The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-09-07

publish il net In the streets uf Asks
lon which am about TO lay b-fare
the reader. Ard In brief, whatever
MEASURE, scbzrss ar device, that sxs
most drastic, and required prom ytn-.s.
aeiiit., aud A6sscisJ. IL vas as-igned,
oy coiamon consent. TO the sitting
Member from the county II Berthe
And passing from The quality. Is the
quantity OF the worn done by him. one
Is amazed and confou AIDED, by III moa-
strous and tire,sss industry Of the msr.
Fer IN going through the journal. 4
have found honorable mention Of him
III DO less than 40 successive ap~rs-
I ous- And To sbcw " tlat this amount.
10, it IS only Necessary t. compare tis
record, with that oi other cistiGguis b.
I'd members who sspired ca be leaders,
and may De- said u have been 50. in a
snboriinaie sense. Such comparison
yields the following result
For distance: IL - well known that
Hon. Geo Rguodtree yeas rr.nor--
less ieg,sla or, 6ag be kindly let us eff
with IS few as SO separate perform
ances.
Asd it is equally well known that
Hon. Locke Craig came To Raleigh.
with malice aforetho a Che, aud win a
fXed dsreTmiEa'i ion, 10 make A l.xi..
latire record CT his own, ami to iesv.
his footprints upon to. sand. III time.
but In doirg this ! fiui ina, ~ LETT no
more nan 60 impressions ot himself.
Hon. W. X. Allen gave us y, many a.
70 specimens 0t his work. bar IL "a.
the style and manner. As lnuch NJ the
Work OF this artist, that entitled him
10 rank, as the mi idesr msnnertd man
that ever scuttled ship or cut throat"
Hon. DaG Hugh Mclean bears per-
sonai resemblance To cur late Senator
Vance, which he felt that IL was IN
cumo@nU upon I'm - maintain, but he
thought he had done So, sutiici-nily,
with only % well-sustainrd etfcrfs.
The attendants upon the d. bates o,
the Hons', must remember tow IRE
quentl. they beheld the rotund. and
ample, person at Hon Dirt Road"
Cara way, loom ng above its horiz m
out md, between his rising and set
tings, that be made oaly AZ re, siu-
tiOns.
Hon. j. F. Ray gave us II emissions,
out even these were OF less freque 1cy,
aud briiiiancy, than on some former
occasions, for he has been found to
SHINE best in minorities, since "it must
De Night ere Friediands Star will
beam"
Hon. j. ID. Boushall is believed to
nave experienced more pleasure, than
aim cst any other member, in appear
Jog before the foOtlights, but | cannot
Discover that the House entertaine ed
him, IN this way oftener than through
GO scenes.
Hon. w. B. Council, OF Wstauea by
nf
sell as II he carried the whole of the
Blue Ridge Mountains upon his shout
| ders, AID could not be satisfied until
he had given us ~ reminders of the
fact.
Now it is well known that Hon
HeriOU Clarkson was a. ambitious Of
| distinction, as any law-rnaker, or law
breaker, among them all, and yet by
reason, mainly, of phys. cal inability
| for he Is feeble mamie was sb,e &c
give as only 43 proofs of it.
| Equally ambitious was the Hon. G.
| X. Hoey, the youngest member Of the
| House, Out ! should think that tn. g.
indulge noes, that were granted to him
ought TO oave been enough to satisf,
the ambition of one so ve-y Young.
Had the Session been extended. by
the call of the Governor, for as much
as twenty days longer, it would have
been q question-it will b. decid ID 81
| the Adjourned Sessjon--whether Hon
Il l. Leather wood. or Hon. II. Med
RDblus0n, was the dinner hell of The
House, aud Yet | fad that their sever
al "ffenses numbered only 81, and 65
respectively
The nearest approximation that wa:
made to Hon. FRANCIS d WINsToS
WAS thaa Of The Hon. Z. J. Justice. the
talented, pugnac,ous, and indomitabI,
mem Der from Mcdowell, for the J our
nal discloses as many as 81 separate y ST
saults, as having been made by Thu
"ferg Tytalt,"
| Or the other. hand, Hon. w w
Ham poor, who as leader on the Re
publican side, was entitled by courtesy
TO recognition, at any time, Was con
tent 30 avail himself of that priyilep,
just 80 times.
IL will hereafter be remembered l.,
the eternal honor, and glory. Of tn,
Peoples Party. that it filed but thre,
seats in this House of Representatives
Those fnree seats were held down b,
Hon. &. II. Johnson, Hon r. NJ. CruIu
pier, and HOn. II. L. Tarkenton. But af
ter the closest inspection Of The Jour
nal, [ do nc; find tina: ali three Of them
together, enCumbered the Speaker
Table with more than 43, (26x9xS-43)
little bits OF business. Their mudrsty
therefore, as well as their mastery in
activity, entitled them to be reearde,
as The Wall Flowers of the House. ant
it must have been 10 recognition O
this fact, that one OF their number
was created member Of the Return
ing Board OF Five!
And now after having sWepf tn,
whole horz n Of the pending Legiola
ture, from the Speaker himself, dow.
TO Hon. Geo. Dees-WhO by the wa,
was never elected-aDd after hayiu,
made he fullest and most exhaustiv,
comparison of Hon. Francis d Winston
with its lesser lnmiuaries, | believe
can truly say, that there can 10 Wher,
tbe found "his fellow in the firma
ment y Or If | might change the fig
ure little, let me ask, which ole is h;
OF all tina Herd of Zebras-and the,
are not PAINTED" Zebras either-wh,
Will hereafter dispute the right of VIZ =
with this Roaring Behemoth ihs
comes from the Swamps of Cashai Riv
er, with his 40 horns all aDtlered ant
CORY. There will be none to ulestio,
| A'S 'hHNy- N III bdNtuX established
that, 20 NY Owa satisfaction, Will nov
allow him 60 speak ior me in respec
TO matter, of winch | should f. 9
great hesitation, IN speaking for nv
self.
On Saturday, Jan. 81, 1899, il benz.
the Sixteenth Day uf the Session. a
appears from the House Journal. %. liz
the Sitting Member from the enun;,
or Berthe, introduced the following
Bill, which, as IL B. 46l, was or tina
day referred to its Judiciary Commit
The General Assembly of North Carojin,
do enact
Sec. l. That section 1O41 of the Code !;
hereby amended, by adding after the wor,
"misdemeanor" in line of said section
the following, and if any white man an,
| negro woman, or NEGRO MAN AND WAIT,
| WOMAN. SHALL LEwDLy, aHD LasC yIo,sI
ASSOCIATE, BED, AND COHABfT TcGgrnEK. the,
shall be guilty OF felony, and punish,
1rrNTs r1GrN