The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-07-14

too high An order waa tssaea Aano
prohibiting certain daser3 -atn4sgoHs
IN freight rates affecting NortA car
oalna tAat have beea notorious tor
some tine
TAss ~ili he good asws % ths peo-
PIE of SoFth Carolina. hut il saoald
also remind every North Czroaanlau
that oar nan State Railroad Com
mission and our State Legislature
can and should do much - adjust
rates and prevent Discrimination
within the State
Here we have the Federal Covern-
ment enforcing the antitrust laws
] and enforcing railroad rate laws.
helping North Carolina and the
whole South and the whole country.
and yet the Democratic party i'm
North Carolina has not itself done
one single thing 10 enforce the State
antitrust laws.
! Referee Machine Slips n Cog.
A number OF the nominations
which the machine bosses succeeded
in getting made during the last ses-
sion OF Congress failed TO be confirm
ed by the Senate. AS soon as Con-
gress adjourned Il was noticeable
that the referee bosses and a num-
Der of their hungry satellites turned
up in Washington and camped. ap-
parently waiting for something 10
happen. Indeed, they seemed to be
sure that lots OF things would hap
pen. They apparently expected TO
get recess appointment for all of
their appointees whom the Senate
had failed TO confirm, and besides.
1T is said they had a regular slate
made up of additional appointments,
which they were afraid to ask for be-
fore the Senate adjourned. but ex-
pected to get recess appointments
for them Immediately after adjourn
ment
The big bosses took fine quarters
at the Washington hotels and their
suppliant and expectant satellites
hung around day after day waiting
for the plums to drop. They have
all gone home now. however, and
nothing has happened except what
did not happen. 1t is said that some
of them were cursing under their
teeth and wondering how a cog in
their well oiled machine slipped or
got broken. How it is, they know
better probably than any one else;
but one thing seems to be assured
: beyond question, and that is that
President Taft is standing squarely
by what he said in his great Green's
boro speech and in his various
speeches and declarations since with
reference to abolishing the referee
system in the South, or at least ap-
pointing to Office only men in each
community of character and capacity
and who had the respect and conf
dence of their fellow-men of all par
ties.
Indeed, President Taft has shown
that he is standing by this great re-
form principle in every contest that
has been brought before him from
North Carolina, and the people of
the State, in our opinion, will soon
learn that the President has not only
not taken a back-track, but that he
is more determined to build up a
strong and progressive party in the
South than ever, and further, that
he knows now better than ever be-
fore how to do it.
What an Observant North Carolina
Republican Said.
A very prominent Republican from
the State, who was here on Satur-
day, said that from the best infor-
nation that he could receive that
the sentiment of the people from the
mountains to the sea was growing
stronger and stronger for Morehead
for chairman each day. He said the
popular feeling, indeed, was almost
la revolution. Continuing, he said,
however, that he did not mean by
this to say that the pie-counter boss
es had given up the fight because, as
he said, they are to-day fighting
more desperately than ever before,
for they are fighting for their lives
that is, their boss pie-counter po-
litical occupation.
Continuing, he observed that be
| had heard that in counties where
delegates had already been elected.
that persons who were supposed to
represent the machine bosses were
visiting the delegates and offering to
pay their expenses to the State Con-
vention if they would vote against
Morehead and support the machine.
Besides he said that he had heard
from a number of quarters that Of
fees were being promised in great
numbers, and indeed that the same
office apparently was being promised |
to many different people to attempt
| to influence votes in the primaries
and delegates after they were elect /
ed. He said that it was also notice |
able that the pie-counter bosses were |
not only promising Offices. but were |