The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-03-14
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NJ SAAS AAAS PsN6S w 49, ~
of the new election law which pass
ed both branches of the legislature
last week. 1t is not the original bill
which passed the Senate, but the
House substitute for that bill. Under
the new law, it will be seen, coloniz-
ing voters at any particular place
will not be so easily accomplished,
but the educational qualifications"
of the Senate bill, about which the
Republicans made so much noise,
was stricken out, so that if the voters
request them the judges of election
shall deposit the ballots in the prop
er boxes. Taken altogether, it is a
very mild substitute for the original
Senate bill, to which there can be no
valid objection on the part of any
one. 1t is better calculated than
the present law to guard the purity
of the ballot, and that is about the
sixe of the amendments made to the
old law.
The appointment and confrma-
ton of JOHN WANNAMAKER as
Postmaster-General, without protest
from a single journal or leader of
the Republican party, is an extraor-
binary incident.
The caustic and dreaded "Junius,"
in writing to a corrup, politician of
his time, said: of you choose. to
keep a mistress, that is matter OF
your private conscience. But when
you faunt her in public places it is
an offence against political morals.
IF the Republicans choose to make
use of canting. Pharisee to collect
corruption funds for the purpose of
carrying elections, that is a matter of
their private consciences. But when
they reward this purveyor to brides
by giving him a Cabinet Office it. is
a shameless offense against public
morals 3& t"'''4
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II Well, the legislature has adjourn
=,
ed, after accomplishing good deal
The SENTINEL has, from week tc
week, published a careful resume Of
everything that occurred of interest
to the people of this section, and il
is the only paper in Forsyth county
that has.
just here we want to express our
qualification at the course of our
ne:ghbors, Mr.. Leak of Stokes anc
Mr.. Waugh, of Surry. They have
been wise and careful legislators
They have done their duty anc
THE SENTINEL hopes that they
will be returned to the next legisla.
ture.
The Weekly Transcript and Hess
enger has been removed from VIII.
mington back to its old home
Goldsboro. 1t is a 64-cOlumn paper
brim-full of reading matter and thu
people Of Wayne are no doubt glat
to welcome it back. The Dahl
Messenger, together with a weekly
edition, will continue to be publish
ed at Wilmington.
~ The Charlotte Chronicle of las
Sunday was an eight-page paper
1t was a most creditable edition, anc
the Racket Store advertisement which
covered the whole first page, was the
best gotton-up cad" we have seer
in North Carolina newspaper
The foreman of the Chronicle evil
IDENTIFY understands his business.
We have received from the pub
fishers (AIfred Williams & Co.
Raleigh a copy Of a new book
s'FiFst Steps in North Carolina His
tory"-by Mrs. Cornelial Phillips
Spencer. The title indicates thu
character of the work, and the name
of the authoress is sufficient guar.
antee that the work is we'll DONE
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The Clinton Caucasian is out, il
a new diessland printed on brand
new Campbell cylinder press. 1T
typographical, appearance is now al
that could be desired, and as tn
paper is well and carefully edited, i,
is an honor to the town of Clinton
and Sampson county, whose people
should give it hearty support,
It is estimated that Il 1000 negroe.
have left North Carolina since III,