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THIRD EDITION; Weather To-Day: FAIR: WARMER. 1 The News and Observer. VOL. XLV. NO. 157. □Ur Boys Coming Home MUSTER OUT OF VOLUNTEERS IN CUBA BEGUN. All the 25,000 Volun'eers to be Withdrawn by First of May, Being no Longer Needed There. Washington, March B.—Orders were issued at the War Department today for the Twelfth New York volunteer infantry, now at Matanzas, Cuba, to take passage on the transport Berlin for j New York city, where it will be mus tered out. This is the beginning of a general movement for the muster out of all the volunteers stationed in Cuba, and indicates that the Administration believes that the time has come when it can safely reduce its military forces in Cuba. The iact that the rainy season is not far off is a potent reason for the early recall of the volunteer troops there. The homeward movement will have to he gradual because of the limited trans portation facilities now at the disposal of the War Department. There are now about 23,000 volun teers in Cuba, and their withdrawal will leave 15,000 regular troops there for the enforcement of the policy of the Administration for the es tablishment of a stable government on the island. The volunteer troops now on garrison duty in Cuba and under muster-out or ders include the following regiments: Second Illinois, One Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana. Fourth Illinois. Hun dred and Sixty-first Indiana. Ninth Il linois, Forty-ninth lowa, Third Ken tucky. Thirty-first Michigan, Second Louisiana, Sixth Missouri. Eighth Mas sachusetts. Twelfth New York, First North Carolina, Third Nebraska. Sec ond South Carolina. Fourth Tennessee, Fourth Virginia, First Texas. Sixth Ohio. Second and Third United States volunteer engineers. Second and Fifth United States volunteer infantry and the Second and Third. Eleventh. Twelfth. Thirteenth. Fifteenth, Six teenth and Seventeenth companies of the Signal Corps. As yet no orders have been issued for tbe muster out of these regiments with the exception of the Twelfth New Y'ork. but it is expected that the formal t orders will be issued iu the ease of all j the organizations named within the ; next few days. Under tbe present plans of the Department, it is expected that , all of the volunteer troops will lx* with drawn from Cuba before the first of May. and so escape the dangers of the fevers which make that country such au undesirable place of residence dur- j ing the summer months. The officials of the Administration ' express satisfaction at the present po litical state of affairs in Cuba and are j confident of a continuance of the pre- j vailing peace and good . order. ' The troops are to be withdrawn on the theory that there is no longer need of. their services in that country, and that the questions of gov ernment will work out themselves with out the presence of a large military force. Consequently there is no present purpose of replacing the volunteers with regular troops, and such a course of action will he taken only in ease it be comes necessary,for the execution of the administrative policy. AN EXTRA SESSION. The Gold Men Demand That the Presi dent Keep Ilis Pledges. Washington. D. C., March B.—(Spe cial.)—A postoffice has been established at Burnthill, Ashe county, and Fanir'e A. Shepherd appointed postmaster. Reserve agents for national banks in North Carolina have been appointed as follows: National City Bank of New York City for the First National Bank of Elizabeth City, and the Hanover National Bank of New York city for the Murchison National Bank of Wilming ton. There is some talk in Administration circles that the President will call an extra session of the 50tli Congress to meet early in the fall for the puritose of considering the currency question. The gold men who supported the President on the ground that he would recom mend currency legislation are sorely disappointed and rnutterings of discon tent conic ever and anon from the head quarter'- of the Indianapolis Monetary Coinmis-ion, of which 11. H. Hanna is the leader. The gold men can make it e>e.-fdingly interesting for the President wlii'ii the time roils around for the < !■ e|j,,n of delegates to the next Ucpuli "i National Convention. An extra 1 "u v ill do much toward easing •< 'to- up, and for that reason I he 1,1 - ‘Aim essjon of the 50th Con- - ill be called early in the fall. << It A8 8 Ml RDER SPANIARDS, A'' "s.iteei a Hpanixih Newspaper— Soldiers’ Pay Delayed. ll.ivans, March H A Spanish news publishes a story to the effect '■'*>>( ,t parly of armed f übntis are fer ' lift an- h.,,. murdered " O i l! Spaniard* mar Rarajagnn and > ■'»>»•• of the persecution of 9 at f'atabnza Province of * f Uitti. In eorp'iitsiou the new* Ammeotf, authorities to ''t •<’ io-n ’• tonlt< i and to afford prot*'lion to the Spaniards. i \ ah Sbfdtcr*’ pay Inf Feb LEADS ILL NORTH CAROLINA HllS 1 111 AND CIRCUUTIp ruar.v is delayed, the authorities await ing cash which is expected here by a transport. Chief Paymaster Smith is paying the officers in checks, which are subject to the local discount of one per cent. The officers complain, hut the hankers will not buy cheeks on New York iit par, exchange going the other way. It costs more to transfer money from New York to Havana than from New York to London. 