The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-04
Messenger Bureau, Park Hotel,

at Passage of the Newbern Charter Bill.
Lobbying Against Dispensary Bills.
Messenger Bureau, Park Hotel,
Raleigh. \. c., February "a.
The leading editorial in Senator But
ler's paper today has this heading:
Capital, a Sneak and a Liar" 1t is
written by the state auditor, who in il
says he called the special n OF
the joint finance committee Of the leg
islature to a plan to secure revenue
from hidden wealth, this being tina
every note, bond or mortgage repre-
senting a solvent credit should show
that it had been listed for taxation by
some certificate and il 1t did not show
such evidence it should be non-col-
lectable by law. And SO this extraordi-
nary section appears in the "machin-
cry act" introduced last night by the
committee. The chairman OF the house
branch says plainly that the commit
tee ordered this part stricken out, yet
there 1t is in the act. The editorial In
Senator Buffers paper concludes:
Capital is an arrant liar, and never
tells the truth when 1t is simply trust
ed. In order to wiring the truth from
capital it must be made to show some
evidence of Its statements. Truth must
be forced out OF 1t and hence we favor
the above suggested plan"
The same paper says hat unless
lous change, the record of this legis-
lature will be nothing-absolutely
nothing-and it will be the pleasure Of
the people to see that such a crowd
is never again sent here to make laws.
1t is almost impossible to get the at
tention OF committees to anything
which does not carry some Job with it.
III nnvn m - 0ror
Indifferent Or pitiably ignorant"
There is now a square issue between
Senator'S Grant, republican, and Nc
Caskey, %populist, and Governor Rus
sell. They say he agreed to stand by
the action of the republicans and bolt,
er and appoint the men they
named. The governor, the republicans
boss, but can't boss anybody and is a
governor without a party unless 1t be
the Butler pOpulists." Such were the
declarations openly made today. Sena-
tor Grant used the latter part of the
phrase himself; and this shows how
widely apart he and the governor nave
drifted. Grant holds that as a point OF
honor the republicans must stand by
their conference committee. Hence it
was that the ultimatum Of the boilers
was laid before the governor today
"Wil you appoint Walter r. Henry.
the mar we nave named, Tor judge!
Say yes or no."
The provision in the bill to amend
the charter of Newbern which passed
the house last night, providing that
the mayor and aldermen shall hold
office four years is unprecedented. 1t
has aroused the Indignation of the
populists, as has also the provision in
the bill for giving the 5000 negroes
complete control of the 1000 white
voters. Senator McCaskey said last
night: THAT bill cannot pass the SEN
ate" Rabbit, populist, is open in his
denunciation of the bill and says: eff
the populists let it become a law they.
cannot possibly defend themselves be-
fore the people,"
The president of the state liquor
dealers association, Frank O'Donnell,
Of Asheville, is here working hard to
defeat all the dispensary bills. He is
much pleased with the check the LOU
isburg ~dispensary bill received in the
house yesterday and hopes to kill all
such measures in hat body. There are
now about $50 barkeepers in the state
and nearly twice as many distilleries.
The senate corporations committee
decided by a vote of 7 to 3 against the
bill to turn Fayetteville over to the
tender mercies of a police board. A
minority report will favor the bill.