The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-03-21
Ts4E LEGIsLATUgE OF 1895
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teres,s will not be injured by such .
action. These were the most roublea
some matters with which the reform
Legislature had to deal, for twas
confronted with the fact that thee
state expenditures for the past twd5
years had been tG7 900 more than tn q
receipts Included &J3 600 from
sources which Will not be available -
IN the future. Added 10 this was th q,
fact that the usual quadreDnial asz
sessment Of tax values must be madt
this year, and under existing con-,
dltions the values will fall much be-
low what they have been, thereby -
seriously diminishing the sources Of.
general tax receipts. To overcomH
this, new sources of revenue wer(3
sought, resulting in the taxation OF
various professions, etc, thereby res
curing ail classes to contribute theiG
fair share of the burden Of TAXATION
notwithstanding the fact that tha3
last campaign was one or the bitterk
est ever known in the State; notwithS
standing the fact that there was mores
excuse for exhibition Of a PARTISAN
spirit than there has been fOSS
years, this Legislature rose TO this
highest plane OF State patriots ism
and refused 10 lay hand on the educ
cational and charitable institutions. :
and yet there were probably well |
founded charges that these same in
situations, under Democratic marage
ment, had been used for partisan
purposes. This is record which a
Democratic Legislature in North
Carolina would never make. Til.
commissioner OF labor statistics, a
strong Democratic partisan, was
unanimously chosen to succeed him
self simply because he was regarded
as the right man in the .rig ht place.
There is one other thing that ought
to be mentioned, and that Is the IA
nous Fred douglas resolution. Ian
guage strong enough to properly
condemn the course of Democratic
newspapers Ia this matter should not
be seen III print; in fact there is NO
language strong enough to express
thC tHGS iINilL' udS
been proclaimed all over the country
that the General Assembly adjourned
as mark of respect to Fred Douglass
and refused to adjourn in honor of
Washington and Lee. 1t is utterly
futile to imagine what could have
instiga,ed the fathomless iniquity
of this falsehood. It's malignancy
seemed to give it the wings of an
evil spirit, and it flew SO fast and
wide that it will take slow moving
truth a long time to overtake it and
brand it as base, bitter and desper
ate lie. AS matter of fact there is
on the record of the House journal q
resolution providing that when they
adjourn on a certain day it be as a
mark Of aspect to Fred douglass
The Senate took no notice of the
matter at all. The resolution wa S
offered by . colored. representative
and was voted for by all parties,
Democrats fiinl uded, none ofwhon
ever expected to hearsOf it-again;
aud whifv, the reguiar hour Of ad-
journment by the House was 2.o.clock
p. m. tits "a matter of record that
the House was in session that par
ticular day till tirirtyseven nisnute IS
past , o'clock. In fact, Quorum
was not present,when the resolution
was offered. -, |
Both Senate and House Adjourned |
promptly IN honor Of beth Washing-
ton and Lee, the House beingm ses
sion less than twenty minutes ON
Lees birthday. -,