The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-05-15
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Especial to The Caucasian
Washington, d. c., May 13, 1913.
Never in the history of this gov
ernment have there been so many
vigorous protests against any piece
of legislation as are now coming up
to Washington, from every part of
the country, against the proposed
Democratic tariff bill. These pro-
tests are not coming simply from
manufacturers and from northern
and Republican States Strange to
say, they are coming in greater vol
ume from the Southern States and
from Democrats.
We learn from a number of
sources that these protests that the
proposed Democratic tariff bill will
not only close most of the manufac-
turing enterprises in the South, and
throw labOrers out of employment.
but that the value of farm products
have been and will be most serious
ly affected We understand that
most of these letters contain threats
that if the present tariff bill is en-
acted that the South will not vote
the Democratic ticket any longer.
A prominent Western Progressive
! Congressman today observed, that if
the adoption of the present Demo-
cratic tariff bill, as bad as it was,
would have the effect of curing the
people of the South of voting for the
party of 'inaction and negation, "
/ that probably it would be we'll for
the country to suffer the damage in
order to redeem the South from such
political heresy and serfdom."
Indeed, the protests against the
pending bill are SO strong from Dem
Ocratic quarters, that it is already
predicted that the Senate will be
forced to make, at least, some mod
ifications to some of the most radi-
cal reductions in the House bill
Republicans May Get Together?
A very significant conference OF
Republicans was held, a few days
ago, in Chicago. Leaders of this
conference, including Senator Cum
Minis, of Iowa, and Borah, of Idaho.
and Governor Hadley, of Missouri,
declared that the condition facing the
country makes it the patriotic duty
of all Republicans to get together
and relieve the country, as soon as
possible, of Democratic rule and
ruin.
These leaders, and the conference
. in which they were the dominant fig
ures, declared that the Republican
party must overthrow it's standpat
leadership, must reOrganiZe it's Ma
tional Committee SO that it would
represent the people instead of be-
ing made up of machine men, like
Duncan, of North Carolina, and be-
sides must regulate the representa-
tiOn Of States so that the number
of delegates would be in proportion
to the number of Republican vot-
ers.
They pointed out that it was the
frauds resulting from these evils that
split the Republican party open at
Chicago, last summer, and that with
these evils removed there was every
reason to believe that it would cause
the Republican party to come to-
gether and make the organization
truly Progressive, as it was under
Abraham Lincoln.
Also, it was pointed out that the
! legislation that the Democratic party
is threatening to put upon the coun-
! try, is enough to make Republicans
sink minor differences and get to-
gether to redeem the nation, as a pa
triOtic duty.
/ The Democratic Currency Bill.
| Many Democratic leaders, as we'll
as the country generally, have been
surprised that President Wilson
should strongly insist that the cur
rency bill, desired by the bankers,
should be rushed through the pres
ent session of Congress. Attention
! is also called to the fact that the
Democratic party did not point out
| to the country, in the last COM
paign, any specific measure of cur
rency reform for which they stood.
Everybody is now wondering what
kind of currency legislation Presi-
dent Wilson means to force through.
One prominent Western Congress
man observed today that all he