The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-05-25
JUDGE CLARK NOW AN OPEN
CANDIDATE FOR THE SENATE.

some time that Judge Walter Clark
was quietly laying his plans undei
cover 10 become a candidate for the
United States Senate. We felt sure
that at an oppcTtune time the Judge
would become an open candidate
This has occurred, however, sooner
than we expected.
The Solicitor from the Fourteenth
District, Mr.. Johnston, an ardent
admirer Of Judge Clark, writes the
Judge a letter that was evidently
worded in a very convenient and
agreeable way, reciting his many
qualifications for the Senatorship
and strongly urging him to yield tC
the desire OF his patriotic friends
and admirers TO serve the State in
the United States Senate.
Judge Clark replies, after a mod
est delay, confessing much of the
fine things said to him by the So
licitor, and then proceeds on his own
account to give additional reasons
why he or some one holding his pro.
gressive views should be elected tc
the Senate. After drawing a pic
ture Of the kind of Senator that the
State should have, which is a good
picture of the Judge himself, he Their
proceeds to show why men like Sim
mons and Kitchin are not qualified
to fill that bill, in the following par
agraphs:
THE recent decision of the
Federal Supreme Court, render
ing necessary additional legisla-
ton for the suppression of the
trusts, has transferred the de-
cision of the question whether
the people of this country are
powerful enough to control
them to the arena of the Senate,
for the people have already cap
tured the House of Representa-
tives. The same is true as to
the tariff. 1t is in the Senate that
the contest for the conrol of
this Government must be fought
out between the people and the
interests. The choice of every
Senator will be closely supervis-
ed by the special interests The
people cannot afford to be less
wide awake. If we are to bring
our Government back to the
people and are to save it from
the continued control of selfish
and personal interests, it is i'm
portant that the voters shall
know beforehand, with exact
ness, the views entertained by
every candidate for the Senate,
and shall feel confident that his
past record shall be such that
they shall feel confident that he
will be as faithful and earnest
in standing for those views af-
ter he is chosen as he was zeal
Gus in protesting them before
his election
II advocate and have advo-
Gated for thirty years tariff
for revenue only, and am OPP
posed to protection in any form
under guise of a tariff for rev.
enue only"
Every line of the above seems in
tended to contrast the picture be-
tween Senator Simmons and Cover
nor Kitchin on the one hand, and
Judge Clark on the other. What
Judge Clark says about the necessi-
ty OF the people sending men to the
Senate who cannot be controlled by
the special interests" and also about
the necessity of the people sending
men to the Senate who can "save the
country from the continued control
OF selfish and personal interests" is
clear and concise statement of the
fact that if he was in the Senate
that he would be able to resist the
influence of special interests and
OF personal interests and there
fore be able to do the part of one
Senator in restoring the government
to the people.
This, of course, is pointed direct
ly at the past record of Senator Sim
mons.
When Judge Clark pointedly re-
ferred to the fact that he is in favor
of "a tariff for revenue only" and
is opposed to protection in any
form under guise of tariff for rev.
enue only" he points squarely at the
record of Senator Simmons in voting
with Senator Aldrich so many times
for high protection.