The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-03-08

Republicans Expose End Prosecute Often
ders While Democratic Politicians
Cover Up the Crimes Of Their Psrttsans.
The following article by Mr.. T. T.
Hicks, which appeared Ia Sundays
Daily Industrial News, gives the
present situation In North Carolina
politics:
ST have just read an editorial Of
more than three columns length in
today's News and Observer. In which
it is attempted 10 make the Repub-
liean party odious and to glorify
the Democratic party, The writer
rings in the charges on the "warring
bosses" the utilization with whis-
key and opposition to the amend
ment as high crimes of which Pc
publicanism is guilty. He asserts
that practically all Republicans who
are not such for the hope ofgetting an
Office, are Republicans because their
fsthers were that their fathers were
such because the Democrats brought
Ola the war, that they are voting on
an issue that was settled in 1865 |;
that old line Wings and modern
Democrats stand for the same things,
and in short every white man wor-
thy of the name is now or must for
his own honor and the honor Of the
State become a Democrat.
The editorial in question is couched
in tones of spitefulness and bitter
ness. IL seeks by threats of ostra-
cism, by abuse, and the old appeal
TO race prejudice, to stem the tide of
Republican popularity that in 1904
swept every part Of this great ma
ton except the small section thereof
that could be moved by such consid-
.erations as those above stated. What
Democrat can look upon his party's
career for the last twenty years and
then turn his eyes upon the present
political map Of the country, and
not feel ashamed of the name he
bears? For what does the party
stand in National politics? Its last
convention broke up in a row that
was followed soon after by a COM
plete rout at the polls.
Just one year after that section in
which it had its only footing had
exhausted the language Of abuse of
the Republican leader, it became his
most AFFECT fatterer and sycophant.
The party has no national organiza-
tion, and no principles that bind it
together. Protesting loyalty to the
constitution and policy of govern
ment, and to the name Of Democ-
racy, its whole creed and watch
word are embraced in the one word
swhite," of which il makes a
mantle to cover a multitude of sins.
That there are chickering's and con-
tentions among some of the leaders
of the Republican party in North
Carolina is not denied, That many
of its supporters have heen guilty
of crimes and frauds against the
government, growing out Of the
manufacture and sale of liquor, is
undoubtedly true. That many have
not been prosecuted for these crimes
who should be, is admitted. That
there is frequently unseemly con.
tention in efforts to obtain federal
Offices must also be admitted to our
shame. That there is too strong an
alliance between some of the men,
bers of the party and King Alcohol
we must confess with shame.
But with this large number of
pleas Of guilty and confessions of
sins hanging about it, the Republi-
can party is to me infinitely better
as State organization and instru-
ment Of government than is the
Democratic party.
A COMPARISON.
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