The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-04-26
sRaDFlELD TO THE FRONT.
He Prefers Charges Against Sergeant
at-Arms Cannady, and Gives
Brewer a Lick.

alarms Cannauy, anu OiSoS
Brewer Lick.
EDITOR SENTINEL have writ
ten nothing for The SENTINEL since
the beginning of the Reid campaign
two years; but the paper having
changed hands, | fell at liberty to
send letter once more.
| will not speak of the great debate
on the Mills tariff bill now in progress
nor of other matters affecting national
politics in a general way; but will
confne my remarks to the three Re
publicans from our State holding
prominent official positions here. [
have been sufficiently amused with
these fellows. Because l criticised
Jim Boyd and published Judge Set
ties letter in the Winston Republican,
contrary to their orders, they conspir-
ed to deprive me of Office and drive
me from Washington. In the former
part of their design they succeeded,
but not in the latter, for determined
to stay here until | got even with
them if it took me all summer, aud l
have succeeded.
W. P. Canaday, Sergeant-at arms
of the Senate, is the president of
fraudulent concern known as the
"Gold Mining Company which is
capitalized at 1926, 900, and has sold
large quantities of stock in this dis
trict and the neigborinp counties Of
Virginia. The company claims to
own gold mines in the Music Mount
aims, Mchanna County, Arizona: but
investigation has developed the fact
that it has no title to any property in
that Territory. Its charter is not re-
corded in the Office of the Recorder of
Deeds of the District of Columbia as
required by law, and in fact there is
no evidence except the statement of
its members that it has any charter at
all. Its stock is not listed with any
stock exchange, nor quoted in any
market report, but has been peddled
out by its officers and some of Cana
days subordinates in the Sergeant at
arms office for whatever could be got
for it. The par value of the shares
is one dollar, and they have been sold
here at prices ranging from ten cents
to So cents. The company is not
mentioned in the city directory as
having any place of business in Wash
ington though it claims that its prin-
cipal Office is here. 1t has no credit,
no funds, no standing. The money
paid by silly investors goes into the
pockets of its managers. 1t is in fine
villianous conspiracy to defraud the
public.
When Canaday heard that l was
Investigating his pet scheme, he went
to Nichols and Brewer and a private
detective named McDevitt, and they
fixed up plan to scare me out of
town, by declaring that the District
Attorney was going to arrest me for
ibelling the God Mining Company.
Nichols and McDevitt came to my
room, the latter to argue the case for
Canaday by showing what horrible
offence | had committed, and the
former TO advise me to leave at once.
A policeman came the same night and
called for Brewer but took good care
to show himself to me. / went
straight to Judge Hoge, the District
Attorney, and laid the case before
him. He said that he had sent no
detective and no policeman to my
room, nor had he ever thought of
having me arrested-that he thought
moreover, that I was on the ri ght
track and performing valuable pub
lie service in unearthing such
scheme.
Nichols and Brewer are not inter
ested in the mining swindle further
than as parties to conspiracy to
ruin me but they are still RESPONSE
BILE for aiding Canaday in his efforts
to suppress the facts, and they are no
better than he is.
If the Republicans renominate
these men in the face of these disclos-
ures, as the Democrats renominated
Reid two years ago after charges had
been made against him, they will
find that the Gold Mining Compa-
ny" will become an issue in North
Carolina politics no less effective
than county script was in 1886. But
if they want to shoulder this scandal
they are welcome to do 80. The par
ty that supports men who use high
official position to cloak the scound-
relism of themselves or others, is no
better than the criminals themselves.
Jos. BRADFIELD.