The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-01-26
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RALEIGH LETTER
Tn. Doing. Of the General Assembly


Senate fa1lGa W 90 80
a,rock reconsidered and made q
special order. The Senate esiaehas
got afraid of their own action. ihes
are in hot water about this ana our
er questions the people are interest,"
ed in.
hill has been offered in the
House to allow the Railroads to give
free passes again Isn't It strange
H.. The Railroads arc anxious to
give passes. They know their effect
on Legislators and public men.
hill has been offered to allow
the city of Wilmington to assess the
property of the w. & W. Railroad
which the company refuses to list.
There is contested election case
IN the House also, Mr.. Long is con-
testing the seat of Wright (eoi.) tom
Warren. This county has large ne
gro majority. If the negroes alone
voted for Wright he wss OF course
elected When a number OF tne
members were opposed few days
since to publishing the evidence 1t
looked like there was something ug-
ly in the matter.
Mr.. Day, who is we believe an at
torney of the Atlantic Coast Line,
offered bill yesterday to re-charteE
the Petersburg Railroad. This roae
belongs to the Wilmington and wei
don Company and is part OF the
A. c. Line, The last Legislature
served notice on this company tha
the charter would not be renewed
unless the w. & W. Company gave
up its exemption from taxation Oh.
the main line. The Legislature
now has an opportunity to serve thu.
people by forcing this rich corpora
ton to pay taxes. Will it do it
Let the people watch.
Your correspondent was at the
Inauguration ceremonies. We were
struck with the partiality OF the
audience as shown by the cheering
Mr.. Scarborough was cheered very
| little, while Furman, Osborne were'
| cheered to the echo. This differ
ence was so marked that none could
fail to notice it. However, the
daily papers did not comment on
it. It shows plainly that the ma
chine element Of the Democratic
party is on top and that they have
but little respect for any Alliance
man who will give up his convic-
| tons to stand in with them. W.
| did not think the audience would
make a difference between Gov.
Holt and Gov. Car, but they did
The machine even does not re-
spect these men as much as if the,
had fought the bosses and stood FOL
principle.
1 Your correspondent heard few
DAYS since that Gov. Holt sent hi
son-in-law and several Raleigh
dudes to Chicago to attend the lay
ing of the corner stone of the N. c
building of the Columbian Expo
sition; when they returned be order
ed the Auditor to pay their expen
ses from the public treasury. Th'
Auditor fatty refused, and asked
the Governor to show the law TO
such expenditure of the people,
! taxes, whereupon madam rum
further says that there was littl
family row in tn capitol. We d
not know how much truth there i
in this, but give it for what it i
worth.
The sickest crowd your CORES
, pendent has seen in some time
is a part of those who voted TO
the five hundred dollar appropri
alton. "Hello - said one at th,
ball, 81 fail to see what has be
come of our FIVE hundred dollars
, "Where,s the hundred and fift,
dollar band said another as h,
! gazed upon the few negroes
grinding out tunes with their di
lapidated looking instruments
One of the good Democrats VIII,
J voted for the appropriation quiet
ly SteDped within the sshounde'