The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-07

tuting a police board of three members
who we're to govern the people OF the
town OF the three persons named III ING
bill, one was an infirm, aged Democrat
another was a radical bar-keeper; the
third was a negro who often had long
drunken spells, and this board was 20
name all the officers and employees oil
the town. and otherwise conduct It's mu-
nicipal affairs This was too much LOT
the Populist Senator. Mr. Moye, OF PITT,
who prevented it's passage in the SEN
ate, and for this and other such acts on
the part of Mr.. Moye, he lost caste with
the Fusion crowd and was practically
ignored by them. The original Fusion
reign of incompetency, drunkenness and
disorder continued until the town and the
people were relieved by Democratic legis-
lation.
The charters of the city of Whining
ton and New Bern were so changed by
the legislative branch of Senator Pritch-
ards clean able and economical govern
ment" as to take the control and man
agoment of the affairs of these cities out
of the hands of the responsible people
and turn them over to the tender mercies
of the Fusion Governor, Daniel l.. Rus
sell, by placing in the hands of the gov
enor the power to appoint one alderman
in each ward, while the voters elected
only one in each ward. The result was
absolute negro domination and it's attend
ant evils lawlessness, arrogance corrup-
ton, insult, robbery, burglary, incen-
diarsm and unbearable municipal dis
order, leading to conditions of race strife
and riot such as it is to be hoped may
never be seen again in any part of our
grand old State.
Under Senator Pritchards "clean. able
and economical administration" over
LOCO incompetent negroes occupied ofn-
cial positions in eastern North Carolina.
Senator Pritchards platform declara
lions direct the peoples attention to
these things, when God knows the people
were trying to forget them Is he in
consistent. He was inconsistent either
at his convention in 1900 when he decln-
cd to mention the Russell administration,
or in Greensboro, 1902. where he direct
ed the attention of the people to it and
called it ''clean, able and economical
He was inconsistent either in 81. 9S and
go, when as the head of his party he fav-
cred and encouraged negro office hold
ing and negro control of eastern towns
and counties, or al the Greensboro con-
vention, where at his bidding his former
political associates, companions and ben
eficiares were kicked out of the very
convention that declared that their rule
and dominion had been clean able and
economical"
UNCONSTITUTIONAL LEGISLATION.
Senator Pritchard meant of course to
include the two Fusion Legislatures of
95 and 81 each of which elected him to
the United States Senate in his invita-
ton to the people to give attention to the
clean, able and economical Fusion ad-
ministratior." These were the two Leg
islatures that spent more of the peoples
money on themselves than had ever been
spent by any Legislature since the adop-
ton of the constitution of rs They were
the same Legislatures that enacted the
laws placing the eastern cities and coun-
ties under incompetent negro control.
They were the same Legislatures that
enacted more than twenty-five unconsti-
tutonal laws, according to subsequent
decisions of their own Supreme Court Of
North Carolina. Many of these acts were
greedy partisan attempts to humiliate
other eastern cities, and to subject the
charitable and other institutions of the
state to partisan greed and avarice. The
Legislature of 95 was made famous by
its trading of principles for pelf by the
election of two United States Senators,
each opposing the other on all matters
Of public policy. The Legislature OF 81
became even more famous because of
"seH out" for Federal officers of a suf-
ficient number of PopuHsts. who boltcd
their caucus nominee, and for considera-
lions above stated. aided in the re-elec-
ton Of Senator Pritchard all of whom
received their reward in due season. To
these and other similar acts should SEN
ator Prtchard in his recent platform de-
clarations have invited the attention Of
the neople of North Carolina.