The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-05

statesmen is proven as false as the
assertion that the negro is the white
mans equal.
Grateful to the Democratic Party.
Allegheny Star.
We have just seen that the State
has allowed Allegheny County $3,-
049.19 Nof the second 100000 ap-
propriated by the State to the public
schools of the State. This money is
given to us to educate our children
and goes into circulation among our
people. Allegheny people are thank
full for this aid and grateful to the
great Democratic party that gives it
to us. We want every man who can
make figures to get his pencil and put
down in one column the State taxes
the county pays and in another the
amount we receive for Confederate
soldiers, public schools and to main
tain our insane and you will find we
will come out more than $4,000 ahead.
And yet-some few people "grum-
ble.''
Good Piece of Business.
Salisbury Post.
The liquidation of the South Da-
kota bonds is to the credit of Cover
nor Glenn and the general assembly.
Had no action been taken at this Ses-
sion the question would have remain
ed to plague the State and in the end
payment of principal and interest far
in excess of the amount agreed upon
would have been inevitable. 1t was
not only a good piece of business, but
an earnest that North Carolina pro-
poses to be honest with the world.
The Monroe Journal writes as fol-
lows of one of the honestest and most
patriotic members of the General
Assembly:
There is one farmer in the Legis-
lature and he's tartar He is q
great giant of Mellow from Pitt
named Laughinghouse, educated,
well-to-do and very intelligent, but
too hot-headed for safety. He is q
standby of all Democratic conven-
tions, where he often causes a stir
by a hot or ill-timed speech. On
one occasion while he was making
him down. Mr.. Laughinghouse in
vited the caller to come up and
take him down, but he didn't go. He
goes for the lawyers in the Legisla-
ture. In discussing the bill, which
was defeated, to allow new trials in
criminal cases when new evidence is
discovered after the trial, he said
that it was remarkable to see the in
terest some lawyers took in the Grim
inal classes.
"They have already got the laws so
fixed" declared he, that it is the next
to impossible to convict any one. Keep
on putting beams into this structure
to protect the criminals of the land
and soon a man might as we'll go to
hell to look for undefiled religion as
to go to the court of North Carolina
to look for purity in the laws And
it's these criminal lawyers that are
fNV hi sto 70 nf off af
Let every layman in the House sit
down upon this BILL.
They sat"
Because of indisposition and legis-
lative duties, Mr.. Ward, Senator from
Craven county, was unable to go with
the Governors party to Washington
to attend the Presidents Inaugural
ton.
The Senate yesterday voted to re-
port unfavorably the bill of Senator
Forshee to define and prevent usurious
contracts and transactions in North
Carolina. Senator Foushee made
strong and vigorous fight for his bill,
but the committee decided against
him.
Ex-senator r. 3. White, of Frank
lin, who was here yesterday, says
that Franklin is getting ready next
year to have graded school in every
town in North Carolina.
Laws enabling them to act was
passed by this Legislature.
A group picture of all the Con-
federates in the General Assembly
was yesterday taken by Wharton, the
photographer, the group being taken
so as to include the Confederate
monument at the Capitol. Mr.. Whar-
ton has completed the grouped pic
lures of the two Houses of the Gen
eral Assembly and the work has been
done most excellently.
The State is now in charge of Act
ing Governor F. d. Winston, as Gov
ernor Glenn is out of the State and
in Washington. The affable Lieuten-
ant Governor bears with dignity the
increased honor which is now his.