The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-20
Governor.
Especial TO The Caucasian. J

When will Congress adjourn Is the
question that is now uppermost with
every one whether in Congress or out
OF it. 1t was announced a few days
ago that an agreement had been
reached between the Democratic and
Republican leaders of the Senate to
vote On all bills and adjourn by the
first of August. This agreed Senate
program. however, was objected to
by the Democratic leaders of the
House.
1t seems that they want more time
to try to dig up or manufacture cam
paign thunder for the Presidential
election next year.
Many Nosing Committees.
Probably never before in the his
tory of the Government have there
been organized as many nosing and
probing committees looking in every
department of the Government, and
indeed committees organized to run
after any suggestion or rainbow, to
find something rotten to expose for
campaign capital.
These committees are, Of course,
Democratic committees, and have
been appointed by the Democratic
House. There must be more than
twenty-five or thirty Of these commit
tees, all at work hunting for some
thing. 1t only takes a suggestion or
rumor that somebody said that some
body else said or thought that there
was something that might be investi-
gated somewhere, and at once a new
! Investigating committee is appointed,
| armed with clerks, stenographers and
lawyers, and away they go campaign
rainbow chasing.
So far these committees have been
greatly disappointed. But no matter
what the purpose is that actuates
these committees, there is no one OBJ
| jecting to their course, and in the
long run it will no doubt do good. If
! there is any rOttenness anywhere it
| should be found and exposed, and if
| there is not any, it Is a good thing
for the Investigations to be made to
!
The Democratic Senatorial Struggle
i'm This State.
A prominent North Carolina Re
publican, who was here on yesterday
said that from the best he could learn
on reaching Washington that Sim.
mons, in his effort to explain his vote
for protection on lumber, had cut as
sorry a spectacle here as in North
i Carolina. One thing is certain, and
that is that the leading Democrats
here utterly repudiate the position
taken by Senator Simmons Hi:
democracy is to-day as much ques
ton as that of Bailey and other mon
opoly Democrats.
This North Carolina Republican
; commenting upon the Democratic
) Senatorial campaign in North Caro-
lima, said that it now looked as i
each one of the four candidates fo1
the Senate would soon have to brins
out his own candidate for Governor
and that therefore we are liable tt
soon have the spectacle of four can
, didates for Governor as we'll as fou
, candidates for the Senate, grouped of
in running mates.
He said the situation was begin
ming to warm up in many respects
that already the friends of one can
didate for the Senate were chargin,
that another Democratic candidat,
for the Senate had been forced t.
run to the Greensboro Daily News 70
support as an organ, while the friend
of that Democratic candidate charged
the friends of another Democrati
candidate with being in a more pitt
able fix in that he was handicappe'
and cursed with the support of Jose
Q phus Daniels and the Raleigh New
y and Observer, while the other tw'
candidates seemed to be without a.
organ and more or less at sea.
This Republican also said that tn
publication of the letter of Senate
Leckhart exposing the inconsistenc
of Governor Kitchin and his betraya
g of his pledges on the antitrust ques
4 tion were causing no little Wort
: among the friends of that candidat
for the Senate.
Il AS to Judge Clark, he said tha
q everybody was still speculating as t
a what he was doing, and how an
where he would come out in the race