Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-03

enough for q fair test Of their merits
end to be reformed by Democrats. If
lnecessity should require.
/ The mere suggestion Of the name
OF Governor Locke Craig as Demo
cratic nominee for congress in this
district two years hence causes cold
i chill to run up the spine Of every
Republican; who hears it. The Char
,otte Observer is correct in the con-
clusion that should the Governor be
i prevailed upon to accept when the
time comes. ''it is safe to say that
Mr.. Britt will be q. one-term congress
man. Yes, and his friends will do
the Professor a genuine favor by ad-
: vising him to hold on to that $4,000
! he is to draw for answering roll-call,
irstead of squandering it in an effort
to be reelected The Democracy Of
the tenth district is going to redeem
itself at the next election. and no
! Republican need apply.
The European wars have given the
railroad business heavy jolt along
with the effect noticeable in other
! lines of industry throughout the coun-
try. There has been heavy reduc-
| ton, both in the passenger and freight
receipts the past few months and en-
forced retrenchment is the inevitable
| result in every department of the
business. Republicans are charging
this unfortunate state of affairs to the
Democratic administration. even after
the election is over, and hoping exist
ing conditions may continue while
Mr.. Wilson occupies the White House.
But their prayers will avail them
nothing. The wars will end some OF
these days, times will get better and
everybody forget their troubles.
Retrenchment is to be the watch
word with President Wilson during
the next two years, he having deter
mined upon an economical and a
strictly business-like administration
of governmental affairs. Every
r1edge made to the people by the
Baltimore conventions relative to re-
form measures have been fully kept
and the President now proposes 20
devote his energies In saving dollars
to the people. And mark it: under
the scrutinizing eye Of woodrow VIII
son an immense sum will be saved to
the taxpayers within the period he
has yet to serve as President of this
Republic. 1t is safe guess that the.
"pork barrel" will be hard hit by the
budget system soon 30 be inaNgura-
ted.
The State Board OF Canvassers finds
that Mr. Britt was elected to con-
gress from the tenth district by ma
jority of 7sS. and that Solicitor
Schenck defeated his Republican OPP
ronent in the eighteenth judicial dis
trict 43 votes. So the result Is not
quite so discouraging as it appeared
to be a couple of weeks after the cleo
ton. A Republican congressman is
had enough; to have solicitor of like
faith and order" would be going the
limit in political endurance. Mr..
Britt will draw his salary and his
breath all right for two years, at the
of which his address will
be Asheville, North Carolina. Like
his Republican predecessors for many
y ears back, he will receive only a
taste of the Washington life. 1t is
the tenth district way and he will be
no exception to the rule.
Is
It is to the credit Of Secretary Nc
kdoo and Comptroller Williams, in
the treasury, and Postmaster Cen
oral Burleson that they are endeavor-
ing to enforce segregation rules in
their departments. There are entire
" too many negroes on the pay-rolls
In Washington, anyway, and the fact
hat members of the colored race are
eolding desks along side OF white men
and women is improper and altogeth
ar distasteful. Furthermore, Presi-
lent Wilson did exactly right in re-
senting what he considered offensive
language used by IAN irate Boston
otack," who recently called at the
white house with a delegation of ne I
yroes to protest against the separa I
ion of the races in the various de-
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