The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-28

could trust him That man was the ven
erahle Furches. What did he do? Deci-
ded in favor of the law and the Demo-
crat
"The next case was Stanford vs. Ell
uneton That was decided in the same
wav and in that decision was involved
the principle later announced IN the Day
case and the Beddingield case. The opin-
ions we're written by that old man there.
IF he wanted to be partisan that was
his chance. If he was non-partlsan tien
he's nom bipartisan now
This being his return trip, OF course
Mr.. Osborne had to put in again at his
old favorite, Wood VS.. Bellamy and In
this he made his second wonderful dis
coyery. that sit was Judge Furches that
saved the asylums to the Democratic par
~ and he asked: IF Hoke VS.. Hen
derson is good law to save Democrats
why shouldn't It be equally good to save
Republicans"
Pointing to the galleries and Hobbies.
he exclaimed:
s.There is gathered here the beauty and
the chivalry of North Carolina, but this
nicture will never be complete till you
have sent out and got those whose minds
have been touched by a spirit of in
trinity and put them on that side and the
deaf and dumb and blind on that side,
as witnesses in this case.
such men Churches and Douglas) de-
serve to be crowned with honor, and live
forever in the grateful remembrance OF
their people. Do you understand now
why | stand by your judges?
Here our gallant mariner took hitch
in trousers and besought Senators be-
fore voting for conviction to possess
themselves with solid and unanswerable
reasons.
Let this be your consolation-that you
have not failed to judge your fellow man
according to the principles of justice.
When you come to die it will not be
what you have done for party that you
will think upon. but what you have done
for your fellow man."
Having sung this requiem in advance
the speaker now made the bosom of
every Scion present swell with pride by
exclaiming:
THE world is your audience. What
you do today is not for immediate spec
tators, but for the world. The acts of
today will make North Carolina history
Show to the world that North Carolina
knows how to mete out justice, even to
a political opponent
1--WE come not with crawling knee and
faltering word asking for mercy, but in
erect attitude and with the consciousness
of right, we come as men demanding
justice"
And our voyage was ended.
Mr. Osborne concluded his remarks ex-
actly at $3.50 o'clock and Mr.. Watson,
for the prosecution, began the last speech
of the trial.
He began by ngratulating Senators
that this long controversy, Senators, was
drawing rapidly to a close, and then went
on to say that the managers for the
House had entrusted to him the duty of
delivering the final words in behalf OF
the people. He felt incapable, he said.
both physically and mentally, to properly
discharge that duty, and he would there
fore ask the Senate to indulge him to
the extent of not compelling him to con-
clude this afternoon.
There was not very much left for him
to do. he Thought, in quoting authorities
or discussing the legal points, SO he
would content himself with a summing
up of the case.
lou have heard the speeches of coun-
sci for the defendants, every one OF them
save one belonging to the same great
party that I do. And that one, believe
is the only one that has not been called
upon to visit opprobrium of the Legisla-
ture of 1899. One of them-the last one
(Osborne)-has even felt called upon to
turn States evidence. He has told this
Senate that this Legislature of 1899 was
basely partisan and in carrying out that
purpose it found it necessary to pass acts
that were unconstitutional, and some of
which he drew with his own hand. He
almost said he knew they were uneon-
stitutional when he voted for them.
HE declared-this last speaker did
that the Legislature was drunk with pow
er when it passed those acts, and that
now he was going to appeal from Philip
drunk to Philip sober. Before / take my
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