The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-08-04


- ours is, that the best re-
mat il. the best government
e the people-can be Sc
18th in the Nation and in Ehe
.. having two strong, agrees
..--.Ds. facing each other, con-
.., gccnIy for the mastery, 80
... hen one party fails Of its trust.
g.. q moderate degree, that par
be Immediately displaced and
.-.a- put at the helm. A strong.
,arty Of opposition is abso-
r--cutial for good government.
....a- shortcomings or faults the
.aI Republican party to-day
.. guilty OF are due TO the fact
.... . does not perform its functions
.arty Of opposition.
..! 30 in North Carolina to-day
... Democratic party has been gull
.. many breaches Of faith with
.... .aupIc. Within the last few years
... .rrease Of crime, its failure to
....,. the law, it's desertion of the
..t and fundamental principle of
-.aI -clf-gOvernment, and it's gem
,.. iucOmpetency have been due
largely 10 the fact that its leaders
have felt they were secure in power
AID that there was no fear of Demo-
cratic defeat and Republican success.
The present Democratic administra-
ton in North Carolina and it's prede-
rr-sOrs would both have given far
better government if the Republican
party in the State had been standing
Oh guard with enough soldiers to
step in and take charge at the first
betrayal of trust by that party.
[ submit that this proposition is
true and that it is fundamental.
This being so, then should not every
man who is a patriot before he is a
partisan, in my State, join hands in
wiring out the twin evils which
have pointed out above and which
Lr-sly Democratic and the South
hOpcIessly solid?
submit that it is the duty OF every
citizen to lend his efforts to accom-
plsh and bring about those condi,
tons which will insure the best re.
suits from party government, no mat
ter whether that party for the time
being shall be the Democratic or the
Republican party. 1t was this great
basic truth that President Taft hat
in mind when he appealed to the peo-
pie in the South who believed in Re
publican principles to align them
selves with that party and make it a
bold, progressive party; when he de-
cared that the doors should be open
ed and that the referee system
should no longer block the way.
submit that no President ever utter
ed more patriotic sentiment OF
made a more patriotic appeal, or one
with a higher sense of duty and
friendship to the South and to all OF
its people when so doing. Mr.. Pou
instead of criticising the President
should be patriotic enough to stand
up and applaud his utterances and
uphold his hand in this respect, and
so should all Democrats and all Re-
pub.icans, North and South, as Amer,
lean citizens
Now, Mr. Chairman, another one OF
my North Carolina colleagues, Mr.
Webb, Of the Ninth District, has
within the last few days delivered g
speech in this House, which also pur-
ports to be reply to my remarks.
That District is one of the strong
cotton-mill districts of the State. Mr.
Webb denies that the cotton-mill in
dustry of his District is in a prosper
GUS condition, and attempts to show
that it is actually suffering rather
than being helped by the Republican
tariff law, and contends that, if the
Republicans can not pass a tariff Law
mat will be more conducive to the
success of the cotton-mill industry
then there is no reason why a Repub
Ican should be sent to Congress from
that District.
Mr.. Webb overlooks the fact, or a
least fails to be frank enough t
state, that the high price of raw cot
ton has caused a temporary depres
SION in the cOtton-mill business, ant
ne also fails to point out the fac
that this is not an unmixed evil, in
asmuch as this high price of cotton
IS one Of the elements that is con
Uouting directly to the wonderful
prosperity of our farmers and indi
TectIy to the prosperity of all othe
classes. | admit, frankly, that tn,
present tariff law is not just what
would have had it be as respects tn
cotton schedule as it affects tn,
South.
In short, the cotton schedules ar
more favorable to New England thai
10 the South; but I submit that,
the South would send Congressmel
10 Washington who believe in tn
great American doctrine of protec
uon, then we would be able to hav
every schedule of the tariff as favor
"oie to the South as to any other sec