The news & observer., 1897-02-12

been begun may be continued until con-
| cluded.
Sec. 4. Nothing in this act shall be
construed to require the presence of the
Judge or jury longer than may be nee
| essary for the dispatch Of the business
of the court.
Sec. 5. That the times for holding the
| Circuit Criminal court for Cumberland
county shall be the eighth Monday after
| the first Monday in March, and third
| Monday before the first Monday in Sep
| tember and such other times as the judge
of said court shall appoint as provided by
| the law creating said court
| Sec. g. That all laws in conflict with
| the provisions of this act are hereby
repealed.
II am here to represent the colored
people of Edgecombe county. They seut
! me here' said Senator Lee Person, Of
Edgecombe. jim a speech yesterday
In the Republican caucus it was de-
! cided to give the Eastern Insane Asylum
to the negroes, the thing Senator Person.
of Edgecombe has been demanding for
| a long time When the vote was taken,
| Senator Grant, of Wayne did not vote
at all The negro Senator from Edge
combe always has blood in his eyes for
| Grant, and when he observed that he was
| lodging he arose in the caucus and said:
II move that the Senator from Wayne
| be allowed to vote" But the Senator
from Wayne having promised during the
campaign that Dr. Fox Person, of
| Wayne. Republican Populist should
have the position Of Superintendent Of
| the hospital, Senator Grant was in a deep
round hole, and he refused to vote at all,
The negro, Person, enjoyed Grants d.
lemma, and made it as uncomfortable
as possible for him.
1T was said that | am in the employ
of railroads, and was said by one who
is no gentleman" said Person, of Edge
combe, yesterday. Mr.. Ray, seeing the
indignity and presumption of the negro
denouncing white man, asked, Are
you armed|
The air of offense assumed by Person
grew out of the fact that Mr.. Geddie
Populist Senator from Cumberland, had
said that the Coast Line Railroad was
fighting his bill. Person took on airs
and got up in the Senate to say that Mr..
Geddie was ''not gentleman"
This is one Of the things we have got
ten already from Republican rule, and it
must bring the blush OF shame to the
face of every white man in the State to
hear such things in the staid old Senate
Chamber. There were times when such
doings would have aroused the indigiia-
ton of the whole State Have we fallen
so low as to witness such conduct and
language by negroes without exciting in
the breasts of the people a determination
that the gang responsible for it shall
be driven from power in disgrace? There
was indignation manifested in the Sen-
ate. DIR. Alexander. populist Senator
from Edgecombe, spoke his mind very
plainly. declaring that it was monstrous
that negro should thus insult a white
man in the Senate.
The speech of Mr.. Duffy, IN oppos-
tion to the bill to put the Atlantic and
North Carolina Railroad in the hands
of Russell and Hancock, has been warm
ly commanded on all sides. Mr.. Duffy
has taken high stand among the legis-
latOrs. His legal ability and his logical
and forcible presentation of public ques-
tions, have given him just reputation as
a leader i'm the House.
The importance of the Hancock bill
that passed the House warrants its pub
leation in full. 1T is as follows
The General Assembly of North Caro-
lima do enact:
Section J. That whenever it shall be
made to appear to the satisfaction of
the Governor that the proxy of the Di-
rectors heretofore or hereafter appoint
ed to represent the interest of the State
as a stockholder in the Atlantic and
North Carolina Railroad Company, has
been in any particular unfaithful or neg
Ggent in the discharge of their respective
duties to the State, or have done or suf-
fered to be done, or have aided, abetted
or acquiesced in any act done, by the
stockholders or directors of said railroad
company, the intent, purpose or effect
of which was or may be to impair or
lessen the rights Of the State as the
majority stockholders in said company,
Wether said rights were given by the
charter or bylaws, and whether mega
tive or positive in their character; or
the intent, purpose or effect of which
was or may be to deprive or take from
the State its right of control thereof,
through the Board of Directors, in the
management and direction Of the affairs
of the said company, or if it shall APP
pear to the Governor that such proxy
or Director shall continue in their said
dereliction of duty, or having heretofore
done or suffered 10 be done, or aided,
abetted or acquiesced as aforesaid in
such acts of usurpation, shall continue
to countenance and support the same,
it shall be the duty of the Governor and
Board of internal Improvements forth !
with to remove sand proxy and Directors
and appoint others in their stead, and
said proxy and Directors shall imme-
diately enter upon the discharge of their
duties and the said Directors so APP
pointed, or any two of them, shall at
once call meeting of the Directors of
said Railroad Company and elect a
President thereof, and it shall be the
duty of the officers and agents of said