The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-04

bankrupt the Whole CouEfry-I
They Voted s-5. 600. 600 ~ = Cam
paign Fund.
Clinton News-Dispatch.
Democratic rascaIity and political
devilment In running al high tide,
not only In Moth Carolina where
they have bankrupted the treasury.
squandered the peoples money and
sold millions OF dollars worth OF
bonds for future generations TO pay.
but they are nov In control OF Con
gress and during the extra session
passed bills reducing the tariff or
several co several things. one Of
which was the tariff on cotton goods.
which Is more responsible for the Low
price OF cotton to-day than the big
crop" or any other cause They have
by tariff tinkering brighten capital
and disturbed business 10 the extent
that cotton Ii only worth about half
what II was year ago and the whole
country Is beginning TO feel the grip
OF thep anic which is now taking hold
OF every line OF business throughout
the land.
It seems that they were not salts
fed with the blows with which they
have dealt the farmers, but In their
scramble for Office they have plainly
shown that they have no care for the
people whom they are robbing In
stead OF representing, by voting
tax of seventy-fve million dollars
year in addition TO what they are al
ready paying the Union soldiers. We
are perfectly willing that the Union
soldiers should have pension and
good one, too, but we are Of the
opinion that they were getting
enough already and if the Democratic
party wants to sQuander all the mon
ey the government has, let them pass
bill to pay the poor old Confederate
soldiers just as much as they are
paying the Federal soldiers, they
were not rebels and many of them
/ thought they were fighting for just
cause. 1t will be remembered that
when Senator Butler introduced a
bill to pension the Old Confederate
soldiers, that 1t liked to have fright
en- the Democratic politician to death
and they got busy and had the old
soldiers to write letters to Senator
Butler saying that they didn't want a
pension from the United States Gov
eminent. But they would be awful
, glad to get them now.
The Democratic politician would
not let the Confederate soldiers have
pension from the National Govern
ment, but just as quick as they got
| the chance they voted to give the
Yankee soldiers in addition to what
they have already been getting sew
| enty-five million dollars year.
It will be observed that Congress
trict answered present" but refused
| to vote against the "steal." We have
seen him rear and pitch and fairly
foam at the mouth as he condemned
= the Republican party in the most
scratching language for the pensions
: they were giving the Yankee soldiers,
but just as soon as it was put up to
/ him, he sat there and refused to vote
! against the greatest outrage ever per-
petrated upon a free people, he did
not so much as open his mouth to
vote no" Democrats of the Third
Congressional District behold your
: Congressman, for he is none of ours
This pension stead was simply a
bid for the Presidency next year, that
was why Champ Clark, was so an
, xious to vote and have it recorded, he
perhaps thought it would land him
in the Presidential chair, but it will
come nearer landing him head fore
most in a mule pen in Missouri. Any
man or set of men who will spend
seventy-five million dollars of the
peoples money in order to influence
votes for any man or party are un-
worthy to fill any place of honor or
trust. We have often said that the
! Democratic party could take charge
of government when prosperity was
at hightide, and reduce it to a soup
house panic with three hops and a
jump and if this pension steal and
tariff revision gets by the President,
they will have about completed the
job. They are piling up expenses
and reducing the revenue, and about
the next thing they will have to do
will be to sell bonds in order to get
money to run the government, as
they did under Mr.. Cleveland the last
time they were in power.
Just think OF it. Seventy-f1ve mill
| lion dollars year voted away for no