The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-08-18
REPUBLICAN rr-aTrugn.


ass ps4sfoTE - E5xNG Aes0w wAs
adopted BY aaaEazzUza vose CO lie
delegates:
We. Republicans. Of North Care
tina. r. cons~aftun AsA@z naea. DO
hereby adopt TIE following state
fnsni % or beliefs and purposes
concerning both national ana state
Affairs
We pledge or eonftnus1 lcyMtty 70
William Howard Taft. President %
The United States. AID leader 81 our
party. We heartily congratulate bosA
hiEa and TIE Republican matorsuea n
the Sixty nrsa Congress ca the extra
ordinary anEbeT Of wfae measures
which. in accordance wita the prom
ises Of oar national coavenfiss. have
already bsss enacted into law. Oar
history hardly afford. another IL
stance in vAass tbs saru In power
has 80 promptly made sssd - HAay
Of i,s prozaisss - the people
We renew our allegiance 10 the Re-
publican policy Of protection. The
Southern States. and North Carolina
in particular. have profited by that
policy In the past. and have every
reason 10 expect increased benefits
/ from 1t in the future.
We heartily approve the plan of q
tariff commission which, by investI-
eating carefully the conditions and
the cost OF production of protected
articles in this 1untry and abroad.
aims not merely 10 put that policy
on scientific basis. but to enable all
men TO judge for themselves OF Its
fairness and justice. Firmly believing
as We do. that it Is the best policy for
this country, We hold that Ii Is plain
/ ly to the South's Interest. and to
/ North Cardinals interest, TO send to
Washington representatives aid SEN
ators Of the party that supports IT,
We hold that the South is shamed by
the glazing insincerity of Democratic
/ Senators and Representatives who,
while posing as bitter opponents OF
this policy in their speeches and their
party platforms, nevertheless show by
their votes that they believe in 1t;
/ who seek to secure its benefits for
thei constituents not by the manly
avowal OF their real convictions, but
by secret iatrigues and bargains.
( Out of the great number of wise
and progressivesacts which stand to
the credit of this administration and
this Congress, we especially commend
their treatment of the difficult sub
ject Of interstate commerce, and we
heartily endorse the policy embodied
/ in that legislation, to-wit: regula-
! ton Of commerce carriers by COM
mission of experts, subject to appeals
/ to court so organized that it become
court of experts. We call atten-
ton to the contrast between this firm
and definite and sound policy and the
utter failure of the opposition to
agree upon any policy whatever in
| this field.
We commend also the vigorous
measures already taken to conserve
our national resources for all the
! people.
We also cite, as another example
Of the efficiency Of the Republican
party, the admirable work of the ma
tional monetary commission in pre-
pairing the way for the much needed
reform of our system of currency and
banking, to the end that the ire
sponsible control of credit by power
full and selfish private interests shall
be stopped and that adequate pro-
vision shall be made to safeguard
the business of the country against
! financial panics. We commend the
work of that commission to business
men, and ask them to contrast the
Republican attitude ON this issue with
that of the Democratic party, which
while loudly crying out against exist
ing evils, offers no plan of its own
for reform, but contents itself with
opposing, like the proverbial dog in
the manger, every specific suggestion
that is made.
On all the great national issues
our party has proved its competence
to manage the government by adopt
| ing policies which all men can under
stand. Our opponents, by their fail
ure to agree upon any clear program
ness and unftness for the trust. They
are not even agreed on the tariff
issue, on which they have chosen to
make their campaign. Some are for
moderate protection, some are free
traders, some are high protsctionists
In disguise, some are for tree raw
material, some are against tree raw
materials. To put tho a1airs Of this
great country In their hands would
be to turn from the tried to the
untried, from experience 70 bliKd az
pertinent, from order to chaos.
! We faveH the rsslAnat1on q
swamp lands In the South ~ AYatA-
age a. arid and semf-arid lands in
the West have been reclaimed by ir-
rfgation.
Turning to the affairs Of our own
State, we have no need to juggle
with words I'm order I'm conc1a1 a lack