The Louisiana populist., 1895-11-01
Democratic Misrepresentation

Our nelgnDOr, Ine Enterprise,
in last weeks issue spends all of
its available space for editorials, in
helping Senator Blanchard out of
his Douglass Infamy."
The Enterprise and Senator Blan-
chard seem to think 1t ''infamous"
that the North Carolina legislature
should adjourn 81 minutes after
its regular hour of adjournment,
out of respect to the memory of
Fred Douglass, but they do not
tell their readers and hearers that
this is the same Douglass whom
President Cleveland invited, re-
ceived and dined with at his State
dinners at the White Houseswhlle
a Democratic President of the
United States.
They do not tell us that he is the
same man, negro or ''miscegena-
tionist," if you please whom Presi-
dent Cleveland retained in office
until he Douglass) should find it
convenient to send in his resigna-
ton, which convenience did not
arise until Frederick had been in
Office under Grover l. for over two
years.
The Enterprise and Mr.. Blanch-
ard say: ''That the Populists
joined the Republicans of North
Carolina on the 18th day of JAN
uary last and voted down a reso-
luton to adjourn on the 10Th in
honor of Robt. E. Lee"
''That on the goth of February
last, they again joined the Repub
licans and voted down similar
resolution in honor of George
Washington, the father of his coun-
try"
To show up the hypocrisy and
misrepresentation that Democrats
are compelled to resort to in order
to save their weakening party, we
Will republish an extract from the
official Journal of the North Caro-
lima House of Representatives,
which extract appeared IN this pa
per on March 18th last, and is as
follows:
THE RESOLUTION.
Whereas. the Democratic press have
willfully and maliciously charged and
published that the General Assembly of
1895 refused to adjourn out of respect
to the memory of the birthdays Of
Washington and Lee, but did adjourn
out OF respect to the memory of Fred
Douglass, and
"Wherereas, by such false statements
they reflected upon the dignity and pur-
pose of the present House, and
Whereas, the facts in the case are
as follows
THAT on the 18th day of January,
1895, Mr.. French offered the following |
resolution
Resolved, by the House OF Repre-
the Senate concurring, That |
when this House adjourns, it adjourn
to meet Monday at 3P. NJ"
MIR. French moved to suspend the |
rules, which was done, and the resolu-
ton was adopted without dissenting
vote, and sent to the Senate for concur
renee, which resolution the journal |
shows was adopted. This resolution
being non-concurred-in by the Senate,
he House met next morning at the
usual hour, and after being in session
ess than half an hour, on motion of
Mr. Young, of Wake, the House ad-
burned out of respect to. the memory
" Robert E. Lee, the same being his
On the 21st of February resolution
% adjourn from Thursday until Satur-
lay, out of respect to the memory of
George Washington was offered by Mr..
Williams, of Craven, and was passed
" very large majority; the same was
lon-concurred-in by the Senate. The
House met the next day as usual. A
notion was made by Mr.. Lusk to ad-
ourn out of respect to the memory OF
ieorge Washington, the same being his
and the same was unanimous
y adopted; and |
THE DOUGLASS MATTER.
Whereas, on the 21st day of February