The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-12
RAISING CAIN.

The honest, se~lf-respecting people OF
ALL parties in North Carolina must De
getting very sick OF the roWdy crown
in the Legislature. They cause III uie
Of patent medicine ADVERTISE
ment. that tired feeling that lhol-
Gates nausea and growing repulsioh'
Since adam delved and Even span'
no such circus ever performed among
civilized or semi-civiliZed whites equal
70 tho one now daily and nightly eX-
hihiting at Raleigh. 1t beats an IN
dian war-dance when at us helshl'
and places failure in comparison upon
all the SambO-Cuffee performances IN
the south since they were made legls-
The hite rabble engaged in the very
disgraceful acts deserve the united CEN
sure and contempt of every true man
and citizen in North Carolina. How
long shall these political mountebanks
and ribald ranters have sway: Are
they to continue forever? 1t is Tune
they had fled to their homes and had
gone into sackcloth n ashes in utter
shame of themselves and their cloWnlsh
tricks and %grimaces.
The enemies of the lease IN the mouse
showed their true colors in their Vlo-
Ience and unparliamentary proceed
ings to stave off a vote, knowing uhat
they would be defeated. And Russel
.'stood by consenting," as Saul of Tar
sus did when Stephen, he proto-mar-
t,-. v-oS ctCna6 TO DEATH. RuSSell
shows now why he is so awfully happy.
He has now his way in controlling the
benevolent institutions and putting In
his own incompetent tools, and his STAY
ing off a vote to prevent a vote on the
lease of the North Carolina railroad.
That sort of game pleases the "Tsar,"
as some of the "radikils'' now dub him,
and he would rather be boss in that
kind of Ugly game thin lord of the
isles in all the oceans.
What a Judge" Cook would have
made. He loves an excitement and is
ready to head a rOw. He was that way
when United States solicitor. He is
fairly ''spilin' for a fight" and they
now designate him as 1.-The tsar of the
IIOuSt. 1ou = I1Ic oyldlilS ~
now in "radikil" circles one tsar is not
enough. There is a guoernatOrial tsar
and a legislative tsar, or several Of
them. These be parlous times. What
a sin was committed last November
WIN such fellows were chosen by the
people to make laws for an old and ia
nous commonwealth. A legislature
ooo~o~11 Df C;o.,, 1nl
other "savages'-no reference to Rus
~selrs-would be as decorous, just, sober
and decent.
We had written the above, based
upon The Messengers Raleigh cor
respondents reports. That our readers
may get a better understanding of the
disgraceful, stupid proceedings we Gull
a few gems from other reports, string
ing them together as so many glitter
ing beads:
Let disorder reign supreme" said
Lusk, who was in the chair.
Cook said that the house was wrong
in not sustaining the speaker. (There
were cries and Kisses, and Lusk said
that he would adjourn the house if
such disgraceful conduct went on.)
TT is a shame. Generations yet un-
born will curse this legislature. The
white people have gone back almost to
the wilds of a."-Crews, colored,
of Granville, who was the author of
the Douglass resolution.
In just so far as the Anglo-Saxon
race is superior to the African race, in
just SO far is the gentleman from Gran
vile (the negro Crews) superior to the
gentleman from Lenoir'' (Mr. Hauser,
white) said McCrary, of Davidson, yes
terday.
Mr.. Sutton said: "Th hired railroad
lobby a %conspired to hiss men and
control this legislature. The hour has
come when the ~completeSt disgrace of
our country has come upon us
The man that Kisses me is a low