The news & observer., 1897-01-23

to be hardly more than alley-ways for
loafers and other persons who hustle mp
and down among the members, much to
their annoyance and disgust. 1t is quite
likely that some of these visitors may be
put down under the head Of Lobbyists
whose presence in the legislative cham
Der, if for the sole purpose of lobbyins
is an insult to the free people of the STATE
A bill should be introduced, if the rules
are not adequate, allowing no one within
the limits OF the chamber except mem
hers, officials and newspaper men, the
same as in the United States Congress
The outrage is getting to be nauseous.
The clerks in the House got hot in tn"
collar yesterday at McCrary when he was
discussing the reduction Of their salaries
specially at this part. Mr. McCrary said
that though it was considered the thing
for the employees to go to cheaper board
ing houses than the members, here they
were getting more money than the mem
bers. while the members got all the ours
ing. The clerks Strengthened up their
necks and thought they were entitled, as
American citizens, to hash up to the Me
Crary flavor There are no flies on our
clerks. and Mr. McCrary had better but
ton up his language, if he wants the
clerks to smile upon him.
Hauser's bill to cut the clerks down TO
$4 a day is good as far as it goes It is
not quite certain that it should not be
So Many members come here at a Pc
curiarv sacrifice. bat the Office hunters.
many Of them. are on deck because they
AT
home The times are hard and 81 day
is good fair wage nowadays for any
young man Few of them get this much
in Raleigh
Referring to the fact that the Populist
Senator from Anson. who was prom
ised postoifice, voted for Pritchard. the
Wadesboro Messenger and Intelligencer
says:
'"The day succeeding his nomination
as one of the candidates for State Sena-
tor from this district by the Populist
Senatorial convention, MIR. w. III. Odom,
of this county. in answer to n question,
iii the presence OF n reputable witness,
stated TO the editor Of this paper that he
would not vote for Jeter G.. Pritchard for
United States Senator. His statement to
this effect was published in the Messen-
ger and Inteligencer, whereupon Mr..
0dom at once began to play the role of
artful dodger. Though great many
attempts were made after this to force
him TO declare himself on this important
question. he could not again be brought
to a public declaration. The number of
private and secret pledges he made is
matter of conjecture. Perhaps Office
Broker and Doodle Distributor Grant
can a history unfold as to what happened
at the secret conference at his (Grant'sl
room in the National Hotel, in Wades-
boro on Wednesday night before the cleo
ton. And then. again, there are quite
number Of prominent Populists in this
dictrict who probably remember some
thing of private pledges made to them by
the State Senator"
Why have so many of the legislators
been sick? Charity and Children says:
''the reason Of so much sickness among
the members is the entirely different
life they lead in Raleigh from the
quietude of their country homes. They
are up hate at night and are dined and
wined and cajoled and petted by interest
ed wire pullers. until at last they sue
cumb to the dissipation to which they
are strangers, and the doctors call it
grip