The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04
LOST in THE SHUTTLE


But Colonel Roosevelt and His
Friends Have Denounced the Pri-
mary Election as a Fraud and a
Farce-Four New United States
Senators Take Their Seats This
Week-The Charges Against Sem
ators Stephenson and Lorimer and
Attitude of Simmons and Over
man-Democrats Again Refuse
More Battleships-WiH Finish
Panama Canal by August, 1918.
Especial to The Caucasian.)
Washington. D. c., April 2. 1912.
The news which reaches here from
Mexico shows that conditions there
are getting worse every hour. 1t
now looks as If the Madero Govern
ment has not only failed to restore
order, but that its downfall is near at
hand. All foreigners In that coun-
try are very much alarmed not only
for their property but for their own
safety.
England, Germany, and all the
other important foreign countries
are urging our Government to inter
vene there for the protection of their
citizens as well as ours. The Presi-
dent and his Cabinet are giving most
careful attention to the situation and
are prepared to send troops and bat
0ships to Mexico whenever 1t is
! Aeemed to be absolutely necessary to
do so, and it now looks as if that time
is not far distant.
Democrats Again Refuse More Bat
tleships.
So many protests came up from
all over the country against the
Democratic House for refusing to
vote single dollar for a new battle
ship that the House Democratic eau
Gus was called to meet a few nights
since to consider reversing their for
mer action. However, the caucus
again adjourned after voting down a
resolution against providing for any
more battleships.
1t was announced that this was
done by the Democratic House eau
Gus in support of their economy pol
icy. This explanation will not be sat
isfactory to the country, in view OF
the wanton extravaganza already
shown by the Democratic House in
voting seventy-fve millions of dol
lars to pension lot of Northern men
who never were in a battle and who
never fired gun. Seventy-five mil
lion dollars would build whole fleet
of battleships. Everybody knows
that there was no honest demand fol-
this great increase in PENSIONS and
that its only purpose was to try tc
buy the Northern vote for a Demo.
cratic candidate for President.
Suppose that the United States
should need more battleships than i,
has in the event of having to inter.
vene in Mexico or in the event o1
| d.
initiation that would fall upon this
country in not being able to uphold
the Monroe doctrine and not being
able to protect the integrity of the
Chinese people in thus being dismem.
bered by Russia and other European
and Asiastic powers.
Stephenson Wins by Six Majority.
A Senate committee has been In.
vestigating the charges of bribery
and corruption used in the election
of Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin
1t was proven in the investigation
that Senator Stephenson had spent
over 100000 in cash that could be
traced. How much more was spent
no one will ever know.
The vote was taken last week on q
resolution declaring that he was moi
entitled to his seat On this resolu.
ton Senator Overman voted in favor
of Senator Stephenson, and Senator
Simmons did not vote at all, but was
paired against him.
i It will be remembered that Sen.
ator Simmons voted to keep Senator
Lorimer in his seat at the last ses-
sion Of Congress. The evidence
against Senator Lorimer was much
stronger and uglier than the evi.
dence against Senator Stephenson
Therefore, it would seem that Sen
ator Simmons has been inconsistent
in voting for Lorimer and against
Stephenson.
! The Senate will soon have to vote
again on some new charges filed
/ against Senator Lorimer that are
much uglier than those that were be
fore the Senate during the last ses-
sion. It will be interesting to see
whether Senator Simmons viii vote