The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-01
Mr., ROBBINS AGAIN
More Proof that Mr.. Cy
Worked the Wrong
Passenger.
THOMPSON'S RECORD
EXPOSED AND HIS HYPOCRISY
MADE PLAIN.
HE VOTED FOR The OLD ELECTION LAW
And Opposed Any Change in The Democratic
System Of County Government
Wonders the Pie Counter
Has Worked.
(Asheboro Courier.)

Mr.. Editor: BY n communication pub
lished i'll your last ISSUE | replied to Dr..
Cy. Thompson's demagogical charges
about Democrats appointing negroes JUS
tees of the peace in 1877. This charge
/ take to be Il challenge to those at
tackled to inspect and ventilatc his own
record. i accept the challenge.
He and / were both members of the
House of Representatives, in 1883. We
both were processing to be Democrats |
and l so sincerely so that no pie counter
seeking or other incident has changed m-T
views vet. His declarations and actions |
must answer for him. During that ses-
sion, House Bill 800, to increase the |
justices in each township by two, came
uu. and Mr.. Page, from Jones county. |
moved to amend by providing that SAID
magistrates be elected by the people of |
their townships. The present fusion pill |
peddling doctor voted no. See Journal |
page 337 and 33S. He then wanted no
election of justice i'll his. Ed. Powers, of |
Cumberland, moved to amend by provid- |
ing that in the appointment of the add- |
tional justices, one should be appointed |
from each political party. On that |
amendment the present political pill
peddler Cy. voted no. He then voted
for the passage Of the bill. SO he then
wanted them appointed by the General
Assembly and not elected by the people;
and further wanted no mixture of Re
publicans, fusion or cooperation in his.
See journal pages 33S, $50, and $40
Again, when the Code came up ON its
third reading, Mr.. Hayes, of Robson,
RI ct1,ily nf hn
1901. which provided for the election Of
county commissioners by the justices Of
the peace. DIR. Cy., the present fusion
pill pcddler. votes no. See Journal, pages
700 and 701. This section 1901 in the
bill is the same rs section TO in the
Code as ultimately printed, the number
of section being finally changed by rea
son Of the dividing the Code into two
volumes instead of being all in one as
was the original bill. Upon the ques,
ton of the final adoption of the Code, |
with election law and the system of the
county government as they substantially
in their main features remained till the
fusion Legislature of 1895. DIR. Cy. |
voted aye.
Again, DIR. Wilcox. of Ashe, had intro
duced bill to repeal the system Of
county government established in 1876
II. and provided for the election in
each county by the qualified voters. n
treasurer, register Of deeds. surveyor.
five county commissioners, and in each
township its justices of the peace,
and in each school district it's school COM
mittee. This bill of DIR. Wilcox came
up on its second reading on the night Of
February p, 1888, when it had Is spokes-
men on the floor of the House three adj
vocates. viz: Ed. Powers a liberal from
Cumberland: Jim Harris. a negro from
Wake, and j. w. Poe, negro from
Caswell: and the House was entertain
ed with Il regular round of school boy
eloquencc. What a chance for DIR. Cy.
to have joined in with his later negro
comrades and added to their walls of
woe. of having been heretofore all the
time from after reconstruction down to
1876 deprived of the right to vote for
county Officers, and the right to place
Eastern Carolina whites under negro gov
eminent But no! DR.. Cy. was silent.
and when the vote was taken he voted
against this bill of Wilcox's. and it fail
ed to pass its second reading, in part
by the vote of DIR. Thompson, see Journ-
al, page 563. | have now before me
both the Journal, showing the political
pill peddler's vote as | have stated. and
by order of the Legislature. and if any
of Dr. Cy.'s henchmen deny what | have
said of them they can see where and
what the truth is by calling on me and |
inspecting them.
Such were some Of the votes of CIV |
Thompson in 1883, and such continue |
10 be the principles Of the Democratic |
party YET but how about Cy Thomp- |
son lie Enthusiastically denounces the |
democrats because Cleveland played |
the renegade and deserted the principles |
lhat he was believed to be pledged 10. |
as renegade they denounce Cleveland |
anu Wo'ld nave no more of him. I'll
tleh' cleveland was properly denounced
as renegade. how much stronger do
hllncIatlon does Cy Thompson deserve |
who, while protesting to believe that
the free coinage Of silver at the ratio Of !
10 to l is of the primest importance. |
not only goes over with such Populists |
as he can carry and fuse with party
mat for some years has persstently |
claimed to be gold bugs pure and sim |
pie, and aided them in their elections |
and the increase Of their strength for
the future.
lie censures the Democrats for refus- |
ing his grand offer for fusion. He and |
ms fusion crowd propose to set terms
Tor their contemplated fusion and say
that they elect a conference committee |
10 confer with any party or fraction of |
party who will endorse their princi- |
PIES and proposes and favofs coop
Grafton. In other words the interpreta-
tioh OF the whole from their practice. is |
tlal they were ready to trade with any
oody that would give them the most
places mt the pie-counter. 1t could not
be hid from the vision of the Doctor that |
Mark llama, Pritchard and their band
OF mlllionaires and trust gold bugs
would he the highest bidders on such an
occasion. And to my mind any party
that goes about Offering its service to the
highest bidder is not and cannot be
worth much to them with whom they
make their contract, for the reason that