The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-10-17
MORTGAGED THE
STATE.
,,,nised Not to Hurt the Corpora
- in Consideration for Cash TO
Kun the Democratic Campaign

IN. in Consideration Tor Iash 10
u,,p the Democratic Campaign.
Ue have often wondered why the
-..,ocratic party could do just az II
-..,eed and still remain in power In
9Th Carolina. 1t has spent the peo-
..... money in "riotous living" 1t has
'.,,,nd the State all over in debt, IL
- almost doubled the burden of
..,es upon the people, IT, has taken
800, from them the sacred rights of
f...I government, it has refused
,froe and again TO pass an antitrust
i.q With teeth, ii has constantly re-
fused 10 give the people any relief
,rora excessive freight rates. Ex-
Governor Aycock said: The differ
arrr between the rates to cities In
virginia and cities in North Carolina
is 80 gross and outrageous as to chal-
Ierga the attention and arouse the in
donation Of every fair-minded man
10 whom they are represented, and
We can never change these condi-
,fOUs by seeking favors. With all of
these facts before US, we could not
understand how the Democratic par
~ could remain in power; but one
II l. Ward, Clark's campaign man
aver, has turned States evidence and
+. W. Simmons pleads guilty to the,
charge that the Democratic State Ex-l
ecutive Committee while he was
Chairman sold out the party to the
Io h In
rec eived sufficient cash to reverse a
400. 900 majority in the State.
Now, we can understand why the
railroads, trusts and combines have
stuck so close to the Democratic
party, and furnished them with all
We can understand it all now-the
interests bought the Democratic par
~ and paid for it, and own it to-
day, just the same as they do their
stocks, bonds, and other chattels. If
there ever was anyone foolish enough
to believe that the people would ever
get any relief through the Democrat
ic party they need not harhor that
thought any longer, for Simmons
pleads guilty and gives the names of
the committee who assisted him in
making the deal. The Democratic
party could not help the people now
if it wanted to. 1t is slave to the
interest, it is not free now, if indeed
it ever was. sold OUT the railroads,
trusts and combines own it.
That militant Democracy that Jo-
sephus likes to refer to so much is
nothing more nor less than a slave
bowling at the shrine of the interests.
Now you people who like to boast
about your Democracy can go away
back and sit down, for you have been
sold into political slavery, you must
abide in the house of bondage or
leave the party. The Democratic
party continues to increase the peO-
pies taxes by raising the valuation
of real and personal property, but it
does not raise the valuation on the
property of the railroads, express,
telegraph and telephone companies
and other corporations; it dare not
displeaSe them. The Democratic par
" cares nothing for the interest of
the common people; all it is expected
to do is to serve the interest to which
1t legally belongs. Governor Kitchin
no doubt knows all about this deal,
and with all the mean things that he
is saying about Simmons, he has not
mentioned this scandal; it seems that
this is one piece of rascality that the
Governor does not object to. We
take it that Simmons and Kitchin,
the two leading candidates for the
United States Senate, are not going
to do anything to displease the in
terest, for the COX knoweth his own
er, and the ass, his masters crib. -
Clinton NewsDispatch.