The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-04-18
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mittee decided upon the bill. NJ
honest chairman, Of any committee
can or will do otherwise. To charge
that the chairman OF the finance
committee is individually and per
sonally responsible for the actIoni
and opinions OF a majority OF thu
commute is ridiculous, aud show!
very clearly the methods that will b.
resorted TO fer the purpose Of trying
to shift the heavy burden which uR
doubtedly
RESTS UPOS DEMOCRATIC SHOULDERS
Ifany member of the finance com
m'ttee has any recollection about
this bill, and the person who Offered
the amendment, hope the infor
nation will be given to the public.
The insinuation that ! did any
thing in connection with this bill al
the suggestion Of Northern mer
chants is almost
Too MEAN AND Low
for me To- refer to; but ! feel IL a
duty incumbent upon me to say &c
the author of this insinuatlOn that
he Is u
CONTEMPTIBLE AND HE'LL DESEKVING
scoundrel, and would do or say any
thing to make people believe that
Democrats were not responsible, and
were not in the "hole.'
You say that Mr.. Smith Intro
duced bill that mad no objection
able features,and when Mr.. lIileman
struck out the best part of his bill,
he helped TO table it,
Smiths, No. and =, both said to
me and others that the bill had OBJ
jectionable features in it and they
were not in favor of it. Smith, No. .,
said it "must be amended before he
could endorse it," so
THAT YOU EITHER LIED
in your statement about the bill, OF
the Smiths were and are still plac-
ticing deception and hypocrisy.
Smith, No. =, did not offer the
he and Julian suggested
and which Smith, No. /, agreed to.
Why did not the Smiths amend the
bill as agreed upon before it was in
troducedY and knowing that | was
opposed to the bill and that the com
mittee had recommended an amend
ment which made it more objection
able, why did they not make use of
the opportunity, which they had be-
tween the 2lst of February and the
18th OF March, to say something to
me about these amenmentsP The
MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION
after all is, how did this bill become
\ law without having passed both
houses Of the Legislature. This ques-
ton is what is troubling the Demo
cratic papers and those interested in
the passage of the bill GALL Demo
,rats.) Of course il must be charged
ipon the Populists and Republicans,
and infamous lies and insinuations
must be invented to try and show
hat "Reformer Hileman and some
'ascally reform clerk were respon-
ible.n,
Mr.. Smith (No. q stated to Chief
)lerk Satterheld, in my presence,
asst Wednesday in Raleigh, that he
net him with the bill between the
Jerks desk and the Speakers room, and |
n his letter said he was going to
ave the bill enrolled. These state
nents from Smith (No. y will not |
work together, and especially when
is well known fact that the en-
olling clerk (Mr. Brown had to get
he bills out of Clerk Satterfeld's
flee and give a receipt for them.
10 receipt Is on record for this bill.
Ii was found in its proper place
mong the other tabled bills
BY THE LIBRARIAN,
no has charge of all old bills, books.
apers, &C., OF the Legislature.
Messrs. Brown, Satterfield, Pear
IN and myself were present when he
'und the bill, No. lois, which has
aused so much confusion and
icited so much sympathy for the
Dot fellow who can't get credit with
1t giving n mortgage.
Oh! what big tears would drop GU.
one eye and a twinkling smile
ould beam from the other, as the
,siness man would tell the poor
sionist farmer how sorry he was for c
IN, and how much be would love TO 1
him, but then, the !,
FUSION DOUGLASS ::
gislature has killed the mortgage q
W, and can't help you! Boo, hoo, a
o, hoo!' And after these tender feel ;
IS have been quoted be takes the @
cd old fusion farmer little to one +;
le and tells him hereafter he must q
VOTE THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET u
d all will be we'll. "
\ es, that bill-the troublesome t,
d mischievous offspring of the b
lith-was found-dead-tab led and
led.a the suggestion of its parents. Is
is would seem cruel in them, but IL
IN l think they were we'll ac- S,
ainted with the place in which the o.
iy Of their dead child was laid. and II
4 strong and abiding faith in II
'ir Democratic Allah (the News VI
/ ,ObserverJ, who had doubtless b'
'mised that the child should again CT
. and dwell in the Secretary of do
ties Office, where it could be nour. W
ed with strengthening cordials IN
would soon develop into the ol
al set up in the minds of parents so
friends-a helper in time of need tn
want to say in conclusion that al
70 had a high opinion of Mr..
it'll, Of Stanly, and could not be. so
70 that he would be a party TO a er
ng for political purposes. Sc
Ir. Smith, of Concord, has ALWAYS tiu
n my personal friend and sup. re-
ted me in every political cam pa
IN, except the two last, when | co
the candidate of the Populist ole
~. lal
am loath to believe that he would
anything wrong against me, for Mo
teal advantage. 1t is neverthe-
. fact, that when we were in b,.
sigh on Tuesday, for the sole pur- a .
Of looking up the matter of the ,be