The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-29

this same doctor on or about Sept.
25, 1898 {? that being as nearly as
can remember the date OF the pre-
scription.
The object OF sections /, 2, and 3
is to restore to us, in all Of its hoary
antiquity, the old and discarded |
August Election for State, County,
and Township officials. This sepa- |
ration of State and National Elec. |
tions is declared to be permanent.
And since it doubles their cost, it
will soon be seen how patiently and
how long, a tax-ridden people can
be made to drag SO heavy, and so
needless a burden.
Section 4, in like manner, levies
its contribution upon the past, by
setting up State Board Of Elec-
tons, fashioned in the likeness of
the one that was seen flourishing
in great vigor a little more than 80
years ago. It consists of Z "dis-
Greet persons" biennially, chosen by
the Legislature and is substantially
a copy Of the "Canby-Returning-
Board" for which we were original
ly indebted to Gen. Edward Candy
commanding District No. 2. OF the
Canbyites constituting this Junto
at present, 3 are Democrats, and
all of them are so exceedingly "dis-
J Greet" that it is doubtful if 5 more
| adroit partisans could have been
found in the State.
Section 8 empowers the State
Board of Elections to create, in the
express image Of it's creator, a sep
arate Board Of Elections fer each
County, to be composed Of 3 other
persons, who are required to be
equally discreet" and are expected
to be as rankly partisan as them
selves.
Section 6 provides for the meet
ing, organization, and pay, of this
State Board of Elections. Its
Chairman has power to call it to-
gether, whenever and wherever, he
chooses, and must do so, at any
time, upon the written application
of any two Of it's members. The
compensation Of each of the seven
is $500 per day and his travelling
:. expenses. So that we shall not be
astonished to see this migratory
Jnnto of Canbyites itinerating the
State, after the manner Of the
Smelling Committee consisting OF
osborne, Travis, and Newland, with
whose expensive, and malodorous,
performances a tired public has
. been sufficiently RECALLED.
| hn ~
Board of Elections to appoint all
, registrars and judges of elections
Section authorizes the State
+ Board to remove a member of the
County Board "for any satisfactory
cause" and that is equivalent tx
saying for any cause that is "satis
factory" to themselves, thereby
+ making him the creature Of theil
+ own will. Any ordinary vacancy
occurring in this utterly depend
!. ent Board, is to be filled by it's sur
5 viving partners; but should tn
! vacancy be created by removal, i
q can only be filled by the Stat
O Board, this exception being mad
f with evident intent to keep tn
County Board as rigidly partisan
, as it was in the beginning.
" Section 9, in like manner, author
= ICES the County Board to remov
'. registrars and judges Of election:
= "for any satisfactory cause" whicl
makes them also removable at will
: If in the office of registrar
- vacancy be caused by reno
- val it is, elsewhere, provide
u that it shall not be filled by th
Board which appointed him, but b
= it's Chairman alone; nor can it fl
- - like vacancy in the Office of judg
=. OF elections, for that is to be don
- - by the registrar, with whom thi
' &c judge, of his own selection, is a.
70 forwards to sit in judgment as on
=, of the Precinct Board of 3, havin
~ absolute control of the ballot DO,
: all of which evinces the most jea
h Gus care that ne one link, that
= weaker than another, shall ever b,
y come a part of this endless chair
~ FOR the present then let this su
IL II flee, as sample only, of this inf'
., nous Election Law. And with thi
- - as a sample, let the reader prepal
~ himself for what is to follow, a
s. this discussion proceeds. Viii
y this much alone ought to b
g enough to show just how much r.
. spect Democratic Legislatul
Il cherishes for constitutional SAT
70 guards, as we'll as the estimatio
Z. in which it holds, both the fre
~ dom of elections, and the sanctit
40 OF OathS-when taking which til
10 forsworn members Of that augul
T. body did not, in the chaste and re,
Is erential language of The News an
~ Observer, suppose that they wei
,e doing anything more than "licl
y ing leather
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