The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-07-12
AxATrEMpT TO DECEIVE.

AN ATTEMPT TO DECEIVE.
The following is from the Win
ston Daily Sentinel (democratic)
Whenever Republicans exhaust
Everything in the nature Of sensible
argument they can generally be de-
pended upon to use the democratic
.cxtravagsnce' plea in the effort to
make up for Republican deficiencies.
The Democratic party in this State
has been In authority for little
more than five years consecutively,
AMI during that time money has
been spent but Ii has been spent for
the good of the people Of this State.
IL has not been squandered nor spent
reckIcssIy. A party that classes every
expenditure of its opponents az ex-
tnvagance and tries to make politi-
cal capital out of the fact that its
opponents spend money when IL Ia
needed, is party that is opposed to
progress. The Democratic admins
tration during the past five years
have spent more money than was
spent before for the cause of public
education, the care of the States In
sane and for the Confederate sol
diers, because it was right that more
money should be spent. If this Is
extravaganza 1t Is extravaganza
that any party should be proud Of"
If the Sentinel is proud of the
Iextravagance of the democratic ma
chine, ii Is more than can be said of
the taxpayers Of the State who
have to foot the bills for their ex-
travagauce. The Sentinel must
think the voters of the State are a
lot Of simpletons-if it expects
them to believe that all the tax
payers money has been spent for
the insane, Confederate soldiers,
schools, etc., of the State.
What are the facts in the case ?
A great deal of money has been
spent to increase salaries and create
new offices for party pets. Three
new judgeships have been created,
the salary Of other judges have
been increased. New clerks have
been appointed and the salary of
Others increased. Aycock drew $4,000
more from the State than Russell,
and bill was introduced in the last
Legislature to Increase the governors
ea!ary $1,000 more each year, but
when it was seen that the measure
could not be passed In time for
Glenn to draw the increased sal airy,
the bill was Withdrawn. Several
thousand dollars of the States money
was spent investigating the corrup-
tion Of the Democratic manage
ment of the A. & n. G. Railroad,
but this report has been smothered
and never given to the public, not
withdrawing that the taxpayers
paid for the investigation. Gov.
Aycock appointed a committee to
select site for the encampment of
the State Guard. and it is said the
Governor did not accept the report
of bis COMMITTEES. Anyway, the
report of that committee has never
been made public, Notwithstanding
the tax payers had to foot the bills
Of the committee. There are many
other cases of needless extravaganza
of the machine, which are too nu-
merous to mention here.
Now what has been spent for the
good of the State? The Confed-
crate soldiers are fast passing away,
and as a result the amount of money
paid to them is fast decreasing each
year. What are the facts as to
the schools? The democrats spend
more money but not judiciously.
The system is not as good as before.
Some schools receive more money,
while others have been discontinued,
thereby causing the children to walk
much farther to attend while 1t has
put some of the younger children
entirely out of reach of the schools.
The insane of the State have been
miserably provided for. Many of
the insane have to be confined in
pens and common jails, while the
office-helders are rolling in fat sala-
ries. They have not provided a
reformatory for the young criminals,
as they promised to do. The ques-
ton still stands, what has the demo-
cratic machine done with the money
Of the taxpayers