The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-05
MARION BUFFERS RAJ
EICH SPEECH.
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sixe awamp Iands7 Sc.sning! Moth
iugi II 4; is right for the Govern
nent to appropriate money and CO.
operate with the States IN the West
IN put water on their lands. IL Is
right and proper for the Government
70 cooperate with North Caolina and
the other States IN the South 10 take
water OF OF their lands. There Is
more land IN the South capable OF
drainage than there is land in the
West capable OF irrigation. The
Southern swamp lands can be drain
cd cheaper than the Western lands
can be irrigated, and when once
drained they will be richer and more
productive. Besides, when oEce the
egamp land is drained there Is prac-
ffralIy no other expense. while. for
irrigation in the West the expense, to
great degree, is continuous. II the
sxamp lands In North Carolina to-
day, that are capable OF drainage,
we're reclaimed. such lands would
produce more than Is now produced
on all the cultivated land in the
State.
why is 1t that for years this
great scheme of irrigation has been
going on In the West, and not voice
has been raised for equal and similar
development in the South? The trou-
BILE is, that our Southland has been
represented In Congress by profess
sional politicians who belong to a
party of inaction and negation. II
North Carolina and every Southern
State had been represented at Wash
ington by Republican Senators and
Congressmen twenty million dollars
would not have been voted by the
last Congress for irrigation in the
West until a like amount had been
voted for the drainage of swamp
lands in the South.
Fortunately, North Carolina had
three Republicans in the last Con-
gress, one of them elected In dis
trict that had been over five thou
sand Democratic. He was elected by
the uprising Of the business people
of his district. whose patriotism
caused them to rise above party in
the interest Of their State and coun-
try. That Congressman, who is your
distinguished State Chairman, Hon.
John Motley Morehead, introduced a
bill providing for the cooperation OF
the National Government with North
Carolina and all other Southern
States, having Southern swamp lands,
to inaugurate and carry out the great
scheme for drainage in the South
land similar to the projects for irri-
CATION in the West. The few Re-
publican Congressman that We had
in the West The few Republican
Congressmen that we had in the
South stood solidly for this measure
but they received no response or CO.
operation from the Democratic Con
gressmen and Senators from our
State or any other Southern State.
I'm this connection, we are re-
minded of an important campaign in
North Carolina a number Of years
ago, when Governor John Motley
Morehead was a Wing candidate fol
Governor He declared for internal
improvements as the chief plank IN
his platform. The Democratic party
at that time denounced internal i'm
provements as unconstitutional and
impracticable. The good people of oul
State, in that campaign, decided
against the non-progressive Demo
cratic position and elected Governor
Morehead on his progressive platform
by large majority.
"The internal improvements inaug
urated by Governor Morehead were
so successful and popular that the
Democratic party was forced to do al
it has always been forced to do
to shift it's position, not as a mattel
of conviction, but as matter of ex
pediency and from necessity.
These are some of the live, pro
gressive and vital issues affecting The
welfare of our State and the South
especially, that are prominent in thu
Republican State platform. These
are some of the issues that the Re
publican party presents to the STATE
and desires to discuss before the vot
ers from the mountains to the sea
Should not every one of these plank
be enacted into law? Do not the PEG
pie of the State favor these great re
form measures? The Dem ocrati
platform does not contain a singh
one Of these great living issues
Wherefore, fellow-citizens, each on
of these planks is an additional rea
son why Mr.. Simmons and the othe
Democratic speakers have refused t.
meet me in joint discussion, and VIII.
they have been forced to resort t.
their miserable, disreputable cam
=. paign of abuse, SANDER and appeal