The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-02-16
PROSECUTE THE CRIMINALS.
THE CHURCH, IN SOCIETY AND OTHER
RELATIONS OF LIFE.

Grim. IL Crime-Punish One. Punish ALL
sin Against tho state no Greater Than
Against Helpless individuals.
For the Caucasian
The affairs Of the penitentiary are
even more rotten than WAS supposed
Senator Brown, the ceairman Of the
Legislative investI eating committee,
estimates that it will take 100000 to
put the institution on its feet again.
Not only has il been found that the
States money was stolen or sQuander-
ed, but the committee found that some
OF the officials were most of the time
too drunk to attend to their duties and
that at least one of the female cOnvicts
had been seduced by the official in
charge Of that department
That such state of affairs has ex-
listed in Christian North Carolina in
our day is hard to believe. But the
facts and figures are plainly set forth
in the Legislative committees report,
and they cannot be- denied.
Shall the sooundrels who are respon
sible for such q STATE Of affairs be al
lowed to go scot freeG They are crimi
nails il ever scOundrels deserved the
Otfenses deserve.
The Legislature should not hesitate
to order these infamous creatures
punished for their crimes-they are
criminals and nothing else.-Charlo te
News.
Yes, prosecute the criminals {"
Nol only in the penitentiary, but in
business, in society. in church and
in all relations of life. They need it
and need 1t bad. But the News was
long time finding it out. But does
it mean it, or just writing for parti-
son political effect
Yes, we sey investigate the peni-
Tertiary. To get the whole truth.
60 back to the beginning of the pre-
sent system. At least. 60 back to
SO. To show you really want to
find all the criminals, have = nom
partison committee whose work shall
be public and not behind closed
doors. The party or parties not
willing to this, are afraid Of the
truth and therefore, plead guilty.
The Republicans have made many
mistakes; but the biggest one was in
taking control of the penitentisry
without first having it investigated
to find out its real condition. They
should have done SO, not to punish
some one else, but in self defense
Failing to do so, they must now an
swer, not only for their own, but TO
the bad management of others.
Much of the squalling of "nigger
and other things in the last few years
was more to drown what was dali
expected to come from these misman
aged institutions and Offices, tina
anything else.
Mr.. Leazar and others listened ev
cry day to hear it, and it was not tn
fault Of their good (D management
they didn't, but the negligence o
the part of the officials. They coul
and should have heard it.
Wash day is coming. But its hal
to wash clean with old dirty soapsud
Many instances Of "lncompetency,
"extravaganoe," drunkenness. CT
city and other immoral acts in hiR
places will now come to light, and II
parties exposed, unless the prese,
legislature repeats that statute gra
ting free speech and making it pu
ishable with death for q cltiz' n
tell the truth.
Lots see about the shortage:
the campaign of "a Mr.. Leazar u
hi. political friends succeeded
making everybody believe the pei
tertiary was out Of debt and was Sc
sustaining. When the legislatu
convened in January afterwards,
Mr.. Leazar's own report, it v
not out Of debt, but in debt and Il
it was not self-sustaining, and Il
the Democratic Governor, in . 81
cial message, asked for . big
crease in the appropriation to ena
it to run.
The editor of the News has not
gotten this. he was Senator, 8
here by the people to look after th
interest. If he was as anxious Il
to punish criminals, and to susr
them because there was . confiic
statements and . shortage a. h'
now, why didn't he intFoduce .
olution to appoint . committee
investigate Mr.. Leasar's books
such things now indicate rottenl
and eriminality, what did they Il