The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-02-01
A DEMOCRATIC VIEW OF THE
SENATORIAL CONTEST.

fishes a long but interesting editorial
on the Democratic Senatorial situa-
ton. He begins his article by say
ing:
81 was in Raleigh last week,
while there tried to get line
on the Senatorial situation Tor
the benefit of my readers.
The editor OF the Independent then
nroceeds TO discuss not only the gen.
eral situation, but the claims ana
chances OF each OF the four leading
candidates. He first takes up Judge
Clark and says:
"Chief Justice Walter Clark is
the biggest man OF the four can
didates, but Clark is sucn an
unusually big man that the peo-
nle of North Carolina prefer to
retain him in his present posi-
ton"
Further on the editor concludes
his discussion of the Judges can
didacy by saying:
THE people who most love
and honor Chief Justice Clark
are the very people who are not
going to vote for him to go to
Washington"
In this rather remarkable way the
editor after holding up the Chief
Justice as the biggest man OF the
four. and the man whom he most ad-
mireg, declares him eliminated from
the race.
Next, the editor takes up the case
of Governor Aycock. After express
ing great admiration for Governor
Aycock, and referring to him as this
magnificent man." proceeds to elimi-
nate him also by referring to several
handicaps, one of which is given as
follows:
"Aycock, pulled and lauded by
Josephus Daniels, thinks he has
only to ask the people for the
Senatorial toga, and that they
will present it to him with a
valet to help him put it on
The editor, having eliminated the
two candidates for whom he has the
strongest words of praise, then pro-
ceeds to take up and discuss the
chances of Kitchin and Simmons. He
concludes by saying:
"And so l believe the contest
will lie between Kitchin and
Simmons. And yet, I believe
the chances are in favor of
Kitchin because it is going to be
shown before the campaign 10
over that Simmons 10 no longer
man Of the people, but one
of the henchmen OF the criminal
rich OF Wall Street"
While the editor of the Independ-
emit declares himself unalterably OPP
posed to Senator Simmons in the Ian
guage given above, and much other
language of the same kind, yet it is
noticeable that nowhere in his article
does he ever give single reason why
Governor Kitchin should have any
brave patriotic people of North Caro-
lima than should Mr.. Simmons.
hnl ha 1F
Kitchin as Governor as a reason why
he should be supported by anyone.
He does not refer to his promises to
the people to have passed an anti
trust Law with teeth and to have
the same enforced so as to put the
violators of the law in the peniten-
tiary. Nor does he refer to the Gov
errors absolute failure to carry out
a single promise. II the editor of
that paper could have said for Mr..
Kitchin the many splendid things
that he did say for Judge Clark, who
seems to be his warm personal friend
and ideal citizen and Judge. he eer-
tainly would have said 1t.
There Ia only one conclusion that
can be drawn from this article, and
the conclusion is irresistible, and that
is that the State will be very poorly
represented. IL not misrepresented in
the Senate. by either Kitchin or Sim
mons, but that the State must swal-
low one Of the two, and that of the
two he prefers Kitchin.
We have not yet seen a single ex-
preston by any newspaper or by any
citizen In the State that gives strong