The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-12-07

laioTa wsre cynical over ia aaxanssa
impotence Il seemed impossible Of
enforcement. Slowly the msli. Of sAs
courts ground. and only gradually
did the majesty OF tbs. law assert IL
self. Many Of It's sfaiesnan-ausaorw
died before IL became . uvIng forna.
and they and others saw the evil grow
which they hoped TO destroy. Now
its efacieacy lie seea; no~ its power
Is heavy: nov its object In near ae-
hieyement now we hear the call for
Its repeal On the plea that IL Inter
fers with business prosperity, and
we are advised in mos; general
terms how By some other statute and
In some other way the evil We are
just stamping out can be cured. IL
We only abandon this work of twenty
years and try another experiment. of
another term of years.
1T Ii aid that the act has not
done good. Can this be said In the
face of the effect of the Northern
Securities decree? That decree was
in no way 80 drastic or inhibitive In
detail as either the Standard Oil de-
cree or the Tobacco decree: but did
1t not stop for all time the then
powerful movement toward the con-
troll Of the railroads Of the country
in single hand? Such a one-man
power could not have been a health
full influence in the Republic, even
though exercised under the general
supervision OF an interstate commits
| sion"
| President Taft stated that other
messages dealing on other subjects
will be sent to Congress before the
adjournment for the holidays.
Republican State Chairman Brown
of Ohio.
The recent interview given by Re-
publican State Chairman Brown, OF
Ohio, in which he said that the ma
| jority of the Republicans Of Ohio
were against the denomination oil
President Taft, was for a day or .wo
the subject Of much discussion, not
only at the Capitol but also in al
the hotel Hobbies.
1t is understood, however, that
| Chairman Brown was expressing diff
ferent opinions when he was trying
to get some patronage for some oil
his friends in Ohio not long ago, and
the fact that the President could
not see his way to appoint some oi
the men recommended and urged By
Mr.. Brown Is the whole cause of hi:
recent hostile interview.
Leading Republicans from Ohio
who have been here for the last few
days, say that the President will gel
solid delegation from his State
and that the interview of State
Chairman Brown will only make the
rank and file Of the Republicans Of
Ohio more active and earnest in theil
support of the President and his pol
icies.
Congressman Lttleton's Speech.
On the opening day of the session
of the House, Congressman Martin
w. Littleton, of New York, arose te
a question of personal privilege
reading extracts from some newspa
pers containing anonymous attack!
upon him. charging that he was &
friend of the Steel Trust and wa!
trying to prevent further investiga
ton by the Congressional Committee
Mr.. Littleton not only denounced
these attacks as false and cowardly
but he went further and declared
that some members of the investigat
: ing committee had either been fooled
or induced to take the position which
they had in opposition to the course
he had urged in order to bear the
stock market, and that certain beal
operators on the stock exchange IL
New York had been reaping grea
profits thereby. This amounts to al
attack upon the Democratic member
of the investigating committee wht
disagree with Mr.. Littleton, and viii
force them to retort.
A number of the Democratic lead
ers exhausted every effort to try tt
keep Mr.. Littleton from making thi:
speech and to try to patch up har
mony in the committee, but their eff
forts failed and the breach is now
wide and looks as il it will grow
wider and extend to further breach
in the ranks of the party. Indeed, i
is clear that there is already much
greater division in the ranks of the
Democratic party at the opening o.
Congress than there is in the ranks
of the Republican party.
/ It Was Time to Pray.