The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-18

nota Ohio and COLORADO tAs
Congressional Record shows that
the Democratic Congressman
from all Of these States voted
for the Sherwood pension bill. +"
This Is A square confession that the
Democratic party voted TO take this
$4,000, 900 out OF the Treasury for
the purpose of influencing the Union
soldler vote in the above States
where there are many OF such old
soldier voters. and that they did IL
because 1t was necessary TO carry
these States In order 10 get the Presi-
dency. |
These Democratic politicians want
10 get the Presidency in order TO get
offices for themselves and their
henchmen. II they can vote s75.000.-
900 out of the treasury as a campaign
fund TO influence Northern soldiers TO
vote their ticket, in order that they
NAV secure Offices and the salaries,
why has 1t not occurred TO them that
this amount of money could be used
more periodically and justly, not TO
say charitably, for pensioning South
ern Confederate soldiers, whose cour-
age, valor and patriotism is acknowl-
edged by the people Of the North
and of the whole world TO be equal
10 that of the Northern soldiers? II
it is wrong for the Confederate SOL
der TO receive pension money from
the National Government, is it not
wroRg for the Democratic party to
take the money of the National Gov
eminent and use it as a campaign
fund to try to buy the election in or
der to create Offices and salaries for
an army of Democratic politicians
who never fought in the war on
either side?
This SIS, 100000, if distributed to
the Southern Confederate soldiers,
would give every one a pension as
large as the Northern soldiers are
now receiving. 1t would be enough
to make every one comfortable dur
ing his declining days of suffering
and old age. This is absolutely true,
because there are to-day not living
more than half as many Confederate
soldiers as there are Northern SOL
diers on the pension list.
But if the Democratic House has
no regard for the Southern Confeder-
ate soldier, and can take 100000
of public money to give as a bonus
to the Northern soldier, whc already
receives larger pensions than any 9TH
er soldier in the world, then why
could not the Democratic House have
used this money in some other way
that would have been of great benefit
to the South?
For forty years the Democratic
leaders have denounced in every cam
paign the Republican party for voting
sums of money from the National
Treasury for Northern pensions that
were larger than any sense of JUS
tice or liberal charity" could call for.
This being true, then why did not the
Democratic House vote this $780,
600 for much needed public buildings
IN the various States Of the Union?
There is not a Southern State where
there is not to-day a crying need for
many more public buildings, and
100000 appropriated for this
purpose would have insured that at
least half of this money would have
gone to the South.
In this connection, it is noticeable
that Chairman Underwood, of the
Democratic Committee on Ways and
Means, has announced that no public
building bill will pass at this session
because there will not be enough
money left to pay such a bill after ap-
propriating this SIS, 100000 to
Northern soldiers who already have
most liberal pensions.
If the Democratisc House found
SIS 100000 in the National Treasury
which was not needed for other pur-
poses, then why could they not have
voted this money for the drainage OF
swamp lands in the South? For many
years the Government has been vot-
Ing large sums of money for the irri-
cation of arid and semi-arid lands in
the West. The last Congress voted