The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-01-26
rouR coSvrcrs GET AWAY

Observes had ~ say about il:
Four convicts who bad been IN the hes |
pitai of the psniten,iafy. made their escape |
Yesterday morning about three CLOCK. |
They tilei al iron bar Of the window and |
let themselves down with a small rope. A
guard heard them, but not IN time to pre-
vent their escape Dogs were put on their
trail and one OF them was captured. The
others took TO the branches and thus threw
the dogs of the trail.
Now any one can Be-, the littleness
III the ab,ve But such maui. SIS
the fairness OF the . server.
PRESENTS TWO PIE HUNTERS.
A correspondent from Taylnrsvii'e
under date of Jan. |. 1899, gets his
letter Ia the Obse ON the ID Il
He comes to help the Observer dc
tate. Among other things, he finally
comes 10 the point and says:
We don't want any new offices made but
and elect three able men. and they can ut
tend to all of these and pe in no danger of
working too hard. We can easily get good
men to accept them.
Alexander Democrats will be glai to see
either one, or both of her citizens who are
present legislature rewarded John l..
Gwaltney, ESQ, who is an honest and able
lawyer, would make good member of the
Railroad Banking and Insurance Commits
sion, or ID. McMiathesOn, Esq n one arm ed
Confederate soldier will M AXE good keep
er of the capitol to succeed Rev. Father
Burns.
These must be Pops. You know
Democrats don't want Office. Father
Burns" is a one-armed man, too, bu,
Notwithstanding this, during the
campaign, while at his own church
to worship, the Democrats egged
that ''One-armed" Confederate sol
der. Yet to hear DEM Gratis talk
you would imagine that they put
such soldiers above party and every
thing else. But not so, they put
party above everything else, even the
Confederate soldier.
ELECTION LAW OF 1893.
The correspondent to the Char
lotte Observer says:
The legislative Joint committee on cleo
ton law practically decides that it will
| adopt the election law of 1893, with some
| notifications.
So we did not MISS it far last week.
The only thing agreed on SO far as
to the election law is, not that
"white men shall hold the Offices"
but it must be Democrats, If some
few are negroes down east, as is the
case of Gus Robbins In BERTHE coun-
ty, the county of Frank d Winston,
the white League"
In conversation with Democratic
representative Sunday, he told US
that politics had to take a change in
the State and nation, or the comm on
people were gone up. Said he reck-
oned 1t had been so with every leg
islature, but lobbyists this time were
awful. He is for eliminating the ne
gro from politics, SO that at least
two parties can exist in the State to
keep each other right. He said it
was dangerous TO give one party
such large majority. He realizes
that no one can tell what two years
may bring forth. He does not be-
lieve that if the Democrats pass rev.
dictionary laws that it will keep
them in power, too many honest men
in the State for that. He will vote
to take the negro out Of politics, be-
cause his party promised it, aud be.
cause it will be more honorable t.
the whites and better for the negro
not to vote at all than to be hired OF
driven to the polls and voted, as cat
tie are driven and sold on the mar
ket. Money and not principle seem.
J now to rule.
Tho House had a lively time OF
, Monday over A. L. Swlnson, who
) was turned out as chief enrolling
| clerk two years ago because ht
, would not accept two negro clerks
) under him. Hs joined the Demo
Gratis because of that in the fight OF
: the negro issue last fall. AS they
> won and, perhaps from what they
, promised him, he came and asked
this legislature to pay him for th'
! time they refused his services las
a Legislature. He thought he had I
sure go this time. But he lost it b!
, a vote of 60 to 81. Those who spok'
: on it didn't give him much comfort
: One said he got in by negro vote
: and it would have been more consis
tent IN him to have accepted tn
negro clerks. Others said they hal
+ no sympathy for him any more thai
/ the other Populists. That is tn
= way they treat men who go to then
and help them out Of hole. Well
that's to be expected. He is expect
t ing them to give him job yet. The,
o should give it to HIM; he has earne'
:. it.
d The Washington letter to the eau
g CAsIAN says it will be hard to fud
= man to fill Librarian Young's place
a The Times Visitor hit the nail On tn
r head when it said:
r If Congress should have any trouble i
; getting successor to the late Libraria
Young. it might get some good timber i
Il North Carolina.
g PUT IN AN UNCOMFORTABLE WIDOW
The Morning Post, in making sue
d gestiOns as to suitable material fo
+ librarian, says:
The following States of the America
Union have chosen ladies as State librarian
Maryland, Mrs. Annie E. LETTERS; Missi
{ sippi, Miss Helen D. Bell; South Carolin
n MISS MARY montgomery, tennessee, MI
Il Pauline E. Jones; Missouri, Mrs. Jenn
q Edwards; Kentucky. Miss Pauline H. Ha
y din; Kansas, Mrs. Annie L. DIggs; Idah,
Miss Mary Wood; Colorado, Miss HIATT
u Stevenson; Montana, Mrs. Laura E. How
q ey; Michigan, Mrs. Mary f. Spencer
This has been suggested as an eiegal
y pointer for our legislature, which will 500
. chose State librarian
D. Immediately after this the Pos
says:
That splendid old Confederate soldie
n Captain Miles o. Sheriff., of Catawba. is
L candidate for State librarian No tru,
70 Democrat or citizen lives today. rs his se
y vices, In war or in peace, in the front ranl
# Of the party, have always been faithful an
efficient.
ID 1t seems that the two extrac,
above destroy each other. We sue
0est az 4 snhStituta and tn oufat Il