The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-11-13
A MEETING IN JANUARY
The Meeting in December IS Both TIE.
less and Costly,
THE VOTE WILL tE CAST N .4,.3...
A Silly Sect on Copied from ,ne t.sor g..
ton Law That Ought to be 8,oes..c
'oin'aI Jackson Car, be
Discussed his Tma.

The Fusion Legislature do. .>..
played lamcntabIe iguorau.. .f ..
in regard to The election of I-.....
and Nice-Prcsident. This I-r.u...
the State exactly $35>.}o. T.. ...
cratic Legislature OF 1897 lot.u. ...
play. and the copy Will now .au.. ..
as high as the original.
The Fusionists put the l|allaa..
visions in their election law. .aI Oh.
Democrats have copied it into t...r
The Governor shall -...
proclamation and cause the Sam, .. .
published, y & d wherein hc shah.
forth the names of the uog~.u
elected as electors and warn c.. #
them to attend at the capitol u. rf. ..
Of Raleigh at nCOn on the T1g.l.. ..
ceding the first Wednesday in nn.r.
after his election, at which t.u..
electors shall meet. q
That the persons elected .nI
pointed as electors Of the President .
Njce-Presidcnt of the United State. 49,
assemble on the said first Non|.E
December at the capitol in the city .
Raleigh. and then and there Civ. ..
votes on behalf of the state tt >.H
Carolina for President and No.-'#.
dent Of the United states, and grn#
in relation thereto in all Things ..
Formally to tho Constitution uf #"
United States and the Act Of rangU
in that bchalf.'-Chapter 90. ... .
and 81, Laws of 1899.
Now, there is no necessity for a H.
ing of the electors at that tm"- J. 4.
such a meeting is a costly piece fl. .".
and the man who put this prov" ""
the law was following the law of tween
years ago, totally oblivious Of 'a. '.
thai as far back as 1887 touEr..
changed the time Of meeting TO nh.
ond Monday in January, and That ".
the law. Had the author Of the 0'
law consulted the Supplcmcn ' .
Revised Statutes of the United r'.
he would have found that, by an t0'
fled On February ;, 1887. ConSro.
the second Monday in January ."..".
their appointment as the day ''
meeting of the electors of PRESIDE.
Vice-President, at such place ."
state rs the Legislature Of such
may direct"
pb ~ biI ~ ''iINh'' 49,.
seem. and now the electors ina 'a'
must meet tWicC-on the first I"
in December. to comply With IN" .."
law, and On the second MOnday ODD .
ary. to comply with the NaijoHa.
On the last named day the cIer''f .
in all the other states.
The meeting in Decembcr. four
60, was a rich farce cOmcdT- IH' OF.
ors-all of them except Dr. lar.
promptly at the time named. The ."
was absent; nobody knew why. '.
~concensus of opinion seemed to .'
he was making the trip from h.- "
tain home on his famOu5 mH[t '
| Jackson" AS there was q -n"'
raging, it vas believed that tn" '."
and the Doctor had been delay. "..
| the electors, after choosing 90 r....
and a secretary. adjourned 'Ht H'
| Next day brought no York ana .'
nor any news of them. This "a"
like the Doctor and 'Gin'aI J"o"." .
the other electors began to a3-
probability of the missing oieD...
permanently lost in the snow -.''..
the advisability of appointing 7'.a'
his place. Before this wa dom
ever, a telegram came saying i""
was sick and the "Gin'al d0IuE
Thereupon. amid genera rel9'
electors adjourned and Dire" Fl.
| diem and mileage am0uutiu2 ftp
$36S.40.
Positively the only thing ."'.
| electors at this meeting Wa FL.
oath, receive their commls-'"
ganize, all Of which could have ...
acted at the January mectInl
have been but for the mI-'a..
made in drawing the e~le"'Io"
The farce viii be repeated vs."
of next December. when f."
by proclamation. will call ..-