The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-09

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iand. aAerw fho x1ukssxa Asm very
clo@e. The -es1lsa n every Stale.
hoae.sr. wsiI he staate8 wsta greas
Interest ~ 10 wkstaer tie tread ss
the eeuntry II toward the D~mocy.sae
or Republican party. Sa9 also ~ 20
whesheF il L. toward the progressive
or conservative wings Of each party.
The State Of Sew Jersey wtIl elect
= Legislature. The r~salt there II
being watched and wiIi be studied
for IL. effects upon The candidacy %
Governor Wilson as the Democratic
nominee for the Presidency.
The result in Massachusetts, wiII
10 studied 20 indicate whether or not
that State approves of the Presidents
recent trip through The West In stat
Ing his attitude or the tariff and
trust questions. II will be remember
ed that Governor Foss was elected on
th2 Democratic ticket AZ the last else-
ton and his chief Issue was attack
ing the Republican tariff Law.
Prohibition as a National Issue
Ex-congressman ]. Hamilton Lew
is.. former Democratic Congressman
from the State OF Washington. 81 few
days since gave out an Interview de-
claring in favor of making prohibi-
tson national campaign issue and
having 1t inserted in the next Demo
cratic National platform. This de-
/ claration has caused a number Of
/. politicians TO discuss the mixed situ-
alton in the country to-day with ref
erence to the prohibition question.
Mr.. Bryan has been advocating
prohibition as both a State and Ma
= tiona1 issue, but it will be remember
; ed that his State went against him
: on this question in the last campaign
and that he bolted the party ticket
However, Mr.. Bryan has been for the
las. few weeks campaigning in Ken
. tucky for the Democratic ticket which
: there is the wet ticket, while the Re
publican ticket is the prohibition tick
. et The same condition exists In
: Maryland. The Democratic party /:
: backed by the liquor interests and
the Republican party by the prohibit
tion people.
It will be remembered at the las
= election that Maine was carried bl
the Democrats on wet ticket, at
= tacking the prohibition laws which
had been adopted by the Republican
as part of the Constitution. It wa
= first announced that the prohibition
y provision in the Constitution Of Main'
had been repealed by close major
l. ity. The Democratic State admins
tration, which was elected in favo
.e of repeal, has been holding back tn
d returns, and only yesterday they wer
d forced to admit that, on recount
the people by less than fifty vote
s. had refused to repeal the prohibi
tion constitutional provision.
d It is we'll known that the presen
If Democratic State administration IL
Indiana and many other States wer
elected by the liquor interests. I
is generally believed that the Demo
cratic machine in North Carolina ar
ID not at heart for prohibition. Thei
is failure to enforce the law seems I
he justify this view. So it seems that
Dr. there is an attempt to adopt prohibi
IN ton as a Democratic National issue
Or that it will split the party into man
n more factions than has ever bee
seen before.
We The Net Result of President Taft
III Western Trip.
ir
n No one will watch the election re
ia turns tonight with more interes
m than President Taft. Indeed, he wi
IL find cause either for qualification @
n disappointment according to whethe
h. or not he interprets the returns a
a an Endorsement or disapproval of hi
nd administration, and especially OF hi
TO recent Western trip.
This writer has watched closely th
no comments of the press of all partie
r. and factions on the Presidents We!
av tern trip. OF course, the thick an
n thin partisans of the administratio
es have already declared that the Pres
of dent has had continuous ovatio
at and has wonderfully strengthene
a himself; while, on the other hans
of the partisan opponents OF the admir-
ms istration have all declared that th
er President has met frost and that
by sees his political doom, etc.
" These extreme views We havesdi
n carded as not worthy Of considers
ON ton. We have, however. paid esp'
~ ciaI attention to the newspapers thu
.e- have seemed to try to ascertain th
.s truth.
ey The People I'm "a Waiting Attitude.
n
~ Probably one OF the fairest an
most intelligent comments on the 81
M uation has been made by the Topeh
,,s Capital This is the largest paper
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