The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-19
ALYNoHlNa JUST POSSIBLE.
Trouble May Come of that Negro Po-
liceman at Wilmington.

Iiceman at Wilmington.
Washington. March Is. (speciaD
Congressman Woodland has received
letter from the Chief Of Bureau OF
Ordnance saying that the Department
has decided to give TO the North Caro-
lima Regiment two howitizers, which
are now at Newport, Rhode Island,
regarding which Mr.. Woodland had al
ready had communication with the
Bureau Private Secretary Fnney
writes Mr.. Woodland that 70 was the
intention Of the Department to ship
these to Washington by the Fern"
which would bring them here some
time during the month Of April, and
ii is understood that the Regiment
viii have to bear expense Of transpOr-
tation from here 20 North Carolina.
But says Mr.. Fiuney to Mr. Woodland:
IF you are anxious to secure these
at once and are willing 10 pay the
transportation from Newport direct,
| the department viii order the guns
! shipped at once"
Ii may not be among the impossible
| ties that these gums may be available
| il q story got wind Of has any good
| basis. it seems that the outlook in
| Wilmington is not as peaceful as it
might be. The people there are some
| what exercised in quiet way, it seems,
over trial that is on the boards for
| this week The man to he tried is a
| negro policeman who sometime ago,
| If Is alleged, entered a hat store and
attacked and badly wounded the
| white proprietor with brass knuclis.
| The story goes that the white people
| demand severe punishment for the man
| on the basis of assault with a deadly
| weapon. Moreover, there is some ru-
NOR that comes to me from Whining
ton that a ''lynching bee" might be
| resorted to under certain circum-
| stances. And to this end, there is a
| hint that over a hundred Winchesters
| were not long ago ordered through q
! Wilmington hardware store. On the
| contrary, the negroes claim to have a
| side of the case and will be i'm readi-
| ness to meet any movement by the
| whites. The whole thing is expected
| to come to some sort of a head within
| the next ten days in a way to make the
fur fly.
| And talking about race-riots reminds
| me that the chief clerk Of the Senate
| is Col. McEwen, who used to be sta
| toned in Caswell county, North Caro-
lima, during the Ku-Klux days. No
| doubt Col James f. Boyd and other
| prominent North Carolinians remem-
Der him well Col. McEwen has not
been to North Carolina since, but he
was talking in a cordial way TO me
| the other day about the Tarheel folks.
| 1t was at his instance that prominent
young man Of Caswell, son Of one of
the most distinguished men of that
section, was released from Jail in a
| wretched physical condition. 1T was a
ease of mercy which Col. McEwen does
not regret, though he had, as COM
mander of the Federal troops, to meet
| the criticisms of some for his humane
| action. Col. McEwen was born in 1871
and the years have dealt kindly with
him. He can be seen at his desk from
any of the Senate galleries, and in his
| face is the combination of soldier and
| warm-hearted and courtly gentleman,
| the same gentleman whom many will
remember IN North Carolina during
the days when Judge Brooks was doing
| like deeds at the instance of the then
MATT itdISOlt. VINO was ever res
bonding to the drum-tap of his peo-
pies sufferings.
II x X
1t is not too much to say that the
Hoar-Hale view has grown since the
Senate's first vote Oh the Cuban re-
solution. Then Only six Senators yot-
ed against it, namely, Senators Wet
more, Hale, Morrill,, Gallery, Chiffon
and George This six might be safely
said to have grown now to 81. Those
now certain to vote against it are, be-
sides the six mentioned above, Senators
Aldrich, Platt, Hawley, Hoar, Hill, Tur-
pie, Wolcott, Villas and Elkins. Then
these may be added as measurably GER
tain to vote against it: Senators ALI
son. Gear, Sewell, Mitchell wisconsin,
Palmer, Faulkner, German, Murphy,
Pettigrew, Smith, blanchard Mcmillan,
Gibson. Dal1inger, Lindsey, and Daniel.
OF course, it will pass in time. Sherman
is doing little also these days but sour
rying about the Senate floor pushing
the resolution along. A very curious
Ccaup was YarpSpnfad vacfarfiau affpT.-