The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-15
NO AMOUNT OF SQUIRTING OR LYING
WILL AVAIL.


the blind and made an official inspection
of its apartments. They have squirmed
land lied and lied and squirmed, but have
not been able to get around the fact.
In view of their latest gun, which has
exploded and blinded the man who fired
| the charge, we sum up a history of the
whole controversy, which shows that the
| State of North Carolina is in the con-
troll of politicians who have made the
white blind institution the football of n
negro political boss. These facts will
not down:
| l. Some months ago this paper said
that jim Young, the negro politician,
who was called rascal" and 'scoun-
| drel" by Governor Russell when Young
| the white institution for the blind. The
Repoplican politicians Replied, ''It is Il
Democratic lie We published facts
showing that when he wanted to break
a quorum, he turned to Chairman Ton
noffski and said, "Come on, George"
| and George and enough white men fol-
lowed him to break quorum. Later.
when the Governor had appointed one of
Young's tools as director so as to give
him majority, an incompetent negro
politician was elected head of the negro
institution. This silenced the gang
pretty effectually.
2. We charged that in electing teach
ers, certain negro teachers We're paid
more than white ladies. 1t was "anoth-
err Democratic lie We went to the
books and showed that certain experienc-
ed white ladies were paid less than Jim
Young's inexperienced daughter, who
was elected teacher. The facts shut
the gang up.
3. We printed the law showing that
Jim Young, as a director, had a right
to inspect all the departments of the
white blind institution. Then howl
went up from the pie-eaters. But when
they examined the law they saw that
every director had that right.
4. We published that it was an I'M
written law that by turn two directors
each month was appointed on the In
spection Committee and it was their
duty to inspect the institution and make
report in writing. The pie-eaters yelled
that Jim was appointed on the board
merely to inspect the colored institution,
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the white institution. They quoted
President Ray rs saying he did not re-
member that Jim Young had inspected
the white institution and cried out that
this paper had printed "a Democratic
lie." They sung low, after we printed
the signature of Jim Young under his
official report inspecting the white in
| stitution. 1t made them sick
5. DIR. Cyrus Thompsos was so cut
up about the affair that he got up on
the stump in Clinton and after saying
that the statement was false, threw up
his hands and said: "Why, Jim Young
is not even a member of the board.
Then we pointed out that he resigned
only when Governor Russell appointed
him with fat salary, as Colonel of the
negro regiment. That exposed DR..
Cy's cheap piece of deception.
6. These FIVE facts put the Republicans
and pie-eating Populists in deep hole.
They saw no way of getting out. Final
ly they took hold of a slippery rope and
sought to climb to the top by means of
that rope YES" they said, 'we find
that it is true that Jim Young did make
an inspection of the blind institution,
but he was appointed to do so by Mr.
b. +. Montague, a Democratic lawyer,
who was chairman of the bHrd," and
then they acted as if that atoned for all
their previous lies. But their joy is of
short duration. We print elsewhere
communication from Mr. Montague
which shows that it is the Republican
Governor of the State, and not Mr..
Montague, who is responsible for the
inspection of the white blind institution
by the negro politician. Mr.. Montague
was no more than a machine that mere
ly registered the time when Jim Young
would inspect. He had nothing to do
with the matter in any otner way. 1t
was an unwritten law that two direc-
tors BY TURN should inspect all the
apartments of the white and colored in
situations, and if Governor Russell had
appointed a stick, the President of the
Board would have been forced to desig-
nate the stick to serve in his turn.
8. We charged that the trustees, UNI
der Jim Youngs boss-ship, had degraded
the institution by giving chief considera-
ton to the distribution of pie. Prof,
Meserve, lifelong Republican, resign
ed as a director or trustee because ne
was unwilling to serve upon board
that had no regard for the good of the
institution. Mr.. Ben Duke was quick
to decline an appointment to serve as