The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-04-11
WHAT THE LEGISLATURES COST.

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WHAT THE LEGISLATURES COST.
The State Legislature of 1895 was
charged with graver duties and faced
greater responsibilities than any law
making body that ever convened in
North Carolina. The duty of revO-
lutionizing the State government
devolved upon it. A general reference
has already been made to the work
accomplished along that line. From
time to time particulars of the work
will be elaborated, and the eau
CAsIAN takes the liberty of assuring
the people that when this is done,
they will be willing to render YER
diet of "well done, good and faithful
servants
At this time, the opposition Demo
cratic press has, without question, a
more extensive and much more rapid
arrangement for disseminating re-
ports among the people of the State
than the press of all other political
parties combined; and people who
read it and are accustomed to put
confidence in it Gf there are any who
have confidence in iD, have been per-
sistently misinfOrmed in every mat
ter which has been ventilated by it.
The demagogic mendacity and un-
qualified venality of the Democratic
newspapers, in this respect, have
been a matter of bullying amazement
to those who have known the truth.
The CAUCASIAN can assert that their
general reports have been and con-
tinue to be as false as the most con
sumate lying ingenuity can make
them, and that they are not worth a
moments serious consideration.
A sweeping statement like the above
ought to call for and does call for
vindication. We are ready to make
it. 1t may be stated that the eau
CAsIAN's readers, at least, have al
ready had one conclusive instance of
the audacity and unmitigated eff
frontery Of the Democratic press in
the matter of downright and I'M
reserved lying. Another such in
stance could hardly increase the pub
lie disgust and condemnation under
which that press is staggering, but
it might be, nevertheless, interesting.
The Democratic papers are assert
ing that the last legislature cost tile
people more than any other since
1879. They made that statement
before it was possible to know what
the cost would be. Almost at the
beginning of the session they said
and almost swore that the legislature
was being conducted at total cost
Of three thousand dollars more than
the Legislature of 1893. The eau
CAsIAN at once showed that the ex-
pense of was twenty-three dollars
per day less than that of the leglsla-
ture of 1898; and it was shown SO
conclusively that the Democratic
sheets were very glad to turn the mat
ter loose.
But they were bound to break out
again. And now the report and as
sertion Of every Democratic paper in
the State is that the last legislature
cost $72, 604.66-or $6,62S.4S more
than the legislature of 1893.
This is just one great big lying guess.
1t should be stated that these re-
ports are usually first made in Raj
eigh Democratic papers; and then
every little "one-hoss, "ki-yi," dirty
sheet swallows them whole. They
don't know anything about the facts
they don't care anything about them.
They are just simply starving for
something from which they can IN AXE
partisan political thunder. If they
can't get . fact-a truth-they make
lie: and it seems to suit their pur-
poses pretty we'll.
Every two years constitute a legis-
tive period in this State. The ex.
peuditures of the State for each OF
those periods are based.on Legislative
enactment. Now, let's have some
"Rggers''--such as attend Democratic
administration, and if the people
want any more Democracy after
having seen them in condensed shape
why-wsll, they can have it. In the
figures below are presented the cost
of legislatures for each two years,
and the tora amount of money spent