Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-04-11

Governor" Pearson's Display OF
DemagOguery.

DemagOguery.
Ra 'eigh News & Observer.
The self-appointed wet-nurse
of the Fusion party, Mr.. Rich
mond Pearson, who convened a
special session of the Bosses to
try to pull the party out of the
hole into which they have fallen,
by ignorance or corruption, yes
terday sent the following tele-
gram to the Charlotte Observer.
RALEIGH, April 2.-Proof is
complete and conclusive that the
act to regulate assignments is
fraudulent and spurious, The
original bill, Identical with the
one published as law, has just
been found among the defeated
bills in the old State library,
marked Tabled March 18th.
The Senate records show that
the bill was never before that
body in any shape at any stage
Threatened injury to the busi-
ness of the State will undoubted-
ly be averted by.judicial Or legis-
lative action. Honest business
men appreciate the position OF
your paper in declining to join in
partisan cry to excite ground
less fears and prejudice about a
measure that was drawn by a
Democrat, introduced by aDemo-
crat, defeated by Republicans
and Populists and authenticated
by a monstrous fraud perpetrated
upon the presiding officers of
both houses of the General AS
sembly.
RICHMOND PEARSON.
The Observer contains two edi-
torials which show that it is too
smart to let Mr.. Pearson's show
of generosity impose upon it. We
quote:
1--WE fear that Mr.. Pearson in
his generocity gives this paper
credit. in it's treatment in this
matter to which it is not entitled.
We must avow that, we have
given a decided partisan turn to
several Of our discussions of it..
It is, however. that we have
sought to allay any unnecessary
alarm about it and to put the
best face possible on what is at
best a grave situation. The op-
GRAFTON Of the law is causing
much temporary Inconvenience
and loss. We do not believe that
the full force of it's language will
be left to apply after the courts
have construed it; but if it is.
there is yet another remedy
which may be resorted to if the
worst should come to the worst. "
Again it says:
"The telegraphic story of the
above referred to transaction, as
sent by our Raleigh correspond
ent last night, puts an entirely
different face upon the story told
by Mr. Pearson. It appears
that the bill found yesterday was
the original bill and not at all the
bill which is now law. The
original bill contained the very
material exceptions embraced in
the twenty words after the words
existing creditors;' the substi-
tuIe does not.
1.-The fusionists' efforts to help
themselves about this matter
have availed nothing thus far,
but seem only to get them deeper
in the bag. There is no Demo
cratic responsibility in the mat
ter whatever.
There never was a telegram so
characteristic of a demagogue as
Mr.. Pearson's. He seeks, by a
transparent Juggling with words,
to throw responsibility upon
Democrats for the Injury to the
business of the State" when he
well knows that the bill "drawn
by Democrat" and ''introduc.
ed by Democrat was amended
by Populist Hileman's finance
committe in such a way as to cut
out the provisions to permit
mortgages for cash and farm
supplies. Mr.. Pearson knows
that if Mr.. Smiths bill had beer
forged through, without Hile.
mans amendment, it would have
worked no such injury as the
bill that his crowd forged
through.
! With the lowest sort of par
tisan demogoguery fresh on his
pen, he criticizes honest men by
accusing them of making "a par.
tisan cry to excite groundless
fears and prejudice" Who has
done this? The Democratic news
papers have merely printed the
Infamous bill, which was forged
throught by Reform" officers
or their assistants, and voiced
some of the clamor of an out
ragged people against it. It turns
out that the bad bill, as amended
in Populist Hileman's commit
tee, was tabled ON motion Of {
Democrat. This does not excuse
Hileman, and it is shown tha
| Chief Clerk Satterfeld was mott
fed by Smith, of Stanly, tha
| the bill had been tabled while tn,
said Satterfeld was on his way
to have the tabled bill enrolled
i If Mr.. Pearson would declin,
to ''join in a partisan cry" an,
devote himself to fixing the re
sponsibility upon the guilty part,
he would be more worthily EN-
ployed. Tt has been placed a
the door of Mr.. Satterfield (Re
publican), or Mr.. Brown (Popu
EctA or ono Of tboi,, cr,,l,1,,a<l.nafnc