The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-03-28

Y slfins that the House adjourn al I O'Clock
noon. marx O: re~ySCf TO Douglass
Mr. trumpasr. 8 popuiist, At once o5ere4i an
TO make the hour o: adjourn
usen; 20 clock. which was the regular hour
Of adjournment Speaker Walssr ruled the .
aud resolution both out of 4
order, saying that the HOUSE would not Ad 4
1ouTn until the business of TIA. day MS dts
possd Of he then suggested that Il motion I
might tie madethaf when the House did .
adjourn il could lie as a mark Of ressect A 4
standing vote on a molten 10 this efesf MSS /
taken and carried No t--l-CIst attention 4
Vas given TO the matter and in he rush OF
business II seems that there WAS All I'M /
preston that the Speaker ruling would DO 1
away with any signihcailon Of the r.-olu- F.
ton. IL - Il fact that III the minutes of the
Hou>e there APPEARS a rr-o ufIon which /
shows that when the House adjourned II be
in honor of Frederick Douglas but the
House remained ia SESSION for thirty five
minutes over the regular time of adjourn
nent that day, and the Douglass matter wos
OF such lnsIenIilcsince ~ to be completely
lost sight OF.
Would there ever be any full truth
published TO the world if that truth
depended on the parers of Dem
ocracy. Do the Illustrations given
above indicate that there would be.
After an interval OF four days;
after there had been time TO get at
and make known all the facts; after
attention had been called to the
vlleness of statements made by
Democrats; after they could have
known and did know the truth, they
S Mt from Raleigh on February Gath
the following dispatch:
RALEIGH, n C.. Feb. 2i-Anv denial Of
the fact that the General Assembly of North
Carolina refused 10 adjourn on the birth
| days of ashiugton and Lee is false from
the foundation. Senator Mewborne, presi
| dent OF the State Populist Alliance. in a
speech last Thursday, spoke of the failure
OF the Senate IN not having adjourned on
Lees birthday, which failure is shown by
the printed reports OF the House and Senate
| in the CAUCASIAN.
These reports say that the House passed
a joint resolution TO adjourn and received
the amendment TO il of the Senate and
| tabled the resolution. This was the only
| official action taken and tells the whole
| story.
The "power of the press was with
the Democracy in this matter-a
power built up while the party con
trolled the Offices, patronage, &c.
How that power was used is shown
above. 1t created and scattered false
mood and Misrepresentation with the
energy aud swiftness of cyclone;
but Truth - slowmoving Truth
forces it way, and it will overtake
and eventually smash its scurrilous
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Democracy itself. But its press is
SO given to moral depravity, Sc
saturated with the essence of iniquity
so thoroughly stepped in diabolical
turpitude, that when it shall receive
its death blow, it will die with a vivid
illustration of the old proverb-'' the
ruling passion is strong in DEATH
for when there was no possible ex
cuse for making an errol-when the
truth was clear as crystal and trans
parent as air, the News and Observer
as late as March 18th, says:
"Why did the General Assembly refus,
to adjourn in honor of Washington and lie,
and yet adjourn in honor of Frederick Doug
lass ~
AS has been shown above, thu
political organization assuming tn,
name of Democracy was hurled from
power by patient and conservative
but indignant people. And tn,
popular emphasis of that indignation
was expressed by a majority O
twenty thousands change of NOR,
than forty thousand votes in tw,
, years. The people representing thi
EXPIRE ssion saw fit to condemn, in al
official capacity, Democratic journal
!, ism as not being the representative,
journalism of the people of Nortl
Carolir a.
: To show this fact, Mr.. Lusk, O
Buncombe; introduced the followln.
, resolution in the House on Feb
ruary 25th;
Whereas. The Democratic press hay
wilfully and maliciOusly charged and pub
D llshed that the General Assembly of 1895 re
: fused to adjourn out of respect TO the mem
DRY of the birthday OF Washington and Lee
but did adjourn out OF respect TO the memor
! of Fred. Douglass, and
8 Whereas, By such false statements the
have reflected upon the dignity and pun
poses of the present House, and
Whereas, The facts in the case are a
follows:
Z That on the 18th day of January, 1896
q that Mr.. French offered the following resc
! luton:
i Resolved, By the House of Represents
S tives, the Senate concurring, that when thi
s House adJourns, it adjourns to meet Mon
day at 3p. m.
: Mr.. French moved to suspend the rule
which was done, and the resolution wa
y adppfaH without loSantinny
Y to the Senate for concurrence, which resolu
] ton the journal shows was adopted Thi
resolution being non cOncurred in by tn
Senate, the House met next morning at tn
usual hour and after being in session les
- than half an hour, on motion of Mr. Young
o of Wake, the House adjourned out of re
= spect to the memory of Robert NJ. Lee, tn
= same being his birthday.
On the 21st day of February, a resolution
to adjourn from Thursday until Saturds
out of respect to the memory of Georg
\ Washington was offered by Mr.. Williams
: OF Craven, and was passed by large ma
/. jority The same Was not ooncufred in by tin
= Senate. The House met the next day a
a usual. A motion was made by Mr.. Lusk l.
adjourn out Of respect to the memory O
> George Washington, the same being hi
: birthday and the same was unanimously
and
q Whereas, On the 21st day of February.
resolution was offered by MIR. Crews, o
Granville, that the House adjourn at 1
, O'Clock out of respect to Fred. Douglass
when his sudden death had just been an
1 nounced:
The House did not agree to adjourn a
:. this hour, but when the purpose of the mo
: : ton was explained to simply give publicit,
to the sudden and unexpected death of thi
E deceased, 1t was concurred in by all parties
= and as matter of fact the House did not all
> journuntil thirty-seven minutes after tn
time required by the rules for adjournment
> now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That in the interest of trutl
: and accuracy of history, the utterances an,
+ expressions OF the Democratic press in thi
connection are denounced as uniust, untrue
: misleading malicious and hbelotls.
Resolved. further, That this record, a
. above recited, and resolution be spread upol
the minutes of the House.
1t should be noted here that tn
d House resolutions were not concurre,
e in by the Senate; but the Senate ad
journed in honor of. both Washing
. 60, Lee under resolutions originatin,