The news & observer., 1897-02-06
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committee composed or tFFuit tiNelsHbl'
can,) McCaskie Pop. Republoan,) and q
Democrat, thus all tine revolutionary
measures OF the Republicans and minor
iay Pops would be given precedence OF
useful Legislation. The Democrats
caught 'bon to" the scheme Ray, Abel,
and Scales, ON thc part of the Democrats
and AIoye, Butler and Atwater ON the
part of the majority Pops, jumped on Ut
and stamped the life ont Of it.
Mr.. Moye spoke right out an mecbpng,
saying hc WAS atraid that tlris was "a
scheme to give tho eoutrol of everything
\ 10 the Republicans and Pritchard POpu-
lists II do not know whether we Top
ulSts would have a single member on tIms
committee he said and moved an amend
ment TO ltave the committee composed of
4 two Pops. / Reps, and ! Dem.
Gramt has a sIEasm eyerytime MOye
gets ON his feet His scheme OF destroy
ing the majority Populiats was exposed,
he had to accelat lthe amendment, but he
got the floor, looking the personiication
OF 4aalev0lencc, and cracked his whip
over the heads of Senators. demanded
the previous question, and called for the
ayes and noes. MIR, Atwatcr was too
soon for h5m and moved to table the
whole thing, which was very promptly
and properly done
In the vote the significance of the reso-
luton became apparent. Every Populist
present, who voted for Pritchard, voted
with the Republicans 10 turn over every
thing to THE Republicans and bolters.
Grant and AcCaskie cracked their whip
and these Pritchard Populists voted for
the resolution: Barker, Cannon, McCas-
kie, Newsome, Odom, Parker, of Ran
d0lph, and Wakefield thus showing that
they were still Republicans.
In explaining his vote, Mr.. Maxwell
(Grant's colleague) very properly said
that those who were pressing this meas
ure were those who wasted most of the
time of the Senate by long speeches. IF
they will quit talking SO much, we will
get along better" said he with a hook Of
defiance at Grant and the other support
ers of the resolution.
"What do they call these two men,
Mewborne and Reynolds, who have been
made rulers over all the officers elected
by the Legislature? asked a gentleman
yesterday.
''They are grand moguls to the under
strappers," was the reply of one gentle
man present.
Another one said: ''They were hungry
"Reformers," who wanted S. day, and
it was scheme to give the 1t. Governor
a job for his brother and Speaker Hile-
man a place for J. NJ. Mewborme, the
standing candidate for anything in sight.
The pretence was that it was necessary
for the two presiding officers to have
better oversight over all clerical work"
Another gentleman said: You are all
wrong. Swinson, the duly elected en-
crossing clerk Of the Legislature refus-
ed to appoint two negroes, el}cted by the
Republican caucus, as his clerks. The
LIT. Governor and Speaker are going to
spend ten dollars day of the peoples
money to put men over him as a punish
ment for his disobedience."
Whatever the reason, one thing is true:
the brother of the Lieutenant Governor
and ex-senator Mewborne are unloaded
ON the State as special representatives
of the presiding officers TO take charge
or tire clerks and relieve them of respon-
sbiility.
Mr.. Joshua Buchanan, enrolling clerk
Of the Senate, was waited on and asked
il he had any objection to having these
lNV NtAl0 bpf'oN9 C~~NAN~OA
dinary to overlook his work He replied
that he was careful to see that all work
that left his Office was well done, but that
if his official superiors wanted to put
these two men to examine what ne did, he
had NO objection to their or anybody
else's seeing all that he did,
As to Mr.. SwinsOn, the enrolling
clerk of both houses, who sticks out
Al. L., 4l,oT bs
has issued the following address to the
General Assembly
TO Hon President of Senate and Speak
er of House of Representative and
others:
Gentlemen:-A the demand
made by President Reynolds and Speak
er Hileman, as presiding officers Of the
respective bodies of the General Assem-
bly,, made upon me on Feb. 4th jointly.
That they had concluded to take charge
of the Enrolling Clerks office, that they
would put their respective representa-
tiyes i'm this Office, in .the persons of
John It. Reynolds and James NJ New
borne, that they would relieve me Of all
responsibility of appointing further as
sAstant clerks, that when needed fur
ther help in the Office that should SO
my force"
AS the Enrolling Clerk, / reply to this
demand, by saying protest against this
unprecented action on the part of these
presiding officers until the General AS
,sembly vest them with authority to so act
holdmg that since we are all creatures
of the General Assembly, delegated to
certain duties as such, it is not the pre-
rogative of any one Of these,dn the abb
sence of authority TO enter into and as
sumo the duties and vested rights OF any
other office, than that to which they are
elected
Very respectfully,
A l.. SWINSON,
Enrolling Clerk.
Jim Young was not elected to the
Legislature.
The evidence clearly shows that he
holds his seat by fraud.