The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-04-03
sONE ST1TE TorITNcs.
fContlnued from pare ~


tar TO make up the deficit OF rexe-
nueg
While incomes should pay : tax
yet IL seems 10 be most unwIse to
make Iaborers and wealth producers
suffer ruinous competition abroad
twice as great as they would suffer II
there was no income tax And fl
seems that the South wflI suffer more
than any other part of the country
Some state Politics.
Mr. Justice. OF Greensboro. one OF
the leading Democratic Progressives
and former Speaker OF the Legis-
lature. has been here protesting
against the appointment of Mr.. A D.
Watts. OF Stafesville. as Collector of
Internal Revenues for The Western
District. on the ground that Mr.
Watts is an extreme reactionary. that
he was opposed TO Mr.. Wilson's nom
ination for President. and Ii made
Collector. would build up a political
machine out Of harmony with the adj
ministration.
It is said that Mr.. Justice expects
Mr. Daniels, the Secretary OF the
Navy. TO stand behind him in this
fight against Mr.. Watts. We take It.
however, that neither Mr.. Justice nor
Mr.. Watts. nor Senator Simmons. nor
any of the ether leaders of the diff
ferent factions of the party. viii have
any certainty as to what stand Mr..
Daniels will take in this matter on
account of his well known and con-
tinuous capacity for Topping back
and forth.
The Simmons and Daniel Deal.
1t will be remembered that in the
last campaign Mr.. Daniels suddenly
ceased to fight for the Progressive
cause in this State, and became, an
active, or, at least, a passive ally of
Senator Simmons in his fight for re-
election. 1t will be remembered that
Mr.. Daniels neglected or sacrificed
the cause of Mr.. Wilson for the NOM
ination for President. to such an ex-
tent that Senator Simmons controll-
ed the State Convention and a large
more Sixteen of the North Carolina
delegates to Baltimore were extreme
standpatters and reactionaries. 1t
will be remembered that exactly that
number, sixteen of the twenty-four
delegates, voted for Judge Parker, of
e. ~ff hof
vention, while only eight of the dele
gates voted for Mr. Bryan, the Pro-
gressive candidate, and yet, on &C
count of the understanding or deal
between Mr. Daniels and Mr.. Sim
sions, every one of these sixteen re-
dictionary delegates voted for Mr..
Daniels for National Committeeman.
If Mr.. Daniels had continued his
Progressive fight in good faith, it is
clear that he could not have gotten
a single one of these sixteen votes.
1t will also be remembered that Sen
ator Overman aud Senator Simmons
both supported Mr.. Daniels for a
place in the cabinet. Mr.. Simmons
and Mr.. Overman are both reaction
aries. If Mr. Daniels had been real
Progressive they would not have sup
ported him. Now Mr.. Justice, who is
a candidate for the United States Sen
ate against Mr.. Overman, is fighting
Mr.. Watts, (who is Senator Simmon's
candidate for collector), because he
does not want Mr.. Watts to build up
machine in the west, to fight him
for Senator at the next election.
Mr.. Justice is looked upon as a real
Progressive. He, of course, expects
Mr.. Daniels support, but will he get
it? 1t looks to us as if Mr.. Daniels
will throw down Mr.. Justice and
stand with Mr.. Simmons and Mr..
Overman. This is what he would do
If he was consistent in his last deal,
but his Hopping political Chameleon
has never stood by any one deal any
longer than it would pay him to do,
so that it may be time for him to flop
again and go now with Mr.. Justice
against both Simmons and Overman.