The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-07-28

cech of Hon. John M Msehead in the House of Represen
atives June 16-Platform Pledges Enacted Into Law
Vigorous Answer to Congressman Pous Speech-Raps Re
fierce Sysem.
Continued from last week

votes at the election.
They at once deserted this para
mount: and IN the next campaign il
was the guarantee OF bank depos-
its" They have nov deserted that.
as an impractical. irridegcent dream.
and are now looking for q new para
mount az their sheet anchor of hope:
and 10 and behold. here IL In: The
| crime Of the high cost of living,
chargeable TO the Republican party"
This charge Is based On the same
false theory that the dear dollar and
the cheap man is the correct econom-
ic principle for the progress and
| prosperity of our people and the de-
yelopment and advancement of our
| civilization.
| The foundation stone of the sue
cess and progress OF every people
and every nation depends upon suf-
ficient reward TO those who are the
wealth producers OF the nation. It
Is probably true that the wealth pro-
ducers to-day are being more fairly
compensated for what they produce
than ever before in the history Of
the country, and that necessarily
makes the cost OF living higher than
ever before, because we live on what
the wealth producers create. IL the
Republican party is responsible for
this crime, then it glories in its &C
, hievements.
There are but three classes of peo-
pie in our country and In the world
!, who have or can make any just COM
plant against what Is known as the
} high cost of living. They are the Of
} fice-holders and the salaried clerks
, and the money-changers. If the Of
7 fice-holder Is dissatisfied with his sal
= airy, the country can no doubt dis
8 pense with some of them or find a
r better substitute. | do not mean by
v this that ! am In favor of low sal
T aries, because l believe that every eff
8 hcient public official should be hon
s estly and justly compensated for his
= services, and when the wealth-pro-
= Queer is prosperous the country can
: afford to increase such wages where
S Justice requires it. The same is true
= as to the salaried clerks, and already
e wages are being advanced from one
s end of the country to the other, to {
e greater or less degree, in proportion
to the increased prosperity Of the
> country. AS for the money-changers
It we leave Mr.. Pou and his party tt
It concern themselves about them.
Is 60 My colleague next complain
1t that I should call attention to AM
1t dilate upon the prosperity Of tn
Is country and claim that the policie
0, of the Republican party had any con
Ut uection Herewith. In reply, I wan
E. to ask that if the Republican part
lie and it's policies deserve no credit 70
any of the progress and development
at Of this country, then what party de
IN serves the credit? Does he claim tina
e. the Democratic party is in any wa
is responsible for it?
&c He next complains that l shoul
," allude to the hard times that tn
y country suffered under the last Den
II ocratic administration, and vehen
NC emily denies that the Democrat
% party was in any way responsible fe
u those conditions. In reply, ask
ID the Democratic party was not respol
nc sib1e, then who was? Mr.. Pou seen
q ed to be aggrieved because the coul
nc try always is more prosperous whe
a, the Republican party Is in pows
'h than when the Democraticsparty is
IL power should not think shat n
IL friend would want to admit thu
VI Providence and the Republican par
~ were in partnership.
No, Mr.. Chairman, the fact is tn
the Republican party stands for tt
great progressive and construct1'
-, American principles and ideas. 1t
III the policies of the Republican par
io' that has made this the greatest, tt
richest, the most powerful count
co. in the world to-day. Here We ha
not only the greatest prosperity t
each citizen, but the greatest Hbert
and the greatest voice and power
government.
md Every poor-paid laborer in the
80 world to-day, and every dOwn-trC
md den human being who is hunger1
tho for a larger measure of liberty a
h + the comforts of life, has his ey
for turned longingly toward the shol
an of America They are not only yeal
and ing to come by the thousands
md ten Of thousands and millions,
oss they do come as fast as we will
ono ceive them. Ten times more wo'
come if we would let down the ba
Mr. It is the Republican party which
con created the prosperous conditit
inc which makes them want to come,
cost it is also the Republican party wn
, he has put up the bars to keep out
to who are undesirable. Mr.. Pou
aith his party declare that these PEG
are coming to America to be rob-
item by the Republican protective ia
unit, and the Republican trusts and
tick have their liberties abridged