Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-01-28
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AVER ISSUES INSTRUCTIONS
Cigar Whees and Gift Enter
prises Subject to $50 Tax
Butler p aging a Deep Game
With RuSSeIl-Other News.

AAS DONR ~A
With Russell Other News.
Charlotte Observer.
Raleigh, January 23.-Sutton,
of New Hanover, says he will
next Monday. introduce a bill
providing for the impeachment
Of Judge Norwood. It specif-
eally charges him with being
drunk at the spring terms, 1895.
of Richmond and Robson courts
and at the spring terms, 1896, of
Caldwell and Yancey courts. The
impeachment will be one of the
sensations of the session.
The Populists led by Butler
are playing "a deep game. 1t is
the belief Of the minority Popu-
lists-the bolters-that Govern
or, Russell is backing the majors
ity. At any rate, it seems that
last night a resolution. or sug>
gestion was sent to the minority,
which the latter Understood Oh.
riginated with Governor Russell.
A member says. I'VE buried it"
Bryan, OF Chatham, a devout
bolter, says if the boilers are the
"3 P's," (Pritchard's Purchased
Populists). the majority are the
% B's"-Butler's B nighted
Bourbons.
It is said that Senator Butler
was making trips between the
Senate chamber and the executive
Office as late as midnight last
night. At1:3O this morning But
Ter returned to the Park Hotel,
the trusty and we'll beloved
W. e. Fountain and James B..
! Lloyd with hlm. He vas in fue
spirits. but as to what might be-
done. said only the one word.
l.'Wait." He had before stated
that he had been here three
weeks aad would remain 40 days
if necessary,
Apropus of the bill which was
discussed yesterday in regard TO
making it a misdemeanor for a
public speaker to use profane or
vulgar language while speaking
to an audience. Representative
McRary, OF Davidson. who is
perhaps the most eloquent, able
and witty Of the younger Repub
licans earring always Spencer
Biackbu>n) got off quite a good
thing by remarking that if it be-
came a law Congressman Lii ney
would be in Jail all the time and
that this would be an irredeena-
BILE loss to the G 0. P.
DIR. D. Reid Parker said to-day
that the most heroic efforts were
being made to unite the two Pop
ulist factions. and that he saw,
or thought he saw signs of soft
ening" on the part of both. ON
of the ways to determine how fan
this softening has gone would be
to get Edward Everett Bryan
aud Ohio Wilson together for 6
quarter of an hour. It would be
necessary to have a dump cart a.
hand to haul away the scraps.
!. The Stone Mountain Railroad
for which the Legislature viii
n grant a charter, is to extenG
through Watauga and Ash,
counties. These are two OF tht
six counties which have no rail.
roads within their borders.
At the executive Office to>day
: a letter was received from w. FL
Pyke, of Southport, saying b,
. had carefully read the portion o
2 the Governors message express
ing d desire for immigration an,
; says it is his purpose to bring
calcny from Indiana and Illinoi
to Columbus county
At the executive Office it i
also learned that application will
/; be made to the railroad commits
. sion to reduce the rates on fertil
8 izers made within the State, il
order to prevent discriminatiol
in favor of other States. 1t /
stated that in Georgia a reduc
j ton of 20 per cent. has bee
made aud that this initiate
. against this State.
I Some of the Republicans sa
. they regard the Republican or
gan as too much of a Pritchar
o organ. For although the Re
publicans all voted for Pritchar6
o yet he is not an idol for all G
. Them. Oae said to day: s.Pritch
= ard is no better a Republica
Than lots of Populists. He Ia