The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-08

ieer waved sore over the muddling
md banging which Was constantly
going on, and fisaiiy in . ct Of des-
peratlon be cried out against it.
Then We asked DR.. Joseph PIckwiek
Caldwell to print that "cry' and
comment on it. Here il what he
printed and "commented."
"Commentipg upon an editorial in |
the Observer, upon the recent dis |
graceful and incompetent Legislature |
Rev. Auditor Air prints in his pa
per. TIE CAUCASIAN, this week, the
following extract from the Report OF
the Democratic Secretary Of State
for 1893. and dares the Observer to-
copy it:
II feel It my duty to cal! to your aiten'
tention the evils following from the enroll
ment Of the bills passed BY the legislature
These bills, ia many csses. ere 20 dit Inquired
by ensures and blots n tn make them Al
words in other bills have lost. in one c,se,
considerable revenue to the State. and IN
others have destroyed the real purpose OF
the statute. and impaired the rights of in
diyidunls."
Well, thers it is, and what is there
in it that it should be set up as an
offset against the performances of
the odious gang which has just ad-
journed after sitting two months at
Raleigh
Quite an extensive comment that!
considering the text at hand. Just
half as much of text as the above
with one-fourth as much "meat" in
it on any other than Democratic
legislature would serve as subject
for a column editorial and any
amount of fquibs from DR.. Joseph
Pickwick Caldwell. He stops short,
however, under existing conditions
by asking "what is there in it that
should be set up as an offset" &c &c.
Well, there is nothing-absolutely
nothing. We never conveyed by
any utterance We ever made an idea
that there was. We we're noticing
DR.. Joseph Pickwick Caldwell, thai
you were on q rampage against thu
last legislature for making mistakes
We simply desired to show you thai
you were combining your rampage t.
a sort of "pent up Utica" We didn'
think you had room for the compre
hensiveness Of your circumlocutor!
civilizations. We wanted to shov
: you that there was vast expans
suitable to q grander effectuatlol
of your political grandstand gyra
tons. We honed that you shoul'
know that after you had "done up
the last legislature for its remlsa
ness. you would not be in the fabu
lous position of Alexander, who coul
7 find nothing else to conquer. W
flonged that you should know tina
. fresh fields awaited the cor quest o
your valorous, lead-loaded cudeeI
and We feverishlv desired to with,
r your demolition of a blunderin
: Democratic garg. after you ha
cleared the earl aid atmosphere o
3 everything else. But you wouldn'
and we didn't see the show W
i feel aggriev d at your want of u,
!, probation r our, Fl - to find f
s you an expa .sive tioiI IF operation
r Oh! DR.. Joseph Pick wick Cald y.
J. how could you SO d'sappoint u.s.
70 But let us return to your hunt f
o the mares nest made up of rece1
legislative mistakes. You we
complaining of errors, incompetent
le sc. You must remember that '
g. are no defender of the last legisl
ID ture. In fact, it was so much Iii
" a Democratic legislature that "
q did not discover it was a DIsGRA'
g. to the State until we told you. v
s. were the first to say that and tn
il you came in and said it too. Their
q. fore we are not its defender; but ,
ht want to put you straight as far
er possible, and to show you that t
re last legislature, as bad as it W.
to was better than any YOU ever help
n to send here.
1e The clerical and general work
ir the leg islature is chic fly inspect
M by the Department of State. n
I'D w. P. Bachelor, strong Democr'
has been chief clerk of that Depa
ment for fourteen years, aud t
RE work of inspection has practica
devolved on him for all that tin
e He was engaged to continue II
-. work during the last legislature
n reason of his experience, and aft
TO- he inspecte d it be wrote the folio
" ing letter.
60 March IL, 1897
- Hon. C.. A. REYNOLDS
re My Dear Governor: understa
ed that you are responsible for the s.
le- tenn of supervising the enrollmt
b of the work of the Gece raj Assent
adopted by that body at its rect
Fe- session. If so, want to congra
Mt late you on it.. Now that the We
lie is all 10, can safely say that
ev work has been done with less c,
"a fusion, has been kept more clos
az up tc date and shows fewer mista
no than has ever been the case will
afe my recollection. I have studied
nd problem Of enrolment with gr
~ care and l really believe the syst
established under the law If 1897
~ the best that can be devised
nd l also want to say that AS no :