The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-10-15

the governor and the railroads ansi
that the next day be sens 10 the ssE.
sslatare u special message in wkacA
be stated that this was a part OF
the records Of his oaacs, hu, they
wsre free To be examined by any
| member Of the Senate OF HOUSE. aaa
that any and all parties could and
would be furnished With a copy OF
any letter or paper that they desired
to see. These letters are all on nls
In the ofhce nov. and are open to the
inspection Of any one. No member.
and 10 Republican asked 70 see these
letters or requested q copy of them.
Mr.. cowies eontended that these
letters were q part of the public doc
uments of the State, and that copies
OF every one Of them should have
been furnished TO each member Of
the general assembly TO aid him in
reaching an Intelligent conclusion
and pursuing the path of duty. and
that the one hundred and seventy
members Of the legislature should
not have been required TO go to the
governors once. each taking his
turn. like people do at the mill and
the barbershop In order TO read this
correspondence which contained so
much that members needed TO know
ia order TO do Justice TO themselves.
the people OF the State and the rail-
roads.
But to show that the governor had
been playing fast and loose In this
matter. Mr.. Cowles read the follow
Ing dispatch. which was published
in the Charlotte Observer OF Febru-
airy 3. 1908:
Special TO the Observer:
Wilmington. n. c.. Feb. s.
Referring to Governor Glenns in
Utation in the Raleigh dispatch to
the State papers to examine the files
In his Office in regard to the railroad
rate matter. Representative George
L. Morton, of New Hanover. said to-
night he would like to know which
files the governor referred to: those
in the executive ONCE where they
should be or those Ia his other coat
pocket at the executive mansion
In explanation of his inquiries he
said the governor had sent a similar
invitation In a message 10 the leg
islature and that in accordance with
the invitation he went down TO look
over those files and that Ihe only
two important matters he went for
were not In the files In the executive
Office. although he went down imme-
diately after the invitation and sup
posed he could see the files In their
complete state. He said that the let
ter on one important subject the gov
ernor said must be lost and that
the governor found this upon the
arrival in Raleigh of a gentleman
having the original. when Mr.. Nor
ton had asked permission of the gov
ernor to get a copy from this gentle
man who had arrived.
Mr.. Morton said the other letters
he asked to see were also not in the
files and that the governor said they
might be in his other coat pocket at
the mansion; that he would look
when he went to dinner He said
that as a sequence that they did turn
up in the governor other coat
pocket at the mansion and that the
governor read them to him. but he
was not permitted to have a copy
or get them in his hands"
In order 20 show the insincerity
nf thi, namanratio fr4f ~
Mr.. Cowles called attention to the
fact that his resolution calling for
this correspondence. and also that
of Hon. A. T. Grant had never been
indexed in the house journal. and
the only way to find them was to
search the book page by page. He
also called attention to the fact that
when the Republicans and Populists
controlled the State they provided
for the publication of campaign ex-
penses. This law was repealed by
the Democrats, and has never been
reenacted by them. And yet they
talk about publicity of campaign ex-
penses.
The Democratic platform, he said,
did not cater to the South at all.
Bryan and the Northern Democrats
regarded the South as their asset
without regard to whether or not
their policies benefited this section.
The South Is a lumber-produeing
section.
A tariff on lumber Is of incalueu-
liable benefit to IL. but the Demo-
cratic platform demands free lum-
ber and free logs in the hope that
some of the Western States which
vote for their interests would vote
for Bryan. The South should vote
for its interests like other sections,
and then IL will have honor, glory
and power.