The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-03-28


THE CAUCASIAN -t"p- its press to
announce the r. suit Of the great and
infamous Impeachment trial.
At one O'Clock today the moment
Gus vote was taken by the Senate
sitting A. a high court Of iml leach
ment. The result uas an over |
whelming acquittal OF Chief Justice |
Furches and Associate Douglas OF
the partisan Impeachment charges
made by the House. The vote was
taken Just after Hon. G. B. Watson
had made a bitter partisan speech Of
four hours, pleading for conviction.
But his appeal to- Senators to vote
on PARTY lines could not overcome
the masterful and unanswe, able
speeches of Hon. F. /. Long and
others for the defense.
When the roll call began it WAS =
most impressive and solemn scene.
Hundreds kept close tally of the
vote and every one listened with the
most intense interest to the answer
of each Senator a. his name was
called. Before the roll cali was
more than half through 1t was evil
dent that the Simmons machine had
not been able to whip into line the
"a votes necessary for conviction,
because more than One-third Of the
Senators had already voted for ac-
quittal. When the vote was an
nounced it was with great difficulty
that great outburst Of applause
could be suppressed.
The first vote was, of course,
taken on the first article of impeach-
ment, which is as follows:
That at the time hereinafter
named, to-wit, on or about the 18th
day of October, A. D., 1900, at and
in the city Of Raleigh, the said Da-
vid M. Furches, now Chief Justice,
, who was then an Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court of North Car
DINA, and the said Robert M.
Douglas, who was then, and is now,
an Associate Justice of the Su-
: preme Court of North Carolina, and
T. one other member of the said Su-
!, preme Court of North Carolina, now
deceased, concurring therein, con.
: shutting q majority of said Su
preme Court of North Carolina, I'm.
3 mindful of the high duties of thei1
, Offices, of their oaths of Office. and
unmindful of the Constitution Of
the State of North Carolina, and es.
C pecially Article /, section 8.
q 1.-THE Legislative, Executive, anc
a Supreme judicial powers of the
-, government ought to be forever
= separate and distinct from each
q other;'
And also Article Nv, section 9.
b "The Supreme Court shall have
+ original Jurisdiction to hear claims
against the State, but it's decision
shall be merely recommendatory
t no process in the nature of excu
o ton shall issue thereon; they shall
be reported to the next session O.
the General Assembly for It's &C
tion;'
4 And also Article XIV, section 3
q "NO money shall be drawn from
the Treasury but in consequence o
appropriations made by law; ant
an accurate account of the receipt!
9 and expenditures of the public mon
ey shall be annually published :
q under the color of their aforesaid
!. Offices, unlawfully, wilfully and IL
violation OF the aforesaid provis-
% ions of the Constitution of the Stat.
j. OF North Carolina, and the law
( passed in pursuance thereof, in ,
/. certain controversy submitted with
}, out action, to = Superior Cour
+ Judge under The Code OF Nortl
j. Carolina, sections SGT and 568, emit
J. tied
l. Theophilus White v. Hal w Aver
:, State Auditor, and w. 81, Worth
q State Treasurer, pending on appea
IL in said Supreme Court of Nortl
II Caro- ina, and decided by the sal,
o Supreme Court on appeal at tn
q February Term, 1900, thereof, caus
l. ed so re issued by Thomas s. Re
nan, Clerk OF said Supreme Court
mandamus writs in words and fig
T. ures following, to wit:
a Writ is omitted on account of 1t
length.]
J., That, pursuant to the comman,
q contained in the aforesaid writ o
It mandamus issued to said Hal w
y Aver, State Auditor, the sum o
l. eight hundred and thirty-one an,
: 15-lOO dollars was unlawfully audit
y ed and allowed by said Hal w
= Aver, State Auditor, and warran
~ on the State Treasurer was issues
r. by said Hal w. Aver, State Audito,
If In words and figures following, to
e wit:
[Copy of warrant omitted.
Which said warrant was subse
quently, on the 22d day of October
70 1870, pursuant to the comman,
u Contained In the aforesaid writ O
:. mandamus, directed to said w. q
=. Worth, State Treasurer, unlawful
ly paid by said W. 81. Worth. Stat
Treasurer, out of the funds in hi
D. hands as State Treasurer, belong
ing to the State of North Caroline
b. without any appropriation bein
made by law for the paymen
thereof, to aforesaid Theophilu
White: which aforesaid mandarin
10 writs were unlawfully issued a
1t aforesaid, with the intent thereby t
1t compel, by process in the natur
20 Of execution, the payment of tn
. aforesaid sum of 1881. Is out of tn
70 State Treasury, in violation of tn