The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-02

they know that most Republicans carry
their politics ON the bench. that they
All favor the gold standard. and vat'
against White Supremacy! | know they
will not if their minds are open to the
truth and they know the bad effects to
all itigants involved in such Vote.
From the unholy bargaining that is to
fill all our courts with Republican judges.
let us all pray: Good Lord, deliver rs,
From the arguments of the traders who
are thus. for personal ends, seeking to
degrade the bench, all honest Populists
are invited TO seriously consider the adj
vice given them by the Caucasian on
October 9th 1894. when it said:
THE Peoples party convention
cnuncated Il great principle at RAJ
eigh last week. The Judiciary should
be above party. A political court
is dangerous to the liberties of the
people and destructive to good gov
eminent. On account of the weak
ness OF human nature court OF
The purtst and best men, all of one
political party are liable even nm
consciously to lean to their own
party Ii is not only better for the
State. but it is better for all poitl- :
cal parties, that the courts should
he lifted ont of politics. This Is =
reform in the right direction. Any
party that fights this principle should
and will go down i'll defeat.
If the fusion that the letter Pritchard-
Harry Skinner committee has arranged
is successful the condition will be
brought about, to quote the Caucas an
that is dangerous to the liberties of the
peonle ami destructive OF good govern
.mcnt." Viii men who voted for what
they thought was Il non-partisan Judl-
ciary in 1894, now vote to make tie
bench almost solidly Republican? If
they vote the Republican fusion ticket
they vote for the courts MOTTO be"li1ted
out of politics. and against what they
called reform"
THE LEGISLATIVE DEPART
MENT.
Let as now examine the record Of the
Legislative Department and see wEetlie.
it is as corrupt. scandalous and ineonl-
petent as the executive and judicial 10
partmpnts of our State government.
wnl introduce no testimony to prove th
II was n disgrace to the State eXc'p;
that OF prominent and leading Popu!ists
First. let us see what the Progressive
Farmer said about the Legislature /:
helped to elect and the one it has hceE
defending since its editor was made sec
rotary of the Board of Agriculture
These can lie no suspicion that the
Farmer wins printing democratic lies,
- 1n.l Il, IN lyn =
:ndictment:
''Swepson is not the only boss oar
North Carolina Legislature ever had.
70 man mp tree it appear that the
Pops. nominated some extremely sor-
nv timber for the Legislature last
year."
On the 23r1 of February the Progress
siye Farmer thus told of corruption and
predicted Democratic victory this year
Thus the peoples money is being
divided out TO pay political reward
There is no help for ii now. but the
Taxpayers of North Carniial viii
speak i'm thunder tones ut the polls
when there is another election. No
Iarty. no man. has ever been able 10
run. rough-shod over the people Of
the State but u. short time.
That was not the worst. A few DAYS
before the adjournment of the LcgiSla-
ture. the Progressive Farmer said:
..rhe Legislature only has about
ten days now to complete the work
and it hasn't begun the work yet.
Let the miserable pie-huntcrs go TO
work or go. home. - taa
The Caucasian, edited then as now by
Senator Butt. r. spoke ont quite as plainly
abont the disaraceful legislature. Oh
the 23rd of February it sail:
about ten days remains of the
, legislative session. Unless there
shall be, within this time, an almost
miraculous change the record of the
Legislature will he nothing, absolute
ly nothing. All it will have ,d9ne
when it resigns will he the spending
OF 100000 of public funds for which
nothing viii be returned"
1t also made plea to have the sheer
separated from the goats in the follow
ing article in its issue Of February 9th
''Of course there are some good
men here, WHO cannot. IN justice. be
held responsible for the record. but
we are speaking of the record OF the
Legislature as whole, and unless
that record shall be phenomenal'y
changed within week, 1t will he
the imperati tive duty. ana we think il
will be the pleasure Of the people to
sec that such a crowd is never sent
mp TO make laws again. Up
TO this date the Legislature is
damnablc disgrace to the State
About the same time tine Caucasian
said:
"As TO the Legislature Of 1897.
the enc now in session, we have to
say as fact that it has won the
contempt of the people generally OF
all parties. and we have TO say as
an op.nion that we do nor believe
that it can overcome that contempt
in two years time, and hence can
not get the approval of The people.
1t spoke with equal truth when, In it
issue of February 9th. it said:
1.-THE various committees to whom
bills are referred seem to be com
posed Of men who are either general
" Indifferent or pitiably igAorant. Ii
is almost impossible to get thee at-
tenton to any bill that does not carry
some job with it"
When the Legislature had finished II
| labors, and the Progressive Farmer ha
gone over its work. its opinion OF tn
body was that it was even worse tina
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