The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-02

the Democratic ticket let it 70 a. i,
may. 30 it was . political question
with him. Another dispensary speak
er said the bar-room men had no in
fuence, that not one OF them could
control ten votes. Ex-senator Dowd
next spoke for the dispensary. He
said four years ago he represented
the whole western part OF the State
In the senate, that they liked him 90
well. that two years later they gave
him q unanimous nomination, bu, he
was defeated, and said the liquor
men did 1t. showing THEY DID HAVE
soME INFLUENCE. Then An anti dis
pensary man spoke. He was . Dem
ocrat. They all were, and boosted
OF it. But this last one vent on to
tell them q few things. He told them
that these bar-room men helped them
TO carry the election, that if they
turned down the liquor men they
could not carry the State. Why, he
Informed the m that they could not
organize a red shirt gang without IL
quor, and that 1t took them to carry
the State. 1t was party, party all
the time and was disgusting. But
Mr.. Osborne. their Senator, and the
brainiest man in the Senate, was
against the dispensary. They tried
to scare him, saying he would kill
himself politically dead if he opposed
the dispensary bill; yet it was not q
political question. But Osborne did
not scare. 1t was not an issue in the
campaign and be didn't feel inclined
that way. Hence, the committee re-
ported unfavorably on the bill to 3.
Aud they can say what they please
about it, Osborne came out of it the
biggest man Of all, and he Will be
nominated by the Democrats next
time, and Messrs Dowd and the 9TH
or preachers will vote for him too; for
Glenn pledged them to do so. That's
where they dropped their candy
again by promising to a mean politi-
cal thing for good moral thing. DO
ing evil that good may come il . vi
olation of Gods law. But God is so
kind, He may forgive them on the
same grounds that He does a liquor
dealer who violates the revenue law;
for God is no respector OF person."
and He "does not look on SIN with
any degree of allowance"
The question was voted on in the
Senate Friday night. Hobbies and
galleries we're crowded. Glenn made
an extravagant speech for it, but at
ter all it was defeated by a vote of
81 to II, and Osborne won by mod
esty, wisdom and civilitY.
THE RAILROAD TAX RECONSTRUCTED
Hot fight in the House Thursday
over the tax on railroads, doctors,
lawyers etc. Julian wanted the clause
taxing railroads reconsidered. he
lives at Salisbury where the compa-
ny recently built its shops. OF course
it was a kinder local interest for him
to see that the railroads were not
taxed toe high. This aroused fight
again. Thompson, of Onslow coun-
ty, got in.some sound ticks and they
hurt. Thompson, Millard, Carroll
and Holmon were for making the
railroads pay their proportional part
of the taxes like other corporations
do in this State. But Julian, Petree
Allen, Gattis, Conner, the great Win
ston, White and Craig took the
ground that the poor railroads should
be delt with as the poor farmers are.
Mr.. Craig said:
1--WE are giving up the vital prin-
ciple on which Democracy stands.
Let 8 not introduce new principle
here that not Democrotic."
He argued that the merchants tax
was alright, the income tax was al
right, but the railroad tax-on gross
earnings was not the proper way to
reach them.
81 pledged myself in the campaign
to be just to corporations-to be just
to all interests, rich and poor alike
That pledge l don't intend to give
up for 500, 900 or even $500 ,O0O."
The above quotation is in common
with what the railroads are doing
Thompson and his colleagues are tc
be congratulated for the stand they
have taken. At this point the thing
was dropped for another and strong
err fight by the railroads which have
this General Assembly handicapped
The railroads will get what they
want and how they want it.
THE D1sPENsARIEs TAXED.
The following section was passed
on in the House Thursday. 1t seems
to have one good feature to it, tina
of taking the money for the schools
in the county. This will have ten
dency to encourage dispensaries II
any town in the State, make it on,
of the leading issues. It is as fol
lows:
"And it shall be the duty of al
managers of dispensaries to pay t.
the county treasurer for the benefi
of the school fund of the county il
which such d1spensaries are located
all the taxes herein imposed on sucl
dispepsaries.
l. Each dispensary for a town o
less than 1000 people, $50.
2. Each dispensary for township
in any county the sum of 5000.
3. Each dlspensary fov town o
more than 900 inhabitants and no
exceeding 3 900 inhabitants the sur
of 5000.
4. Each dispensary for a town o
city of more than 5000 inhabitant
and not exceeding 5000 inhabitants
$500.
5. Each dispensary for a town O
city of more than 5000 inhabitants
and each dispensary for county
$780,
Then Mr.. Council wanted to strik
out the word NEAR and insert tn
word MAY in the section relative
, county commissioners issuing lieens
to bar-rooms. This was to court th
favor of liquor men and take til
question of bar-rooms, liquor shof