The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-06-01

They Refused To Inwestixsse tbs Man
axeu,ens Of the A. 4 y. {. Rosd-Tssy
Refused to In~essixa.e the Labor Com
missioosrs Office Thouxh Charges Had
Bees Mad~-Tbey Refused To Pay m
Admitted Honess Debt
Editor Caucasian.
In passing judgment upon the
work Of the last Legislature, the
people should know what important
measures that body refused to pass.
as well as those they did pass, to
properly Judge the character and
temper Of the controlling spirits of
that body.
/. They refused to repeal the law
that requires the Solicitors and At
torney. General to defend, at the ex
pense of the State, election officers,
who may cheat and defraud the peo-
pie out Of their votes, instead of
prosecuting them as the law required
in the case of all other criminals.
2. They refused to extend the
time of paying poll tax, as q requi-
site for voting, from May l, to Sep
TENDER l, whereby thousands of
poor white men are deprived of
,, their votes at every election.
8. They refused to extend the
time later than 1908 for the white
voters Of the State to qualify them =
selves, under the educational quail
ficatiOn, to vote.
4. They refused to give us a fair
and honest election law.
5. They refused to pass law al
lowing the people to elect their
County Boards of Education and
County Superintrndents Of schools,
as other county officers are elected.
But continued in force the law
which allows the Chairman of the
Democratic party in each county to
name the County Board, who in
turn appoints the Superintendent,
regardless of the wishes of the peo-
pie, and without regard to which
party may be in control in that
County.
6. They refused to give the Re-
publican party any representation on
the County Boards of Education,
even in counties that are strongly
Republican and where a majority OF
the patrons and taxpayers are Re.
publicans.
7. They refused to repeal the Law
which allows the Legislature to ap
point so or 100 magistrates in every
county in the State, after he people
in those counties have already elect
ed as many of those officials as they
had any use for, and then provide
these numerous officials with book,
and dockets, at the expense of the
State, thereby, increasing the num-
Der Of road supervisors and decreas
ing the number of road hands.
8. They refused to reduce freight
and passenger rates on the railroads
8. Thep refused to establish Blu
reau of Emigration to supply oul
farms and factories with needed la
Dor, to supply the places made va
can't by our laborers which have left
the State from oppressive laws and
political persecution.
10 They refused to make an
equitable apportionment of the $50.
0,00O annual appropriation to the
public schools, SO that each child in
the State may have an equal share
of the school fund and an equal
length of school term.
II. They refused to vote a propo.
sition to give the State absolute pro
hibition, but forced it upon certain
counties over the protest of its rep
resentatives in the Legislature, with.
out submitting it to vote of the
people and against their will.
IL. They refused to permit GER
tain hotels in the State to dispense
wines and liquors but granted that
privilege to other hotels.
Is. They refused to grant Local
option to certain counties in the
State, but allowed other counties to
continue to cell ad ibitum.
IA. They refused to reduce the
number of laborers and employees
in the Legislature, when it was q
notorious fact that there were nearly
as many of these employees and Ia
borers as there were members, and
some of them drawing more money
| hov ha