The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1895-03-15
THE DOUGLASS MATTER.

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Whereas, on the 2lst day Of
February II resolution was offered
by Crews. Of Granville, that the
House adjourn at IL o'clock, ont OF
respect to Fred Douglass, wher
his sudden death had just been an
nOunced. The House did not al
lourn at this hour, but when the
purpose of the motion was explain
ed to simply give publicity to the
sudden and unexpected death OF
this distinguished deceased, it was
cOncurred in by all parties, and as
a matter of fact, the House did not
adjourn until 81 minutes after the
time required by the rules for adj
jOurnment; now therefore, be it
Resolved, That in the interest OF
truth and accuracy Of history the
utterances and expressions of the
Democratic press in this connection
are denounced as unjust, untrue,
misleading, malicious and libel
lOuS.
Resolved further, That this re.
cord, as above recited, and resOlu-
tons be spread upon the minutes
of the House.
A North Carolina Democratic
paper lied, and some of our Dem
Ocratic papers RELIED. They
have not as yet shown enough self
respect to correct this impudent
and malicious SANDER.
We give below the report of the
Norfolk Pilot:
"On the day after the death of
Frederick Douglass a cOlOred rep.
resentative named Crews offered a
resolution providing that the House
adjourn at II O'clock NJ, as n mark
of respect to Douglass. Mr.. Crump-
ter Populist, at once offered an
amendment to make the hour of
adjournment 2 o'clock, which was
the regular hour of adjournment.
Speaker Walser ruled the amend
ment and resolution both out of
order, saying that the house would
not adjourn until the business of
the day was disposed of. He then
suggested that a motion might be
made that when the house did ad
jOurn it could be as u mark of res
pect. A standing vote on a mo-
ton to this effect was taken and
carried. No special attention was
given to the matter, and in the
rush of business, it seems that there
was an impression that the speak
er's ruling would do away with any
significance OF the resolution. The
strongest illustration of this state
ment is the fact that a number of
Democrats voted for the resolution,
and have, since it passed, said they
voted for it.
kilograms sent out by the Unit
ed Press stated that the General
Assembly had refused to adjourn
in honor of Washington AMI Lee,
but did adjourn in honor of Doug
lass. The facts are these:
The Legislature did adjourn in
honor of Washington and Lee
both houses taking special note of
their respective birthdays. The
House only took any notice of the
death of Douglass, and that was
under the conditions above named.
1t is a fact that OIL the minutes
of the House there appears reso.
luton which shows when the
House did adjourn it be in honor
of Fred Douglass, but the House
remained in session for thirry-sev
en- minutes over the regular time
for adjournment that day, and the
Douglass matter was of such COM
plete insignificance as to be CON-
pletely lost sight of.
1t is the opinion of leading men
of the General Assembly that the
construction being put upon the
matter by some papers is unworthy
of decent and truthful journalism.
Virginia Sun.