The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-29
TURN ON THE LIGHT.

Carolina stands indicted On charges
/ that should. TO use an expression of
/ it's proprietor, Josephus Daniels,
send it to the penitentiary for three
hundred years and an eternity in
sheol.
In the Legislature of 1907. a COM
mittee was appointed to investigate
the conduct of some of the State Of
fees The report, which was sup
pressed, showed that not alone had
the law not been complied with but
had been openly violated. An i'm
portant office, that Of the Insurance
Department, which handles thou
sands of dollars, the peoples money,
was shown to be utterly lacking in
system and no accurate account kept
of the handling of these large sums
beyond a note book that the Com
missioner kept in vest pocket.
more glazing instance was that
/ of the State Shell Fish Commission
er. That officer rented an Office from
himself lat a sum four times it's real
value" to quote the report; he pur-
chased supplies from himself, o. K. d
his own vouchers and paid himself;
he rented vessel from himself and
paid himself as commissioner. All
these facts were brought out and
yet no action was taken-except
that it was suppressed and the de-
| linquent official retained in office.
The Governor of the State himself
was involved. When the old Gov
errors Mansion" was sold, the sum
of $50 per month was allowed the
Governor to rent rooms. For over
/ twenty years the State has provided
! it's Executive with fine residence
and yet the Governors have contin-
ued to take from the public treasury
this sum of money, Disgusting it I'M
der the head of servant hire" for
which there was no authority by
law. And even when the matter
was shown to be wrong, the then
Governor, Robert B. Glenn. insisted
on taking it and did receive it,
knowing it to be wrong thing
to do.
In spirit, at least, to judge by the
proceedings in the case, the Demo
cratic government of North Carolina
rs aided and abetted in hwartine
justice and assisting indicted men tc
escape the hangman's moose. In the
Asylum for the Insane at Raleigh, a
poor unfortunate ward of the State
!. Nalle by name, died. From the ap.
pearance of the body, it was plain
that the man had been beaten tC
death; this poor ward of the State
who should have been pitied and
cared for, was instead cruelty rob.
| bed of the miserable life he had BY
those who were paid to care for him
Some of the attendants were ar
rested, but upon being arraigneG
: before the court, to the sur
, prise of every fairminded man, the
: State employed a we'll known Demo
; cratic lawyer, paying him the sun
of $3.50 of the peoples money to Sc
cure the acquittal of those charged
) with his murder.
By this act, the great State O.
North Carolina was APPARENT,
= placed in the position of defendins
: the alleged murderers of her un
= fortunate ward. Why was this done
> 1t was done because the Democrat,
r government was afraid to let the rea
/ facts as to the conduct of wha
l should be it's noblest charity becom
ing known to the people. The bloot
of poor Nalle cries aloud from tn,
? ground for vengeance. Will the PEG
l pie of North Carolina heed the wal
! of this poor victim of Democratic
f mismanagement?
= In connection with this same in
l stitution, only few weeks ago
poor crazed woman in Raleigh, VIII,
= had attempted self-destruction. wa
e denied admission on the ground
: that there was mo room," and II
: consequence she had to be placed |,
: the common Jail, without medica
r aid or nursing, and among crimi