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The News and Obsei ver. VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 60. TOE O\®®EST ©OIMgttDIL&TTOK] ®F ASOT MG3TKI ©AMJLOGM IMDOf. HILEMAN IN A HOLE soul e rascally clerk also in TROUBLE FOR FORCING THE BILL THROUGH. THE BIG BOSSES IN RALEIGH. Russell, Pearson, Walser, Hileinau, Satterfield and Brown Here to Try to Get Their Party Out of the Hole in Which They Pot It— Concocting a Tale and Making Explanations— Contnsion Among the Fusionists.-- Pearson the Selt-Constitnted Boss. The Fusion bosses are in a bad state of mind. . Richmond Pearson, who promised last December to act as wet-nurse to the leg islators and keep them out of mischief, arrived two days ago to ask the Govern or to call a special session of the Legisla ture to help get the Fusionists out of the bottom of the well. The Governor wouldn’t even take such a proposition under consideration. He had seen the evil wrought by that incompetent gang in sixty-three days of regular session, and he feared that if they ever got back under any pretext the people would have to pay heavier taxes than ever. Failing to secure the co-operation of the Governor, Mr. Pearson began to use tbe wires freely. He telegraphed for Walser, Russell, Hileman, Satterfield, Brown, sent for Jim Young, and sum moned as many more of the Douglassites as could be reached quickly. Self-constitu ted Boss, as he is, the Richmond Hill Con gressman spared no expense, and the telegraph boys were made happy one time. He wired, in effect, that the credit of the State was ruined, and that some thing heroic must be done to get tbe party out of the hole into which it had dropped. They came in response to the order. They saw each other, and a solemner or sorrier looking coterie of failures at legislating never got together to concoct a scheme to get out of the bottom of the well. They came and saw, bat did not con quer. * They were conquered by the logic of events ’ They were in this condition: ‘•Round as a well, Deep as a cap, And all the King’s horses Couldn’t pull it up.” They real zed the awful situation of Humpty Dumpty, of whom we read in the nursery rhymes: “H empty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. But three score men And three score more Couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty Back as he was before ’’' They Are “Pondering.” They have been pondering ever since their arrival, and hanging around the Supreme Court room, hoping for some help from that quarter. But in the meantime they have been trying to con coct a reasonable explanation of why tbe bill passed, how it passed, and who are the rascals who are responsible for the enrollment and ratification of the tabled bill. It took a long time to find the bill, and when found, it was among the bills that had been tabled. Considering Theories of Defense. How then, if tabled, was it enrolled and ratified ? That was the question that confronted them. They first sought to charge that some “wicked Democrat” had done the foul deed, but they soon had to abandon this theory for lack of evidence. Then it was rumored that a Baltimore merchant had paid a negro clerk, by the name of Jonn Beckwith, from Johnston county, to secure the en rollment and ratification of the bill. But, glad as they would be to saddle it on the negro, Jim Young wouldn't hear to any such an unsupported idea. Concocting a Plausible Explanation. They were determined to concoct an explanation that would exonerate the clerks, and thus, if possible, keep the blame off of the Fusion party. But this was a big contract, and they floundered around looking for a plausible explana tion- At last they found it. Listen : What the Duke fcays. Mr. Pearson’s contention is that the Speaker and lieutenant Governor never signed the bill that has caused such con sternation, but that the covering of another bill, which was signed by the two presiding officers, was slipped on this bill by some one, and it thus became a law. “I have a great bill swallow, But I can't swallow that.” Mr. Pearson’s evidently talking through his hat.” He says he cannot understand how it was ratified, upon any otherfhypotbesis. That is to say, he cannot discover any other hypothesis consistent with shield ing some Republican or Populist clerk in the office of the Principal Clerk or tbe Enrolling