The news & observer., 1901-03-08
WORKING UP SENTIMENT.

adopted by the House of Representatives
| against Two of the Justices Of the Su-
| premc court fer violating the Constitu-
| ticn end the laws of North Caro- ina. These
| justices have appeared at the bar of the
| Senate, sitting as High Court of I'M
| parchment. The charges against them are
| that they have, in a partisan spirit,
| set aside the will Of the people as ex-
| PRESSED by the legislative branch Of tho
governments; ard, in so doing, have not
| cnly subvertcd the fundamental structure
| OF cur government but specifically vio-
lated the plain words of the Constitution.
ard the plain acts CT the Legislature for
bidding the very action that the court
performed.
These are grave charges. When they
were made many people. being ignorant
CT the facts as we'll as the law. doubted
whether they could be true. Others. be-
lieving them true doubted the political
cxpcdicncy of impeachment; while a few,
fer reasons and designs OF their own, be-
gan to whisper and pooh pooh and caution
AID warn and look wise and threaten,
Meanwhile the great body of people had
rot spoken. The acts charged against
these justices were, in large sense,
technical. of professional and legal
character. Even in the Legislature itself
there was desire for the elucidatiou
Of this matter by the legal minds of that
body. The House desired to know the
facts and the bearing of the facts. They
heard them froTa some Of its most learned
and trusted leaders Speeches were made
by nearly every member of the judiciary
committee. which in strength and clear
ness cqualled the best in the annals OF
North Carolina The Legislature heard
these speeches. 1t proceeded at once 10
impcach Then the head-shakers and eye
winkcrs, the Democratic mugwumps and
Republican buffers, seeing the hand
writing on the wall and hearing the most
declare that these justices were guilty
of violating the Constitution took .
new tack and whispered that the people,
the great ieass OF the people. were agains,
it. They take great pains, however, not
10 nrint the full text of any Of the grea;
speeches delivered in favor of impeach-
ment, and they deny to their readers the
full and clear statement of the evidence
and the law upon which the judges were
mpeached, and seek to make public SEN
timent against impeachment by the dis
semination OF half truths or plain mis-
representations.
The people know where to find The news.
The columns of this paper keep them in
formed. We published in the daily edition
all TIE speeches in full or synopsis tha;
were made on both sides While the resc-
luton was being considered in the House.
After the House voted fer impeachment we
published in the weekly, the North Caro-
liuian, in full, the great speeches of All
len, Craig Rountree Graham, Winston,
Smith Seawcl and Spainhour. This was
done because these speeches showed tno
ground Oh which the action OF the House
was taken.
Ours is d newspaper and we have given
the news. For publishing these speecnc.,
speeches made OH the floor of the House
CT Representatives, by some Of its most
honorable ANA able members speeche:.
that are matter OF record and made
in defence Of public right and OF the Con-
8titutiou--for publishing these and giving
to the thousands Of people far away from
tie capital who do nos see the Demo
cratic daily papers, this newspaper IS de-
nGunced as guilty OF outrageous conduct
and deserving of severe condemnation"
Our dcnuncators have not enc word 10
say in condemnation of the Justices VINO
have violated the Constitution. but vent
their wrath on the News and Observer
and the North Carolirian for publishing
public speeches made by honorable gem
tleIuen to the House of Representatives,
speeches which convinced nearly every
man who read them Of the necessity Of
imr reachment. We forhear to criticise this
hypocrisy. 1t is sufficient 10 name the
gang OF wor rthies whose general purpose
seems TO be to crush the News ana OBJ
server and to oppose the policy and the
leaders of the Democratic party in North
Carolina Here they are:
The Charlotte Observer. tMcKinley's
paper since IT'S chief owner got a thirty
six hundred dollar job from MoI<inley.)
The Morning Post, (southcrn Railway
orsan)
The Statcsville Landmark Charlotte
Observers Me too
The caucasian. (Butlers organ)
The Ashevillc Gazette. Pritchard's or
gam
Tic Wirs,on Republican, ('cderal Office
holders crgan)
Tie best service chat any newspaper i'll
North Caroline can render the people at
this juncture is to rint and circula,a
the speeches and evidence upon which the