The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-02-14

ar hack into the district, and next, the
taking away of Durham ana OFahse
makes it almost certainly kepapilc'pn'
Roxboro Courier.
The bill 10 allow no one 10 vote VINO
cannot show his tax receipt is JUST "hat
is needed. BY all means let 1T become
law Kings Weekly.
Representative Sutton, of New Ham
| over. has been called to the bedsIde or
a sick brother in Bladen county.
Swinson. the Populist enrolling clerk
i'm the legislature, appears to be man
ly. independent white official. Under
| great pressure he unquallfiedly refuses
to appoint two negro assistants. rms
is slough case of rebellion.
| mington Messenger.
| The Greenville Reflector thinks that
| Ensley who introduced the bill to tax all
unmarried men aged 81 bachelors, who
! shall be taxed $40 for the first year OF
| bachelorhood and the tax be doubled
each succeeding year, the tax to go TO
the school fund" must have lot OF old
maid daughters and wants to get them
/ off his hands.
y
| John r. Morris writes to the Charlotte
Observer:
( For twenty-five years / have been
running after a man who, to save my
life. I can't catch. He is said to be
the only man on earth with informa-
tion which will give light to my ignorance
as to why male person, with chance
to live at home; feed his wigroosters
and frislxy pullets, pet and whip his
own children, and take his witching med
icine, by kissing and hugging his wife,
before and after each meal, should be
suddenly thrown into violent fits, with
alarming symptoms of drinking mean
whiskey and stumping his county as a
candidate for the Legislature and a
Raleigh boarding house, where, in the lat
ter. members of the legislature sleep three
in q bed, after drawing straws for the
pillow and fighting for the quilt.
81 would rather sleep In ghost-rid-
den garnet. on mattress made of corn
nubbins, each set ON end, and have
nightmare every ten minutes, than to
spend one hour in bed sandwiched be-
tween two grisly members of the Cen
eral Assembly"
A bill has been introduced Ill the leg
islature, at Raleigh to promote marriage
in the State, declaring all unmarried men
aged "a bachelors, who shall be taxed
SO for the first year Of bachelorhood
and the tax to doubled each succeeding
year, the tax to go to the school fund.
Since seeing the bill the bachelors OF
Wadesboro have been talking of getting
up petition to send to the Legislature
entering their protest. Some OF the bach
elors say that if such bill as this should
pass and it could be enforced they would
get married, If they could. within IL
months. The bachelors can rest assured
that Bachelor Representative Leak will
look after their interest in Raleigh and
not allow this bill to pass. Wadesboro
Courier.
There is a certain State Senator who
is a candidate for a big Office under Nc
Kinley He isn't bothering much about
anything now except 10 get that big
plum, and so when anybody presents a
petition for him to sign for anything,
he dips his pen in the ink without ask
ing what the place is or anything else
about it. A friend suggested to him that
he ought to examine the petitions, other
wise he might find after awhile. that his
name appeared to the paper of two or
three applicants for the same place Its
less trouble to sign them ALL = he replied
in his good-natured way.
IL this Senator isn't more careful he
is in danger of getting himself in the
position of a man in Ohio. Here is the
story as it was told:
"A shrewd but INSCRIPTIONS member
a hos x1sd Il
ment Office in the place, and caused to
be circulated, as quietly as possible, sew
eral petitions asking for the removal of
the incumbent Of the post, on fairly
plausible pretext, duly set forth.
''These petitions were placed in the
hands of co-conspirators, who found little
difficulty, owing to the carelessness men
toned, in getting numerous signatures.
They were forwarded to Washington, and
the head of the department to whom
they were referred submitted them to
the Congressman of the district in which
the office was located. That gentleman,
being warm personal friend Of the of
fetal whose removal was asked, sent the
petitions to him, without as much as ex-
amining them, but with the suggestion
that the official scan them carefully and
quickly get up counter petitions in his
own favor. The official received them
in surprise, for the scheme had been so
quietly worked that he, being man
deeply absorbed in his duties, had really
not heard Of them. And on running over
them he was dumbfounded to find his
own name among them. He then vague
ly recalled signing petition for some
| thing or other, without question, and
realized that he had been cleverly duped
into asking for his own removal by
sharp fellow who knew enough about
! this failing of the average man to risk
submitting the petition to him, purely
as a joke. The official had no trouble
getting stronger petitions asking for his
retention, and he kept the place"
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