The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-06-16
DEMOCRATIC PERFIDY.
Webster's Weekly, democratic, }
Shows Up the Present State Ad-
ministration-Think the Governor
Has Gone Over To the Trusts.


Webster's Weekly (Deml i
No newspaper is free from criti-
cIsm. In fact a newspaper that does
not merit criticism will not do much
good for the community IN which II
cIrculates. Evil forces always have
and always will oppose the good. The
Weekly has not escaped. And this
has come because The Weekly has
dared to stick TO the word and spirit
Of the Democratic platform and 10
plead for the carrying out Of Demo
cratic promises, the while censuring
those politicians who have led in
post-election betrayals. The leaders
in North Carolina are making the
party a party Of insincerity. They are
using the party principles and prom
ises merely to induct themselves to
Office. We are not keeping the prom
ises made TO the people, AS result
the State is fast verging towards Re-
publicanism. Another round Of Dem
ocratic insincerity and the State will
be in the hands of the RAIDS. It is
better to suffer criticism now in an
effort to save the State to the Demo-
cratic party.
1t would be better for the Demo-
cratic party to come out openly in
sympathy with trusts and corporate
interests than to win the peoples
confidence by their antagonistic ut
terances and then betray these utter
ances. Two years ago w. w. Kitchin
was the peoples friend and the Amer
ican Tobacco Company and the other
trusts were fighting him tooth and
nail. His position then, when he was
appealing to the people was one thing
today it is another, and We are
sickened at the sight of the American
Tobacco Company and the other
trusts lining up squarely behind Mr..
Kitchin.
The Democratic party should
either change it's position on trusts or
repudiate those leaders who betray
it's platform utterances.
Below is another warm one that
the weekly hands out to the Reds
vile Review. which paper has been
ing up Governor Kitchin. Webster's
Weekly says:
Here is a specimen Of what The
Review handed Webster's Weekly
during the blooming June days of
1904:
&c ho f0
attempt any defense Of Capt. Glenn.
He is known by every woman and
child and by every other etaoinpupu
child and by every voter in this coun-
ty as an honorable man and an hon
est gentleman. Vituperation and
slander hurled at him by Webster's s
Weekly can do him no harm"
That was ''before talking. In less
than two years The Review was
sharply criticising Governor Glenn,
! the head of the Democratic party and
was actually furnishing thunder for
paign. The Review said in it's issue
/ Of December 8, 1905:
Governor Glenn is a remarkable
man, if we may be forgiven for agree
ing with our neighbor, The Weekly.
During and preceding the campaign
he solicited and received votes from
the whiskey people here in Rocking
ham and in other counties upon the
grounds that he was in favor of the
principle allowing each locality to
settle the whiskey traffic, and as soon
as he had warmed the chair of the
Governors office he advocated in
speeches the submission Of the ques-
ton of prohibition to the State at
large enabling the eastern and other
sections to have an equal say as to
what Rockingham should do"