Charlotte home and Democrat., 1882-06-30
Col. Folk and County Goyernment.


The recent Republican State Conven-
tion nominated Col Geo. N. Folk, of |
Caldwell, for Associate Justice Of the Su- |
preme Court. At the same time it adop-
ted platform, one plank in which reads |
as follows:
Resolved, That the present system of County
Government is based upon the monarcbial prin-
ciple of taxation without representation, and is
utterly subversive of the rights of the citlzen and
should be repealed. The Inherent right of the
people to elect every official clothed with por-
tion of the sovereignty of the State, from the
chief executive to the humbest official, must not
be denied or abridged, to the end that local self
government may be restored to the people of
North Carolina. fEyE
1t becomes interesting now to notice
how the candidate and the platform agree
with each other.
In the Legislature of 1s76--77, Mr.. Folk
was one of the Senators from the seth dis
trict, composed of the counties of Cald-
well, Burke, Mcdowell, Mitchell, and
Yancey. On page 26s OF the Senate jour
nal for the session in question we read
that MIR. Folk is the very gentleman who
introduced into that body the bill to ''es-
tablish county government"-the bill
which put the election Of magistrates in
the hands of the Legislature and the elec-
tion of county commissioners in the hands
of the magistrates. The record (page
26s) shows, among the bills and resolu-
luton, introduced on January 25th, 1877,
the following:
By Mr.. Folk: s. B. 4O8, bill to establish coun-
ty government. Referred to the committee on
county government
Again on page 275 of the journal we
find the following (italic ours) among the
governments:
By Mr. Folk s. B 4OS, bill to establish coun-
ty governments, Recommending 1t do pass.
Mr.. Folk moved suspension of the rules and
take up s. 408, that it be engrossed. ordered
TO be printed. and made the special order for
Thursday morning, at II, February 2. Motion
prevailed.
On page 324 we read that when the
county government bill came up as the
special order in the Senate, Moore, color.d
Senator from New Hanover, moved to
| amend section 4:
Strike out the first line and so much of the
second to and including the word assembly"
and insert the Justices OF the peace shall be elec
ted by the people, as now required by law"
Upon this motion Moore asked for the
ayes and noes and they were ordered.
His amendment was rejected, ayes IL,
On page 343 we find that on the Sd of
February the bill to establish county
government came up on it's third reading,
when the following proceedings were had :
MIR. Dunn moved to amend section by strik-
| ing out General Assembly" and insert 1.-The
qualified voters of the several counties of the
State"
Upon which he called the yeas and nays
| Mr.. Cunningham demanded the previous ques-
tlOn which was sustained.
The ayes and noes were ordered upon Mr.
Dunn's amendment, and it was lost, ayes 8,
nays a.
| Mr.. Folk was one of the "a who voted
| no. ..---.
On page 344 we find that the bill then
passed it's third reading, yeas 25, nays TO-,
aud that Mr.. Folk was one of the 25 who
voted yea.
Then the record stands complete
The Republicans aud Liberals have
nominated for one of the most honorable
Offices in the State, upon platform de-
manding the repeal of the present system
Of county government, the gentleman
who may be called the father of that sys-
tenn. He introduced the bill establishing
it, and voted for it upon its final reading,
having voted steadily in the meantime
against any proposition looking to a con-
tinuation Of the former plan of electing
magistrates and county commissioners by
the people.
As we have before this time remarked,
the policy of the Republican party of this
State is not only not consistent with truth
and decency, but the party is not even
consistent with itself.-StatesUiNe Land
mark.
| a. The pension fraud Is matter
that will not down. 1t is too big steal.
The New York city papers generally de-
nounce it. The olher day the House, un-
der suspension of the rules, without de-
bate, passed the bill appropriating $780,
OOO, 900 to pay for pensions next year. Our
Democratic Congressman opposed this,
but the Radicals were able to carry their
point. Now our people should understand
how much money this is. All the real es-
tate of North Carolina is valued at $l02,-
100000. By that one bill the Radicals
have given away money equal to the value
OF the whole of North Carolina. MIR.
Brown, of Indiana, q member of Congress,
declared on the floor of the House that il
would take tlom the treasury before they
got through with it no less than one bill
lion three hundred millions of dollars.
That is a sum equal to thirteen such States
as North Carolina is. This thing is intol-
erabie. Recollect that it is Radical
Congress that is doing this. And South
ern men ought to recollect that none of
this vast sum comes back to the South. 1t
all goes to the North. The Northerners
are alway eager after the dollars. They
MIXED the South by the Infamous tariff.
and now they are going to drain US by
this stupendous fraud. 1t will cost the
South $500, 100000. With US it is all pay
The North gets all the benefit. 1t is rob-
berry under the form of law.
~ A young man of wealthy London
parentage came to America to see the
Centennial Exhibition of 1875. Although