The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-04-25

Daily Industrial News.I
We are told that these In more joy
among the angels In heaven upon
one sinner doing penance than
ninety nine just men who need not
penance, and while we do not mean
10 class democra.ic newspaper
broadly ~ . sinner, nor refer 10
oarself Is an snget. still along some
what the same line Of thought -
that quoted, We are really more glad
to see in q democratic newspaper
than We would be TO zee In ten Re-
publican newspapers such &C ediio-
rial as appeared In last Fridays Rich
mOnd News Leader under the above
heading. Though somewhat lengthy
1t Ii well worth quoting Ia full. and
here il is:
'Getting down to the bottom and
the beginning Of things, what l. the
real purpose and meaning, the un-
DERIVING suggestion, of savage al
tacks on the President by demo
cratic newspapers Mr. Roosevelt
Is In the last part Of his term. He
has announced point blank and re-
peated many times that he will not
be q candidate for denomination.
There Is no reason why democrats
should interfere 20 prevent the Re-
publicaus from nominating Taft.
who is said to be the Presidents Sc
lection. Mr.. Taft seems 10 be as
good as any OF them.
The President is In q fight with
certain great railroads and other cor
porations intent on resisting certain
measures of reformation and regula'
ton of their conduct required by
the interests and demanded by the
sentiment Of the people of all sec.
tions, classes and parties. So far AZ
this fight is concerned-and it is the
one big matter now directly before
the country so long as the President
sticks to 1t we intend to stick tG
him. We can see no sense in useless
attacks on him, the only effect, il
there can be any effect, of which will
be to weaken him ia his combat
with the corporations referred to.
We do not care who or what mar
is, how bad or how good, when he
is doing battle on our side and al
our representative and for our cause
it would be as treacherous as foOlist
for US to stick a knife in his back al
levery opportunity. 1t is the duty
of every newspaper to give the pub
lie the news aud keep its constitu
ents Informed as to what Is actually
being done and said. It is not thu
duty of any democratic newspape
to go out Of its way to circulat,
theories, rumors and arguments oh
viously tending, however intended
|. to weaken the President, to lesser
his strength in his fight against thu
corporations and thereby to help tn,
corporations and that wing of tn,
Republican party which stands 70
their defense.
We have confidence enough in tn
patriotism and common sense Of tn
, American people to be sure tina
, there will be no persecution of tn
railroads or any other corporations
and that they will not be treatet
harshly or upjustly or really injured
We believe they will be brought t.
a basis Of honesty and bushes
principles in their internal manage
= ment and Of fairness in their deal
, ings with the public. AS we gather
that is what the PreSident is tryin.
to do what is being resisted 81
strongly and by so many cunning
devious and ingenious ways by rail
road men like Hartman. In fact
the whole pending fight resolves it
self simply to our mind into ON
between the American people, LEI
by Roosevelt, and the methods ant
forces most prominently represented
by Hartman. Railroad men lik,
the presidents of the Southern an(
the Pennsylvania are ready, we be
lieve, to co operate with the people
in bringing about fair adjustment
of relations between their properties
and the public. They are very diff
terent from the Hartman type. Or
a straight issue between Roosevelt
land Hartman, the democratic pa
pers, at least, should stand by Roose
welt and refuse to allow themselve.
to be used by tools to cut him dOwr
and strengthen Hartman"