The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-04-25
A GRASPiNG GRIP.
Inc Patriotic % Crap Of som. Democrat.
On Few Omess


chine. The last legislature tboogh,
II ADVISABLE to take charge Of this
hS'Itu'lon, from the fact that. undo r
inc Democrats. ii had cost the Stat.
nearly million OF dollars. aud was
ihls year fourteen thousand dollar.
III u"ot. 10 this end, they Increase /.
lhe board Of directors from five IN
iourteen- appointing as additions
directors Messrs. Never Hahn. RI
Herbert, I. +. McCaskey. J. r. +.
Hoover, j. +. Bryan, II. Il. Park. +.
r. Wakefield, j. y. heck and Henry
Dockery.
Unfortunately for this State and
us peo' lie, the general admin SRA
'loh Is yet Democratic on the hold
over plan; that is to say that those
officers elected In 1892. tor four wear
terms are still in Office; and with
their usual and now famous capacity
fof hndlng what they call a ..techni
caiity, they claim 10 have discovered
on" by which the legislative appoint
m"ni of the new directors is illegal
n to make II more Democratic
'unconstltOotionai." This claim j. to
The fleet that "a quorum of the legis-
iature fail,d to Tote for the election
81 the new directors
On Wednc. day "f last week. Il
regular meeting Of the board was
held, and the new directors came on
To attend it, II was known that the.
Democrats would have some paIa yer
ing about the "uncc nstitootionality''
OF the new legislative appointments.
and III order that matters might be
Nmo"th"d over and quickly adjusted =,
the ~ W directors employed NJ ssrs
W. ii. Day and Spler Whitaker as
counsel TO present the legal aspect
of the case.
They then went out to the peni
tentiaty TO perform their duties. But
what do you think The old Demo-
cratic bo ri had already assembled
and having locked the gate and
stationed a guard thereat, they
0ctaaily Reused 10 let the He,c directors
eHter the s'ocbade or j,ii,iings.
/ The Democratic party can do near
/ ~ anything of ridiculous and alb
surb nature these days without
creating surprise. Nobody really
expects to see them do anything
( honest or decent. But this was some
thing that a rogue or criminal would
not have expected or received. He
would have been let in; and the
action of the high directors on
the inside was Of sufficiently dashing
gall and etfrontery as to arouse a
little surprise and considerable dis
gust 1t may be stated that a viii l.
cold rain was falling on that day,
but the new directors were kept sou,
in the cold"
7 he "bCsS of the pen" did conde-
scend 90 send man down to the
gate to talk with the new directors
through hole in the wall aud tC
get even this little distinction they
were compelled to stand in that cold
drenching rain for about half al
hour. Capt. w. H. Day was with the
new directors as their counsel, al {
in consequence of this stupendously
hlgh-handed proceeding. he sent tC
Mr.. LeaZar, the de tdct, superintend
ent, the following message: Il have
no complaint to make of the lega
phase which this question has as
sumed. Say to Mr.. Leazar that W,
are all very much obliged to HIM for
his courtesy in keeping us out her,
in the rain for thirty minutes: ther
say TO him, Individually. for me, W
H. Day, that | thought We were deal
ing with a geutlem-n.'
Now, it SO happened that when tb
, present little would -be-cZar-hke Dem
= ocratic administration came to tn
: conclusion that the action of tn
legislature in appointing these min
rev directors was unconstltoo iOnal,
, il determined to supply their place
, with few of the remaining Demo
, Gratis III this State. and to that en-
A Governor Carr appointed them. The
=. were here at the meeting of III
p directors and sat with the old board
| Ih,y were not kept out in the raj
thirty minutes. They cannot be bel
! wholly responsible for their partic
patton in the diSgracetuliy absur
, and undlgnitied proceeding s. and fo
4 that reason We GO not give thel
names.
- The new legislative directors aftel
a ward met and organized, and electe
= Capt.W II. Kitchen Chief Supervis,
= and A gent of the penitentiary. The
also elected an executive commltte
y of i've members, consisting of Messr:
i Dockery. Hoover, McCaskey, Hah
= and Bryan. This committee accon
. panied by Mr.. w. H. Day, as cou1
II sci. went ont to the penltentiary ;
r representative of majority OF til
u directors, and made formal deman
., for the keys, &c. OF course this W;
+ refused. and now the matter is or
q which must be settled in the court
: 1t is hoped that arrangements W
Ie be perfected by which the case es
81 be heard at the present term of II
l. Wake Superior court which begs
= on the 22ud inst, and be carrl
~ ~ from there to the Supreme court f
~ final disposition.