Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-02-21
THE RADICAL LEGISLATITRF.

ports from the constant caucus
ing, and the strong antagonisms
springing up show that all is not
serene, and that 1.-The best laid
plans of the Radical leaders are
on the eve of burst up unless
the cohesive power of public
plunder'' or some other equally
potent persuasive can be brought
to bear.
''The earth hath bubbles, as the water
has.
And these are Of them,''
perhaps, and in spite of bitter
ness and denunciations the Radi-
cal band may hold together un-
til the last hour comes.
But was not that plain and
healthy talking that Ewart, Camp
bell, Lusk and others gave the
Big Boss, the newly elected Sen
ator, for his bravado and dicta-
torial spirit and cumulative"
abuse Of the recalcitrants who
are disposed to do a little think
ing for themselves and to vote
without fear Of the lash. But all
this will end in indignant talk,
and the whole tribe will be COO
ing and billing again as if no
offence had come and no gall had
been touched. It was entertain
ing reading and the plain talk
was hopeful Of better things.
But these family jars and this
washing of foul cotton Qinen is
not with the hands, under the
noses of the gallery will not pre-
vent the carrying out Of much
unjust, dangerous, unfortunate
Legislation TIE State of North
Carolina will breathe freer
when the adjournment takes
place and the last of the incapa-
bilities who have been prancing
before the footlights as ''refawm-
ers" has gone TO his home and it
can be said of the halls of legis-
lation that the places that knew
them shall know them no more
forever. It will be time for
graduation and thanksgiving, al
though the State has received a
blow, from which it will not re-
cover in a decade.
The cumulative" voting is SO
deeply cherished by the more
fanatical wing of the Radicals
and they are SO pertinacious for
this refinement Of unadulterated
crankism, that the fire tried
wing may yield, and the electors
can cast five votes for Pompey
Smash for county commissioner.
The cranks go to work to bring
ruin upon the negro counties,
and then try to break the force
Of the devilment by the silly sys-
tenn of giving five votes to Jede-
diah Nincompoop as if that could
really protect the white taxpay
ers from being wronged and
plundered. 1t is like taking a
grain Of calomel and throwing it
into the Atlantic Ocean, and dip
ping up dipper of water from
it administering ten drops to a
poor fellow suffering the pains
of torpid, CONSTRUCTED liver II
is pitiable and pitiless tomfoolery
unworthy Of any man with sense
enough to keep out of the fire.
What pleasant, spicey reading
is the speech Of Mr.. Henderson.
When he rubbed in the cayenne
season into the bleeding wounds
Of the son of the eminent Pear
son of an exhausted Judiciary
memory" it must have made the
aspiring Nabob wriggle an6
squirm. My, My" How direc1
the thrust when he said the lat
ter day Pearson was not of any
party or politics. politica
hermaphrodite, we suppose. He
quoted Linney. who seems to be
we'll acquainted with Pearson
that che had left some hair OF
both sides of the hole where he
went out" and. said Mr.. Hender
son, he has never been a Repub
lican. PITY the sorrows" HI
is neither fish, flesh, fowl, no
good red herring" He is clearly
for the ''loaves and fishes
But it is not something funn.
and incongruous to hear ''th'
fire tried spouters dealing asor
of political damnation to a fellow
of no we'll defined political adhe
renee or principle, when the.
themselves are in the SAM
"hole," for they are to-day coal
escing, combining, conspiring
voting with fellows who deserte'
the Democracy and with whom
they hold no principles in com
mon? It is enough to excite tn
risibles of one of Drummond'
ancestors in the WildS of Afric
THE gentleman with the lon!
tail--Chimpanzie, Ourang-ou outane
Gorilla, over-grown monkey-t
| hear the old-time Radical bush
whacker giving Pearson a lam
basting because he cannot tel
"where he is at. - Wamingto
Messenger.
When the Radicals in Mort
Carolina fused, confused" an
lconspired with the crazy-qui
party, led by Butler and aided b
j Otho Wilson, they threw to th
, four winds all pretense of priI
, ciple.
Il The insult to the Judiciar
J Committee was intensified by d.
bate and then giving the Usu1
| bill to the tender keeping of tx
Finance Committee, thus shos