The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-02-23

cfhts nave tAk~n tne JoD. let them
job il.
TBE pIE-HUsTIsG GANG CAN'T
''BE FAIR"
This pie-hAnting gang At the Cap
ital has forever shut their mouths
against crying "pie-hunters" and
mean and speaking and revengeful
partisan action. A hungrier crowd
was never in Raleigh. They take
everything in sight. When they
can't get it, then they want to keep
others from it. A certain member is
like the dog. he couldn't eat the hay
and he did not want TO let the COW
eat it. We quote the following from
the Charlotte Observer, the most con-
slstent Democratic paper in the
State. 1t says:
the Raleigh N~ws and Observer
says there IS a good deal of talk
about lmpeaching Governor Russell
and it quotes q me In Der Of the Leg
islature as saying.
Should the House pass . resolution to
impeach, that would suspend the Governor
from the exercise of the functions Of his
office until the Impeachment trial was COM
pleted Then If the Legislature should ad-
Journ and go home, 70 meet q year or eigh-
teen month hence, the effect would be TO
practically remove the Governor from Office
for the greater part OF his term that re-
mains"
I'VE respectfully submit that this
would not be quite far. Governor
Russell ought not to be removed from
office by any indirection. If he has
done anything deserving impeach-
ment, the charges should be duly
preferred, and he tried upon them,
with every opportunity given him to
make his defence. 1t would be indie
cent to get him ont of Office by the
plan above proposed. Let be fair.
LAWS TO INCREASE TAXES ETC.
By reference to THE CAUCASIAN OF
last week, 1T will DO seen that about
100 bills and resolutions had been
ratified by the present General As
sembly, ny to that time. Many OF
them were local bills, and were to
grant relief or special taxes, or to
grant issuing bonds, etc. Many were
to create or take pie, and a great
many TO change The Code. About
as many or more for that, than re.
pealiDg the laws of 95 and '97. Sc
the Boosting that the repeal of the
'95 and '97 laws shows they were bad
also proves that repeats or amend
ments of The Code show the laws II
that were bad, and they were Demo
cratic laws too. So far, they have
not reduced taxes and given any re-
lief to the average taxpayer. They
will not name the bills in COMPARE
son with those before them. Keep the
last CAUCASIAN as reference. Don't
forget it.
JUDGE NORWOOD RESIGNS.
Judge Norwood's case seems to
have given the boys no little concern
of late. They wanted to do some
thing they knew not what. It seemed
more to settle their man in as Judge,
and continue him at the pie-counter,
than anything else. They have been
completely in the dark. They went
about it very slow, as they feared
they would get to the stepping-ln
place before they knew it. It was a
great relief to them when he sent in
his second resignation. It pulled
them out Of a hole. The Post sizes
it about up in the following report
1T will be remembered that Judge
Norwood came near being impeached
by the legislature two years ago. To
save himself he wrote a conditional
letter of resignation, which he placed
in the hands of Col. V. 8. Lusk, with
the understanding that he was to
present 1T to the governor in the
event that he became intoxicated.
The judge soon broke his pledge, the
governor was given the letter of res.
lgnation which was accepted. Judge
Norwood has continued to serve as q
Judge defacto, but he has not been
recognized either by the governor OF
this administration.
The view is entertained by many
that had the legislature impeachec
Judge Norwood it would have crea
ted a vacancy IN the Judgeship Of
the Twelfth district, thus settins
aside the claims of Judge Moore ane
the appointment of successor woulc
have been devolved upon Governor
Russell.