The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-03
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The pie brigade at Kaleigh is having
its ranks swelled 10y daily arrivals of
those who are expecting to get some
thing in the general scramble that will
characterize the closing days Of the leg
islature The pie oneer Populists viii
be there in full force TO receive any
crumb that may IAN from the table. 1t
will not be a pleasant occasion, for there's
not enough pie" to go round and
you'll hear howl go up from the disaT-
pointed ones and they'll rent the air
about Raleigh with ''cuss words" Its
none of our fight, but we are n witness
/ for the IState.-Our Home (Populist.)
| A funny thing happened in the House
| Monday morning. A stringent 1esolu-
tion &c exclude lobbyists was odpted, and
prominent gentlemen having legitimate
business were excluded lndeT the IesGlu-
tion. The funny part and the farce of it
was that nc sooner had a member enter
ell the door than the fiIst men he saw
were Jim Moody and Private Secretary
Miller as natural as you please. An eX-
cusion Of lobbyist, tFat does not include
the mng-leaders is a farce.
Representative Umstead, eli Durham,
who has been at home sick FOR month,
was i'm his seat yesterday. He has had
a long and serious illness. The appear
ance of Mr.. Umstead was greeted with
pleasure by his colleagues yesterday whC
were glad to see him able to be in his
seat again. He IS a conscientious and
/ faithful representative
In the Senate yesterday, when the
bill came up to appoint a weigher fer
cotton seed in Goldsboro, Senator Graut
made a speech saying that there was no
complaint Of the weighing in Goldsboro
and no necessity for the passage of the
bill, and ON his molten it was tabled.
Here is one of the results of that bill
to turn loose stock for three months in
the year in Halifax county (which had
had the stock law for II years.: State
Treasurer Worth has given Representa-
tive Mckenzie a dill to introduce appro-
priating $4,000 to fence the State
farmsl If the cost is so great to fence
these farms, think of what an eno1 nous
tax it will be on the people OF the whole
county to 1e-Luild them fences Senator
Clark prepared this bill and secured its
passage, and it is talked in Raleigh that
now his own mother has disipherited
him. She is a large land holder in Hal
ifax county. He says there is a fight in
Halifax between the rich and poor peo-
pie
Hell broke loose in the Republican
~, d3l mot ic,,rt, until
! / o'clock That was the expression used
4 by member, and the darkey members
raised the breeze. Three of them bolt
( ed-Senators Henderson and Lee Per-
son and Representative Daney. The row
began about the eastern insane asylum
and the fact developed that the negroes
/ want FIVE out of it's nine directors and
this practically TO take charge of it, and
! that they are afraid to risk allowing the
governor to make the appointments and
want the names of the directors inserted
in the bill. Henderson was first to leave,
f. Person left, while the Republicans want
ed the negroes to let Blackburn's bill
pass, which lets the Governor appoint
the directors OF all the asyiums. Han
cock and some one or two or Russell's
men pleaded with the negroes. Three of
the latter said little or nothing, and were
understood as being willing to trust Rus
sell pretty far. Yet all are declared to
be unit in declaring that the negroes
must be given the eastern asylum. Dan
cy, one of the Edgecombe representatives
+ when he walked out, excused himself
by saying that he did not intend to abide
any action of the caucus. When he was
/ told he would back down he said: II am
an Edgecombe negro. We don't give
! in dowa there"
| 1t is asserted that the negroes said
! little about the penitentiary, but said
/ they were willing to vote for other bills
! for institutions providing they got the
eastern asylum; but five Of them do not
trust Russell. One of them said: 'FThen
i after we vote his bill through he will
/ fool us. We know him and his plans"
| The following memorial has been sent
! to the General Assembly:
! To the General Assembly of North Caro-
lima:
| The State Guard of North Carolina
respectfully petitions you to restore the
! annual appropriation of 1S93-'94, which
/ IS necessary for its proper maintenance
and support, and for this timely aid we
/ beg to submit the following reasons:
/ i. The State Guard lis the only organ
1 lied militia of the State, and the records
show that it is absolutely essential in
protecting the lives and property of our
/ citizens from lawless persons, and for
| the proper preservation OF good and
! peaceful government. 1t is entirely nom
! political and non-paItisan, bearing the
same relation to the State as the regular
/ Army does to the General Government.
| 2. There are now thirty organized COM
! panies i'm the Guard, which is the limit
allowed by law to receive appropriation,
and the present appropriation made for
them by the State lis only one hundred
and fifty dollars ($1500O a year, which by
law is to be used solely for the payment
of armory rent and insurance ON State
and Government property. This amount
! falls far short of paving those nxnenses