The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-02
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Rejoice all ye old dallIaA COWS "Ho
al We little two-dollar and half yearhngs'
and rejoice all We little red speckled steers.
Gather together and hold We grand
cow carnival, and be ye exceedingly glad
for the fields, and the lawns, ana the
marshes and gardens of HalltaA, are
YOURS for three months in twelve.
Low for JOY We old cows ana peat ye
little calves, paw up the earth ye year
hngs land decorate your horns ana your
heads with mud.
Exult and be merry in your carnlvaI OF
ratification, but do not forget that TO
your distinguished statesman, the hon
Il IT Clark. the shifting Senator from
your own province, you are due al.
the praise. Make the hills and the VAL
lows nm and down the Roanoke, ring with
your believing, for he bolted that ye
might below.
The reeds in the marshes are yours, the
tender winter wheat is yours and the I'M
picked fields of all your neighbors are
yours by statute for ninety days every
wear. Yon can have corn stalks Tor
breakfast. young wheat and oats and tur-
min salad for dinner, and rose buds ana
annie tree buds for supper, and then you
can rest your weary bones on the front
lawns of a thousand Halifax homes
whom the night cometh. All these prlVl-
leges are yours oh, We cattle on thou
sand Halifax hills, for your Senator ana
your two relatives according to Darwin
i'm the House have secured for you these
great things. and none can modest you
or make you afraid for the law STANDS
back of you, loaded to the muzzle for
any farmer that may dare disturb you.
The old farmer is simply not in it. lie
is driving the hearse in this procession
and his protection is the corpse. 1t Is not
your funeral, oh we animals, tame and
untame The farmers loss is your gam
and his wheat is your grain. And all We
old sharp-snooted sows and We little
razor-back shoats, and all We little plney-
woods rooters, rejoice We, also, for the
pine roots in a thousand Halifax hills are
yours; yours to skip over and to skin.
And the collard stalks are all yours;
all those stalks that sprout in spring
time, feast We on them, for why should
they sprout; and the yams are likewise
yours, and all the other potatoes; and
around the vine and the fig tree you may
root till your rooter needs rest.
Scrip not for your daily journey,
for the statute says that the rooter is wor-
thy of his root. 1t is the Clark statute,
ninety days shalt thou root and do all
thy roofing, and then shalt thou be penn
ed mp. So
Root away, We Halifax rooter,
Root to amuse your political tutor
Root in the twilight root at dawn,
Root in the garden, or root up the lawn.
And all We sheep and geese and goats
rejoice, We with your kind. Honk, We old
ganders, for the clover fields are yours,
and likewise the early peas and beans,
and all We billy goats get We up on the top
of your neighbours ice house and bleat
out your independence. Put away all
your oyster cans and old shoes for rainy
days, and rob your neighbours clothes
lines and front porches, and whatever
you find is yours. Oh, ye happy Halifax
Billy and il any Halifax hayseeder dares
to pull your Populist chin-w.hiskers.
just appeal to your Senatorial Caesar.
He will fix the foolish farmer.
Oh, happy goat of Halifax,
No more old shoes full of pegs and tacks,
But frills and laces, chemise and frocks,
And fine futed skirts and stockings and
socks.
These are all yours by statute, We for
sunate William Goat of Halifax.
There were big delegations here yester-
day from all the towns. headed by ID. Y.
Cooner. of Henderson, to fight the bill
to increase the rates charged by ware
houses for weighing and selling tobacco,
dntrodueed by Mr.. Person, of Wayne.
The till was unfavorably reported before
the afternoon train bringing James w.
Hines, Jesse Brake and others from
Rocky Mount and other Eastern mar
kets bad arrived to fight 1t. II feel said
Mr. Brake, like | felt in battle when the
drums were beat aud we would be ready
for battle. and the Yankees had got ont of
sight The bin had been killed before we
got there to fire a single shot"
The bill to negroize the town of Ply
mouth wastabled in the Senate yester-
day afternoon. 1t was introduced by the
Republican Senator who Lives in that
town who advocated it, saying he wanted
the mayor and constable elected by the
people.
Mr.. McCasl1ie, populist Senator from
the same district, took issue with his
colleague, saying he lived within five
miles of Plymouth (Yeager interrupted,
saying ''six''), and he knew that the prop
erty. the wealth and intelligence ofply-
mouth are opposed to this bill. 81 will
vote against every measure brought into
the Senate that turns over the towns TO
a class that is incapable of government.
every white man in Plymouth, including
the son of Senator Yeager, has signed Il
petition against this gerrymandering.
This hill puts Plymouth into the hands of
ahe negroes" 1t was tabled by a vote of
30 to 8. Those voting no were: Grant,
Henderson, Mccarthy, Person, Ramsey,
Sharpe Of Wilson, Shore, Whedbee, Yea
ger.
controversy:
Raleigh, N. G.
Hon. J. Fl. Bridgers, Henderson, n. @.
Dear Sir:-Yours of February 23rd
came to hand in due time and in reply
would say that / received the following
statement from two very responsible bust
ness men of the town of Oxford, N. c., in