The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-08-11
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wr. settle was satrrs1 a<@4 q tAs 1
audience By CcuEty CaasTEan Bar
row ard his appearance ~as greet ]
ed wlsh prolonged AID hearty A.
pIause
in Introduction. SIR Settle dwsH ]
on the necessity o. such meetings. !
as being good and healthy for sas
State and Nation II vas satiTely
right and proper that men shosld
meet and discuss dlHpas.lona;ely the
issues before the people. In order
that they might more effectively de-
eide how 10 cas-; their ballot
lie then paid glowing tribute 10
ent administration during the recent
Congress. Never. declared the speak
or. had a party so fully performed
its promises and redeemed lie pledges
as has the present administration
done. The difficult and perplexing
question Of the tariff had been ad-
jusied in a manner more satisfac-
tory than any bill ever passed before,
and 20 make an end TO the matter OF
disturbing the public confidence byI
endless agitation, commission had
been provided for that would here
after take care Of such matters with
out bringing them again into po-
iiticai strife.
In this connection. Mr.. Settle Sc
yerely scored the records Of the
Democratic Senators and Represen-
sentatiyes, except Claude Kitchin, for
their hypocracy and double dealing.
All of them. with the exception
schedule on lumber and then about
faced and voted against the very item
that they had previously voted for.
20. consistency, thou art jewell"
What" asked the speaker, does
the Democratic party offer in the
the Republican party?" Nothing
but appeals to blind prejudice and
passion. All else failing, they howl,
Niger, niger" on stump and in
their yellow papers. well knowing
that the negro question is dead be-
yond resurrection. But" he con-
tinued, such appeals are falling on
ears that are fast growing deaf. They
no longer avail. The wise and con-
, ciliatory policy of President Taft had
: done much to do away with the old
time feeling, brought on by the war
and its aftermath.
The speaker then referred to the
, Connor appointment and denied that
= the President was wholly responsible
5 placing the blame on the referee sys-
= TEN, which the President some years
, ago SO strongly denounced.
, But" said Mr.. Settle, 1.-The ap-
pointment was not without some
: good effect. But for it, We would
not have known the bitter hatred
l existing between the Kitchin and
Simmons wing of the Democracy
: We would not have seen the Demo
} cratic party so thoroughly exposed
l in their greed and rapacity for office
l but for that. His likening Of Kitchir
S and Simmons to Joab and Amasi, who
= as told in Holy Writ, greeted one an.
S other with an embrace and an in
I4oH al LAOu, my d
b. the same time deftly inserting {
: knife in the back of the other"
e THE judicial ermine has beer
e trailed in the dust by the Democratic
t party" Numbered the speaker. The
l old days of respected judiciary
= the days of the Ruff1ns, of Merrimon
: of Smith. have passed away, and il
: politics and small fry politicians
e Dickers and deals, trading and traf
/. ticking, is the program now with thu
|, Democracy of North Carolina in deal
h ing with the foundation of the PEG
t pies iberties-the judiciary"
: He called attention to the betraya
c Of the first principle Of so-called JEFF
: fersonian Democracy by these hun
e gry Democrats, the principle of loca
:, self-government.
: The speaker then referred to tn
: bitter attacks on former Senator Ma
4 rion Butler by the Democratic press
He read extracts from the very pa
e pers that are now condemning him
|. begging him to come to the Demo
# cratic party, Eat his own terms.
e Some of these articles were writer
5. by men who are now Republican
l. and who are now joining hands witt
e the Democrats in abusing Butler
+ The people have not forgotten this,
: declared Mr.. Settle.
e Mr.. Butler may have, in forme
n years, been a Democrat, but sine
e then his course has been onwar
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