The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-05

States. Bat what happened? Every
Democratic Senator opposed the
amendment and declared that the
Southern soldier would be receiving
too proud to accept a pension from
their Government. Had 1t not been
for this surprising and united oppo-
Isition by the Southern Democratic
leaders to this measure, to-day every
Southern soldiers would be receiving
o. pension from his Government equal
to the pension paid to every Northern
soldier"
A Non-Partisan Judiciary.
In discussing the plank declaring
for non-partisan judiciary, the
speaker called attention to the fact
that many Of the States of the Union
have in their State Constitution
provision providing that the minority
party shall always be represented, at
least, upon the Supreme Court bench
ID, their States He pointed to Penn
sylvania and other Republican States,
with tremendous Republican ma
jority, where the minority party, no
matter how small it's vote, is always
represented on the Supreme Court
bench.
He also called attention to the fact
that when the Democratic party in
North Carolina was defeated by the
Fusionists in 1894 that a non-parti-
san State Supreme Court was elected,
but that the very minute the Demo-
cratic State machine regained power,
they proceeded to repudiate and spit
upon this great and fundamentally
correct principle and elected soiidly
partisan Supreme Court. He point
ed out that they, in their blind par
tisanship, not only did this, but they
even tried to impeach the judges of
the non-partisan Supreme Court be-
fore the expiration of their terms in
order to secure the positions for
themselves.
In this connection, he pointed to
the fact that there is not State in
the Union that is controlled by a
Democratic machine where there is
to-day a non-partisan Supreme Court.
The speaker also called attention
to the fact that President Taft stood
squarely in favor of a non-partisan
judiciary; that he was acting on this
principle when he went to the State
Of Tennessee and appointed Judge
Lurton, a Democrat, for Associate
Justice Of the Supreme Court of the
United Staes, while there were thou
sands Of Republican lawyers not only
in the country but also in the South
equally as competent for the posi-
tion
The Drainage Of State and Southern
Swamp Lands.
In discussing this plank. the speak
er, in part, said:
"The drainage of the swamp lands
of our State and of the other South
ern States is to-day possibly the
greatest internal improvement de-
manding immediate attention. The
Republican party Of the State and OF
the Nation stands for internal i'm
provements and all other progressive
and uplifting measures The last
Congress appropriated twenty million
dollars to continue the work OF the
reclamation of arid and semi-arid
lands In the West.
THE Republican congressman and
Republican leaders in the great Wes-
tern progressive Staes worked out
scheme for cooperation between the
National Government and the States
to reclaim millions of acres OF their
land which needed nothing but water
to be wonderfully productive They
came to Congress with their well ma
tured plans and succeeded in launch
ing successfully the great project
This has been going on In the West
for years
During this time what has been
done by the Democratic Congressmen
and the Democratic leaders OF the
South toward reclaiming our extern
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