The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-22

eFaI and technical. 4 grea. state
can maze no better investment o. It's ]
means than for the training Of ia
youth Of both sexes and Of all cIaxEes.
mere Ii no right place for Ignorance
III modern civilization We favor the
policy Of the State furnishing. free OF
charge and under proper regulations.
TO every child IN the public schools all
necessary textbooks.
We favor an equally liberal policy
with our institutions Of charity and
with our Confederate veterans.
We believe In the dignity of labor
and the elevation Of the wage earners.
and pledge our party TO the enact
ment OF such laws az will best pro-
mote this end. We believe that labor
and capital are coordinate branches
OF our Industrial life-each necessary
to the other-that neither can pros
per without the other. and looking to
this end We pledge our party 10 the
enactment Of such laws as Will, so
Tar as possible. create the kindlIest
feeling between labor and capital. re-
move all causes for conflict between
the two, and promote the upbuf1d-
ing OF both classes in North Carolina.
We believe in good roads, and
! favor the good roads policy both as
an economic necessity and as one OF
the chief means TO make country life
the life of most OF our people
more attractive. We hold that the
best employment for the State con-
victs is on the public highways.
We again call for the establish
ment of reformatories for youthful
criminals Of both sexes. and Juvenile
courts for our cities. These are re-
forms clearly demanded by the best
public sentiment everywhere, and in
which North Carolina must not lag
behind.
We denounce the extravaganza Of
the Democratic party in the manage
ment of the finances of the State,
whereby they have increased the
bonded Indebtedness Of the State and
caused a constant depreciation in the
market value of our State bonds.
We demand a fair election law,
which shall permit every voter to cast
his ballot voluntarily, prevent dicta-
. ton and bribery, and make for free
, expression Of the peoples will. The
: failure of the party in power to pass
such a law is inexcusable. Every ad-
vocate of pure politics is in favor OF
, It, None but partisan and unworthy
, motives are arrayed against it,and we
, demand effective legislation that will
insure punishment of all election Of
ficers who act corruptly in the dis
!, charge Of their duties.
In the matter of the States policy
with common carriers and other
: great corporations, we take issue
, squarely with the declaration of our
opponents which, if 1t means any
, thing, means that all great combina-
. tons of capital are to be destroyed
, outright. We hold, on the contrary.
that much Of the work of modern So
ciety will continue to be done, and
J must be done, by great corporations.
, What is NEEDED in the State as in the
, nation, is not wanton destruction or
ignorant intermeddling, but careful
, and expert and just regulation. We
repeat, therefore, the pledge of our
last platform-the pledge to set our
selves against two kinds Of injustice,
the injustice which permits great cor
porations and other combinations OF
wealth to prey upon the poor, and the
injustice which sacrifices property
and deranges business in order that
cheap demagogues may get or keep
office.
t We re-afirm our allegiance to
! the time-honored principle of local
) self government and we denounce the
: successive betrayals of that principle
/ by our opponents, who long vaunted
/ themselves its champions.
We demand that our judiciary, and
/ particularly our higher courts, shall
/ be kept above the atmosphere Of par
/ tisan politics, and that the judicial
/ ermine shall never be conferred as a
reward for mere political service. The
5 sole test of fitness for judicial honors
: and duties should be professional
: eminence and ability and exalted
= character.
: Believing, as we do. that in State
and nation alike the policies for
: which our party stands are right and
wise, we invite all patriotic citizens,
I whatever their party Affiliations in
D the past, to join with US in support
ing them. We believe that in the
: South particularly, it is Of the first
Importance that our party shall con-
tinue to grow. It is universally con-
ceded that the Southern States, by
their blind allegiance to one party,
have for years deprived themselves OF
the power and influence in the nation
: which our forefathers once possessed
and vigorously exercised. and which
we ought to have to-day. Whatever
reasons may in the past have justi-
fed Southern people in that course
they do not exist to-day in North