The news & observer., 1897-03-04

the dispensary is piece of hypocrisy OF
tie basest sort.
IF Grant should say plainly: The
Republicans want to control GoldSboro,
they cannot do it by a vote OF the peo-
4 pie. GIVE us the offices by this bill,
there would be objection to such a
1 trayesty on local self government, but it
would not make honest men indignant at
the hypocrisy OF the Wayne Senator,
and show him as a sneaking hypocrite.
! When the bill came up Yesterday mora
: ing OUT OF IT'S REG ULAR ORDER
(see Grants manipulation Grant got
/ up and said that it was thought by the
friends of the dispensary that ,ft could
not be conducted fairly, without )this biH.
! CThe bill to establish dispensary has not
1 yet passed the House.) 1T is for the sole
! purpose Of making fair test of the dis
gpensary that I'VE expect to have in Colds
Fbdro that I have introduced this bill"
IIIe then, with a negro-driEing air, de-
manded the previous question.
} Mr.. Maxwell Grant colleague IN the
! Senate from Wayne. and DupEn, re-.
| quested to be allowed to say a few
words before The gag law was put on.
! He had not given much examination to
LIT Dlllg dlIus QS ~ tlifb iitttA
| been inclined ITO favor It, But he re-
! quested Grant to let the matter go back
to the committee so a delegation from
| Goldsboro could have hearing before the
bill was rushed through He was not
antagonizing the bill, he repeated, but
merely asking to give the, people who
I'had not been notified with reference to
the measure, a chance to be heard.
I
and seemed irritated and indignant that
his colleague should want to treat the
citizens of Goldsboro with common de-
cency.
Mr. Abel said this was q late day
to rush things ethrough like this II do
not oppose the bill. This undue haste
is not necessary. Personal appeals from
the citizens of GOldsboro to me asking
simply for a hearing ought to be needed. ID
l beg the Senator to let it go over till.
tomorrow. That's all / ask" d
Grant again demanded the previous
question, but Mr. Maxwell got the floor
again and said the humblest citizen ought 4
to have a right to be heard. But the
Lieutenant Governor came to Grants
rescue, saying rules that it was late in
the session and there was no time tos
be postponing measures.
What had the Lieutenant Governor to
do with this thing any way? Who elect
ed him to air his opinion? And while
this matter is under consideration it
might be well to ask why he advanced this
bill Of deyiltry introduced only yesterday 4
or the day before over important and
respectable legislation? How is it tha 1t
all these radical revolutionary measures 4
has the right Of way over good legisla-
tiQn on the calendar? n
Grant said the sole purpose Of passing
this bill was to get a fair trial OF the
dispensary to be established In Colds
boro. If so, why not wait until the
House has passed the bill providing for
the dispensary? Why refuse hearing
to residents OF his own city on a bill of
vital interest to them, introduced solely
to give a fair test to the dispensary, when
the bill creating the dispdnsary is still.
pending?
Grant got his bill through ON this false
pretense. He lis as slick duck as ever
made false statement, tried to put gag
rule ON Senators, and rushed through
n bill to get pie for his henchmen under
the claim that it was to advocate the
cause of temperance.
He has committed as great crime
against the dispensary system as, we are
told, has ever been committed in the name
OF liberty.