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

gone in North Carolina! And it justifies
the heroic legislation that defeated judi
cial usurpation. judicial tyranny, and
judicial control of elections Never be-
fore was it necessary in North Carolina
10 put such a curb on the judiciary. Why
Radical judges (there are some notable
exceptions ON the Superior court bcnch)
showed that in order to help their party
they would stoop to any judicial inius-
tice and lawlessness. 1t is a pity that
the Legislature was forced to curb
these miners and sappers working I'M
dersround, to put the Radical party on
top. no matter what absurd decisions and
us,,rpations of power were necessary to
accomplish it. But it was necessary and
the heroic Legislature OF 1900 had the
nerve TO put an effective stop to the
contemnlated annulment of the election
Law.
s. He objects TO the provision of the
election law permitting the ballot boxes
To be rallied off, That provision is founG
in the election law of nearly every North
ern State
& He declares that there is mo doub,
is 10 the unconstitutionality of the cleo
ton law" and says:
And this brings US face to face with
a serious proposition, one that haas never
before been passed upon by this body.
n is as to whether we shall accept the
credentials Ok one who claims the right
70 a seat in this body by virtue OF hav-
ing been elected by legislature whose
members were elected under an election
law that violates the principles enun,
ciated in the cases from which l have
lust quoted. In other words, il does
appear from inspection of these sprovl-
sions that the registration act is uncon-
stitutionai, and if such be the case.
would it not necessarily follow that any
election held under registration &ct
containing such provision is void. If !.
am correct as to this proposition TINS
members of the present legislature OF
my State were not legally elected ana
therefore do not possess the constitu-
tional authority TO elect Senator TO rep
resent that State in this body. Ii IL
clear TO my mind that the trainers OF the
Constitution of the United States meant
exactly what they said when they pro
vided that it %as the duty OF the United
States ito guarantee To each State q RE-
publican form OF government and this is
the FIRST time in the history of the gov
eminent wherein a case has been pre-
scented TO this body for its consideration
which involved the question as to whether
or not one of the States of this Un.oi
possesses republican form of govern
ment.
Z. He then touches upon the impcach-
ment proceedings, and denies the a..ru-
NOR. that any underst anding exists De
tween him and the judges that they would
declare the amendment unconstitutional
and adds W. <aH
1T is highly probable that any proceed
ings which may he instituted for the pur
pose of testing the validity Of the amend.
tents will be begun in the United States
court inasmuch as there is fedora
question involved and which will pre-
clude the possibility of State court be
ing called upon to deal with the ques'
tions involved"
S. He declares that many of the act:
sof the present legislature are revolution
arys in the extreme that 1t has dis
played partisanship that ought to pu
to blush the cheeks Of every conserva
tive citizen of NoSth Carolina" This i:
simply plain and unfounded SANDER
Pritchard ought to be ashamed OF puttinI
in the Congressional Record this false
Misrepresentation of the highest legss-
lative body of his State that was started
by penny line writers for Radical OF
subsidized sheets.
8. He then discusses the arrest of lee
tion officers and their indictment ~ rne
Federal courts He denounceS the Leg
islature for authorizing the Governor /.
employ counsel to defend these STAT
officers. He calls this 'partisan8hio q
the rankest kind" and says il rs q slo
upon the fair name Of the State, &c.
10. He also severely denounces he a.
passed by this Legislature akin 10 tl't
general amnesty laws passed in @S.!
l. Next he returns to the arrest ant
persecution OF Democratic registrars il
the Federal courts, and says he ''ha:
been appealed TO by number of Demo
Gratis" to call Off those prosec',riuo5, 30
hoe daolipod RI ;pterfnre
Il. He then harks back TO the Lego
question and says the cry OF "hi1e 81
premacy was hypocri:ieal." tie sail TIA
in 1896, 1898 and 1900. but To. ptopl,
thundered back their resolve 10 hay,
an end to the negro rule which lie au'
Butler had imposed upon the p1op!, o
) Eastern North Carolina. 1t was 10
"hypocritical' then. Ii "a, 10 lid III
State of the real menace that me Colsti
tutional amendment ~as accepted. II
thinks there are only ?5.tpa negro voter
in North Carolina.
13 Speaking of he Conslit ,tiola
amendment he says:
There is no disposition on the p;:. .
Republicans of North Carc,ina' ~ Ftcl
alive race or sectional questions. TIL
constitutional amendment which VA
adopted at the August election ija
ra1 81 he al Of ,,Nlts log .