The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-05-02
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shtution with refsreuce To ofiie.
hoIding. The provision violated L.
Is section ,of article NV. of which
clearly prohibits the holding of more
than one office Of trust or eumoln.
ment by one person at the same
time III this Stale
There is something of dash and
gall, on the part of Democracy, IN
connection With this matter, that
would make "a nervous man irrIta-
Ole, provided OF course. he did not
thoroughly understand what Democ
racy Is. II he did understand.
he would know 50 well what TO ex
pect that be would probably not br
at Ii affected
The gr. at slogan of Democrac,
mas been It's cant about "cousttou.
tlonality." 1t has tried III very lat,
days TO have some =glsiatiye worl
! 2Pea" a neing Unconstitutional
for instance the election OF the
new criminal court judges: OF the
new penltentlaiy directors; the
| appointment OF Justices of the pea g,
&c &c. From the terrific furore
they nave kicked up over these mat
tiers, from CONSTITUTIONAL" stand
point. any reasonable individual
would suppose that the constitution
would be safe IN the hands of a Dem
ocrat- and especially of one who
had tahen tie oath % support il
But is this so! For a number OF
years prominent Democrats have
been holding the honors and enjoy
ing the emoluments of more tnau
one office, and they have done this
with full knowledge Of the consti
tutIonal provision a sainst it. Bnl
then, they were Dem 'orats.
1t was not until Populst was
appointed to second Office while
holding the FIRST one, aud was given
the honor OF two Offices, that a Dem
ocratlc Governor comes to the front
and cites the constitution. This was
IN the case of Mr.. J. }. Rogers, who
was elected register of deeds for
| Wake county, and was afterwards
elected trustee for the institution
for the deaf and dumb and blind. Ip
tbs case the bold defender f the
constitution comes forward aud says:
| STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARrMENT,
| RALEIGH n. G., Mrch u '35
J. J. ROGERS, ESQ.
Raleigh, n G.
| DEAR SIR:-l am instructed by the Gov
ernor to inclose appointment as Trustee of
the n. 9. Institution for the Deaf and
Dumb and the Bind for a term of six years
and to state that your name was sent in to
HIM by a committee OF the Senate who re-
quested your appointment; and he. there
| fore, has the honor to tender you the ap-
pointment, but would respectfully call your
| attention to Article XIV Section I, of the
| Constitution, in regard to holding office
Please signify your acceptance. | have til,
honor to be
Yours truly,
s. L. TELFAIR,
Pricate Secretary
And to this, Mr. Rogers, a Popu-
list, made the following reply which
caused the Democrats no little sur
prise. Their comprehension is not
expansive enough to let them under
stand how man can decline an Of
ice-constitution or no constitution
Here is the letter:
HIS E.sceltency, Klias Carr, Gorernor Of
| North Carolina.
SrE:-I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of the letter of your private sec
retary, enclosing your appointment of my
self to the oFFICD of Trustee of the Mort h
arOllna Institution for the Deal and Dumb
and the Blind located at Raleigh for a term
of six years from March 5, 1898, an to
thank you for your kindness in calling my
iol. A.,
Constitution of the State, providing that no
person who shall hold an office or place OF
trust or profit under the State
shall hold or exercise any other office
or place OF trust or profit under the author
ity Of this State. The committee of the Sen
ate to which you refer suggested to your
EXcellencv my appointment without my
knowledge and consent, and hence the he
cessity of my having TO decline, as do now,
to accept the office rendered me-
| am glad to see that you recognize the
Importance of strict obedience to the plain
} letter of the Constitution, prohibiting the
holding by any one person of two or more
offices at the same time; and from the tenol
of the letter from your private secretary am
led to believe that SO far as your power and
influence extend, you are determined to en-.
, force the provision of the Constitution in
this respect Therefore, | with great re-
spect to your Excellency, take the liberty OF
saying that | have been Informed that there
, are person, in North Carolina holding more
than one office or place of trust in plain vi
olation of this provision of our Constitu
ton, and that | have been advised that il
, flee vacates the first.
Again thanking you for your kindness
have the honor to be
Yours truly,
7 JOSEPH J. ROGERS.
Now it is not a little funny tha
the only man against whom the ma j
esty of the constitution is thundere,
by the Democratic administration is d;
: Populist; and is there not a lesson ant
illustration of consistency and hon
esty in the fact that this mai
, who had a chance at two Offices am
stood by the constitution is a Popu
listf The full force of these fact
should De recognized and considered
by all h,nest men. Then let them de
eide VIII re their trust can best b
: put.
, The administration surely know
that considerable nAmber of Dem
J ocrats are now holding two Offices
. but there's no record of letter t
any of them in which His Excellenc
says: "would respectfully call yoJ
attention to Article XIV, Section
of the Constitution" Why so? Wei
we just don't know, but we thin
this is Democracy. The case is wit
sc you.
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