Clerk. But why not make them prove their honest} ? What the Populist Leader Remember*. Mr. Hileman admits that he reported the bill from the Finance committee, with amendment that certain portions of the bill be stricken out. He also says that he was in the House and heard the motion made to table, but does not re member who made the motion. He does not explain why he reported favorably the amendment to strike out the exeep tions in Mr. Smith’s bill which were in the interest ot the farmers The people would like the “Reformer” to explain his action. Satterfield Seconds Pear-on, Mr. Satterfield, Principal Clerk of the House, contends that the bill was placed among the tabled bills and left so by him when the House adjourned. Ho does not explain why he told Smith, of Stan ly that he was taking the tabled bill to the Enrolling Clerk’s office to have it en rolled. At that time, on the morning of the 12th, the bill had not been mark ed “Tabled” though it had been tabled on the previous night. He promised to “go back and see about it.” The next thing heard of the tabled bill is that it is a law, aud has destroyed the credit of all farmers aud others who need to borrow. Brown Says he Didn’t do It. Enrolling Clerk Rrown says that the bill had never been in bis possession at all and that he had never seen it at all. He says his books do not show that he receipted for the bill. Then how did it get to the committee on Enrolled Bills, and how is it that it is in same hand writing as many other enrolled bills ? Fixing the Responsibility The testimony of Mr. Smith, of Stanly, fixes the bill in the hands of the Principal Clerk of the House on his way to have it enrolled. It lies between Mr. Satterfield, or one of his assistants, and the enrolling clerk or one of his assistants, as to which one forged, or permitted the forgery, in the passage of the bill. There is a rumor that the enrolling clerk, when ap proached upon the matter, at first, said that when he enrolled it, it was properly stamped; but when the bill was found yesterday, it was stamped “tabled,” and if he enrolled the bill that is giving so f-i-B, bfo. to / 2 5 P* /vo A 6ill trs« exlltltA 4x4ct fas;ti /itjjt jjj f - T& BL£D- -j - - } MARIZ ixsr | jf Citr (J c c*T to the. StyiJui '~j Fac Simile of Entries ou Bill. much trouble, if properly stamped, it was a forgery. The EnrolllugCommittee Vouch for It. After enrolling the bill the lieuten ant Governor and the Speaker of the House did not sign it until it was certi fied to them by the committee on eu rolled bills that it was a correct copy of the bill. The members of the committee who signed this certificate, which was in these words: “Examined and found correct,” were: From the House —J. A. Walker, Pop ulist, of Rockingham county; Z. Taylor, Populist, of Cumberland county, and E. V. Cox, Republican, of Pitt county. From the Senate—O. A. Starbuck, Republican, of Guilford county, and J. M. Moody, Republican, of Haywood county. Observe: Not a Democrat on the com mittee certified, “Examined and found correct.” Observe further: Not a single solitary Democrat was employed in eith er the Principal or Enrolling Clerk’s of flee. If anybody paid anybody to forge the bill through, no Democrat was in a position to be involved. Somebody forged the bill through. Who did it? And who are the sworn and paid clerks who did it or connived at it ? Senator Fortune, Republican from Cleveland, wasn’t far wrong when he suggests: “There is something rotten in Den mark.” SMITH, OF STANLY, EXPLAINS. He Shown that His Actious Were all Honorable aud Above Board. Yesterday Mr. Smith, of Stanly, who introduced a bill to prevent preferences in assignments, came to Raleigh. His name had been connected with the great trouble growing out of the bad law that destroys all credit; and, conscious of per- RALEIGH, N. C.. