The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-04-24
ARE STILL PROTESTING
Mill Men Declare New Tariff
Schedule Will Close Mills and
Throw Labor out of Work
A CONGRESSMAN ATTACKED

A CONGRESSMAN ATTACKED /
Sims Attacked Wash
ingtOn Banker in a Speech-The
Banker Later Attacked Mr. Sims
sion Form of Government In the
Flooded TOwns-Is Practical and
EconomicaI-"Nr. Webb Of south
Carolina''-Should Have Kings
Mountain Monument Moved or a
New One Erected i'm the state.
Especial to The Caucasian.)
Washington, ID. c., April %. 1913.
A few days ago dinner was got
ten up at the Willard Hotel for the
purpose of bringing Secretary of
State Bryan and Speaker Champ
Clark together, to make friends and
bury the hatchet. They met at the
dinner and shook hands and each
handed to the newspapers a state
ment which had been prepared for
the peace meeting
The statements, however, were Of
such a cold and stilted nature as
would seem to give a new cause of
Ofense to each side.
A Congressman Attacked.
Congressman Sims. of Tennessee,
some months ago, during the last
Congress, attacked Mr.. Glover, the
President of the Riggs National
Bank, in a speech on the floor Of th@
House, charging that Mr.. Glover had
been instrumental in unloading a lot
of real estate on the government at
good profit to himself and for a
selfish purpose.
Mr.. Glover, who, by the way was
born in Macon County, n. c., met Mr..
Sims on the street a few days ago
and made a personal assault upon
him for the statement contained in
his speech in the House.
The Constitution makes every
member of Congress immune from at
tack for any remarks used in debate
in Congress. The House has appoint
ed a committee to investigate this at
tack with view to having Mr.. Glover
arrested and brought before the bar
of the House and tried on a charge
of contempt.
There are a number of precedents
for such action on the part of the
House, where member has been at
tackled in a similar way.
ment.
Those who favor or oppose the
commission form of government for
cities should take note of the fact
that every one of the cities in Ohio
and other western States, that have
been devastated by the recent floods
and storms have been forced to ig-
more their present aldermanic forms
of city government and resort to the
appointment of a commission of three
town to take charge of the welfare
of persons and property of each city
that has suffered so terribly.
Nothing could illustrate more for
chilly the economy, efficiency and eff
fectiveness of a commission form Of
government than what these western
towns have been forced to do in their
dire need.
In short, the old form of city gov
ernment, with ten, twenty or thirty
aldermen representing so many dis
tricts completely broke down in use
fulness under the appalling eondi-
tions which these towns recently
faced. Therefore, they at once turn
ed to the appointment of a commits
sion of their leading citizens to take
charge of the entire affairs of each
town. If such a method is necessary
and so effective in a crisis, how much
more necessary to have this effective
form of government at all times.
Raleigh has just adopted the COM
mission form of government. and
Charlotte, the largest city in the
State, has, unfortunately, just voted
down the commission form of govern
ment Therefore, these suggestions
are now especially commended to the
citizens of Charlotte, who have tenn
porarily delayed this great and
wholesome reform.
The Cotton Mill Men Still Protesting.
The cotton mill men of the South
are still protesting by telegram, by
letter and by coming here in person
against the reduction of the protect
i've duties on cotton by so per cent.
They declare that such a reduction
will close most of the mills and throw
their laborers out of employment.
They further declare that it will re-
.duce materially the price of cotton to
the farmer and are appealing loudly
to the Democratic Congress to leave
the duties as they are.
There is but little prospect that