The news & observer., 1897-01-20

| take our eyes away from these last words
| of his hot and wet with tears; but after
| having hung our eyes out to dry and
| recovered cur conventional eold-hearted-
| ness we think we shall be tempted to tell
/! Mr.. Blackburn that the place Of assistant
i door-keeper of the House would be more
| welcome to the Confederate soldier whom
| his crowd defeated for that place than
| the laurel with which, in his closing syl-
tables, he laurels the grave Of the dead.
b .
There were many pleasant expressions
yesterday touching the remarks of DR..
| Dixon. His dignity and earnestness
and manner of nobleness were conspicu
| Gus, and in his presentation OF Mr.. Dough
| ton, the Democrats felt proud that de-
eency yet lived and was Fearless in the
State, even if it were in the clutches of
it's enemies.
Representative Hileman has received
the following resolutions passed by
Rocky River Alliance, No. 1874. Cabarrus
county, hast Saturday:
Whereas, The time has come again
to elect a Representative in the United
States Senate and whereas, we believe
that a majority of the people OF this
State are in favor of at least one of thu,
demands of the Alliance (namely, the free
anl unlimited coinage OF silver at a ratio
OF 16 to u; therefore, be it
Resolved, That we call upon and de-
mand of our representative in the Legis
lature to vote for no man for United
States Senator who has not always been
consistent in word and deed in the advo-
cacy of free and unlimited coinage Of
Sii nf bo ra4in of 1H 70 -
We published yesterday the letter from
Rutherford county to Representative
PurgasOn in regard to the Senatorial
question, some of them declaring their
willingness for him to vote for Pritchard,
though elected as a Populist In order
to show the manner Of men these signers
are, we give something of their history:
S. Z. Wall is a Populist-a clever man;
Joseph Slcoggin, lifelong Republican;
Henry Hodge, a dyed-in-the wool Re
publican; NJ. b. Mcdaniel, an old-line
Republicans; ID. S. Wilkins, a former
Democrat g. w. Shittle, never had any
settled politics; III. G. Roberts, ex-convict,
convicted of stealing leather from Mr.
Rankin at Asheville; j. n. Dobbin, an
old-line Republican.
1t is such PopuliSts, so called, as these
who want Pritchard elected.
Gizzard French is hard to satisfy.
There are now seven negro policemen
in Wilmington, and as many or more
negro magistrates, and negro city
clerk. And yet he is here TO get even
more Radical rule IN his city.
Ex-senator Hamrick, Populist, and ex-
Senator J. b. Misfortune, who have been
here working for Pritohard, can go home
tomorrow.
''Me and Jeter Did IT. This was the
substance of Maj Grants speech in the
Senate yesterday. Jeter is 10 be Sena-
tor and Grant is to be Sergeant-at-Arms
of the Senate. DO you see?
Yesterday was a field day for the col
ored Senator from Edgecombe, Lee Per
son He didn't have but three bills ta-
bled, and it wasn't good day for ta-
bling bills either He kicked lively when
his bill to provide certain penalties a.
gainst counties for lynching was tabled,
and he gave his Republican friends a
tongue lashing for permitting, as he said,
''the Democrats to put them in hole;"
and in his speech nominating Pritchard
he gave notice that after awhile he ex-
pected to see a negro elected United
States Senator. The colored man and
brother is getting to be a mighty factor,
If the Edgecombe Senator is to have his
way.