The news & observer., 1897-02-21

by the Board, shall be removed by the
order OF the Board provided that n
majority Of the full Board Of Alder
men shall be necessary to convict and
remove. In case OF removal, the Board
of Aldermen shall fill the vacancy"
This was by way Of amending the char
ter of Wilmington, ratified the 9th day of
March, 1895.
Not by way of corroboration Of Capt.
Walterss statement, for none is needed,
but following only our report
Mr. Bdins said ne knew nothing
of the charter of Wilmington; that
once or twice he had not attended the
meeting; this by his own fault; that
once he missed "A meeting because the
chairman changed the place without
notice; that ne conceded the right Of
the chairman 10 change the meeting
place; that in signing a minority re-
port he had simply done his duty,
regardless of politics; that when he
was at the meeting Of the committee
it had been very outsp0ken; that he
always desired to do right"
"Mr. Cathey said he was not pres
ent at the meeting, and did not know
anything about the bill; that the use
of his name was unauthorized, and
had injured him"
"Mr. Pagan said that he had stat
ed that he did not know all that was
in the bill; that it WAS not read, but
that it was favorably reported, as
Sutton said"
Thus, we have stated the case. We
have repeated our statement made yes
terday, together with the undenied con
frmations of it, We are after the truth
in this matter; we ask nothing more;
we shall in the name Of the people Of this
State be satisfied with nothing less. We
submit the case as stated above to the
people as a jury.
Well, how did it all happen that a bill
of such a nature should be reported
without the knowledge of the gentlemen
mentioned above. We are saved the in
quiry by the explanation Of Mr.. Sutton,
who is chairman OF the committee. Here
is the statement:
'Mr. Sutton said when the bill was
before the committee he asked that a
bill was not read because of his state
ment that it was all right"
We proceed on the basis that Mr.. SUIT
ton is correctly reported. We said yes
terday that the bill with the circum-
stances surrounding it. was Internal;
we now in the name Of free people de-
nounce it as an infamy 1t is our desire
TO avoid such language when possible,
but it is our determination to use such
language when our sense Of duty to the
public demands it,
Let us analyze; when the bill was be-
fore the committee" What committee.
pray? Who besides the Republicans were
present? The gentlemen above mention
ed say they know nothing Of it.
"He asked that a favorable report be
made"
Asked who? He asked those who were
present only.
When was the meeting held? That
does not seem TO have been stated.
''He asked that a favorable report be
made; that the bill was not read because
OF his statement that it was all right"
SO those who were there depended on
his judgment of the All-Rightness of the
bill.
We advise the committee to examine
closely hereafter the Sutton Albright
Bills.
Albright" All right to Mr.. Sutton
to let the Governor virtually be mayor,
Aldermen and police-aIl combined. The
brazen audacity of it!
But the sections are printed, and the
sneaking method by which this miscar-
riage was attempted to be thrust upon
the city Of Wilmington as thing of life
and health should be repudiated by men
who are here to do business in daylight
and not under cover.
That Chairman Sutton should have
dared to keep that bill in his pocket with
the remark only that such bin was all
right was, in our opinion, a reelection
either on his good sense or on his good
faith, and the dirty unamerican measure
should be spit upon and stamped under
foot as it deserves.