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1895. feet rectitude, he came to clear his skirts The bill ho introduced was sim ply a bill to prevent preferences in as signments. There has been much advo caey of a change in our law permitting preferences, and Mr. Smith and others desired some change that would prevent prefereucea. He therefore introduced, by request, a bill having that in view. In an interview with a reporter of this paper yesterday, Mr. Smith, of Stanly, said: “On or about Feburary 20, Mr. W. M. Smith, of Concord, came to my desk and asked me to introduce two bills for him. One to incorporate the “Narrows Power Company” in Stanly and Mont gomery counties, which bill I had before seen and read and favored. The other one “To Regulate Assignments” which I had never before seen or read. I told him I would gladly iutroduce the first bill, but that the second one ueed and must have some amendments to it before I could indorse it As the original bill shows that there were two exceptions, to-wit: One for money borrowed at the time of executing the mortgage and the other for farming supplies, and I suggested that he add, “all the other necessaries of life.” And Mr. Julian, of Rowan, who was sitting by, suggested that he add, “security for bor rowed money.” To both of these amendments, Mr. Smith agreed, and upon that condition, I introduced the bill, aud had it referred to the Finance Committee. I did not go before that committee to look after the bill, but the bill was reported next morning favora bly by Mr. Hileman, the chairman, with all the exceptions stricken out. The bill was then placed on the special order calendar for a corta'n night, (the date I do not remember) but was replaced by the “Cox school-book bill,” so the bill simply went over indefinitely. Tn the meantime 1 learned that Mr. Hileman had prepared a substitute tor this bill, but as the bill I introduced as a favor for Mr. Smith had been so badly butchered up by the committee, I de termined to have it killed and ha ve no more to do with the matter. So 1 asked the Spoaker a time or two to put up the bill so that we could dispose of it. I also went to Mr. Lee, of Haywood, and asked him that when this bill came up to make a motion to table. He then wont to the Speaker on Monday night, March 11th, and asked him to put it up at my special request. “Iu a few minutes tho bill was laid be fore the House by the Speaker, read by its title and Mr. Lee made a motion to table, which was carried by a large ma jority. There was no discussion. “The next day, March 12th, I met Mr. Satterfield, Principal Clerk of the House, between the Speaker’s desk and the Speaker’s room with a number of bills in his hand. He stopped me and said he had one of my bills. 1 asked him to jet me see it. Ho did so. I then asked him what he was going to do with it. He said that he was going to give them to the Enrolling Clerk or that he was going to have them enrolled, (I do not remem ber which). I then told him that that bill was tabled the night before, and that surely there was some mistake about it, aud that I knew that it had never parsed the House. Ho said he would go back and see about it. “That watf the last I knew or heard of the bill until it was published in the papers as having passed.” This completely clears Mr. Smith, and shows that he was in nowise responsible for the b/id law that has almost stopped business in the State. He introduced a bill that had no objectionable feature, and when Mr. Hileman struck out the best part of his bill, he helped to table if. His record is therefore as clear as a bell, and one that will be universally approved. THE ORIGINAL BILL. And the Bill us Amended by Reformer Hileman, of Caburrus. We print a sac simile of the entries made on the bill. It will be seen that it is House bill No. 1018, and that it never went to tbe Senate at all. It was intro duced by Mr. Smith, of Stanly, and passed first reading February 20th and was referred to the Finance Committee. “Fav. (favorable) report” was the en try from the Finance Committee, but the favorable report was accompanied by an amendment of which more later In the Speaker’s handwriting are the words: “Special order, Friday even ing, 8:80.” It is also stamped “Tabled, March 12th, 1895.” As a matter of fact the bill was tabled on March 11th. This sac simile tells the tale of the whole bill, and shows that there w-as “something rotten in Denmark.” The following is the original bill, and shows the hand Reformer Hileman had in it : An Act Entitled An Act to Regulate Assignments aud other Conveyances of Like Nature in North Carolina. The General Assembly of North Caro lina do enact: Section 1. That all conditional sales, assignments, mortgages or deeds in trust which are executed to secure any debt, obligation, note or bond which gives preferences to any creditor of the maker, shall