The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-03-07

RALEIGH, n. c., February 27.-Yes-
terday witnessed the most exciting and
spirited debate vet held in the house.
The epithets liar" and 'falsehoOd'
were banded about pretty freely,
though in rather indiscriminate way
and no personal difficulty ensued.
The cause of the hot debate was the
following resolution which was intro
duced by Mr.. Lusk. republican of Bun
comb county, in reference to the Fred
erick Douglass matter:
Whereas, The democratic press have will
fully and maIciously charged and published
that the general assembly Of 1893 refused to ad-
JOurn out Of respect to the memory OF the
birthday of Washington and Lee. but did ad-
JOurn out Of respect to the memory of Fred
crick Douglass and
Whereas. BY such false statenonts they
have reflected upon the dignity and purpose OF
the present house. and
Whereas, The facts in the case are as follows:
That on the 18th day of January, 1898, that Mr.
French offered the following resolution:
Resolved, by tho house of representatives,
the senate concurring, that when this house
adJournS, it adjourns to meet Monday at 3 p IN.
Mr.. French moved to suspend the
rules which was done, and the resOlu-
tion WAS adopted without a dissenting
vote and sent to the senate for concur
rance. which resolution the journal
shows was adopted. This resolution
being non-concurred i'll by the senate,
the lfousa met next morning at the
usual hour and after being in session
less than half an hour, on motion of
Mr.. Young of Wake, the house adjourn
ed out of respect to the memory of
! Robert E. Lee, the same being his
birthday.
The George Washington Matter.
On the 2lst day of February Il resolu-
| tion to adjourn from Thursday until
Saturday, out of respect to the memory
| of George Washington, was otfred by
! Mr.. Williams. of Craven, and was
| passed by Il very large ma jority, the
same was not concurred in by the SEN
| ate. The house met the next day as
usual, d motion was made by Mr. Lusk
| to ad iOurn out of respect to the MEM
ory of George Washington, the same
being his birthday. and the same was
adopted unanimously; and
| Whereas. On the 2lSt day of February res
| olution was offered by Mr.. Crews. of Granville,
that the house adjourn at l. o'clock out OF re-
| pect to the memory of Frederick Douglass,
when his sudden death was announced, the
house did not agree to adjourn at this hour,
bnt when the purpose OF the motion YVES cX-
| plnned to simply give publicity to the sudden
and unex pected death of this distinguished
| deceased. it was concurred in by all parties,
and as a matter of fact. the house did not ad-
| journ until thrty-seven minutes after the time
| required by the rules for adjournment: now,
therefore, be it
! Resolved. That in the interest Of truth and
accuracy of history the utteranceS and express
| sionS of the democratic press in this city are
| denounced aS unjust. un. rue. misleading, mali
| ciOuS and libe lOus
Resolved further. That this record above
rccitcd, anI resolutions. be spread upon the
! minutes OF the house.
| What are the Facts In the Case:
Though no denial is made in the
| above resolutions of the fact that the
| legislature adjourned in honor of Fred
| Douglas it is declared that that body
did adjourn in honor of Lee and Wash
ington.
In reference to the first named, this
| is utterly false as is shown by the daily
newspaper reports of all political par
ties of that date. The house journal OF
that date is generally believed to have
been dOctored. 1t is well known that
the house refused to adjourn in honor
of Washington till severely castigated
for their action by the newspapers and
the public generally.
The debate consumed the whole day
and though the democratic leaders
clearly showed, by both democratic
and populist papers, that the resolu
ton was false, it was passed by strict
party vote of 53 to -.
DEATH OF SENATOR FRANKS
Was President pro tenn of the North Caro-
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