'The North American Trust Company has advanced the Government $400,001) without charging any exchange, thus losing B.'s.<M)i). It now has the authority of the Treasury to charge for exchange the local rate of oho per cent. The cost of importing is three-fourths of one per coni. Disbursing officers do not lose the discount, as they credit them selves with the exchange. The Treasury ruling as to the values of Spanish and French coins at the custom house will have the effect in tended. that of causing the export of Spanish currency, and establish in Cuba United States currency ns the standard. The sum of $175,000 in Spanish sil ver was shipm-d to Spain this week. The scarcity of Spanish silver is caus ing inconvenience on ’Change. The Havana brokers wish to prolong the two currencies for a period on account of the profit in exchange. A BATH OF STEAM. How the Moist Heat of the Phil ippines Feels to Our Boys. Manila. March 7.—3:55 p. m.—The temperature at three o’clock.was 87 de grees, but the cloudy air was like steam, and the troops were greatly incon venienced on the lipe in spite of the temporary shade afforded by matting and bamboos wherever feasible. There were fewer prostrations, however, from the heat. Our troops today are not compelled to remain in the open country to the same extent as yesterday, when they were engaged in clearing the jungle. The rebels seldom appear iu the open, except in tin* cool of the morning and in fin* evening. Our soldiers will probably feel the heat less when they are on the move. The following lights on the coasts of the Pa nay and Guinaras Islands have been re-established: Manigonizo, Zignntes, Sietopecados. Iloilo and Ltizaron. The French second class cruiser Jean Bart has arrived here. RESULT OF THE SHOOTING. Indulged iu by the Eighth Immunes at Chattanooga. Chattanooga. Tenn., March B.—No one will die as a result of the rioting in which the men of the Eighth immune (colored) regiment engaged here last nieht. but half a dozen people injured will he laid up for several months. In s|ieetnr Harkins, Policeman Pot* and A. J. Lodford are severely wounded, but 'heir injuries will not prove fatal. 1 hroo soldiers were shot in the dis turbance, but their names could not he learned. In addition to those* injured here, throe soldiers were shot on a Southern Railway train between Chattanooga and Knoxville. Tlu* shooting was done ny a soldier who escaped from the train at Athens. Tenn. B REESE EMBEZZLEMENT Till AL. Testimony of George M. Coffin—A Heavy Blow to the Defence. N. March 8. —(Special.) George M. Coffin, former assistant comp troller of the treasury, was on the stand to-day in the Breese embezzlement trial, and his testimony was by far the hard est blow tin* defense has yet received. Coffin was an old friend of Breese, and arrived here soon after the hank failed, lie warned ltreese that he came its a Government official, hut, notwithstand ing. Breese confessed 1 to him that he and two associates had received the benefit of tin* 8250.000 discounted notes. He gave all details up to the limes of the bank men's first visit. Coffin's tesii mony is not nearly finished. FRANCE’S TEUTON BURDEN. Must. Ko p Her Army on a Footing With That of Germany. I’.iris, .March 8. — In tin* Chamber of Deputies to-day the debate on the army budget led to tit usual reference to the necessity for preparedness against Ger many and to comparisons of the two armies. The members of tin* House, while complaining of the budget, which aggregates 875,000,11)10 francs, admitted ilt impossibility of retrenching in the face of the necessity of meeting German increase by corresponding additions. COTTON M11.1.S RAISE WAGES. Wbltiusvillo, Mass.. March 8. Tin* WbilitiKville Colton Mill and tlu turi mills at Liuwood and Saundersville have announced an advance in wages to j lake place April 3<l, About 1.01(0 op- I < rafivcM are affected. SHAMEFUL INDIGNITIES. Treatment of Two Men of Standing Ar rested in New Orleans. Washington, March B.