The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-02

oll5agirp to the General Assembly.
HENDERsONvILLE. N. O.,
March 20, 1895.
u,n Elias Carr, Governor:
Hy IT,P STR:-On the 275h OF February
- lie. ted by the General Assembly
l.Sorrb Carolina, Judge OF the Grim
Oh G.r-ufr Court, composed OF TIE
ma Of Bunconbe, Madison, Hay
cOuJ and Henderson. On the Sab inst.
Wi oiIsd at the Executive office, and
80 informed by your private Score
ma9 Mr. Telfalr, that my commission
taiyi5 a. once be made out, and that |
VIZ call at my convenience. On the
oh inst. at 4 p. m, a few hours be-
70 the final adjournment of the Gen
III III Assembly, and after you had been
Io+ifoo tnag there was no quorum, and
T;tb full knowledge of the fact that
"oTr nomination could not be acted
y,non YOU sent to the Senate, the fol.
idrring crmm;S siOn, viz:
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
Executive Department.
RALEIGH. n. O., March IL, 1895.
To the Senate:
nave the honor to transmit for
ro,r approval and consideration, the
commitment of Hon. Thomas A Jones,
If Burc5mb8 county, as Judge of the
Criminal Circuit Court, composed of
Buncom5e, Madison, Haywood and
Henderson. created by act of the Gen
eraI Assembly cf North Carolina, rati-
fed on March 18th, 1895.
ELIAS CARR, Governor of n. Z.
InyOur haste to get tbs cCmmunlca
tion 10 the Senate within an hour or
two of adjournment, and as l have
hitherto stated, when you knew the e
was no Quorum, you bun8lingly state
the date of the ratification Of the act
creating the Circuit Court as March
I2th. instead Of February 23i, the real
date of ratification as shown by the
the original act nov in possession OF
Secretary Of State.
This blunder, however, is really not
chqrgeable to you, but to your private
Secretary, who vas very busy n stat
ing to divers parties that I had been
elected Judge before the act was ratl,
fed. Indeed he made the same state
ment to me on the morning of the 14Eh,
and seemed surprised when | gave
him the proper date of ratification.
The next time you make nOmlna
tons under an act OF General Assem-
bly,, IL any other State than North
Carolina should be s. unfortunate as
To elect you as @ DvernOr, let, me re
spectfully suggest that you be care
full enough to at least cite the proper
date Of the ratification of the act I'm
der which you assume to make nOmi
nations You decline TO sue a COM
mission to me, as Judge of the Crimi
nal Circuit Court and have assumed
to commission Tnos. a. Jones, of
BulCOmCe County, a very worthy
gentlemln, but q repre- sentative Of a
party which was overWheln iDgly de
feated and repudiated at the polls in
the Counties composing the district
Of which he has been appointed Judge
The only reason assigned for this eX
traOrdInarY action on your pa t, Is
that the General Assembly In electiDg
the Judge of this district encroached
upon your prerOgative as Executive.
ConcedIng TINS to have been your
reason, may Iask Why you deliberately
with held action in tie premises until
fourteen days after my election, and
why you delayed sending in your
nomination for this office, till the eve
Of adj urpment, and after you we're
fully advised that there wasnoquorum
to act upon your nomination.
The honest, the decent. the manly
course for you to have taken, did you
really believe that the General As
S9mbly of North Carolina, a coordinate
branch of our State government, had
entreGChed upon your prerOgative as
Chet magistrate Of the State, would
nave been, to have Immediately after
the ratification Of the Act creating this
cmee, sent In your nomination. But
with a Ieaklts SIS disregard of your off
cal obligations, and with the petty in
sUncts OF a partisan, actuated by
malice and spleen, you have placed
yourseltm a pOsitiOn which merits the
contempt of all brave and true North
Garolinlans who love their State and
uesplse trlckery and cunning. Ii is true
mat your opinion underwent a very
SUDDEN change In this matter, and the
pubic will be curious to know why
u private secretary was advised TO
INFORM me that nv commission would
ne ready for me on Monday, and on
Wednesday, that you should refuse to
ESlelt tO me,
N"oPH tu6 NIFlJ OF " 8OQ6u, RuuR-
.fee and other Wilmington ward poll
SGIOns, Who were closeted with you On
saturday, had something to do with
your acr0batiC performance ID the
matter, II matters not how the court
U last resort may decide this question.
1oqr status Is fixed; you will 20 down
~ Hls5ory as the Only Executive in
tue state who ever sent nominations
@tne Sanate when he knew there was
no quorum to thereon, and who
u~Stoer&tely delayed action till he was
aaElseu there WIS no quorum. Such
%G1IEn stamps you IS a mere political
@ncASteT, and utterly unworthy to &C.
TCupy a S :9s og4ce held by statesmen like
OaS vel, Red and Vance
h S1ecUfully,