be absolutely void as to existing creditors, except those given to secure cash advanced at the time of the execu tion of the same, or to secure advance ment for farming purposes. Sec. 2. That all laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Sec 3. This act shall be in foice from and af:er its ratification. On the bill is this entry: “Tbe Finance Committee report this bill favorably with the following amend ment recommended by the committee. (Signed) Hileman.” \me r.d„by striking out in Section 1, all after the word “creditors'*in line five of said section. Why did Hileman want to strike out that portion of the bill excepting “those given to secure cash advances at the time of the execution of the same or to secure advancement for farming purpo ses?” Did he do this at the suggestion of Northern merchants? or was it changed of his own motion? Why did he amend it by prohibiting all mortga ges? What was he driving at? SMITH,OF CAB\RRUS. HERE. He Says that There is No Conflict Be tween Him and Smith, «f Stanly. Mr. W. M. Smith, of Cabarrus, who drew the original bill introduced by Mr. Smith, of Stanly, is in the city. He says that a number of his clients have lost money because of the law permitting preferences, and that he has long been in favor of a law forbidding preferences, and that he drew the bill that Smith, of Stanly, introduced, to stop preferences and for no other reason. He left Ral eigh at 4 p. m. on March 11th with Mr. Julian, and up to that time no action had been taken on the assignment bill. If anything improper was done in connection with the bill, he says he knows nothing about it, and had nothing whatever to do with it, and that his conscience is clear, and that the statement made by Smith, of Stauly, corresponds with his own statements previously made. The News and Observer stated that the bill was drawn by an ex-Judge. This was a mistate. The ex J udge drew another bill bearing upon assignments. Sale of the Georgia Southern. Macon, Ga., April 2.—The Geoigia Southern and Florida Railroad was sold here at public outcry for $8,000,000. It was bought in by Skipwith Wilmer, of Baltimore, for the bondholders. The upset price fixed by the court was $3,000,000 and only one bid was made, that by Mr. Wilmer. The sale must be confirmed by the court. A lawyer representing Simon, Bork & Co., of New York, arrived here an hour after the sale. He would have bid a half million more for the property, and he will contest the confirmation of the sale on behalf of his clients. lie Fell Three Stories. Lynchburg, Vu., April 2.— While as cending a ladder to the roof of a build ing in course of construction ou Main street this afternoon, Charlie Brown, about 19 years of age, lost his hold, fall ing three stories to the ground floor, a distance ot about 45 feet, receiving in juries from which it is thought it will be impossible for him to recover. Decided in Favor ol Young. Special to the News arid Observer. Asheville, N. C., April 2. The County Commissioners to-day de cided to substantiate Governor Carr’s action in appointing George W. Young ; Clerk of the Circuit Criminal Court for Buncombe. Young tiled bond and was sworn in. ALL GO REPUBLICAN YESTERDAY’S CITY ELECTIONS SHOW THAT THE TIDE HAS NOT YET TURNED. COLUMBUS GOES DEMOCRATIC, A Recount Mav Also Show That the Republican Candidate in Toledo is Defeatedo-The Entire Republican Ticket in St. Louis and Chicago Elected With the Exception ol an Occasional Aide rman—-Democrats Stupefied by the Result. Columbus, Ohio, April 2. —The result of the election in Ohio cities yesterday indicates that the tide has not yet re turned in favor of the Democrats. Os the larger cities, only Columbus was carried by them, though the count may yet show that Major, Republican, hag been defeated for mayor of Toledo. Two of the three Republican papers there were opposing him, however, and his defeat could hardly be claimed as a tri umph of the Democrats. Blee, the Democratic mayor of Cleve land, who is defeated for re election by McKisson, Republican, by 6,000 plu rality, is one of Senator Brice’s lieuten ants in northern Ohio, and it may be in some degree said to be a rebuke to Brice. Ex Gov. Campbell and Congressmen Paul J. Sorg, alone among Ohio Demo crats, can claim some election honors. Campbell’s town, Hamilton, elected the whole Democratic ticket