Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-04-25

| from North CafOllna-a man
who is now but q dark, Opaque
atom rejecting the greatness of
a misguided people.
''Ele shall smaller grow and smaller.
| In his mind and in his body,
He shall meaner grow and meaner.
! Till his cringiRg, creeping, crawling
| Form is lost from earth forever.
| Till his soul is all extinguished,
| Nothing left to merit saving
Not enough to be ecortb damHiag."
The Outrageous Conduct OF Treas
urer Worth,
We have been at some pains to
inform ourselves, so as not to
speak unadvisedly Of the unpre-
cedented conduct Of treasurer
Worth in prejudging the merits
OF the legal controversy between
the two Boards of directors claim
ing the right TO control the peni-
tentiary. Our attention has been
called to the case of the State VS..
Lewis, 10Y n. G. Reports, 967,
and other cases there cited, from
which it is apparent to the com
prehension, not only Of lawyers,
but Of laymen, that the incumbent
board who have assumed the
management and are recognized
as the rightful board, are de f0ctO
officers and must be treated as if
holding de .jure until the courts
shall have decided the contest in
the way prescribed by law. It
has been the custom Of his party
friends to hold Treasurer Worth
out as an exemplary man and a
thoroughly competent officer.
One would infer that they look
upon him, not only as a trained
! tinancier Of broad views, but as
sufficiently conversant with our
form Of government and our laws
to understand something about
! the bounds Of his authority as an
executive officer, He has made
u public profession OF personal
sanctification. He has sworn to
"bear true allegiance to the State
of North Carolina, and to the
constita tional powers and author
tiles which are or may be estab-
lished for the government there
of. There are boys b. the score
in the higher grades of our
schools who know the difference
| between an incumbent aud a con-
testant for any place or office,
except a seat in the Legislature,
is to be decided in the courts, and
that until it is so settled, the in
cumbent must be respected as if
in Of right.
This high handed usurpation
almost bewilders US. If Treas
urer Worth is perfect, as he pro
fesses to be and his friends
claim he is, he must be more
shamefully ignorant than the
half grown youngsters in the
public schools. II he knows that
the Constitution, which he has
sworn to faithfully uphold and
support, declares that the LEG
islative, judicial and executive
powers OF the government ought
to be forever distinct from each
other" and has nevertheless
wilfully attempted to usurp au-
thority to decide a question pend
ing in the courts and has used
the power Of his Office to enforc
his own partisan views as the
law of the land, he ought to be
impeached for Wilful violation OF
his oath, and deliberate disre-
gard Of the safeguards that the
people have embodied in the
Constitution. We have searched
in vain for any middle ground
upon which he could find d foot
) ing for him to stand and make
even a plausible show or pre-
tence Of justifying this high
handed outrage.
, Whether this invasion of the
authority of the Courts is to be
attributed to ignorance or cor
ruption, the Treasurer has rea
: son to feel secure, for the pre-
sent at least, when he reflects
that there is no way provided fol
calling him to account for hi!
misconduct, unless the GOVernOl
: should bring together a Legis
lature that has distanced the re
cord, both for ignorance and dis
honesty, Of the worst bodies o
) the the kind that have ever as
: sembled before in the history O
America.
The Governor Of the Stat
} doubtless appreciates the magni
tude of the crisis which the re
cent upheaval in politics has pu
it in the power of small mai
to bring about. II His Elk
| cellency should find it necessar,
J. to issue a proclamation pardon
ing every convict in the peniten
: tiary because Of the assumption
by this pretentious partisan of
5 fetal Of the authority to with
t hold the money necessary fo
t their support, he will too lat
| awake to the realization of tn
t fact that the people want NJ
3 man in high position hereafte
a who can escape conviction o.
the charge of corruption in n
other way but by proving hi
own incompetency, or servll
submission TO the command of
political boss. - Raleigh NeUs an
S Observer.
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