—The Secretary of the Treasury has received from Sup erintendent Pritchett, of the < oast and Geodetic Survey, a strong protest against the arrest of two officials of his Depart ment at New Orleans during tin* Mardi Gras festivities in February last. It appears from Mr. Pritchett’s letter that Mr. I’holps and Mr. Frisby. aids in the Coast and Geodetic* Survey, both men of high standing and character, were arrested and taken to prison on the charge of being pickpockets. They were refused permission to communicate with friends and were subjected to shameful indignities. The cell into which they were put is said to have been vile* beyond description; they , were* compelled to spend the night in company with low criminals, and were subject to kicks and blows from tin* guards and wen* treated in a most inhuman and outrageous man lier. Superintendent Pritchett says that these gentlemen have a right to look to tlu* Department for protection, and therefore he asks that the matter be brought to the attention of the United States District Attorney at New Or leans. and that a demand Ik* math* for the dismissal of the officials concerned. Mr. Frisby and Mr. Phelps arc* on duty cm the schooner “Quick.” Secretary Gage has not yet taken any action, but if is likely that tlu*' matter will In* in vestigated. I. T. MORI-HEAD FAILS A BU'LDER OF ThF CA p E FEAR YADKIN VALLEY. F ndorsed Paper of tin North S*ate 'mprovemen* Company. For Years a leacing Citizen of Leaksville. New York. March 8. —J. Turner M oorehead. Thermo-Chemical Smelter, has filed a petition in bankruptcy with liabilities of $575,384. and nominal as sets. $42,045. Os the liabilities, $421,- 457 is surety for money borrowed by the North State Improv nionl Company of North Carolina. For twenty-five years Mr. Mooreßiead was one of the leading men of Leaksville. N. C. He, with others, built the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad. and in that connection indorsed paper of the North State Improvement Company, which, with the railroad company, went into tin* hands of a receiver in March, 1804. Mr. Moorehead made an assignment on January 25tli, 1804. lie* afterward came to New York and has been int r esied in the development of aluminum. POPULISTS OF GEORGIA. Dumb on Expansion—lnitiative and Referendum Untouched. Atlanta, Gn., March B.—Tlu* State Executive Committee of the People’s party met here today, only twelve of the committee* being present. The ses sion was held behind closed doors. Among the members present were* 11. P. Blount, of Atlanta: Mr. Wilson, of Buford; Ben. Milliken. of Waycross; Mr. Carraker. of Thomastou, and Mr. Carter, of Atlanta. During tlu* meet ing W. F. Carter. chairman of ihe committee*, tendered his resignation, to take effect at tlu* c lose of this meeting. It was accepted. The* names of 11. P. Blount and W. L. Peek were mentioned for tlu* place. No election was held, however, as flu* matter was referred to the vice chair man, Mr. 11. P. Irwin, who was in structed to hold the (‘lection by mail and to report the result at the next meeting. There was no action taken in the meeting toward fixing the initia tive and referendum plank as the plat form of the party in the campaign of 1000. Notwithstanding the fact that the sub ject was much discussed, tlu* committee has no authority in deciding matters of this kind, yet each member of the committee expressed himself as in favor of the policy. Speaking of lion. Thomas Watson, a member of tho committee said thb morning: T J\ ■ "Mr. Watson's future connection with tin- party is uncertain. Ilis time of late has been greatly occupied by his hook, and I think he has devoted hut little time to i*olitics.” Several members of tin* committee were asked regarding the position the party would take on 1..c expansion ques tion, but on ibis topic they all seemed disinclined to talk. Two. however, declared that individ ually they were out and out expansiou isis and in sympathy with the policy pursued by the present Administration on that line. .MAJOR WILSON CONVICTED. Santiago (h>'Cuba*, March 8. Major Edward Wilson, of the Third immune regiment, who was recently tried by court martial on charges of forgery, . falsifying records and conduct unbecom ing an officer and a gentleman, has been convicted and sentenced to dismissal from the service, forfeiture of pay and allowances, and confinement for one I year a 1 hard labor in the iienitentiary. General Leonard Wood, Military Gov ernor. taking into consideration Wilson's previous good character and tlu* reduc tion from a honorable position to the j status of a militarv convict, considers that clemency may be shown him. witli | out detracting from tin* force of the ex ample to others, and directs that tlu* sentence he remitted so far as confine ment at hard labor is concerned. j Some men’s greatness is due to their I smallness. RALEIGH. N. Till 'ILSHAT MORNING, MARCH !). 180!). nours DIVE TO DEATH Leaped From Roof of Madi son Square Garden, TWO DIVES MADE DAILY HE PLUNGED INTO AN EIGHT FOOT TANK. HIS SKULL FRAC'URED YESTERDAY te Failed to Rise, and Circles of Blood Came Bubbling to the Water's Sur face. Harry Reeder Brought Him Up. New York, March B.