The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-06

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ypt Grover { ,veiau1 IL the Waite House
aid thereby reform the i.w- Of fcder.
TAXATION aud purge our great Republic u
the corruption 10 high places that has -
lone prevailed at Washington to The yreY
scandal aud injury Of our people.
Whether uuder the circumstances |
ought to have voted for Mr. Converse or
Mr.. Morrison, viii leave nj consli uents
to say.
sir. Hale, feeling that he is a great
teacher OF political econopy .nu par tr
celcnce the platter n OAK rior State and
National LventIons, " uid have sup
ported Mr. Morrison while | voted for
Mr.. Converse aud this Is my eCtuSe for
50 dong. \ man who has TO pay every
year more than 5000, 00O) six hundred
thousand dollars 10 internal revenue taxes
direct TO the government will learn some
thing OF such business after doing it for a
series OF years az | ave dore and mu t
cootinue 10 DO until the internal revenue
law is repealed.
As for a delegate being sent to me to
tell ne how 10 vote, | never received any
such Mosaic, id BY what authority, II
any, such Messenger Was appointed, i
appointed at ali, | am not informed. Nj.
Hale statement In this respect is mars TO
me.
Perhaps Mr.. III ale is still sulking be-
cause Mr.. Cleveland was nominated aud
was my choice before the convention net.
He may possibly remember to his discom
fort that when the formal vote Of our dele
CATION was taken to put each man ON re-
cord as TO his choice before a vote was
taken in the convention, that | voted for
Cleveland aud he voted agdjnst HIM, aud
tor the ruth of this assertion | refer to
tie minutes OF the secretary of our dele
cation. Mr.. Hale MAJ ieel disappointed
that some political aspiration Of his own is
thus defeated and his &C lon in opposing
Mr.. Cleveland political suicide and Low
with his great big newspaper he stands
ready 20 slaughter me because | had mo
taste or political training, = to use HE
chosen ex preston, for the duties assigned
me at Chicago.
Mr.. Hale very thoushtfully inform the
pubic hat from the city OF Chicago he
Journeyed to Bloomington, Illinois, TO pay
his respects to Ex-senator David Davis.
ust about cotemperaneously with Mr..
dale's visit word lis passed along the line
chat this hitherto unknown quantity in
our politics has for once in his declining
years taken a decided position. He has
been Tor many years sitting on the fence
and can it be possible that in declaring
himself Tor Mr.. Blaine, the Old mans &C
ton is to be accounted for as caused by
sympathy Tor Mr.. Hale b cause he acci
de4ttaUy got left at Chicago? Did the old
mao, who was once thought to b. a Presi
DENTAL possible y, when he head of this
treatment of Mr.. Hale "Aick" 30 hard
that he fell of the tenc a?
But to return to the subject. hr. Hale
says: But in more congcnial occupation
he (meaning MYSELF atoned for the misfor-
tune Of his (my) voluntary and inderati-
gable services as caterer, master Of trans
pOrtation and superintendent of decora-
tions." $40 in his (my) trustworthy zeal
for the decorative glory Of North Carolina,
a colossal bag of tobacco duly labelled with
bull, &c, was somehow taken for the coat
of arms for the noble old commonwealth
and drifted in an incidental way to the chief
place of honor in the States headquarters,
the centre of the mantel piece, &c"
AS to voluntary services as caterer,
&c, aud the charge made by insinuation
that | sought to advertise my private bus
mess at the "eXpense" OF our delegation,
conf ing as it does from a man VII is re-
cogniZed as a gentleman, as this tends to
affect my private character among stran-
gers" | have this to say in reply As TO
my voluntary services | will not charge
! Mr.. Hale with a "Wiliui intention to mis-
represent me, but he ought at least not to
have made such u charge unless the facts
would sustain him. | will state for his in
formation, if he didn't know it before, that
| was present at a meeting of the delegates
for the State at large and the Congressional
districts, at which all The districts were
represented except, l believe, the third,
which had not then chosen delegates), held
in the parlor of the Marlboro house in Raj
cigh immediately upon the adjournment of
the State convention, at which meeting ar
engagements were made to go to Chicago in
"a body. At this meeting Dir. George f
Brown moved that the matter of transport
ing the delegates to Chicago and lodging
them while there be placed in the hands Of
Mr.. j. b Carr. This surprised me and was
moreover a source of much regret To me, as
| had my hands full of my own private at
fairs to be gotten into shape before leaving
home; but being requested by the unan-
imOus vote of the delegation to act in this
capacity 4 consented to serve. | was at
This same meeting INSTRUCTED by the dele
CATION 10 charter a Pullman car to convey
the delegation in a body to Chicago from
some convenient point. | obcyed these
instructions" to the best of my ability,
and | nave since had the satisfaction Of
receiving letters FROM some of my col
leagues at Chicago, expressing Their appre-
ciatIou of my services, the full details OF
the trouble OF which L prefer not to parade
in public print to my v exaltation.
AT this same Marlboro house meeting it
was stated that Mr.. Richmond Pearson
(who is, | will take occasion TO say, always
ready to contribute to the enjoy cnt and
pleasure of others and knows how To do il
loo,) had already engaged a parlor aud
made suitable arrangements for the delega-
ton ut the Palmer house in [ hlcago. ms
foresight and prompt action on the part OF
MIR. Pearson secured for us an elegant room
for headquarters, and this and other acts
OF Mr.. Pcarson | am sure were appreciated
by me, and | believe they were by the dele
cation who, except Mr.. Hale, understood as
well as | did how they came about. If by an
expression used by Dir. Hale in relation to
Tie pullman sleeper, viz: And $40 paid
into his hands by each person who chose
to take advantage of the arrangement suf-
need to secure excellent travelling accom-
modations for the delegation in a body" he
meant to inalnuate or hint at or suggest
that l ! undertook 10 make a penny for my
personal gain, "A construction which the
language used would bear, then | huri il
,ack at him as false and 'unbecOming "A
gentleman" l engaged the sleeper, as be-
fore stated, purely as the agent of the dele
cation, acting under their orders Mr.. Hale
mad the privilege, it is true, of walking to
Chicago if he chose, because he Was not