The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-01-20
THE FIGHT ON GRANT
Il 10 Being Waged With Only
q View to Defeating a Re-
publican Congressman.


THE WILMINGTON SITUATION
State TO be Congratulated on the Sc
lection Of Congressman Norehead
for Member of Congressional Com
mittee from North Oarolina--
President Taft Welcomes the Gov
ernors-The President Doing Good
Work Toward HarmoaizIng the
Warning Factions In Congress.
Especial to The Caucasian.)
Washington. d. c.. Jan. is. 1910.
The national capital has three
great congresses in session here this
week. The Congress OF the United
States, which is doing business at the
same old stand on Capitol Hill. il IT.
self attracting more than usual at
tention.
The House of Governors.
The second of the congresses is
that of the House of Governors com
posed of the Governor OF each State
in the Union, which was called to-
gether by President Roosevelt two
years ago and organized for the first
time. 1t is holding Its third annual
meeting here to-day at the Willard
| Hotel and will continue In session
several days. The chief purposes OF
this meeting of Governors are to Sc
cure the uniformity OF State laws on
matters of Interstate interest, and
also uniform divorce laws, uniform
laws protecting natural resources,
etc. There are thirty Governors here.
National Civic Federation.
Fhe other great congress now in
session, which assembled on yester-
day, is the National Civic Federation
composed of delegates from every
State in the Union, and also delegates
from the leading industrial and civic
organizations of the different States.
There are very large number of
| these delegates here. The scope of
subjects to be considered by this Con-
gress includes not only those being
considered by the House of Cover
nors, but extends to the whole field
of the national welfare.
The President Welcomes Them.
President Taft opened this con-
gress on yesterday, which is holding
| is sessions at the Belasco Theatre,
with a speech showing the necessity
of stronger and more extensive Fed
eral laws governing interstate COM
merce, inasmuch as the bulk of the
commerce of the country is now in
terstate and cannot be regulated by
State laws, but at the same time he
appealed for State legislation in har-
mony with national legislation and
with executive cooperation and en-
| forcement of the same.
| It is understood that these two
Congresses will hold a joint session
when each has finished its separate
deliberations, in order to compare
notes and see on what points they
can work in harmony. Much good
should result from these two great
organizations. They should and will
have a decided influence on the de-
1iberations of the Congress of the
United States, as well as on the Leg
islatures of every State.
| Mr.. Pinchot Speaks.
Mr.. Pinchot, the ex-Forester of
the United States, also made an ad-
dress before the National Civic Fed
Grafton, and was greeted with mark
ed applause. The general comment
is that his speech was In fine taste.
He said the personal contentious and
recent occurrences should be lost
sight of and should not interfere
with the united effort on the part OF
: all to uph old the hands Of President
Taft in conserving the natural re-
, sources of the country before they
were seized by monopoly and forever
/ lost to the public asset and heritage
Harmony in Congress.
81 President Taft has been doing
: some good work towards harmon
: izing the warning factions In Con
2 gress, that is, the Regulars and th'
). Insurgents. He has met with con
8 siderable success so far. The Presi
: dent is very earnest about securin,
y such harmony as 1t Is necessary Il
|. procure for the enactment of tn
: progressive and remedial Legislation
= which he desires from Congress.
The Fight on Congressman Grant.
Ell A prominent Republican from Wes
= tern North Carolina said here on yes
r terday that the attitude of the peopl
l. in the West who have been dispose
j. to oppose Congressman Grant is raE
]. idly changing, and that this chang
l. lis due first to the fact that Republ
). cans have begun to realize that tn
, fight is being made on Grant throug
l. Democratic newspapers and by Dem
,e ocratic politicians with a view to d.
.e feating Republican Congressman.
,rl It is further stated that while
g is no doubt true that certain Repul
A. licans in the West undertook th
fight on Grant, yet the turn that a
fairs have taken viii force them I
get quiet or come out from unde
.e cover and make their fight In th
L open He said that another caus
& for the change is that it has begu
le to be realized that Congressma
Grant il right.