The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-07


measure was farce in proposing tn
make men Justices Of the Peace, and
not furnish them copies of the laws by
which they wee r. determine justice
be.w cen l.lican:s TcN magistrates, he
/ said. were able 10 properly interpret
HE law even when they were IN the
possession of books. and none would lie
able t. 10 - without books. Magis-
trate< received practically no eompcn-
.,tlon Tor their services, and he believed
few. if any of them. Mould 60 70 the
exnen~e Of buylng books. and there
would he no consistency IN making
magistrates unless they were to lie sup
piled with copies OF the laws.
Senator Dowd. d, said this was
farce, and A ridiculous one. but II was
too serious 10 laugh NJ. Here were
men, he said, appointed Ia balance the
scales of Justice and not given the la"s
of the State without which they would
be wholly unable to do.
Senator Fortune, r. said he was In
favor Of the original bill a agreed upon
in iolnt caucus. But he was amazed
at the adoption of the amendment OF
Mr.. Paddison. He was ashamed OF a
majority party that would not abide 10y
the decision of Its caucus. He was dis
gusted with such conduct. and could
not understand why supposed friends
of the bill came here TO kill it with
amendments.
Senator Hoover, p, ~as opposed to
the bill. He had not been in any eau
Gus that agreed upon such bill. He
saw no necessity for it, and thought 1t
would do the colored people more harm
I than good. 1t would arouse race con-
, hicts. which he did not wish to see.
Senator Lindsay, p., OF Rockingham,
, had never seen more dangerous meas
ure submitted to the Senate. He said
the people had had experience in this
, line, but they seemed not to have learned
{ bv experience. He contended that JUS
: tees had more to do with dispensing
: Justice among the commonality OF
people than the higher courts that the
Justices court was the most important
to the masses in settling legal questions,
1 and that these offices should be filled
+ by good and capable men. He had
. heard it said. and he believed it true
: istrate were unworthy of the office.
! The same system, he said, had much to
4 do with killing the Republican party
$ and that party. he thought, could III
1 afford to establish tins system again.
! Senator Long, D., confessed that thi.
o was peculiar bill, and he believed i,
would not do. He saw no need of mag
istrates without law books, il 1t could
be admitted that there was any need
Il for increasing the run Der He could
e not support the bill.
meant negro magistrates in the Eas
and this means trouble between the
races. He thought the bill could no
0 result in any good 20 the colored PEG
It pie.
n Senator PaddisOn said it was not hi
purpose to make the Senate ridiculous
and it was not his understanding tia
II any such bill had ever been agreed t.
h in joint caucus.
V Senator Rice r., thought the bll
o furnished the Democrats all the dvna
mite they needed to set off on the mex,
campaign that il was an absurdity o
~ which he was ashamed.
: Senator Starbuck, r., confessed tina
e he agreed with Senator Adams in tha
: the Senate had acted a farce. and no
only farce, but the fool. He wa
ashamed of it and did not hesitate Il
/ say so.
IS Senator Taylor, p, thought pa--in,
IS this bill was like sending soldiers (,
o war without arms and ammunition. III,
regarded it as "the most tooliahee
thing" he had seen since he came here
u He confessed astonishment at the nc
ton OF the Senate
0 Senator Wall, r., Of Davidson. saic
|. that with four cent cotton and tH.
cent tobacco he could not see any rea
son for increasing taxation by increas
ing the number Of magistrates II,
i, thought there were now enough. an,
o any increase would be bad politics.
e Senator Gambler, r., with some sbo,
of yexaslOn said "Tbo Par,Ir.