The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-02
AND ISAAC HITS BACK
THEN HAMPTON SAYS HE WON'T
PLAY NO MORE.
AND TAsEs HIS DOLL RAGS HOME
The Pouse Refuses to Pass The Bill Creating
the Office Of Treasurer for Sury
County. The kewb m
Charter,

Things woke up with start in the
House yesterday.
There was strong talk from men with
hot hearts and abiding love for their
State.
1t has been going dreamily along these
snowy days--the House has. But yes
terday, with a clear sky and crowded
gallery, it was very much awake.
Quietly enough it ambled along for the
first hour aging and noing the various
bills put before it for action. Then it
struck the act to repeal the charter of
the city of Newbern.
When it did there was slight JOLT
for Mr.. Williams, (Rep9, of Yadkin, put
Il chunck under the legislative wheel
by saying that several bills for this
county of this kind had already been
passed, and asking how many more were
yet to come.
With this Mr. Gillian, (Dem), of
Edgecombe, got down and put his Shout
der to the wheel.
THE object of this BILL" he said, sis
to take charge of Newbern. That's all
there is TO it. The charter is repealed
and board of five trustees is created
in whom are vested the property of the
town.
The Legislature of 1897 so amended
the charter and gerrymandered the town
MS to put it under negro rule. This bill
takes it out. Under the act of 81, the
civ attorney is negro and of the IL
policemen are negroes. The trustees
named i'll this bill We're selected by a
mass meeting of citizens. The bill was
drawn by prominent attorneys of the
town and adopted by the mass meet
ing"
With this the bill passed.
The next snag. however, was to be
of q much more serious nature. So
serious, indeed. that the House couldn't
get over it, After sticking on it for
two solid hours it decided to back off
and go round. And when it did so it
registered vote never to buck up
against it again. For it laid motion
TO reconsider on the table, and that you
know, nails thing down so that you
can never get it up again.
The aforesaid snag was Senate bill
to establish the office of county treasurer
for Surry county.
Mr.. Hampton, the Republican leader.
halls; and hardly had the bill been read
by its title than he put his number tens
upon it with crushing force. He told the
House it was unusual and unnecessary
legislation; that it ought not to pass.
1.-THE majority of the House came
here pledged to White Supremacy. This
it has announced as its mission, and ]
7 thir,l- II Is carryinC If ont
with a vengeance.
Mr.. Leatherwood, of Swain, here
made the point Of order that the gentle
man from Surry (Hampton) was not
discussing the question before the
House.
Mr.. Hampton: IF there's any danger
of getting the gentleman from Swain
over on my side I'll stop.
"As I was about to say, the first at
tack this great White Supremacy Party
made was on HEREFORD county. There
was not, however. a single negro officer
in the county The next point of at
tack was Craven county, represented
in this Hall nv that grand old Democrat,
Isaac Smith,"
Now it was Isaacs time to rise to a
pboint of order.
Mr.. Speaker be said. ''the gem
nun calls me gram old Democrat.
He's discussin' things not fore this
House."
The point of order not being sustained
Mr.. Hampton proceeded.
''Not satisfied with simply restoring
White Supremacy in Craven, they've
come back and restored it two fold.
Yesterday when the second bill came up
this grand old Democrat (Smith) got up
here, almost with tears in his eyes, and
asked for an explanation of the measure.
sorter sympathlzed with him, tell you
/ did"
Smith: II rise to a pint o order.
That's not fore this House. It's foreign
to this House. I'm here representa- a
gram people and 1 want him to speak
specially o. me-"
The point was not sustained and Mr..
Hampton continued.
"Yes, he asked for an explanation.
All the explanation he got was that
the bin was to restore white supremacy,
and there was still another dose of the
same kind, size and quality to follow.
Now ] shall not be surprised If bill No.
3 wipes Craven county completely from
the face of the earth. leaving (ponting
to Smith only big. black, greasy spot.
"And now this White Supremacy cru
SADIE comes to Surry. though it has not
single negro officer. Surry-the land
Of the free and the home of the brave
ahe land of free elections and fair
counts I4aughter); the home of the
sturdy mountaineer who loves to hunt
the possum and the coon.
II tell you hero and now my people
are opposed to this bill. They do not
want 10 centralize their county govern
ment in this General Assembly. Only
two men. so far as know. are interest
cd in the passage of this bill They
ere the attorney who is lobbying this
Hill through the House. and the man
who is appointed treasurer.
ssFifteen years ago the Democrats
abolished the office of county treasurer,