The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-06-06

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nex-what . LlfsIe Buneh of Po-
IiticaI Money May Do-when H.
mocraey Really Died-Thas croas
Biblical Riddle.
BilkinsvIile. -. C. June ,. 1917.
Correspondent of The Caueasian-En-
terprise.
Toward the close ov the seven
teenth century. about 1890, titles ov
honor" were practically done away
with in France, MatthIeu de Montmo-
rency bein' the first man TO volunteer
and make what wuz generally regard
ed az a real sacrifice Democracy
wuz not goin' to take n long sleep In
France, however: hit only meant TO
take a catnap. For q wonder Laray-
ette an the people who were known
az the middle-class or French citizens
were satisfied. Even a majority oy
the members ov the assembly, really
the members ov Congress in that
country. said amen. so mote hit be. {"
A great political club. known az the
"Jacobins" duz formed; yes. a polit-
ical club, IL you please. Democracy
awlwsys did delight in secret politi-
cal societies, the Ku-Klux, for in
stance. An awl ev hit meant some
mischief, ov course. The "Redshirts''
in South Carolina durin' the early
Tilman struggle for political ascend
ency wuZ the same thing under an
other name. Hit wuZ just az illeagl
az unlawful. Later the same diabol-
ical scheme wuz tried in North Caro-
lima an the "Redshirt" campaign in
1894, in my estimation. destroyed
| awl ov what little honesty wuz left In
the Democratic party in this State.
/ Thousands agree with me an other
I thousands wifi soon throw OF the
shackles ov Simmons-Daniels Democ-
racy t?) an the remnant ov the Dun
can-Simmons-Danie sideshow, a
mere Democratic annex. The word
annex" means that somethin' hez
bin added to thing. a buildin', for
| instance, either to one side or one
end. In this case, the Duncan ma
chine hez bin added to the rear end
ov the Democratic machine in North
Carolina an hits trusted an mostly
busted" adherents air generally sup
posed to get so much per" when
some particularly good (?) work IL
done. One ov the lieutenants ov the
machine writes many ov the meanest
editorials which appear in the mean
est Democratic dailies published In
North Carolina, an hez bin doin' hit
for many years. When / lived In Raj
eigh watched this so-called leadin'
Republican night after night az he
wended hiz treacherous steps into the
Office ov the so-called leadin' Demo-
cratic daily paper an who would
hang up hiZ coat an seat himself at
desk only few feet from the elbow
ov the editor ov the so-called great
Democratic paper, this so-called life
long Republican, even now a social
ed candidate on a so-called Republi-
can ticket probably written out by
the editor ov the so-called great
Democratic daily. at least dictated by
him an hiz associate schemers. Now,
no real Republican liz goin' 10 hang
about the Office oy the so-called great
est Democratic paper In the State
night after night. year after year. an
write either good or bad editorials.
unless he hez a hen on. unless he hez
an axe to grind. IL Wake County pol
itics are more rotten than the politics
ov any county in the State, an be-
lieve such TO be a fact. then you here
hev the secret ov hit-Democratic
money properly placed in the pockets
fix things But. you say. Bilkins
claims TO be a Democrat. Well. he
lint Simmons Duncan |
Democrat; he lint q Bryan nor a !
Woodrow Wilson-Tflman Democrat: /
he il simply a Thomas Jefferson-Ab- |
Edn1n LAuA0AH- w AlIA6Iu
Teddy Roosevelt Democrat. an that /
IL avi there il TO hit After namin j
Thomas Jefferson you will notis tha, /
| had TO name Republicans That liz i
because Democracy died when /
Thomas Jefferson died. SO far az men
ov real prominence air concerned /
Vance wuz q fairly guide Democrat. /
But he had 10 fte hiz way against 4
Cleveland, Simmons an Daniels an /
the dexil, the King bee ov the whole /
business William Tell got a place /
in history because he wuz an expert /
with a bow an arrow an shot an ar
row through an apple which he had
placed upon the top or hiz sons head.
a boy about ten years old But did
that benefit the world? Thomas JET
ferson wuz very good Democrat, a