The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-02-02
THE STATE LEGISLATURE.


the Capitol. The soions are lust get
ting In their work. Pie hunters are
still eredwiDg around the the pie
counter. IL is funny to see the
cooks, in the csueuses at night. pre-
pairing dough for more pie. They |
are faithful. aud the only tIoubl. |
with tn IN, IS 10 get the proper in
gradients t. give II nice flavor and /
s~ ething that will not injure the |
gene raj heal Of the body polite.
LIS dIspeptic. You know.
They soon have turned ous all the |
Popuists aid Republicans Senator |
ard pressrtatIVes against whom |
they could ind and create suffieien'
evidences. And such straiuiug OF
justice bias never been witnessed be
fore. It's done in order. not thai
they may be able to carry out their
helllsh Purposes, but to satiate the
hungry for pie OF some party pets.
But they go; thwarted in two at
tempts. Oue was to unseat Senator
Franks. To have done that, would
have taken the $1,000 a year j,h
from Congressman Crawford. and
that would never do. They decided
it would Do better to pay the actual
expenses of all contested election
cases.
The other IS that Of Isaac Smith,
tbs colored Representative from
Craven. When they came here /
was their purpose, and to carry OF
pledge to tue people, to turn him
out. They claimed that lad suifi
cient grounds for il. But, ln thu.
he headed them off He DOUBLE.
saw II, and at once went about t.
check mate their purposes. SO h"
began to vote with and for Demo
Gratis, and for all measures pref
gen erally, the other white folks Ia
troduce and advocate. This WAS
too good. They abandoned the,
purposes to turn him out. TIL y
rather preferred to retain him as a
| nucleous around and out Ct which 10
grow another Democratic tail. ".
do not think Smith "jined' tb"
Democratic Oh rty. the party d nee"
Smith. And Oh, how proud they ar
of him.
| A gentleman Was IN the other day
and spoke a para ole. He said the
Democratic party In the State .!
dominated over and controlled BY
the Bar Association. A peep at thi
General Assembly tends to sub
stanc1ate this declaration. The law
yers do rot oni outnum Der all other
classes but they run it. We have no
fight to make against lawyers as q
class, but do Insist that tarty can
not be party Of, by and for the
people when all the people are not
properly and proportionately repre-
sented There is no denying the
fact that in the conventions and leg
is)ative hall, the Democratic party
is controlled by the legal fraternity
A Democratic Representative, a
farmer. admitted to us, that the
masses were not represented in this
General Assembly. Hence, what
ever good is done or bad done, will
be due more to a class or profession
than to the masses of any party, only
as they willingly submit to. and en-
dorse such. by keeping in Office this
class. This is SO in national leg
islation especially. Yet, when all
admit that the laws are wanting and
are not what they should be and dc
not give proper justice and relief;
and after years Of practice, this class
seems to insist that it alone knows
what the people need, and it alone
knows how to give it. This is PRE-
sumption of the lowest type, and the
man who will be duped by it, needs
it and should not G., mpla,n.
The law taking control Of the
penitentisry is as revolutionary as
the taking control Of the Enrolling
clerks ofi:e by the the fusi onisss
two years ago. Then it was charged
that it WAS d ple grab. If that was,
this is, as they are, IN many respects,
identical. Tpis is doue not to save
money, but to dish out pie. And the
turning out OF Cspt. Day, is very
much like the turning out o. A l..
Swinson Swiuson, it was charged
was turned out TO give two men a
job. To get Captain Day our, gave
II men 8 b. with three Of whom to
do the work that Day and his clerk
did. Of course, they are not gong
to pay II or even three honest Dem
ocrats, less than they the mselves
used to pay two.
We don't know how it will be with
the Captain. He is not yet decided
whether they are doing a legal act
or not. 1t he take a notion, he will
give them some trouble, equal to, il
not worse than some claim the Gen
eral Assembly is giving Goveno,
} Russell in the Wilson's case.
There is something strange abou,
the bills forbidding corporations
> from moving trials to Federal courts
When Hairstou introduced his bill
the corporations jumped it. Ane
when ne amended it, it did not quite
suit them. 1t was too much like tn.
Populist bill. But Mr.. Craig got u.
! bill in the House. 1t purported Il
d } the same thing the Hairston bill
did. But there is material Tiff n
euce in them. The peopl,, may fea
the Craig bill; for the c'rpar ,tipu.
$ are not fighting it We have heal,
several say that the bill will not
though it claims to pr .hibit. Tn,
i Post is ssylny nothing about this
bnt oppnsed the Hairston bill. Dcn'
know how the News and Observe
views it. There seems to be u IN e
q ger in the wood pile" in this corpora
: ton bill. Col Andrews viii not S.
u still and allo " any bill pass d, tina
: might improve Inconvenience to III
; corporation, he has the honor to re
e present. We willses it lat-r-per
e haps, not till too late. But its thei
e job, net ours.
n THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
I In the joint caucus Friday nigh
: to consider the institutional amend
| ment, the Democrats were badly dj
S vided. They split up in confusion
: Since Isaac Saith aud other negroe