The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-03

na6ss fsilt this way. People VIE
call to nina The pieksrsil bribery trans.
a~ctisa, which vas fully expesss in the
Tine. 6urisG the eAnpaigi last year.
make - bones Of saying that thew be-
lisve that Gov. Jarvis is in the nswsr
Of the Riea AsHl asd Danvills Con-
Paay, And eallst break with that com
pany without being %rniAousiy exposed.
The present Attitues Of the Gsvernsr
does net amount to ANYTHING than
= little biuster On paper. The lias
for decisise asd efecti, E actioa by the
Governor hae lot vet arrived. Beth
parties t. the Ash, fully recognize The
fact that tie Governor is master Of the
sltaatisa satil the meeting OF the ns1t
Legislature in .~Jxsuary. 1888 The
o~Es!aught OF Best, Vance an Conpasy
canaot succeed without the 6ovsraor
takes possessios OF the Western Moth
Carolina road, and without the quo
xsrranto cults against the Piedmont
ard North Carolina Railroad Companies
10 securs . forfeiture Of their charter,
are brought and pressed to 4 speedy
GENERALIZATION BY Attorary-General
kenan usdcr instructions from toe
Governor. The Richmond and Danvile
people are apprehen.ivc from the facts
herein stated that the Governor mas
gone ever to the Philistines, and Meears.
Best, Vance and Company express
great distract OF the Governor, and are
not prepared TO believe that he - their
friend until bis his acts prove that he
10. They say ths tthey deposited $3.50,
600 with Gov. Jarvis, to be rendered
The Richnond and Danville Company
10 payment Of oil moneys advanced &c
". j. Best and spent on the road, and
at once WAS delayed, and was not made
for a month after the deposit was left
With Jarvis. They further charge that
every consultation which they have
been compelled to have with the Gov
ernor, however private and con6deutiaI
they may have been, has been comuni
Gated to Col. A. B. Andrew. by the
Governor. Messrs. Best, Vance, and
Company believe that there il an IN
derstsnding between Gov. jarvis and
Col. Andrews, and that the acts Of the
Governor, which appear on their face
to be hostile to the Richmond and Dan.
vile people, are insinCere, and neal
nothing moro than what has already
been done, and form no indie, to the
future official conduct OF the Governor.
The Richmond and Danville people e1-
pect Gov. Jarvis to stand by them os
cause of past ~favors; but inssmucn .:
the modern idea of gratitude appears
to be a lively sense Of favors to bc be
slowed in the future. without regard
to the past, the Richmond and Danvillc
people are relying upon a fouDdstior
that may prove to be qu.cksand.
Xessrs. Best and associate. expect to
control the Governor through the IN
hucncc 81 Senator Vance ln8 the force
OF public opinion. If they cannot sue
coed, and Gov. Jarvis remains true It
the Richmond and Danville Company
Senator Vance is prepared TO fight hin
to the bitter end. The contingency o
having JARVIS TO fight has been fully
considered, and Me,sr.. Best, Vance
without hesitation whenever the snC
cess o. their undertaking demands tsi
action"
NoTE.-It is proper to caution on
readers that these are purely specula
tons, and By an ehemy of Gov Jarvis
and Of the Democratic Party. 1t ma
be there are 'stravs' suggesting til
differences drawn by Dir. Harris, but "
30 not at all contemplate such II stat
Of things as is in,imated by him. Gov
Jarvis has never acted a friends psrs b
us since his election a. speaker of tn
House Of Representatives but We CIV
him credit for sufficient gratitude an
wisdom not to prove ~treacherous
Gov. Vance, his life long frlcnd.-Er
f. & NJ.
Mr.. Harris CONTINUES: Senate
Vance is. fully conscious of the fac
that upon purely State issues, such :
the Road law, the name OF electln
County Commissioners and Justices
the Peace, the No-fence law, the IT
sponsibility Of the prohibition agltatlo
this summer, and the sale of the We
tern North Carolina Railroad, and i
ownership and operation by the Ricl
mond and Danvilie Company, that tt
Republicans have very decided advar
0 tage. Hence the new issue again
monopolies.