by about 1,000 plurality, and Sorg’s town, Middletown, which is strongly Republican, elected F. 8. Taneey, Democrat, mayor by over 400 plurality. in this city the question was not a political one. Both the Democratic and Republican candidates for mayor were believed to favor the opening of saloons at night and on Sunday. The law and order element placed D. E. Williams, a Democrat, in nomination for mayor, pledged to enforce tbe closing ordinances. Williams drew nearly his entire support from the Republicans, and the Democrats supporting their candidate,-Cotton H. Allen, solidly, elected him by nearly 2,000. Due to Democratic Indifference. St. Louis, April 2.—To day’s munici pal election turned all the city offices but two over to the Republicans. Democrats are stupefied with the result and Renub Loans are jubilant. Os the 28 members of the House of Delegates chosen, two Democrats are elected, the remainder being Republicans. Six Republicans at, large were elected to the city council, which will now be unan imously Republican, cs seven Republi cans are the hold-over members. The average Republican majority in a total vote of 53,000, is 12,000. Demo eratic indifference contributed to this re sult. Rows were numerous, and many arrests were made. George Fallgraft-, a Democratic ward-worker, was shot in the breast by Henry llenden-on, a colored Republican challenger, at a polling booth. Frank Campbell, an ex Demo cratic judge of election was arrested for intimidating voters. In his pockets a bundle of 150 false ballots were found. A Republican Cyclone. Chicago, April 2. —The entire Repub lican ticket with the exception of a few isolated aldermen, was elected here to day. George B. Swift’s plurality for mayor approximates 45,000. This is taken from incomplete police returns At 10 o’clock to-night, 810 precincts out of 920 re turned Swift 129,764 votes; Wenter, (Dem.) 90,501, and Holmes, (Pop ) 9,876. Hie council will stand overwhelmingly Republican. “Hinky Dinck” McKenna, (Dem ) was defeated by the Republican for alderman in the first ward, a Demo cratic stronghold, by 400 votes. In the 19th ward ex-Congre-tsman Frank Law ler, independent Democratic candidate for alderman, appears to have the whip hand. Aidermau MeGiilen, Mayor Hop kins’ right bower, is behind in the 21st ward, and the only Democratic survi vors of the aldermanic cyclone from the present outlook are Stuckart of the sixth atd Bennett of the eighth. The Republicans are giving themselves up to the delirium of victory and crowds of thousands marched through the city hall this evening with Imrus aud drums. The city voted by a majority estimated at 40,000 to place itself under the opera tions of the civil service law, which will apply to every department of the city government. Roy O. West, Republican candidate for city attorney, ran several thousand votes behind his ticket, but was elected by a handtome maj rity. James R. B. Van Cleave, for city clerk, Adam Wolr for city treasurer and Charles G. Neeley for circuit judge ou the Republican ticket were elected by majorities equal to Swift’s. Party Politics Ignored. East St. Louis, Ills., April 2.—The People’s Party city ticket, representing the Law aud Order sentiment of the city as opposed to Monte Carlo gambling and race tracks, headed by H. F. Baker for mayor, was elected to-day by a large majority, over the citizen s ticket upon which Mayor M. M. Stephens was a can didate for a fifth term as mayor. Party politics was ignored. David M. .Stone Dead. - Brooklyn, N. Y., April 2.—David M. Stone, the venerable ex editor of the New York Journal of Commerce died at his home here to-night. PRICE FIVE CENTS. POLITICS CAUSED IT ALL. An Enthusiastic Republican Shoots and Kills a Democrat. St. Louis, Mo., April 2. —Charles A. ! Day shot George Thorn through the , breast and shoulder at noon to day in j dieting fatal wounds. The scene of the tragedy was in I/)uis | A. Celias’ saloon, 25th Street and Wash j ington Avenue. Day is under arrest, j but before being rescued by the police I from his pursuers came near being j lynched by the friends of Thorn. It was zeal on the part of both men to j elect their favorites for the House of ; delegates in the Seventh ward that cans ied the shooting. The two candidates in this ward are I/iuis A. Celia, Democrat J and Hiram H. Lloyd, Republican. Day was