The Caucasian., 1895-01-10

a. Il, great that the toor-ke.per VA.
-srus.ted to iight h. "a. In arder that
Is CLERK mi gli $50. 10 read the prusss-d
Ig~ of tis. prev ,osi5' day II
Mr. J, VI. Brown. tits. .ui going clerk |
All the Hoise Journal al " esinesea.
soic. -n clear aud distinct thai
,fpe of th. m.fnis-r- Thought il pity
.., had la is,-e an officer -, we'll quail
I'd f.r ti> work: but when .li- suste~-
,r. Mr.. Chaplin. afterwards :o"k up
n. Governor long message, the Pop
lists and Republicans were very a.li
asi-.s-d with heir choice.
Mr.. French. of New. Hanover. re-
torte.. that the committee appointed
u wait upon the Governor and Inform |
.IuI oI the organization of tile House |
ma of the Senate, and of their readine>S |
% receive any communication from |
lin which lie might deair. 10 make, |
lad performed thai duty according Ia
Instructions. and that Iii, Exceil.ncy
y souid iii short while send in H..
communication he desired To maxi.
1 he committee was disr harged.
Mes,rs. Rudolph Duify, Of Onslow
and j. ". Mel can, of Richmond. can e
forward, and We're sworn in BY the
Speaker.
The door-keeper announced Il me
>enger from the Governor.
Admit the messenger and let him
come III" responded tn. Speaker.
" nereupon Private Secretary Teiia,r
marched down the aisle With military
precision, followed by colored m.A
with Il basket ol papers. ana present. ii
the ssage anu other pubic docu
ment, accompanying 1t.
MIR. Chaplin, Tn. CLERK OF the House,
reed the message.
Tie message and documents accom-
panylng 1t were 80 yolun,lnou> that
the reading clerk had Ia call in the
help of an assistant To relieve him be-
fore he got through it.
Governor Carr is not much II maxim =
long speeches, but ne certainly IL long
Winded when Ii comes To writing IA
mess: ge.
In, ,-cnate adjourned and the Dem
ocrats and Popullsts of tnat body We're
holding IA CAUCUS long before the read
ing of the message IN the House was
finished.
W hen the reading first began. every
body seemed much interested. People
III the galleries leaned over To hear
what the Governor had to say q; but a
the reading continued and continued
until one clerk broke down and had tt
be relieved by another, the audience il
| he galleries gradually melted away.
the members began 10 read newspa
pers: Mr.. Peebles betook himself /,
| consulting law books. Some Of tn,
members yawned and looked at the
CLOCK; some OF the reporters left theil
notes aud retired To rest. Oh! II wa
a message indeed. Cleveland's las
message was IA baby compared To this
No wonder there was but one copy o
| it and that the senate had to wait Til
to-day to have it read.
A motion was made by Mr.. Linebacl
| to print 600 copies, for the use of bot
Houses, should the Senate concur.
| The message Is entirely too long t.
print in full IN this issue.
We give the following extracts froi
which our readers can form their oWI
opinions of the merits of its reconlmrn
| dationS.
| Governors Message.
After referring the members of tn
Assembly to the reports OF the officer
of the various Stale institutions, til
Governor says:
to the honest and efficient manage
ment of these various State inStII,
tions and to ask your favorable consio
Grafton of their various reports a,
companying this message and recon
mendations made therein. In tn
State the responsibility for legislali 10
is not a divided one between the legi.
Iative and executive branches as in ti
federal government, and III many
the States. Under our cOnStituIiO
the Governor has no veto power; IL
most he can do is to recommend, an
the whole responsibility is made
rest with the Legislature. This bein
the case, it becomes all the more in
pOrtant that your action should /
wise, conservative and we'll considere
Nothing now existing should
changed unless you are satisfied th
you can improve upon it.. Chang
simply for the sake of change ma
AMI probably will, result in serious il
jury to some of The manifold interes
of the State. 1t has not hitherto bet
the custom in this State to nal
: changes, except when experience
:. observation taught (us) that a chan:
f was necessary and helpful. Our cha
liable and penal institutions have he,
we'll and economically managed. The
e institutions invite your close invest
a CATION and scrutiny. After you ha
y made this examination, in the spirit
i truth and fairness, | am sure that W
h will readily cOncede the wisdom al
= economy of their management. If "
should find this to be their cOnditl,
: then | am sure you will be slow
e make any changes which cannot
I fully justified in the light of subs
quent experience"
, CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT,
: No Well-informed man can say I'll
n these governments, as a rule, have J.
II been we'll managed. There NAV ha
y been here and there a few exception
Il but a close scrutiny and rigid exam
l. nation will develop the fact that in
he history of the state, the city a
y county governments have never be
more wisely and economically admi
istered than for the past fifteen yea
You should hesitate long and anXiou
: ly before you make any alteration
\ the system which has produced sl
% good results. In campaign after ca
la paien change in our system of col
~ ty government was proposed by 4
10 party, antagonized by the OF her. ii
o. ami again it has been discussed a
d fought out before the people, and I
20 party proposing the change, ETC., e
:: always went down in defeat. L
10 question was not, in my judgment,
e. prominent question in the last ca
+ paign. The cause, which operal
n. most potent4t to bring you into pow
,s as law makers, are to be found in OF
l. questions.
m TREAsURER's REPORT.
in The State Treasurer's report show
cash balance on hand at the close of
in past fiscal year, ending November 81
Iy of Sill ,53l. 10, Notwithstanding red
Id ton of the tax levy by The Legislatu
lt of 1898 from % cents to % cents.
a The total estimate of expenses
ID qulred by law to be furnished by
ne Treasurer to the General Assembly
IS 1895 is shown to be $3.50, 400, and a SiI
Id lar amount for 1896 less $63,Ot1, the
X penses OF the Legislature. The pres
Y. levy upon last years assessment v
v yield only $4,000, or an excess of q
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