The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-10-06

oa~n speaks T'rosn pr~~@raal
knowledge
The Sews- LsspAtch. q ~hAea Thas-
r Owen. member OF The L@x8sla-
tIye investigating COMMITTEES II SCI.
- editor. ha& ire following
Democrats papers and speakers
delight In t@lltGg The world that tbs
aepa blicans are Incompetent to pun
his State Government and are at
waye trying tp make the suppression
that the Democrats are the only Kind
of people that should De intrukted
wtth the State Government Bat ws
have been IN = position TO knos
something Of The management Of the
present Democratic State Govern
nent, ge have served on a commit
tee which examined the State Offices
and we know whereof We speak.
we were very much surprised to
find that some OF our most important
State Offices were so poorly kept We
found that not only the law had not
been complied with, but had been
openly violated, that many warrants
lad been drawn upon the Treasurer
which were not authorized by Law.
We remember that y. A. Watson,
Sheriff of Cumberland County, filed
a bill for the expense OF bringing
fugitive from justice back 10 this
State and the bill allowed him ten
cents per mile, and amounted 10
s9s.87, whereas the law only allows
him actual expenses. There were
numerous cases where the law had
been violated in carrying prisoners
great distance out of the way in con-
veying them TO the State peniten-
tiary. We remember one case where
the officer in one Of the northeastern
counties took prisoners to Norfolk,
Va, and had them locked up for the
night and spent the night in that city
and the next day took the prisoners
on to Raleigh. He did not only VIC
late the law in taking the prisoners
out of the State where he nor any
other North Carolina officer had any
legal authority over them, but he
actually collected all that mileage
out of the State, and the present
Auditor drew the warrant and sign
ed his name to it, in order that these
Democratic officers might collect this
unlawful money. We found further
that in 1885 the Legislature passed
an act which was in Communication of
rent by which the Governor was al
lowed the sum of $4,000 per month
so long as the Executive Mansion
was unfit for occupancy and no long
er. All these Democratic Governors
continued to draw that $4,000 per
month right on after the Mansion
had been completed and occupied,
then this money was collected as ser
want hire without any authority of
law whatever. Governor Glenn even
demanded the $4,000 for the month
Of December after the committee
had called his attention to the mat
ter, and after some delay it was paid
in violation of the law and over the
protest of the Examining Committee.
The committee also found that Theo-
dore S. Meekins, Fish Commissioner
himself at the price of $4,000 per
month and that he also purchased
supplies for the boat and crew from
himself, he made at his own bills al
his store and approved them as Fish
Commissioner. He also rented an
Office from himself at $3.50 1-3 pei
month that was not worth more than
|, two dollars per month. We also
,, found that this same gang had giver
T. B. Womack $4,000 of the peo
pies hard earned money TO defend
the criminals who murdered Male
who was an inmate of the Insane
, Asylum at Raleigh. These defend
, ants were indicted by the grand jury
= for murder. Under the law it is the
: duty of the State to prosecute al
who violate the criminal law, ane
the Solicitors are officers of the State
whose duty it is to prosecute crimi
mails. Here the great State we al
love so much was placed in a yer.
: awkward position: the Solicitor wa
/ on hand at this trial to prosecut,
a the murderers of "Nalle" and as b,
: walked into the court room to rep
= resent the State and see that tn
peace and dignity of the State wa
: upheld, he was confronted by T. 3
: Womack, who had also been employ
o ed by the State to defend those VIII
t had violated the laws by taking tn
e life of a poor insane patient at tn
e Insane Asylum. In this case tn
s State of North Carolina prosecute
q and defended the same parties in tn
same case and at the same time, an
it will be observed that Mr.. Womac
received $25O.00 of the people
money, for which there was no La,
u in the State of North Carolina b
: which it could be paid, but what di
e that gang care for law when it com
u to paying their henchmen. We ais
found that this same gang issued