The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-03-28
The BATTLE OF THE MUSKEIRY.
And the stray Firing Of the Picket. What
is Shot st aud what D. uit.

And the stray Firing Of the Picket. What
lis Shot at aud What D. uit.
The Democrats Whu ar, talking Of
DESERVING their party and joining =
new party ought not Ia br 81 hurry
la cut loose from their old associates.
They ought Ia learn u lesson from thu
experience of the hofiug Democrat, of
North Carolina. who have regretted a
hundred times that they had moi
thought twice before ailyin. ihrin-
selves with the fupTii>t~.--Kichmum
Di>natch.
Why, bless You. the deserting
Democrats have not been in "A hurry.
hey have stuck to the ship till it il
"poor old stranded wreck" and
they are now pulling "for the shore"
Who told you about the "hunlrcd
regrets the North Carolina boiling
Democrats have. Nobody in-this
State knows anything about ii. The
boiling business is on boom. and
all the regrets that exist here are
that they hav'nt bolted sooner.
1t appears now that tn" fusion
"spoilsmen" failed in their effort, tu
grab the department of agriculaiurc
They had all their plans laid. a. they
had in reference To the penitentiary
the railroads, etc.. but when hc tim"
came to execute them they lacked the
requisite number of votes. Til" pay
ran out and their partisan>hip was NOT
equal To their cupidity. They ran oil
home with tn .ir designs only half CON
summated.-Charlolte Observer.
"SpoiIsme 1" do not run off till
they get everything they can take.
If the legislature had wanted all the
offices, all they had to DO was to take
them. But this last was not a Demo-
cratic legislature. \. B.-For Gu
pidity in the above. read patriotism
Patriots leave the hummers Ia
wrangle over the spolls. See Gov
ernor Carr's appointment of ID mo-
cratic judges and the death z ~
with which the "huugry" dennis hold
on the offices not ahen.
), eaking Of what .rr Legislature
did ne News and Observer say:
1t elected two men men of small
ability 10 succeed able and tried states
men in the United states Senate.
No body but the News and Obser-
yer believes that. \ majority of 90
600 people protested against the old
|
fellows that were in.
1t adjourned in honor of Fred. Doug
lass. and the Senate voted down re-o.
| lutions "a ad iOurn IN honor of Washing
ton and Lee.
The Senate took no notice OF
Douglass. it adjourned in honor OF
both Washington and Lee. The
House was in session longer in th,
morning on the day of the Douglas;
incident than any other day, and enc
quorum" voted for it. The House
was in session less than an hour
on Les birthday, and ii adiourreG eG
In honor of Lee and Washington.
Ii turned MANNED soldiers ont o
office TO make places for robust ne
groes.
A one-legged soldier kept the dcoi
IF the House, and a one-armed sol
dier kept the door of the Senate.
1t trampled under foot every knowi
parliamentary law in order to ge, spoil
for "reformers."
1t did no. touch the charitable in
stitutions of the Strife TIE s'spoils'
feature was a matter Of such littl
import that quorum would NO
stav to enact measures to secur,
} spoils.
1t permitted and directed an assault
keeper without provocation or warran
of law.
No negro ''door keeper" touchec
a white man. a lsborer, by orders
held the door to prevent cowa' dl
and sneaking Democrats from break
ing quorum to prevent legislation
, 1t refused to contribute a cent {
, finish the Confederate monument unit
the Big Five" ordered il done to ma X
T reparation for the Douglass adjourn
ment.
: The House only was guilty of th
: Douglass incident. The Sc ate kille
a bill providing for sloan" of te
thousand dollars to the Confedera;
monument. Then senator-a1 e1
Union soldier, Introduced bill I
, ''give $4,000 to the monumen
: and the bill passed both houses.
e IT let the public printing to polite:
{ favorites At cost OF s5Sl.ss more tlia
! the lowest bidder.
r This statement is contradicted
e those who know a lot more about
than the News and Observer.
t ItSet back the publA school intere
q twenty years by partisan, hostile legi
q lation.
l. This is the statement of ma
IS who was charged and convicted
n sticking to big book trust whie
sold school books in North Carolin