—Thomas Donald son. of Bath Beach. Long Island, known the world over as a champion high diver, dove from the roof of Madison ■Square Garden, a distance of 85 feet this afternoon with probably fatal re sults. Donaldson traveled for some years with Barnuni and Bailey and lias been the star attraction at the Sportsmen's Show, now running in the Garden. He has been making two dives daily. The tank is less than eight feet deep, and on two or three former occasions Don aldson did not have the success expected and came out of the water with hemor rhages irom the pose and cars. Harry Cornish has charge of the water sports, and it was he who this afternoon gave Donaldson the signal to dive. Three thousand people were pres ent and saw the famous diver lean from the platform, and, falling slowly forward, make the plunge. He shot straight downward, but it was plain before he had got half the distance that he had lost control of his body. He struck tho water head first and fail ed to come up. Small circles of blood came bubbling up 'from the bottom, and Harry Ilccder, the amateur cham pion swimmer and attache of the Gar den. plunged into tlu* water. The man dived several times, and finally brought Donaldson to tlu* surface. He was ap parently dead, with blood flowing from mouth, nostrils and ears and from wounds on the-head. Donaldson was carried to one of the dressing rooms and attended by several physicians. He was then removed to flu* New Y'ork Hos pital. He has a fracture of the skull, with compression of the brain, and the left side of his face is crushed in. The surgeons at the hospital say that his death is a question of nours. Witnesses of the accident say that as Donaldson left tin* platform the colors which were wrapped Tibout him became loose. His attention was diverted and he did not have his wits about him when he struck the water. He weighed more than 200 pounds and struck with terrific force. Donaldson is 45 years of age. Just before making this dive he said he in tended to challenge Kearney T. Speedy, tlu* champion high jumper of the world. TAUNTED BY FILIRINOS. Vancouver. It. C.. March B.—Mail ad vices from Manila brought by the steam er Empress of India, throw some side lights on tlu* causes of hostilities he iween Americans and insurgents. An Englishman who witnessed the first outbreak, says: "I was told that Aguinaldo had dis played a flag of truce, hut: that Admiral Dewey refused to recognize it, adding that the Filipinos started the fighting, and they would have to abide by it. An old Filipino told mo il was the best tiling which could have happened, as if the Americans gave tlu* Filipinos a thorough good drubbing now they would have peace for the next fifty years. American soldiers whom I have spoken to com plained that the taunts and gil*es they had to put up with from the Filipinos was awful. I) was quite a common thing for a Filipino to tell them that they could not tight, and that one Fili pino was Letter than a dozen Ameri cans.” SENTIMENT IN SAMOA. It Seems Changing in Favor of Tanus. San Francisco. Gal.. March 8. —The steamer Alameda has arrived from Aus tralia via Samoa and Honolulu. YVhen the Alameda left Apia everything was quiet under the direction of the provi sional Governme nt, with Mataafa at its head. The sentiment among the natives seems to he changing in favor of Tanus. and Mahiafa is becoming uneasy. Every body is anxiously awaiting the decision of their powers as to who will be king. KI FLING STILL IMPROVES. New York. March B.—Uiulyard Kip ling’s health continues to mend slowly. So far beef tea is his only article of diet, and nothing will he added lo.it until an improvement *** Eiis condition will permit. He has not yet been told of the the death of his daughter Josephine. Elsie, the other daughter, rested quietly to-<lay. At 10 o’clock to-night Mr. Kipling was said to he resting quietly and making encouraging progress. It was said he probably will he moved to another suite iu the hotel in another week, merely to give him a change of surroundings. MORAVIA IN DISTRESS. The St. Regnlns Was Unable to go to Her Aid. Savannah. Ga.. March S. —The British steamship St. Regains from Liverpool February oth, arrived at Brunswick to day several days overdue after a peril ous passage. Her Captain. Bennett, ex plains that the St. Regains on the night of February 12th sighted Uoston Lights burned by the Hamburg American Liner Moravia, then in distress, iu about lati tude 48.50 north and longitude 13. The St. Regains how vor could not go to her assistance, as she had herself suffered her steering gear carried away and the loss of two propeller blades. She attempt d to go to the aid of the dis tressed Moravia, but in doing so fell off' into the trough of the sea, and became almost unmanageable. In her crippled condition the St. Regnlns made the best way she could to Bermuda. Captain B 'inictt reports that on Saturday last in the Gulf stream he passed an abandoned lumber laden three-masted schooner. HAYWARD ELECTED SENATOR. Lincoln, Neb., March 8. —ln joint ses sion to-day M. L. Hayward was elected United States Senator to succeed Win. V. Allen. He received 74 votes. Ine solid Republican membership, with the exception of one absent on account of sickness. Allen received 58, the