The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-05-28

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Affairs - The Interests uf szsai tss.
siee 10 al. ana that sAl4 aesioa O.
bis part has arcas~i tie bitter aaa
aaFwaeniing oppaaitson Of gAp pro-
datnrr weaifh and tho rrtnanal
rich more than any other att of hh
administration
Mere Light Must liz Tara~si on.
lie called attensloa 10 the tars
that the fTe~ideaG had oaiy a-xua
taralag Oh The light, aad saat IL w.a
at the greatest Importance tnas 10
should b~ retained auall the search
llgat oE truth wAa taraed 10 shs
very bottom OF every oornsr of
eTooksdne@s aad cnrrupsioa-
Another called asteataou to the
fact that the President 40 doubt
| thought when he made his famous
election night statement that hs
would not serve again. that he could
Tour years, SO that the peopl.
| would be sure. In the light OF fActa,
TO elect none TO Office except those
who were pledged to stand aud vote
Tor square deal. but 9hat IL Was
| clear 10 the President noN. and To
great TO be accomplished In one
| short four years. The President has
| accomplished wonders. but the task
was greater than the people thought
or the President even dreamed OF.
Finally. IL may be said that there
Is general concensus of opinion
! that the President was wrong In
| calling the piece OF a term TO which
he had succeeded as his frat term.
| 1t was, in fact, not his term. in
| whole or in part. but that the Pres
| ident has served but one term, and
there is no reason why he should
not serve again. being in the very
| prime and vigor of his manhood and
| power and the people desiring his
services with such remarkable and
unprecedented unanimity.
1t Is the general concensus oi
opinion that even If some other Re
publican candidate for President
could be elected, that the House II
In grave danger of going Democrat
ic unless Roosevelt shall be drafted
TO lead the fight
A Taft Delegate Declares for Roose.
Welt.
Gen. George w Curtin, one of tn,
most prominent and successful
business men of West Virginia
who has been elected as a Taft del
egate to the National Convention
declared a few days since tha
Roosevelt must be nominated. Hi
attention was called to the fact tha
he had been instructed 10 vote 70
Taft first, last and all the time.
Taft Sentiment Artificial.
And so | was,'' he said An,
SO were my colleagues. But WI
We're selected not because we wer
Taft men, but because we wer
Roosevelt men and would favor tn
candidate OF his choice. There wa
no genuine, heartfelt, deeproote
sentiment in the convention for Taf
or any other candidate. The SO
called Taft sentiment was as art
: fcial as it is possible for sentimen
to be made. 1t was a Taft sent
ment only in SO far as 1T refiecte
the known desires and wishes Q
: Theodore Roosevelt 1t was a nee
ative, not positive. sentiment 10
a Taft. The positive sentiment is
Roosevelt sentiment. | know thi,
Z and my colleagues know the trut
: of it, and SO do the Republicans G
: West Virginia.
+ 4 have not arrived at this pos
G ton without seriously thinkin
!, about 1t. know | will be criticise
Icy some, who will claim my pos
o ton, being a delegate instructed Il
Taft, is inconsistent analogous, an
q possibly reasonable to the convel
" tion's mandates. Let those WI
want to take that view and eritici!
!, me If they wish. l feel positiy
A however, that the Republicans
O this State, deep in their heart
o hearts, feel as / do about 1t, ar
: will approve of my frank truthful
q ness, even IL some of them m.
n doubt my discretion. Indiscree
4 Possibly, If / were a candidate (,
n office, or even expected to be,
cherished aspirations for public no
" ors. But l am free from all of thI
h Indiscreet? From a business al
% party standpoint-no. And tho
r are the eminences from which I ha
taken my view.
Ia Business Interests Demand Roos
welt.
"a Here is a town that ha
,t founded and there in that mill al
in yonder there in the woods are 70
+ hundred families dependent up
If me, upon my good jugment In bu
n ness. above all upon the prospect
10 of this country" and the gray-ha
tn ed veteran developer of the Stat,
"a timber resources made an encircli
9. sweep OF his hand to emphasize {
industrial scene that stretched @
n. along the mountain before hi
id Times have been tight, but I ha
@ kept my men at work because
at must see that they have IL as 10
n as | can. They are responsible
IT 10 me that / cannot evade. Tn,
welfare is mine; mine theirs. o