The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-17

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GEO. MCNEIL RosE.-Mr. Rose is
we'll qualified for the position, having
served as temporary Speaker of the
House in the last Legislature, and
proved his peculiar fitness for the place.
He Is a young man, about thirty-slx
years old, the son of Mr.. John NJ. Rose,
the Secretary of the Cape Fear & Yad-
kin Valley Railroad Company !; is a
lawyer by profession, and this is his
third term OF office in the Legislature.
His popularity at home is best attested
by the Tact OF his having been twice
elected when his colleague on the Dem
Hcratic ticket was def atrd. He is a
member OF the Presbyterian Church. u
younger brother beng a very prominent
munster OF that denomination. We
congratulate the House of Representa-
tives upon the wisdom of their choice.
and We doubt not that their business
will be much expedited by having so
excellent a presiding officer. -Pittsboro
Record.
How THEY WANTED OFFICE
There was a jam of candidates at Raj
eigh and the well known Yarburo House
was the theatre of action.
I'D like to vote for you,'' said a
| member to a spry looking fellow after
~doorkeeper, but that one-legged man
wants it and 1 can't go back on Nor
ton"
well, durned'fi don't have my arm
'hopded Off" i'd the fellow.
And after you had it three years
tu'd be willing to cut off both legs to
Keep it longer put in DIR. Blacknall.
Yes, sir, and take out all my back
bone besides. "-Reidsville Times.
UAUNTs AT RALEIGH.-Gov. Jarvis
is a Water Foot-he treads easy.
1t. Gov. jim Robinson is a ROSY
tirin-they smile most wi en- they ain't
:.appy.
There is a large order of the Round
Bellies with the Legislature they are a
HARMLESS haunt and only require a good
Inner and a toothpick at the Marlboro j;
they are second cousins to the Huggers,
IA class who stand and chat to midnight
with ti.cir ar,ms around the shoulders.
There are also the ] can Legs and the
stack Poles-these are dangerous and it
Won't do to stir them up.
There is only one Du k Leg in the en-
tire Legislature and that is Bailey OF
Mecklenburg, they are a talky haunt
Reidsville Times.
ABOLIsHING PROH1BITION.-Tbe
Legislature had hardly warmed their
seats before bills were sprung for re-
pealng the statute on prohibition. In
TIE Senate, Mr.. Pinnix, of Davidson,
pushed his bill right through. Alexan-
der. of Charlotte, moved to table the
bill. He sa d the statute was a dead
I tier, it never could be in force, and to
repeal it was only for the Senate to
>tultify itself, and he was sustained in
these views by Morehead, of Guilford,
Ind Scott, of Rockingham, who voted to
table the bill ; but Pinnix, while &C.
,nnwledging all this. still he said there
we're lots of the people that couldn't be
made to see it, and they wouldn't be
satisfied with anything less than the alb.
solute repeal of the lead letter statute,
and he called for the ayes and ZOE or
the passage of the bill. Only six Sena.
tors voted against it, and We admired
their pluck Mr.. Alexander afterwards
said to the reporter he thought the Sen
ate had disgraced itself by the CHEAP
demag"guery of its action, the law wa.
left out of the new co. ificatiOn and now
the repeal of it would have to go in.-
Reidsvil.e Times.
WANTS EN- TAxED.-There is ar
evident desire on the part OF many o
the members. to show the people how
glad they are that prohibition is dead
Some able member now has an oppOr
tunity to do the State and humanity
great service. by bringing out a stringen
license law. for the protection of thu
49,, N CIR f10 rs tho ON
traffic. The vote on the prohibition bill
in 1881. proved that nearly half of thu
white people of the State want a law t
protect the people, particularly tn
| Young, from the influence of the ours
> of five cent bar room. Give us l licens
law that will afford protectlon.-Con
! cord Register.
SNow-BOUND.-Freight traffic owe
: the Richmond & Danvi:le was at a dea
stand still yesterday. One freight trail
was sent out in the morning. but not
train arrived during the day. Four G
!, live freigi.ts followed 81 last night all
4 all of them will be in this morning
! The scene at Greensboro yesterday wa
said to have been a lively one Five
six blockaded freight trains were stans
o ing on the tracks i'll the yard, and I'll
]. noise of the snow plows claring tt
tracks walked the echoes.0Charlot1
!. Observer.
e They got out a report to-day in Ra
ie eigh that tie Baltimore Il Ohio had g
/" the contract Of the II. & ID. X. X.
prominent railroad man said a Unit
a states Senator, in Washington, told IN
he'll seen the papers. Who was tn
T. Sema or. We don't believe it-pu'
Ne ali, All Rausom.-Reidsrille Times.
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