The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-02-22


- express BIS opinion; that right has
oee9 guaranteed 70 the people for thou
sanis OF years. BIT We cannot let the
senVienan incorporate anything in the
journal which we know to be an error.
Any gentleman here who knows any-
thing about parliamentary law will stand
py the Speaker. say tie Speaker had
the rlght TO say that motion to table
cuts OF debate, and l will not agree for
anything to go down upon the journal
"hIch knoW to be an untruth.
Mr. Ray Tells the Truth.
MIR. Ray said that he had not intended
70 say anything, but when man assumes
the role of honesty when he knew that
IL was something else that moved him in
tnls matter, he would have to saw a
word; Ii IS not honesty, il is Just SIM
ply cheek; capital for campaign thunder
underlying 1t all. He gave {. full expla
nation Of the affair, and made an able
ana unansWerahle defense of Sneaker
Ooughton.
lhe motion came up to reconsider, and
lt was moved to lay it on the table. The
gentleman from Madison will agree that
1t was not debatable. But he kent on
debating. The Speaker decided that he
was out Of order. That is all there was
OF it, and 1t ought not to be attempted to
make mountain out Of mole hill.
1nere has been great deal Of clamor
worked up about this matter and he for
ore was tired of it. 1t is said that the
people OF North Carolina have been
sending IN petition after petition protest
ing against this matter when there is
not word of it SO. The people of North
Carolina have not protested against the
action OF the committee, who are com.
posed OF some OF the best men in North
caro- lna-the peers Of any men in North
,jaroilna IN any profession, referring to
Mesars MCG1LL, Of Cumberland; HoL-
MAN, OF lredell, and HALL, of H alifax.
who constitute the House branch of the
committee. They gave a full hear
Ing to all parties, made their report.
aud the only complaint heard is
such as has been manufactured. (Ap-
plause).
Now as to letting tie public printing
out to the lowest bidder, the people are
satisfied that it is not to their interest.
II woold soon fall into irresponsible
hands # such were done The only
grounds CT the protest against the action
ana IN favor Of letting the printing to
the lowest bidder, is nothing but the
dlctum, the bare saying Of persons who
are PERSONALLY INTERESTED in this mat
ter, and who are trying to tear down
and weaken the Democratic party in the
State. He said he understood that the
extent OF the petitions from the people
that have come up from the cloud cap
pea mountains 80 the wave washed shore,
signed by a numerous multitude of men
who b9seech8l the legislature to recon
sldef It's action, amounted to the meal
, culaDie number OF 357 men, and some
nave asked their names taken off since
he truth has been found out MANY ol
m 222in1 Ell Wh0 algnad the petitions are Re-
| has b6el raised By those, who, havlne
done the State printing st the figures
now paid, are smarting under defeat and
IL their disappointment are wiling t
= stab the party and the best interests G
l the people And not only so, but thes
i papers peroisten5ly attack the Demo
! cratic members Of the General Assembl,
and seek to put them in a false light be
fore the people ANY declaration to tn
( effect that any member Of the Legisla
It ture was trying to cover up his track
e was a slander upon the Legislature, an
le vas intended to deceive the people. In rt
e gard to the printing, this Legislature
% regard to the printing matter hs
r. done nothing at all bat let the law re
O. main as it has been for ten years or more
e. Any attack upon this Legislature is a
le attack upon the Democratic members {
1e every Legislature for a dozen or mol
r years. Why was not this clamor raise
r, when other parties were doing the Sta
id PRINTING! And why does the gentlema
.rt from Madison forget that it is $50 p
lie cent. cheaper than when his party VI
be il power? The people are not SO igno
on ant as to be deceived by this false cry
economy which has been raised for SCI
on ish and partizan ends. [ know that ii
he people Of my county want economy, b
ut they are not niggardly and they do n
an wish any action taken that would ha
IT. tendency to put this work into irr
Ia sponsible hands and wreck the best int
lse ests Of the people of the State, as t
ah Republican party and their allies won
i'm do if they had it IN their power. a
1es plause.l
5a- There is nothing in the world in
ln- this matter except little cheeky gush
ere make political capital out of and to ve
'ne personal spleen. Mr.. Pritchard says
apt IS honestly trying to serve the p
ala pie of the State. 1es he is as hon
la: lat as the times will admit. Naugh
bh- and applause). I refer to his
eH- litical honesty. He wants to
a Governor of North Carolina. a
T., while [ believe he has got brains enou
uid to be Governors yet he has pitched
lch tent towards the city Of Sodom, and
nan will never get there. daughter &
gu applause all over the House and IN
anu gallery.
hat He said the gentleman from Madi
the came here as the leader Of the old
red funct Republican party, and endeavo
'rne to make the interest OF the people
not ondary to that Of the Republican pal
as Why, said he, is the price paid
east printing not sixty cents on
that dollar lower than it has been for N
en- years The Republicans, when in poV
paid leo per thousand ems. The ID
ocrats pay only forty cents. There L
tab dissatisfaction among the people,
ard's this clamor that is heard is not f
wed them. He said he was not afraid te
fair h.s people know how he stood on