full Fusion strength. WITH TWELVE ON BOARf r HE TUG JAMES BROWN SINKS ONTSIDI THE CAPS. v •S*cond Mate of the Albano Lost h : s Life in a Heroic l ffort so Save the Lives / of Others. Newport News. Va., March S. —Intel- ligence of the sinking of the tug James Bowen, with 12 persons on hoard, and the loss of the second mate of the Ger man steamship Alba no oil Tuesday afternoon while heroically leading a life crew to the rescue of the crew of the mud barge Admiral, was brought by Captain Koch, of the Albano, which en tered the Capes this afternoon. The Bowen having the barge iu tow. was caught in a gale, and sprung aleak out side of the Capes. The Albano sighted the barge iu distress, and after a hard battle with the waves, succeeded in taking off the captain and crew of the sinking barge. The second mate was washed overboard while 'making the rescue. BRAISED FOR THEIR COURAGE. Newport News, March 8. —Among those on hoard the big tug Bowen was the Superintendent of the American Towing Company. The captain of the Admiral, who went to Norfolk tonight to report the loss of his vessel to his company's office, warmly praises ihe crew of the Albano for the pluck they displayed in their work of rescue* ALL GIVEN I F AS LOST. Newport News, Ya.. March B.—Noth ing has het'ii heard of the twelve persons on hoard the tug and they art* given up as lost. A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE LOSS. Nroflok, Ya., March B.—Tht* tug Bowen was lost with till on hoard off Hog Island yesterday; eleven lives were lost on the tug, but the crew of the dredge she was towing tit the time were pick'd up by tin* German steamship Albano, hound from New York to New port News. They were landed at Old Foint Comfort late to-night. The tug was lost in the midst of the terrible snow storm of yesterday. She was towing the steam barge Admiral to Fhilad Jphia. where she is owned by the American dredging company, tin assistant superintendent of which was lost aboard her. He was Captain William G. Cannon, and lived in Cam den. The others lost were: Captain James E. Bowen, 'Thomas Crump, Samuel Fowler, Filot Philips. Mate Conlison. and lived in Cam two sailors. The tug was swamped by an unusually heavy sea, just after cutting loose from the dredge. Tlu* second male of tin* steamer Al hano was drowned while attempting the rescue of those on the dredge. Their sufferings, exposed as they were, to the snow storm, were dreadful, and when taken off - the dredge they were exhaus ted. HELD UP PAYMENT. An Echo of the Carter Court Martial. Washington. March B.—On the advice of the War Department the Treasury accounting officers have held up payment of about a quarter of a million dollars to the Atlantic Construction Company on account of harbor improvements work performed at Cumberland Sound, Ga. This was one of tlu* projects under the direction of Captain Oberlin M. Carter, Corps of Engineers, and the work there was the basis for consideration by the court martial in the case of that officer. The War Department had about $400,- (100 balance left at the conclusion of the Cumberland improvement, and it was Against this balance that the construc tion company attempted to draw after failing to present its claims for several years. The Treasury officials called the claim to the attention of the War De partment, and the latter recommended that it he held up (lending final action by tin* Government in the case of Cap tain Carter. Then* is always a commanding jeos tucc alnhi I the subpoena. Has Passed Into History. THE LAST LEGISLATURE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Adjourned After a Sixty-Four Day's Session to Meet Again on Tuesday After Second Monday in June. The General Assembly of North Carolina, for 181)0. ended >< -:• lay at high nooiii. according*to the docks in the Senate and House. In truth, however, it was exactly 2:<)S o clock, standard time, w hen the gavel fell for the last time, for the timepieces were often tan pood with before lilt* two Houses were declared adjourned for tin* session. The hands of the clock in the House were first turned hack half an hour at 10:15. At* 11 o'clock another set hack overtook them, and tlmn when they had crept up to 11:45 tin* clock was stopped not to he started again till tlu* work of the day was completed. At 2:1*2 the last law—the Stevens anti-trust bill was ratified, ihe business of the session was declared at an end. Speaker Connor delivered hi* farewell ad dress and tin 1 General Assembly of 181)0 passed into history: and its record went to the people of North Carolina to make up their verdict. It was a queer sight—this ydjoiinunciit. One that must ! e historic, for in it the House and Senate strangely swapped places. Ihe Senate L>si iis dignity - or forgot it —and the House, usually so abounding in incident and sensation, somehow found it. With hurst of patriotic song, in which Senators on the Hoot* and spectators in the gallery