The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-02
Experience of Republican Office
holder in North Carolina With
Newspaper
After Very Great Effort He Suc-
ceeded in Freezing His AS
aociates Out.
But fer Years TO Come Republican Boss
in That section WIN Have
Few Resources

RALEIGH, n. C., Dec. 1.-The vendetta In
tho republican party Of North Carolina has
b. oxen out afresh and in n new place. This
time IL is not Mott and Eaves. Some time
last year Messra. Thomas B. Keogh and
james j.. Boyd, Of Greensboroueh. were
smart enough to dump the North Stats
newspaper, published in that place, on the
federal office holders Of tho eastern jndic!a!
district for good, round aum, who wanted
to have personal organ for the office hold
ora. For many years sinecure under the
department OF agriculture which pays $50
per month for q service that does not re-
quire one day during each month to per-
form tho work exaoted by the department..
has been one Of the perquisites of this pa
per.
Mr.. Keogh WAS keen enough to find this
place, and he secured it for Greensborough
man who was employed on the North State.
When the North State was sold to the Office
holders. this office and sinecure was sold
with the paper, and the Greensborough
man resigned. and Secretary Rusk con-
fl med the gale by appointing Thomas Il.
Purneil to the vacant place because Mr..
Purnell had been selected by the office
holders to edit their organ.
When the sale was made it was under
stood that Mr.. j. +. Hoskns held a mort
gage for 81 900 on the paper Mr.. Hoskins,
though republican, was looking out for
himself, and about a month before election
he had the paper put up for sale, thinking
that he would bulldoze the Office holders
into buying. and thus get his mortgage paid
off. The paper had not paid expenses since
it became the organ of the office holders,
and Collector White, Marshal Hill and
others of like ilk did not bite. MIR. Hos
kins sold and Marshal Tyre Glenn became
! the purchaser. Mr.. Glenn has not been on
good terms with Collector White and other
| revenue officers since they supported Mr..
Henry G. Cowles, OF Statesville for national
committeeman and defeated Mr.. Glenn.
| 1t was at Minneapolis that DIR. j. 0. VIII
| cox, who went there as the avowed friend
| of d.. Mott, changed 40 quickly from
Blaine to Harrison that the rear of his
| trousers WAS found in front. The treachery
and detection of Wilcox defeated Glenn,
and Eaves and White were responsible for
4 the action of Wilcox. The argument used
| to secure the support of Wilcox for Cowles
| was that Cowles as national committeeman
would see to it that any money sent down
| bv the committee should be spent in the
districts of Wilcox and Cheatham, and il
Glenn was elected that the money would be
!, spent IN tle ulbtFlclS Oh Gettle anu
| Pritchard, each of the four last named
gentlemen being republican candidates for
| congress.
Mr.. Glenn has been nursing and coddling
his ath. biding his time. 1t came when
be bought the North State. He immedi-
ately notified his office holding brethren
that the paper was now his own personal
property and was under his sole control.
At the same time he wrote Editor Pnrnell
aud asked his resignation of the slnecure
which he holds under MIR. Secretary Rusk
as ex-ofiicio editor of the North State in
order that Mr.. " b. Ball, who has been
employed as editor by MIR. Glenn, may be
| appointed, as was the former Greensbor
ough man, and thus have the United States
government pay his salary as editor. as has
been done in the case of Mr. Purnell,
The latter gentleman came into tho re
publican party by means of the office Of
state librarian. and he has been able to hold
on to some public snap" ever since. 10
hold Office is second nature with him. and
it is more painful than pulling eye teeth for
him to surrender his monthly stipend, and
he has peremptorily refused to resign ut the
request of Ma,shhl Glenn. Mr.. Thomas
Settle, nephew of eileen, having been elected
to congress, he and his uncle are deter
mined 10 have an organ in the Fifth district
for the purpose of taking care of Mr.. Settle.
who is the only nest egg the republlcans
have left i'll the state.
In the meantime, Harrison having been
defeated the occupation OF office hold
nr and office getting for Cowles, Eaves,
White and company has just played out.
and they are not so much interested in their
personal newspaper o gan as they were.
They are content to sink all the money
they put into the concern and let Mr.. Glenn
have the pleasure, as they say. of the white
elephant, which he now has on his hands.