The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-16

ment Is Doing the Proper Thing
/ The Forty-seven Varieties of DEM
! ocrats and the Tariff-PracticaIiy
/ All of Them Are Local Protection
] ist-Simmons and His Lcrimer
! vote-Proposed Fusion Between
Progressive Democrats and Pro-
gessive Republicans Falls Through
Especial to The Caucasian.)
/ Washington, d. c., March 14th,
| 1911.-While many Congressman
! and Senators have followed the Pres
ident's example to run out of Wash
ington on trips of recreation or busi-
ness before the convening of the ex-
! ira session, yet there are quite a
number OF statesmen still here. Many
| of the newly-elected Congressman are
also arriving
The two leading topics of discus
| sion among these statesmen and
| also among the visitors to the capital
found in the hotel lobbies are
(D Over the action of the Govern
ment in rushing twenty thousand
| soldiers to the Mexican border and
number of war vessels to the Gulf
of Mexico.
| CD AS to the probable action of
the Democratic House on the tariff
revision.
Democrats Disposed to Criticise the
Administration.
The general trend of opinion
among Democrats is that the admin
! istration will be open to criticism, if
not investigation, by the Democratic
House when it meets, for rushing
such large number of troops to the
banks of the Rio Grande. Outside of
/ the question Of cost, it is claimed by
some that the President had no au-
! thority to assemble these troops to
help the Diaz government to put
down the revolution.
One Democratic statesman, dis
cussing this phase of the matter,
said: my ancestors were revolu-
tionists. We considered our ances-
tors who revolted against the rule
of King George, which was not one
tenth as bad as the rule of DiaZ, as
patriots. Now if President Taft is
going to use the army of this Repub-
I lie to suppress the efforts of revolu-
tionists in Mexico, who are striving
for liberty and larger measure of
self-government on account of the
autocratic and tyrannous rule of
Diaz, who is really Gar and not
the head of Republic, then such ac-
ton is un-American."
/ Another Democrat, discussing the
matter, said that if the troops have
been instructed to prevent the revo-
lutionists, or 'insurrectos" as they
are called in Spanish, from getting
ammunition from the United States,
then that action can not be sustain
ed, because it was held by the Su-
preme Court that when the Cuban
rerolutionists were endeavoring to
buy ammunition and supplies from
the United States that they had a
right to do so, and that our people
had right to sell such supplies.
A Broad and Patriotic Need.
Another Democratic statesman,
who was more cautious and conser-
vative, said that he was willing to
consider this matter more as an
American than as party man; that
the administration must have more
information than any individual
could have, and therefore it was the
duty of every patriotic citizen, re-
}, gardless of party, to uphold the
hands of the administration until it
was certain that some improper step
or action had been taken.
Continuing, he said: 'sIf l we're
President, I should under the Mon
roe doctrine send body of troops to
the Mexican border, there to be ready
to enter. Mexico, if necessary, not
only to protect American citizens and
American interests, but also to pre-
vent England and Germany or any
foreign country from claiming the
| right or excuse to enter Mexico to
protect the citizens of their country
and their investments.
The view of this conservative and
patriotic Democrat is unquestionably
the one that nine-tenths of the
American people take of the situa-
ton, regardless Of party. This is
, necessary to uphold the Monroe doc
trine.
The Forty-Seven Different Varieties
of Democrats.
: The sudden turn of the last cleo
tion in giving the House of Repre-
sentatives to the Democrats. has de
veloped greater divisions in the ranks
of that party than ever seen before.
J The Democratic party, when in the
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