joined, the l pper Branch ot the General Assem bly came to its end. . A sort of dying swans song to lo sure, in whi* li lusty, high-pitched voices took tlu* place of softer notes. Finally, to remedy this defect, the ladies in the gallery were invited u|*oti the floor to join in the music-making, an invitation they gladly accepted and soon the fretted columns and curving dome of the old capital rang with sweeter tones than have been heard there in many a day. if indeed ever before. Hence I say it was an historic scene —one such as has not been witnessed there before within the recollection of the oldest member. In the House there was quite a different scene. Having been in almost con tinuous session for, two solid weeks, the members were utterly fagged <>ut and the closing duties were perfunctorily performed. Y\ ith the end *>f the terrible strain had come a loss of spirit, almost a collapse. Notwithstanding tin* joy of home-going there,wen* faces pale from exhaustion and loss of sleep, and line marked features made so by nervous-strain and anxious thought. Finally, wondering at the strange humor, the Senate iu a l*ody. accompanied by tin* ladies that had been joining it in song and merry-making, catnc into the House and tried to “jolly” it into life and enthusiasm. Somehow it did not suc ceed. and ten minutes after it had retired, both Houses adjourned to meet again on Tuesday after the second Monday in June, 1 DIO. The galleries of both Houses were (y* 11 filled with spectators— principally ladies—to witness the final session of a Legislature that must la* memorable ill lie annals of the State. And nothing had been further from their thoughts, when they came, than being called nu to take part in these closing scenes. HON. HENRY GROVES CONNOR. The Speaker of the House Has Added to His Reputation as One of North Carolina’s Ablest and Wisest Statesmen. JUDGE CONNOR’S FAREWELL. Au Able Resume of the Work of the Session By the Speaker. The House met at !*• o’clock. The first half hour was devoted to tint passage of a few left-over hill*, that members were anxious “to get through.” Then the ratification of enrolled hills began. They came in great stacks, and between tlu* signing of one stack and the arrival of another recesses were taken and members were permitted t<> amuse themselves or occupy their time as might seem best and most agreeable. Beyond tlu* occasional interchange of a joke across the hall <>r sonic pleasan try among the members, the last hours of the usually boisterous House passed away in a quiet, dignified and orderly manner. But for the farewells spoken and the good-bye hand-grasp of fellow member with fellow-member, to one who knew no better there was hardly any thing to indicate that tin* House would not meet again to-day, instead of in June. lUOO. At the dose of tho session Speaker Connor delivered his farewell address (<> tlu* House, iu the course of which lie reviewed the work of the session, lie said: “Gentlemen of the House of U. pn sent atlves: "This General Assembly met sixty-four days ago, charged by the people of tln- State with a commission, the terms and meaning of which were clour and unmistakable. The political condition* which have existed among ns had etthui unfed in what might uot inaptly l*o PRICE f'E CENTS J term, d a political revolution in the Stale, i The election of November. 181)8. was ihe emphatic expression of a fixed deteriui* j nation of the people of North Caro lina that the peace and welfare of the ! State for the future demanded heron* I treatment on the suffrage question., i Every member of the majority of this \ Genera! Assembly entered upon the duties of the session \fith a recognition of this fact am! a determination to perform ibis duty . There were of course differences of opinion in regard t" tin' wisest and best manner of d aling with 'tile question. Tliom* differences ii.-ne been discussed fully and can ini!.-', •and mutual eonce-von* have been made, and after long aid la borious efforts. tin* int.nsity of which will never bo known save h.v those who engaged in thorn, a common 'position was reached resulting in tli • proposed amendment to the Constitution. (That it is not perfect none know better or appreciate more fully than ourselves: that it is the b st possible outcome *>( the situation, wo believe to he true. Y\ c I also believe that it i s the basis upon, [which we may he able to build a sale. I stable and int lligcut system ■»! sutirage jilt this State. V j “We submit Jto the people for their ratification. “Many other Important, and perplexing questions commanded ottr at) "Ktoti. Ihe i are for the Slate institu'inn*. educa tional, ohuriiaUr and penal, has receiv ed our best ati/'tition and we feel sure that those sufeetod 'or then’ eouir.l and measur up to ihe highest standard of eoniprteney and fidelity. man ha been’ elected by iContißued ou Sc oud Page.)
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