The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-07-08
WASHINGTON NEWS
Tariff Bill Approaching Com
pIetion-Conner Appoint
ment an Object Lesson.
MACHINE RULE MUST END


Judge Rouses the Rank and File
Of Republican Party-Hopes OF
Further Democratic Appointments
Doomed to Failure-A Valuable
Lesson.
Especial to The Caucasian.)
Washington, D. c., July Is, 1909.
The intense heat during the past
week may or may not have had some
thing to do with fastening the work
of the extra session Of Congress; but,
at any rate, much progress has been
made. The schedules of the proposed
Senate tariff bill are practically COM
plete.
The tax of 2 per cent on the net
earnings Of corporations, exempting
all with dividends under five thou
sand dollars, has been passed. which
come tax as to corporations alone.
In addition, resolution submitting
constitutional amendment to the
Legislatures of the States. providing
for an income tax as to all incomes,
has also been adopted.
The extra tax placed upon tobac-
co for the purpose of raising reve-
nue. during the Spanish War has
been repealed, or rather adjusted, SO
that all of the double tax does not
fall on the consumer. 1t will be re-
membered that the tobacco manu-
facturers were permitted during the
war to lessen the size of their pack
ages of tobacco and sell them at the
same price on account Of an in
creased tax on tobacco When the
Spanish War taxes we're repealed 1t
seems that the size of the packages
was overlooked; hence the American
tobacco manufacturers have been
collecting the full price for a short
bag Or plug of tobacco tax ever since
that war and putting the whole sum
in their own pockets.
Ammonia has been placed on the
saving in the cost of fertilizers fol
the farmers.
Cotton bagging has also been put
on the free list, and the duty on cot
ton ties cut in half, which will mean
big item to the cotton industry.
The outlook now is that the bill
may become a law by the first of
August or soon thereafter.
Democrats Much in Evidence.
1t is noticeable that more Demo
cratic politicians from North Caro-
lima and the South generally are to
be seen in Washington around the
hotels and the Capitol than is usual
when Republican administration is
giving out patronage.
This has caused some little com
ment to the effect that the hopes oi
many Democratic politicians have
| been raised to the point where they
| really believe they can land a con
] siderable part of the Offices under
this administration.
The appointment of Connor e
Democrat) for Judge In the Eastern
| District of North Carolina, of course
l has done much to give color to these
| hopes, because it has made Demo
I cratic politicians believe that the!
| stood a chance of getting Jobs ever
/ when there were plenty of Republi
4 cans equally as competent for thu
places, to say the least. But 1t il
/ believed that these Democratic Office
seekers are doomed to disappoint
ment, for it Is not thought that thu
| President will be misled again to tn
extent that he was in appointing
Democrat for Judge in North Caro-
lima.
A Valuable Lesson.
On the other hand, the promi
nent Republicans who have com
here from North Carolina as well a
from other Southern States are in
clined to believe that the action Q
President Taft in appointing Demo
crat for Judge in the Eastern Dis
trict will have most wholesome e1
feet in the long run upon the part
organizations in the South.
, The point made is that this radios
!, action aroused the attention of tn
honest rank and file of the Republ
.can party in the State and in th
&, whole South and has caused them
:, look for an explanation, and ths
they are finding it in the fact ths
many of their so-called leaders al
responsible for the condition {
things which has more Or lie!
= brought the Republican party in ii
q South into disrepute; and that Il
z result will be that the patronage m
u chine organizations will be displace
g by the people, and that men
> brains and character will be put
e, the head of these organizations WI
IF not only are capable of leading Il
4 party to victory, but men who no
Is estly desire to do so.
at II such shall be the result, thu
~ the price paid in the loss OF judg
r ship will be a gain and not loss
e. indeed. a good investment for t
Republican party in the South.