habit of the Dem
ocratic party to attack the Republi-
can party as favoring trusts and cor
porations. and opposed TO the labor
ing man. Nothing could be farther
from the fact. The record Of that
party shows that the only substantial
steps which have been really taken
to stop the abuses and oppression at
tempted by the irresponsible hold
ers of great wealth and corporate
power, have been by the Republican
party and there is no more brilliant
and successful exponent of this policy
: than Theodore Roosevelt His declar-
ations made before the election are
being enforced and put into practice
after the election. The Democratic
leaders have been for years making
loud declarations against corporations
. and trusts and railroads and have
nevertheless, instituted no legislative
steps in all this time for the pur-
pose Of restraining abuses. They are
now indignant that the Republican
| party, In carry ing out the promises OF
its own platform, is putting into prac-
tice the principles which they, with 4
superb self-complacency, claim are re.