The news & observer., 1897-02-21

school law that viii make 1t certain thal
he occupies that desk ut least six months
each year. r.-Asheyille Citizen
| Is It fact that the new Attorney
IsGeneral for the State has advised Lieut..
| Governor Reynolds and others to com
limit a forcible trespass by forcibly enter
| ING Clerk Swinson's office? We would
| like for some OF our Raleigh contem-
uoraries to answer the question.-Mocks-
| vile Times.
I The Biblical Recorder congratulates
lthe people Of the State on the fact that
| no wine will be served from Gov. Rus
| sells during his administration. Now
| if the Recorder will direct its efforts
10 reforming Russell Of his habit of
| sw caring it will have an additional cause
| for congratulation. Statesville Land
| mark.
The Danbury Reporter copies the edi-
| torial of Webster's Weekly in favor OF
annulling the lease, and says:
''You may curse and abuse the Weekly
as much as you will, but when it comes
down TO the real situation you will al
ways find it on the side of the people.
In view of some of the proposed legis-
lati)n iu North Carolina, ths following
from the Springfield Republican IS in-
teresting:
"A member from Posey county in the
Irdiana Legislature proposes nmnu-
rental reform. He has introduced Il bill.
che eing the ratio between the diameter
and the circumference of a circle from
3.1416 plus 80 which he esteems an
important gain for those who have to
engage in the study Of mathematics. The
elimination of the plus would make
civilization stride. But now comes the
painful information that the Indiana
Senate has postponed indefinitely the
bill, and so the world waits on another
great reform owing to the hostility of
conservatism to innovation and change"
=
There is quite a good story told at the
expense of one of the Populist members
of the House. He is a doctor, but not
licensed one, and two years ago took
special course of study in the treatment
of the insane, figuring he would get the
superintendency Of the asylum at Colds
boro. But the plum falls to the negroes,
so the IOpullSL gets HolllHE.
+
There are two vicious bills relating to
the government of Wilmington pending
in the Legislature. One is the Russell
bill. giving the people the right to elect
half the aldermen and the Governor to
elect the other half. The newest bill
is fathered by Representative Howe the
negro cussed by the Governor and or
dered to leave his Office, and ex-senator
+. Is. Rice Their bill provides for the
election of Mayor, chief of police, city
clerk, and fourteen aldermen by a popu-
lar vote. The Wilmington Dispatch in
teryiew number OF prominent men
about this biIl One prominent Repub-
lican said:
Il will tell you what's the matter with
Howe. Howe has been seeking endorse
ment for the appointment of collector of
port for the city Of Wilmington. Mr..
Thomas Keogh, one of the leading poll
ticans of the State, and the Hon James
Boyd, candidate for an appointment in
McKinley's Cabinet, are both, so / am
informed, in favor of the lease These
gentlemen live at Greensboro Howe,
instead of coming to the eastern part OF
the State for endorsement-whe he
could not get it-goes to Greensboro, gets
the endorsement of those gentlemen and
then comes back to Raleigh and votes
FOR the lease. This conduct exasperat-
ed the Governor and hence the rebuke
and the desperation Of Howe Howe
will never be collector of port for VIII
mington, and his bill will never pass the
Legislature"
+ 4
Ex-Rev Mr. Babb has secured some re-
lief at last The z. 2. P.'s. The Pie
Pursuing Pops at their caucus Friday
might gave him a place in the Enrolling
Clerks Office, and named at the same
time two other T. T. P's. for positions
in the same Office. These are both named
White-one halls from Randolph, the
other from Bertie