A bill was introduced in the House
on Feb. 24, by representative Parker
of Perquimans, and iu the Senate by
Senator Atwater to amend the elec
tion law of Xorth Carolina. This
oni simply amended those parts cf
the law that were used as a cover for
fraud in the late election. The Sen
ate committee reported "unfavora
ble" on the bill and it was on mo
tion tabled by the Senate. The bill
met the same fate in the House,
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j. nc um was not allowed to romp
up for discussion, but was tabled to
prevent discussion. We have a copy
of the amendments before us. It is
more Democratic than the present
law, unless the word Democratic
has degenerated with the party till
it means dishonesty. This bill amend
ed the sections under which the
cheating of the last election or rath
er count was done. TVe challenge
any honest man to show that the
amendments are not fair, iust and
needed if you are to have a free bal
lot and an honest count, The peo
ple shall know why these amend
ments were not passed. We will
publish the bill next week and com
ment on it by sections. Before we
let up on this election business we
propose to turn on some light that
will make the corrupt scoundrels
who did the stealing at the late elec
tion, howl and hide their heads in
shame, unless they are shameless.
Mr. Cleveland made his address at
the Inauguration before he took the
oath of office; so it is not the address
of a President but of a private citi
zen; Mr. Cleveland.
