The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-05-09


about the stability of the Americas
nation and the capacity of the Amer
Lean people 10 govern themselves and
maintain our institutions. bat con-
tinuing. he said. that the way the
rank and file of the people. In every
quarter of the country. had risen In
their might 10 assert their will in thIs
Presidential campaign had convinced
him that the future of American in
st:c.tens was secured, and that the
people would rule.
Must Have s<ate-wi Primaries.
Commenting further. he said that
under the old machine or boss con-
vention and caucus system OF the
past that the will Of the people had
frequently been defeated, but that the
result Of this campaign would mean
that every State In the Union would
now adopt Statewide primaries SO
that every voter could cast his vote
for his preference for any candidate
from President down in his home pre-
cinct, and that that vote would be re-
corded and have its weight In every
Convention in the State and Nation.
He said that when this was done ev-
be robbed Of the last chance to de-
wise schemes TO thwart the will of
the people. 1t now looks like the
people will rule
Outlook for Parcels Post.
The express companies, with the
help of the railroads, have been exert
ing their power to defeat the PROPOSE
ton to establish any form of a par
cells post in this country They have
succeeded in fooling and lining up on
every side a large number of coun-
try merchants, who have been pour
ing petitions in on Congress to de-
feat every parcels post proposition.
This is an old scheme that has been
worked by the railroads and express
companies for twenty years. The
majority of the people, however, have
gotten their eyes opened to this kind
of scheme, and they are warning
their Congressman that they will not
longer submit to the parcels post be-
ing murdered by such monopoly in
f1uences.
1t now looks as IL this Congress
would be forced to yield to the peo-
pie at least an experimental or a par
tial parcels post system. --=- -
More Hypocritical Economy.
The present Democratic House OF
Representatives has been posing as
an economy Congress. They began
by cutting down the salaries of a
of clerks in the departments
and reducing the number of clerks in
many places. They next refused to
vote a single cent for battleships,
on the ground of economy. They have
just refused to vote additional money
needed for the starving and suffer
ing victims of the terrible Missisip-
pi floods which are growing worse
each day, and this has been done on
the score of economy.
Bold and Selfish Extravaganza.
At the same time, the Democratic
House has proceeded to increase the
of the private secretaries of
each Congressman from fifteen hun
dred dollars year to two thousand
dollars year. This increase in sala-
ries makes almost as large a sum as
that which the Democratic House re-
fused to vote for the relief of the
Mississippi food sufferers.
At the same time, the Democratic
House has refused to vote to reduce |
their prequisities or graft of twenty |
cents for each mile travelled or sup
posed to be travelled going to and /
coming from Washington by each
A bill was offered to
reduce this item of travelling expenses
to actual cost. That provision was
promptly voted down, though it is |
known that each Congressman pays
only about two and one-half cents a .
mile for his transportation, and some
Of them ride on passes and pay moth
ng.
At the same time, this Democratic |
House has voted to take seventy-f1ve
million dollars $75,OO0,000) out of
The Treasury to give pensions to So
called Union soldiers, who were nev-
pr in battle and who never fired a
gun. For forty years, the Democratic
party has denounced the Republican
party for voting extravagant amounts
of money for pensions to Northern
soldiers who did not deserve it. The
Democratic House now approves of all
the alleged extravagances of a Re-
publican Congress in this direction /
and adds seventy-five million dollars
on top of it, and does this clearly /
with the hope of buying the Northern |
soldier vote, to elect a Democratic /
President, in order that the Demo- /
cratic politicians may get and divide
up the Federal Offices of the country /