The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-02-29
continued from last week

ga,osy viii be found the conciu-
s.., ~ Governor Kitchin's opening
....ra tn his Senatorial campaign.
-a4 reported in the News and OBJ
..-.e~.
SUPPOSE the Democratic party
...gsa rcpudiate It's declaration IN
... platform Of 1904 in favor OF Can
allan reciprocity and condemn the
...-aHclming Democratic maJorities
a.. tEa House and Senate for their
...alde on it-suppose it should de-
...r. IN accordance with the new
HORN Jews Of Senator simmons that
,.r.fertlon benefits the farmers. the
-erat. corn, and cattle growers Of
the country, an dthereby repudiate
the teachings of Ransom. Vance,
Vest. Voorhees,. Cleveland, and Bry-
nm and all other Democrats, for there
mas been no difference between them
anon this proposition. would we dare
~ hope for success, could we hope
for the people who have borne the
enormous cost Of protection TO
change their views? Gentlemen, we
would as well haul down the Demo-
cratic standard. in humiliation at
our folly. trail behind the chariot
wheels OF the Republican party, and
knccl in the dust by the grace Of
democracy. He can not square his
position with that Of his party, It's
principles, or his own past position"
against Democracy on Tariff.
Governor kitchin made emphasis
of Mr.. CIeyeland's denunciation of
the efforts Of Democrats to protec-
ionizc the party years ago when
= HnIs famous Il am a Democrat"
if was in power. He quoted David
and Mr.. SimmOns's Il stand with the
Democratic party" SO late as 1908
the senior Senator had uttered that
militant speech. Since then he has
voted with Aldrich against an
amendment removing the tariff on
building material, with Aldrich for
tariff on iron ore, with Aldrich
against reduction of 20 cents ton
on coal, and has been repeatedly
against the Democratic majority.
When the next Democratic conven-
ton declares against the robbery of
protection, and in favor of free lum-
Der. and endorses reciprocity, the
people will listen in vain for that
militant declaration from his lips,
Il stand with the Democratic par
ty"
The Governor cited the support of
the Simmons candidacy by the
Greensboro Daily News, whose editor
is Republican, that support being
in the form of advocate and defend
er. The Governor declared that Sen
ator Simmons had severely de-
nOunced protection in former years,
but that actions speak louder than
words, and Senator SimmOns's re-
corded conduct for the past three
years is not in harmony with his
party or its fundamental principle.
The speaker declared that the Dem
ocratic principles is that the Govern
ment has no constitutional right to
levy any tariff tax 70 rthe purpose
of allowing any special interest to
put up arbitrarily the price of any
article that they sell to the public
The GOeyrnOr declared also that the
argument could not be made that
others made the same mistake as
he did. HAD he remained true, they
might have remained true, and eli
lie is credited with the power and
influence that his supporters give
him. he should have the rudder true
The greater his power, the greater
his duty.
The Lumber Tariff Violation.
lIr. Kitchin continued to empha
size these charges of Democratic de
fecti0ns:
a prominent business man il
this State wrote me in substance
that he was for Senator Simmon'
because he was a Drotectionist. The
tectiye tariff lumber journal Of tbs
American Lumberman, the high pro
Northwest, the organ of the grea
lumber barOns of America, carried
full page picture of Senator Sim
mons, published his speech on lum
Der, and most highly eulogized him
In a later issue the American Lum
herman had a full page picture o
Edward Hines, a Republican protec
ZIONIST, the man who put Lorime
over and who was the new presi
dent of the National Lumber Manu-
facturers' Association. 1t carried ;
speech by r. A. Long, the retiring
President. Mr.. Long stated that tn
Association had sent committee t.
Washington to place facts befor
members of Congress, and that /
the committee had been less able AM
influential the tariff on lumber
would have been removed. The ad
dress of President Hines was greete'
with applause Among other thing
he boldly declared:
committee should have beel