The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-03
ITCHIx FAILS To EXPLAIN.

On the next page o. this Issue o.
tne paper will be found the letters Of
iii. Miseuheimer and Senator Lock
hart exposing Governor k!tchin's rec
ord on the trust question. and also
the Governors reply. Mr.. Nielsen
heimer and Senator Lockhart show
that while Mr.. Kltchin made his cam
paign for Governor on platform
autagonistic to the trusts that after
ne was elected 10 that Office he did
not try TO carry out his platform
promise. but on the other hand sat
down and said the people did not
demand such stringent law. While
he recommended some changes In the
law in his message to the Legislature,
yet his message dealt only in plati-
tudes and were ineTective-and were
ineffective because the Governor did
nothing to impress the Legislature
that he was in earnest. Everybody
in that Legislature and around 1t
knows that, as Senator LOckhart said,
Governor Kitchin did not exert any
effort to get the Texas antitrust law
enacted into law in this State, but on
the other hand, threw cold water On
all efforts made In that direction. If
the Governor was in favor OF an eff
fective antitrust law, why didn't he
send a message 20 the Legislature
urging that body 10 pass the Texas
antitrust law, or some other bill
equally as effective. and then fight for
its passage as hard as he did for Of
flee? If he had done this the result
might have been different At least
he would have been in a position to
now point to his record without caus-
ing the people 10 smile. despite their
disgust
Governor Kitchin, in his letter,
says that Senator Lockhart said to
him that the Ten Commandments
could not be put through the Demo-
cratic Senate, and yet, in the very
next sentence the Governor says that
he agreed with the view taken by
Senator Lockhart. If that was true,
it was all the more reason why Gov
ernor Kitchin should have exerted
every effort in his power, not only
with the hope of getting an effective
antitrust law passed, but also to
show that he was true 20 his prom
ises made to the people during his
campaign for nomination and cleo
ton
The Governor admits that his party
squarely repudiated it's platform
promise, and while he now apologies
for supporting the Blow-Bassett anti
trust bill by saying it was the best
bill that could be passed, and had
some merit, yet the fact stands out
that he has not brought a single ac-
ton against the trusts under that law.
Why?
One thing is certain, and that is,
that certain Democratic newspapers
and politicians that opposed Mr..
kitchin strenuously when he was a
candidate for Governor, are to-day
either supporting him or apologizing
for his position. And this is most
significant.
Governor kitchin, in his letter,
complains that the people who are
now publishing letters criticising
MIN, including Senator Lockhart, Mr..
Misenheimer, and Professor Bruce
Craven, are men who are supporting
other candidates for the Senate: vet
1t is most significant fact that each
and every one of these men gave
their hearty support to Kitchin for
Governor, and did it, as they say. on
account of his promise to the people
on the trust question. These men
are now against him for the Senate
it is true, but why? Because they
have been deceived by him. If the
Governor had kept his pledges to the
people, these same men would be
supporting him for Senator with the
same enthusiasm that they supported
him for Governor.
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