The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-02-06
NATIONAL CONGRESS
Matters Of Moment Considered
and Disposed OF



sorial sentiment concerning The reeent
special message OF Prcssdent Rooss.
.elt: lie says:
The last message of Presidca.
Roosevelt l. still the most popalas
ubjsct Of discussion here. Nsa,bers
ii Congress and newspapers men can.
not forget H. Representative Town.
send, Of Michigan: Cochran. of Nes
York; Hepburn, Of Iowa, aud others.
spoke Of il. Those Democrats Who
act or speak before they think APP
planded aud chee-ca tho uow famous
message rs il was read, but the wiser
heads of the party, men who know
what such things viii lead TO in =
campaign like the one now coming,
have seen very little ia the message
10 approve,
The North Carolina Senators, a.
well as othrs of the minority side.
are quoted on tho message in inter
views in Tho altimorc Sun.
A Knockou: Blow.
Senator Overrman saws:
"Seat TO Congress just at this time
and under the peculiar conditions
existing less than a month after bis
regular annual message, a. il is in
many respects a reiteration of many
things heretofore recommended in
his message to Congress. the Presi-
dent evidently intended his special
message as an answer TO the mauy
criticisms made Of him since the
panic and also as T. knockout blow
To those candidates for the Republi-
can nomination who are out of line
and antagonistic To his policies. Tn
doubtedly the President has in this,
as iii his other messages, rendered
great service 10 the country in call
Ing attention Ia many honest and
needed reforms which have for
long time been advocated by tho
Democratic party.
"Both in the Sanate and in the
House Democrats have introduced
bills along the line of these reforms
which are recommended i'll his mes
sage-bills to prevent stock gambling,
regulating the practice of injunction
in the Federal eonsfs. refor mof the
currency, relief for employees, for the
control of railroads. etc.-all of
which are now being considered by
the committees 10 which they were
referred.
Such as Few Men Can Write.
"The message Ii great state pa
per, unusually strong and foreibly
expressed, such as few men can write,
but there is nothing especially new
in il which other reformers have
not advocated, and If it viii have the
effect of influencing his Republican
friends In Congress TO join with the
Democrats to enact these reforms
into law he will have aided in doing
great things for the country and in
preserving the government OF the
masses, not the classes, for the many,
not the few, and for the prevention
Of dishonest methods by corrupt cor
porations and stock gamblers How
ever, the interference of the general
government with the rights of the
tSates and tendncies toward con-
tralization and paternalism the
Democrats will fight to the lats ditch.
They will advocate these reforms
along radical lines, which would give
unbridled license and eurtail the
liberties of the people"
Indian Appropriations.
During the consideration of the In
dian appropriation bill in the House
Of Representatives Mr.. Townsend, Of
Michigan, delivered speech in which
he Tehearsed the history of the Re-
publican Legislation, which he said
he idd for the purpose of "dispufia.
the unwarranted claims OF ugF Demo.
cratic brethren.
II was not. be a.d. dsfend;ng ihs
present adnsirists.ilon. nIl eds
no defens2 s,ith The American I.eo.
pie; lie said. "It's reeold xill Il.
lauinate the pages os lifted States
history and mark aa epoch in popu.
lar government. He declared that
the student of the future would point
10 II as The period when the peo.
pie came into possession of their own
BY establishing as facts the hereto
fore theories 0 ia republic, whereby
Federal law is enacted for a class OF
financial condition, but for all Of the
people"
Defends Congress.
He said that the legislation of the
last two Congresses iEd been charg-
ed with producing the lat financial
disturbance and he undertook to re-
fuie the charge IS untrue. He re-
ferred especially TO the railroad rate
legislation, and said that Democratic
politicians, finding that the legislation
was good. desired 70 appropriate il
to themselves as political asset in
future campaigns.
Mr. Townsend defended the rail-
road rate law and declared tnat nc
single provision in if imposed any
thing when the very characters Of the
roads did not contemplate. He said
that be who claims that rate legis-
lation caused the panic on TO any con-
siderable cxtert contributed TO II.
begs the question IN his desire
justly his cpro2i.ioa TO The measure
and to discredit an administration
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