The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-12-26
WHAT DEMOCRATS DID
The Last Demersi;e Adninissyaiisa
Cr.aEed Special favers 10 al
Trusts That Applied


They Increased Salaries. Created New
Onices, Also Increased the Public
Debt and Issued Bonds In time Of
Peace. notwithstanding That the
Democratic Platform Called for
Rigid Economy-sagar Trust and
Tobacco Trust Were In Their Giory
During Ceveland's Administrators
uThat Of the Next Administrations
(Thomas E. Watson. I'm The Jener-
sonian.)
You will remember that. some
years ago. we Democrats elected Gro
yer Cleveland. and everybody else
that wanted anything.
Our platform called for rigid econ
omy.
AS soon as we got all the ofilces.
we Immediately began TO show the
country how much more virtuous we
were than the Republicans could ever
hope to be.
These wicked Republicans had
elected General Benjamin Harrison.
and that little man had actually had
the insolence TO be honest.
He began to pay OF the public
debt In a way that scandalized Wall
| Street.
Before they could stop him. he had
/ economical our expenditures to such
an extent that he could lessen our
/ National debt by more than $780,
| 100000.
He was a pig-headed little fellow.
and the Wall Street Money Kings just
| couldn't do a thing with him.
You would hardly believe 1t, but
it lis the truth that when his Secre-
| tary of the Treasury went over to
New York. attended one OF those
fascinating banquets, and was be-
j guiled into promising Wall Street q
new issue of bonds. the pig-headed
Republican President sternly forbade
the issue, although his Secretary had
so far presumed upon Harrison a
acquiescence as to have the metal
plates made, on which the bonds
were to be printed.
Wall Street was greatly displeased
Long heads were laid together and
1t was decided to put Harrison out.
Accordingly, we Democrats went
back into power. with Grover Cleve.
land at our head.
Grover had been one of J. p. Nor
gan's lawyers.
Thereby hangs two or three tales
Let us proceed, however, with the
direct narrative.
We Democrats had an overwhelm
; ing majority In every branch OF the
Government.
Whatever we wanted to do, We
could do.
Then we proceeded to do it.
We wanted to give the Tobacco
Trust a complete monopoly. and We
did so.
That's ore reason why Thomas r
Ryan got so rich, and why there wa,
murder and arson throughout chs
|, Black Belt.
We wanted to give the whiskey
Trust additional favors-and We did
, so.
, After they had used John G.. Car
. Isle as they did. in getting thos.
, Governmental favors, 1t was a sham,
that the nillionaires OF the whiske,
Trust allowed him to die q pauper
and his pallid remains to go back Il
Kentucky in freight car.
We Democrats had gotten stack
: of money from the Sugar Trust u
pay our legitimate campaign ex
penses, and therefore we felt unde
moral obligations TO allow Henry O
] Havemeysr to come to Washington
City and dictate to one OF our Cabi
net officers the sugar schedule, jus
as he desired It.
: Henry did 30.
He came there. and the late, be
: loved Senator German. Of Maryland
took charge OF him.
The late. deplored Senator Cormal
was great Democrat: incidentally
:, he was also one of the grandest ras
Q calls that ever lived.
: He introduced Havemeyer TO Johl
G. Carlisle. and this member Of on
Democratic Cabinet wrote down tn
4 Sugar Schedule at the dictation o
Havemeyer.
You OF course remember the RES
Cleveland pretended TO "cuss out
q Congress, because OF its failure 3
Q keep our promise on the tariff que1
Q ton; nevertheless. he allowed tn
. German bill to bec,ome q law.
He saved his face by railing at 4
9 and he saved the bill by not votin
= it.
b Then. al you recollect, he had tha
midnight deal In bonds with his ell
ent, j. p. Morgan. In which deal
+ sold to his client the gold bonds q
this Goyerumonf for or.1ao~ 1u,