The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-01-14
THE JIM YOUNGERS
They Were Made to Squirm
in the House.
JUST EVEN TEN OF THEM
THEY FOUGHT AND THEN THEY
RAN AWAY.
WHEN THEY GOT BACK THtYHAD ToyoTE
Two kegr) Numbers Set Their White COL
leagues Good Example Only One
Negro Among the Ten Jim
Youngers.

Youngers.
"Those who fight and run away
May live to fight another day."
The lawmakers yesterday became law
breakers.
They could to-day be indicted for cru
city to animals.
Mind you, l don't say they should be;
simply say they could be-some of
them.
The animals on whom they exercised
their cruelty were the Republicans and
PopuLsts.
And the instrument of torture was the
bill providing for the cutting of the
names of Jim Young (col), George
Tonnoffski, r. G. Rivers, Charles Me-
Namara and the like from the corner
stone of the new building of the Insti-
tuition for the Blind, in this city.
Mr.. Boushall, of Wake, for the Com
mittee on Blind Institutions, introduced
the bill. 1t orders that the present
cornerstone shall, within the next thirty
days, be dressed-all names on it being
cut off. And on it in their place shall be
inscribed the date of the founding of the
institution and the date of the erection of
the building.
Inside the building shall be a tablet Of
bronze or stone on which shall be the
names of the men upon whose motion and
through whose efforts the building was
erected, to wit: "B. f. Montague, chair
man of the Board; j. A. Briggs, chair
man of the Building Committee; |. M.
Proctor II. MorsUn, 1T. q. Herring, j.
r. Williams, John Il. Ray, Principal;
f. p Miburn, Architect"
Mr.. Carroll, of Alamance, amended the
bill so as to make it misdemeanor for
the board of directors not to carry out
the provisions of the act, and as amend
ed the bill passed its several readings.
1t was its passage on the second read
ing that gave the Democrats the fun
and made the FuSionists ache with
shame and chagrim.
Just as the vote was about to be put
Petree of Stokes, who aspires to lead
| ership, got gay and proposed an amend
ment to the effect that Jim Young's name
| alone be cut off and the others allowed
to stand.
Somebody intimated that Jim's name
was the most respectable of the lot
Giles, of Chatham, not to be outdone
in assininity by Petrie. sent up an
| amendment providing that ''the proper
authorities be and are hereby instructed
to erase the name of John &. Norwood
a colored man, from the corner-stones OF
any school houses in Wilmington"
The point of order was very correctly
made by Mr.. Brown, of Stanly, that this
amendment was foreign to the bill un-
der consideration.
Somebody ON the Democratic side call
ed for the "ayes' and 'noes" The call
was sustained.
Immediately the Fusionists began to
get gray around the gills, and hardly had
the roll call commenced before they got
up, one mt a time, and like the Arabs,
silently stole away.
When the roll call had been completed,
it was found that only one FusiOnist had
voted. That was GiIes. the beautiful
and accomplished Chathamite. He
shouted ''no" with lustiness worthy Of
an auctiOneer.
Mr.. Boushall, of Wake, asked that the
member from Craven Usaac Smith, coli
oreD, be allowed to vote.
Smith Il desires that the two races
stay separate, therefore | votes aye"
(Applausel
Bryan, of Madison, gave as his eN
cuse for voting for Jim Young the fact
that Petrie had offered an amendment
to strike out Youngs name and leave
the others, and the House had voted 1t
down.
Petrie, of Stokes, got back to his seat
just in time to be called on next He
gave the same sort of reason, and like
Bryan, voted mo-"
Snipes of Hertford. gave no reason
for his mo"
Hampton, of Surry. never came back.
Nicholson, of Perquimans, voted the
Young ticket, but made a mighty wry
face over it.
White, of Dave, parrOted off Bryan's
little amendment excuse, and weakly said
mo"
Williams. of Graham. was out witks
Hampton.
Williams, of Yadlin. ventured back
and got caught. He wanted to know If
he was compelled to vote.
The chair thought, under the rules, he
was.
'Well. he wanted to explain" But
the House was in no mood to hear his
explanation as he had left the Hall while
the vote was being taken, and had given
no notice of Il desire to explain.
But he protested and turned and
twisted, not altogether unlike worm in
hot ashes, and finally, despite storm
of protests, he ratified off Bryan's little
amendment speech and said ''no."
Paul, the man from PamlicO, whose
seat is being contested, said mo"
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