The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-15

SEai ano technical A great State
can make no better Investment Of IL.
means than for the training Of ltn
youth OF both sexes and OF all CLASSES.
There Is no right place for ignorance
In modern civilization We favor the
policy OF the State furnishing, free OF
charge and under proper regulations.
to every child In the public schools all
necessary textbooks.
We favor an equally liberal policy
with our institutions OF charity and
With our Confederate veterans.
We believe In the dignity of labor
and the elevation Of the wage earuerx.
and pledge our party TO the enact
ment OF such laws "a will best pro-
mote this end. We believe that labor
and capital are coordinate branches
OF our Industrial life-each necessary
to the other-that neither can pros
per without the other. and looking 10
this end we pledge our party to the
enactment OF such laws az will, SO
far as possible. create the kindliest
feeling between labor and capital. re-
move all causes for conflict between
the two, and promote the upbuf1d-
Ing OF both classes in North Carolina.
We believe in good roads, and
favor the good roads policy. both as
an economic necessity and as one OF
the chief means to make country life
the life of most OF our people
more attractive. We hold that the
best employment for the State con-
victs Is on the public highways.
We again call for the establish
ment OF reformatories for youthful
criminals Of both sexes. and juvenile
courts for our cities. These are re-
forms clearly demanded by the best
public sentiment everywhere, and in
which North Carolina must not lag
behind.
/ We denounce the extravaganza of
the Democratic party in the manage
ment of the finances of the State,
whereby they have increased the
bonded Indebtedness Of the State and
caused a constant depreciation in the
market value of our State bonds.
We demand a fair election law,
which shall permit every voter to cast
his ballot voluntarily, prevent dicta-
ton and bribery, and make for free
expression of the peoples will. The
failure Of the party in power to pass
such a law is inexcusable. Every adj
vocate of pure politics is in favor Of
it. None but partisan and unworthy
motives are arrayed against it,and we
demand effective legislation that will
insure punishment of all election Of
ficers who act corruptly in the dis
charge of their duties.
In the matter of the States policy
with common carriers and other
great corporations, we take issue
squarely with the declaration Of our
opponents which, If it means any
thing, means that all great mbina-
tons of capital are to be destroyed
outright. We hold, on the contrary,
that much of the work Of modern So
must be done, by great corporations.
What is NEEDED in the State as in the
nation, is not wanton destruction or
ignorant intermeddling, but careful
and expert and just regulation. We
repeat, therefore, the pledge of our
last platform-the pledge to set our
selves against two kinds of injustice,
the injustice which permits great cor
porations and other combinations of
wealth to prey upon the poor, and the
injustice which sacrifices property
and deranges business in order that
cheap demagogues may get or keep
office.
We re-affirm our allegiance to
the time-honored principle of local
self government and We denounce the
successive betrayals of that principle
by our opponents, who long Wanted
themselves it's champions.
We demand that our judiciary, and
particularly our higher courts, shall
be kept above the atmosphere of par
tisan politics, and that the judicial
ermine shall never be conferred as a
reward for mere political service. The
sole test of fitness for judicial honors
and duties should be professional
eminence and ability and exalted
character.
Believing, as we do, that in State
/ and nation alike the policies for
which our party stands are right and
? wise, we invite all patriotic citizens.
whatever their party affiliations in
, the past. to join with US in support
r ing them. We believe that in the
= South particularly. it is Of the first
) Importance that our party shall con-
' tinue to grow. It is universally con-
' coded that the Southern States, by
5 their blind allegiance to one party.
! have for years deprived themselves Of
2 the power and influence in the nation
: which our forefathers once possessed
and vigorously exercised, and which
we ought to have to-day. Whatever
: reasons may in the past have justi-
/ fed Southern people in that course
they do not exist to-day in North