The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-11-02

rience in the same once, Irefnsed to an
point him. He y IN ignorant, vulear.
intemperate politician, without the grace
0i truth or honesty. He II for eAle 70
the highest bidder; and AVAILABLE only
for dirty work. He hae ranked high
among those devoted Southeru Republi-
cans who got into the National Conyer-
tions aod put shekels IN their purses By
selling Themselves to the friends Of
Presidential candidates BHroRR the.
vote, and selling the candidates in per
SOD AFTRRwARD; but ct the last State
Convention there arose z little band Of
young colored men who laid him ont
cold. and repeated II last June. when he.
was beaten for Alderman IN his his own
ward, the normal vote Of which Ia near
~ three Republicans to one Democrat.
three-fourths Of which is coloretl.
Concealed behind Stewart Ellison.
punching him up and eegipg him on, lie
two noteworthy specimens Of the oenue
southern Republican," These are J.
@. L. Harris and Charles D. Upchurch.
He vas supposed to have been s.con-
ciliated" a. kicker, BY his appointment
to the second best Office il the gift Of
the Collector of Internal Revenue, with
q clerk of his own nomination to do his
work at half bis salary, while he writes
scurrilous articles under assumed names
|sfor the New York Times against the
Administration, and levies black mail
upon the guilelsss officials a. contribu-
tions for ''our paper" which hasn't ma
terialized for two months, and probably
never will again.
The second is tho brether-in.law of
the first, and Clerk Of the Superior Court,
without q Republican subordinate in his
Office. have been upon bis official
bond for six years; am now; and this is
specimen of his gratitude. Through
fifteen years Of unbroken occupation Of
the best Office in the State, he has come
to believe, not only that be owns the Of.
6:e in fee, but that he may resent, as
an interference with his prerogative,
any ambition for Office without his con-
sent.
Returning from q late visit to Wash
ington to lay his wires for the rejection
Of my nomination, he stated publicly,
that he had ''Shaffer on the run," that
be had had his nomination referred to a
committee Of one, not Republican, and
| not q member of the committee!
He 10 the same 'infiuential Republi
can" who, upon the aure of his kim
candidate for the Post-offlce, turned the
portrait Of President Harrison to the
wall, cursed him publicly for ''dish-
faced son of-a.bitch," rejoiced over the
result of the Ohio election, hung out bis
draperies upon the death Of Jefferson
Davis, and expects to be. reelected az
an independent candidate this year
without Democratic oppositjoD! 'sWhat
fools we mortals bel"
Another anxious brother-in law and
devoted patriot IL that ubiquitous. nOto
rious and hairless Celt, Timothy F. Lee
Dismissed in disgrace from the army Al
Second Lieutenant, Ninth Massachu
setts Regiment In 1861, ct tims
when all TRUE men were most needed
he lodged here at the close Of the wal
in the guise of sulter and the rank o
Captain, which has since been raised t.
Colonel. An oily tongue and bum
mer's cheek secured him the Shrievalty
with which he soon bankrupted himself
and all his sureties who could not sue
cessfully plead the Statute of Limita
tions or c0verture, and left his numerol
private creditors to mourn their foil.
and charge his accounts to profit an
loss. He has been quietly droppe'
from every Office he ever held, and thei
names are .'legion," except the last
the time and salary OF which he devote
. | to the defeat Of the nominations of tn
President.
FL In heated political campaigns al
, generally described by ''our friends th
enemy" az q Carpetbagger: q teri
which would apply with equal truth an
. relevancy to majority of the Unite
D States Senate; as witness the foilowin
facts: I came here under an order Of tt
|. Secretary of War for duty in the Free'
\ mans Bureau, in March, 1865 Upa
. my discharge from that service in l8t
n became, and have ever since been,
g citizen Of North Carolina; invested a
: my estate here, and, among other thins
q Of q public nature, I devoted three yea
q of my life aud $1,000 Of iny priva
q funds to the drst great township map
}. North Carolina ever issued, for publ
schools and private uses. have he
3. public office during all that period; y
,e my name figures in no FRAUD CoMMl
1t SION REPORTS, no ARTICLES OF Il
., PEAoHAENT, and no CRIMINAL
,e other PRosHcUTIoNs for MAHFnAsAl,
ee IN OFFICE; q record Of good citizensh
D. for which / am ready TO try titles W.T.
se ANY OF THH OONCRALHD PR0AOTs
OF THIS CONTEaT WHO DARR RAJ
Id THE ISSUE AND LET NE FOCUS ii
rd LIGHTS UPON THEIR PUBLIC CAREE
,d have no desire to lift the mantle OF
nd lence and oblivion now resting up
the unsavory record Of their past liv'
cd but even the WORM will turn upon
Ist tormentors, and fOrbearance may cee
n. to be q virtue.
lts These are the choice spirits who nc
It. to compass the defeat Of my connro
l1v AS~- A~sl> E,os~~ . h0lGsf1nRAn k1n0l