The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-10-20

n0ned 10 @gw York weTs 1aAsNSas
and residents OF fhis district Mr..
Skinner did the same IN The Eastern
District The result cf thts trial ~aa
, verdict "a favor Of the United
States. followed by . dscree Of the
eoart dsssoiving the American To-
bacco Company. from shlca the con-
pany appealed aud the cause i no"
pending IN The Supreme Court Of the
United States"
No Prosecutions by Democrats
Under the antitrust Laws OF this
State no prosecutions have been In
STUFFED nor has the Governor sag-
gested that The State Solicitors are
6ereiict In their duty.
The people Of the State have made
a note of what was finally done
The makeshifi Law that was passed
was worse than nothing.
Under Bond to Keep the Peace.
On the third OF June. 1910. Gov
ernor Kitchen issued his call for
special session of the Legislature TO
convene on the 14th OF Jnue TO in
crease the rate of interest on the
bonds from to per cent. Between
thsee dates. on the Sth day of June,
the American Tobacco Company took
| the bonds bearing 4 per cent inter-
est, when by delay of six days they
could have gotten them at par, draw
| ing 5per cent interest, whereby they
lost $4,000 on the deal.
Thus putting the Democratic lead
ers under bond in the sum of ST.
100000 to keep the peace towards
| these trusts for the next forty years.
Kitchin Then and Now.
Commenting on the broken pledg-
es Of the Democratic party, Web
ster's Weekly, in its issue of May 81,
1910, says:
"The leaders in North Carolina are
making the party a party of insin-
certify. They are using the party
Principles and policies merely to in
duct themselves to office. We are not
: keeping the promises made to the
people. AS result the State is fast
running towards Republicanism. An
other round of Democratic insincer-
ity, and the State will be in the hands
OF the RAIDS. 1t would be better for
the Democratic party to come out
openly in sympathy with trusts and
corporate interests than to win the
peoples convdence by their altagon-
| istic utterances and then betray these
utterances. Two years ago W. w.
F.; Kitchen was the peoples friend and
the American Tobacco Co. and other
trusts were fighting him tooth and
nail. His position then when he was
appealing to the people was one
thing-to-day it is another and we
are sickened at the sight of the
American Tobacco Company and the
other trusts lining up squarely be-
mind Mr.. Kitchin. The Democratic
party should either change it's posi-
ton on trusts or repudiate those
leaders who betray it's platform ut
terances."
This was eight days before Cover
nor Kitchen closed his deal with the
American Tobacco Company for the
sale of the one million dollar bond
issue.
fragrant Freight Rate Discrimination
That is in keeping with the Demo
cratic record on the railroad freight
rate matter. In 1906 the Democratic
State platform contained this solemn
pledge:
/ THE discrimination of railroads
against North Carolina cities and
| towns, are in favor. of other points
having no greater natural advan.
tages, is grave injustice to the PEG.
: pie OF this State, and should be cor.
rected by such means as are availa.
BILE within the limitations set by the
: constitution of the United States"
Freight Rate Pledge Violated.
3 Upon that pledge the Democratic
l leaders waged VERGE warfare Cir
= the campaign) against the freigh
/ rate discrimination, but when the
Legislature met in 1907, instead O
r making an effort to relieve the peo
: pie of this unjust discrimination
q they content themselves with the en-
r actment of " cent passenger far,
| rate, which had not been mentione,
{: in it's platform. After ranting Owe
O the State in an effort to enforce tba