Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-18
High Erlces-ss, 500 for "a 3"Hana."

HaSh Rr1ceS-SS, 500 for a l6HAnd."
We have it on first rate evidence that
the paltry snm of twenty five hundred dol
lars has been offered to a mea. Der of the
Legislature fo- his vote.
DIR. Hawkins gave the G vernor's State
Printer, the Standard man, 500, 600 LfC +
lobbying through the Legislature bill to
appropriate, CONTRARY to the Constitution,
by the way,) 100000 for the Chatham
Railroad. is.fas a,zg8
We have told the .'bands" frequently
before and we repeat it, lnot that they are
likely to forget the fact. however,) that
there is mo oney to be made out of the sale
of the North Carolina Railroad. If they
are true to themselves. (and they have ex-
hiblted no neglect in this respect hereto
fore, and anything like proportion is
observed, gt'sc7 ought to haveat least $500,
600 as a bait TO sell the North Carolina
Railroad, and we tell them they can get It
if they hold of strCng. -
80 We hear of one tehand" who has sent off
two horses, q present from member of
the Ring" When Barnett's bill for the
sale OF the load comes up, let each 'thand"
cry out, ''a horse ! a horse my vote for q
horse J" But let them not stop at that,
for each one can get not only horse, bat
carriage and harness thrown in, so that
each one can drive home in his own
vehicle, striking cavaicade We shall
watch to see what figure the s'kildse"
and Cutfee will cut, as they strike out for
the hills on the backside OK Tar River
We have heard that tho failure of the
bill to sell the road, which was acted on
all last session, was attI ibutable to the fact
that the Governors State Printer, Little
field, was absent from the city. Some
think now, that if he can be kept away the
road is safe. and will not be sold. But
'the Court doubts" LittIefeld has bis
friends In the Executive, Legislative and
Judiciary Departments. Even the Gov
ernOr's silence in regard to Littlefeld and
''hlS tricks and his Manners" is construed
by many in defence of him. The vote of
the Senate refusing to ask him to dismiss
Littletield as State Printer, is construed
into defence of him. The speeches of
Moore, of Chowan, and the God-forsaken
ex-parson, OF Robson, against telegraph
ing to Littlefield to come to Raleigh, is
reasonably construed into a defense of him.
The refusal of Cuffee Mayo to introduce
resolutions to expel Latin for his compile
ity with Littleield in the $4,000 ''James
Smith" bond bribery case, is justly con-
strued into defence of him.
The presence of a Justice OF the Supreme
Court in New York, at the grand gather
ing last Fall of Railroad Presidents, Little
field included, and the careful concealment
of certain facts that were then and there
brought TO light, creates suspicion of a
disposition to defend him. The adjourn
ing OF the Court by Greasy Sam, when
there was presentment made of LittIefeld
for bribery, before bill could be drawn,
looks very much like defending him.
No Littlefcld's absence from this State
is no security against the sale of the North
Carolina Railroad, while he has go many
friends in high places, many of whom
may, perhaps, be interested beyond the
of his schemes.
We suggest to the honest ''hands" of
the Legislature that it is due to their
character as Legislators to inquire and
find out who it was that was offered
So, 500 for his vote, and who it was that
offered it.-Raleigh Sentinel.