The news & observer., 1897-02-05

/ was afforded no proper presentation OF
| vour petitioners cause There was no
| inyestigation-no report-and conse-
| quently no relief afforded.
| "Your petitioner would also respectful
| ly show that during her protracted llti-
CATION i'm the courts of the State, she has
been reduced from comparative affluence
| to such poverty, she now has no other
recourse than to sue, without counsel, III
/ forma pauperis; for with such industrious
| malice has she been deprived of the
| generous sympathy which a knowledge
OF the facts would inspire in the heart of
any manly man or womanly woman.
| ''Duty to her children and herself, and
| the hope of ultimate vindication. how
/ ever tardy, has hitherto enabled your
| petitioner TO encounter and sustain the
| unenviable publicity which this solitary
and unequal struggle has necessarily en-
/ tailed; but now, in her extremity alone
| impoverished and hopeless of other help
| she would earnestly solicit rs a boon
| what she well may claim MS an malien-
able right-all such remedy and relief
as may be in the power of your honorable
| body to bestow And for such relief
pray. etc.
PATT1E d. h. ARLINGTON"
Quite number Of the leading cotton
mill men of the State were here yester-
| day, and made arguments before the
committee against the bill proposing to
cut down the number of hours in facto-
ries in North Carolina to ten hours
An officer Of the House of Represen-
tatives. Mr. J. f. Click, editor of the
Hickory Mercury He writes in this
weeks paper:
"In speaking of the Pop bolters in the
House how they will vote. a very prom
inent Republican in Raleigh, said that
he knew how Brown of Jones will vote;
she will vote like Jim Young tells him
to vote" That's a sad commentary ON
Popufsm, isn't it? A white man who
calls himself Populjst voting just as a
negro Republican boss tells him to. If
we were one of those Skinner Pops, and
had amy respect at all for the Populist
name we would publicly declare that
we had left the party"
Representative c. H. johnson was
here Monday on his return to Raleigh.
He spent Sunday with his family i'm
Lisbon. He says that the Populists no
longer claim fellowship with the bolters
who acted with the Republicans in elect
ing Pritchard. He classes these as Re
publicans. He further says THAT Re
pubhcan-Populist fusion in this State is
ended, and that it will hereafter be the
effort of true Populists to get the Re
publicans back into the hole in which
they found them and out of which they
pulled them.-Sampson Democrat
IS
The Hickory Mercury is the leading
populist paper in Western North Caro-
lima. Its editor Mr.. J. +. Click holds |
a position in the Legislation. In this
weeks issue, the Mercury says:
Some of our Republican friends try to
justify the action of the Populist mem
bers Of the General Assembly who de- |
serted their party and voted for Senator |
PIitchard, on the grounds that they had |
made a secret agreement during the |
campaign to vote for him. On the same |
line of reasoning old Judas was justified |
in betraying Christ because he had made |
am agreement with the Jews to betray |
him.
The contested election case Of Messrs.
lenburg, was up before the House yester |
day, and, of course, these gentlemen were
turned down-by party vote. There !
were good speeches made by MesSrs. Nell |
son and Duffy. Mr.. Nelson spoke with /
unusual animation and earnestness, and |
was attentively listened to- Mr.. Duffy's |
remarks were cool, closely considered, |
strong and lawyer-like throughout. He |
was much complimented by his fellow
members, and his effort elected marked /
comment in the lobbies But of course |
they went-these gentlemen who are sur
passed by none on the floor in popularity /
and solid worth Their course thus far |
has been one to reflect great credit upon |
themselves personally, and their county. |
They return home with the respect Of all |
members of all parties
Lieutenant Governor Reynolds and |
Speaker Hileman called ON Enrolling |
Clerk Swinson, and told him jointly that |
they took charge of that office, Reynolds |
appointing j. NJ. Newborn as Hileman's |
representative, and Hileman appointing |
Reynolds brother as Reynolds represen- |
tative that the Lieutenant Governor |
and Speaker had decided that no copying |
was to be given out Of the office. They |
asked NOW many bills had been enrolled, |
and upon a count found the number to be |
thirty They then stated that when |
Swinson needed any more force they |
would make the appointments. Swinson
asked if he would be required to certify |
to any of their appointments. They said |
yes Swinson said he would refuse to |
make certificate of any appointment
made by them. They then said that they |
would dispense with Swinson's certificate. |
This is all because Swinson refused to |
appoint negroes as his assistants. One