leader of the Lloyd faction while Thorn looked after Celia’s interests. Day had detected a rejieater and went with an officer to Celia's saloon to cause his arrest. While in the place Day was assaulted by the Celia crowd, led by Thorn. Both principals drew revolvers and began firing. Thorn fell in the doorway mortally wounded, and Day, running for his life from the Thorn party, took refuge in a house across the street, where the doors were barred be hind him. Every man in the party was armed and all were firing, but Day escaped un touched. He was identified at the city hospital by Thorn -as the man who shot him. The accused claims self-defense. A large detail of police after making several arrests cleared the streets. BASEBALL YESTERDAY. The Hoston-Charlotle Game not Play ed on Account of Rain. Norfolk, Ya., April 2.—The Phila delphia League team and the Norfolks crossed bats at League Park this after noon. The weather was threatening, but a good crowd was in attendance. It was a regular slugging match on the part of the boys from the city of “Broth erly Love.” They batted Lawson and Setley at their will. The local players could do little or nothing with the pitch ing of Smith and McGill. The game was called at the end of the | seventh inning on account of rain. ! Score: i Norfolk, - - 0001 00 0 1 5-7 Philadelphia, -1 130 6 71 19 17—1 Batteries : Lawson, Setley and Tinley, McGill, Smith, Grady and Clements. Atlanta, Ga , April 2.—The Balti more’s defeated the Atlanta's agaiD in I the presence of nearly a thousand spec i tutors. The score: ; Atlanta, 02000000 o—2 Baltimore, 40002030 o—o Batteries : Green, Callahan and Wil son; Esper, Gleason and Robinson. Charlotte, N. C., April 2.—The Boston-Charlotte game was not played to day on account of rain. The Bostons left for Danville to night. Portsmouth. Va., April 2.—The Lan casters of the Pennsylvania State League, who won from Norfolk on Mon day, met the locals to-day, and although the weather was threatening about 800 | people assembled to see the game. ! Score: ! Portsmouth 011 4 6-12 i Lancaster 0 3 2 0 0— 5 Batteries —Leach and Vetter; Calla i han and Graffus. FLORIDA’S LEGISLATURE. Gov. Mitchell has Some Pluiu Thin?* to Say About Prize Fighting. Tallahassee. Fla., April 2.—The I Florida Legislature convened to-day for i its biennial session of sixty days. The Legislature is overwhelmingly Democratic in both branches. Gov. Mifcheli’s me-sage was brief and | related almost eutirely to matters of ouly local interest. Under the head of “Prize fights” tbeGovemor said “During the last year a most disgraceful I and brutal fight of this charac j ter took place in the city of i Jacksonville, aud parties who resort S to this laudable occupation as a means of making a living without honest, labor are boastieg that there is no law in this State to prevent such disgraceful con tests and openly hoist that another will be “pulled off” at Jacksonville next September, but gentlemen yon have it in your power to prevent this. “I recommend that prize fights or glove contests be made felonious with such penalties attached as will cause the thug? to respect the law, and to respect the law-abiding of the State in the pur suit of all their rights as citizens. “The law should authorize sheriffs and those actiDg in their aid and assis tance, when they have cause to believe that a prize fight or glove contest is about to take place, to enter any house or inclosure, and arrest all those taking part therein. ” JEFF DAVIS MONUMENT. Collections tor Erecting this Memorial to be Made on June 3rd. Richmond, Va., April 2.—At a meet iug this evening of the board of direc tors of the Jefferson Davis Monu ineut Association, a resolution was adopfi d asking the President of the association to communicate with out delay with the camps of Confederate veterans and other organizations through out tho South requesting them to arrange in such manner as may best suit their views to make collections on June 3rd next, the birthday of tho Confederate President, for the pui pose of erecting in this city a monument to his memory. Washington, April 2.—Bids were to day opened at the Treasury Department for the construction of a new life saving s’ation at Core Bank, N. O. J. B. Shull, of Beaufort, N. C., was the lowest bid der at $4,875.
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