Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-08-18
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Editor of the Observer

Editor Of the Observer
Allow ne TO say to the voters OF
Orange through tho OBSERVER ,ha.
I am q candidate 10 nv
vacant seat in The House OF Com.
mons from which I vas expelled IN
le.9-nol tor crime. bot Tor speak
ing the truth on the floor Of the
House. and naming certain distin-
gu.saed Democrats and Republicans
Who had shared with LIi,lefie!d.
De~ese, LahIn ard the carpe,-Lag
gers The $4,000. 900 OF State bonds
appropriated for building railroads
n lsoS-'69. and voted Tor bv some
O both parties. | uamed the men
who hal shared in the big steal. |
named both Democrats aud lfepub-
iicans and the amounts thew had
received. ] named seven railroad
Presidents, Governors. Judges ana
lawyers. \ resolution was offered
TO expel me Il did not show tina,
every charge vas ,rae III every ma
tesial particular, before 3 committee
to be forthwith appointed By the
Speaker. said could show it IN
iorty-eight hours, aud ought 10 he
expelled if | did not show i, in ,ha,
time, and | demanded that the
speaker appoint the committee, for |
had o OF tie evidence iii uy desk
already sworn TO before invest.
eating committees appointed bv the
Legislature. | called 10 VAN every
day tor nearly a week for the
drunken 5. eaker to appoint the
commute. While d.uandiuc the
appointment Of III. committee and
my right u le beard. tie .,t..tr-
ordered me to take my seat. au1
iii demanded the a~ppoiu,neni Of
The committee ard my right IL be
heard. The Speaker then ordered
the one legged doorkeeper 10 sea,
tie member from Orange. The
doorkeeper laid violent hands o II
DC and | called for the police three
times, IN a loud voice that filled the
house. The call f"r the police put
the ~doorkeeper to flight and | had
the victory over the drunken Speaker
and the crippled doorkeeper.
The House journal says tLa. | was
expelled for disorderly condoct. My
conduct was cool, calm, becoming
and orderly. rose to a question Of
privilege because the Speaker time
and again refused to recognize tae,
and asked the Speaker that I be
heard at the night session for five
minutes in reply to the newspaper !
held in my hand-(Italeigh News
edited by Judge Clark)-ana also
five minutes to reply to you, Mr..
Speaker, tor your attack upon me in
committee Of the whole when you
LETT the chair to make 1t, and now
refuse to recognize the that | may
reply.
The Speaker refused to put my
motion OF privilege to be heard at
the night session for five minutes,
and refused to allow the clerk TO
read Rule No. 3 of the House which
says "a question Of personal privil,
eye is always in order and takes
precedent of all other business" !
never was more orderly, quiet and
we'll behaved, even when assaulted
by the d%oorkecper. Instead OF
knocking his crutch from under him
and let him fall On the foor, after
the House al journed | took him to,
assault aud battery upon my person,
but the Squire decided that it was nc
assault.
| shall have much to tell III the
canvass, How You have lost Your
trial by jury in your Courts, the
judges have in your court house
usatped the privileges OF the Jury
and found facts, ana pronounced
judgments on their false found facts,
robbing old men, widows and or
lhans.
But enough. | have filed my
space and ] Will tell the rest IN the
canvass.
Respectfully,
T.g.. -