The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-08-30
RANSON'S SCHEMES.
-CH T-s CFF g sEs.ERS a>C T-s
sC1- -C.S -k~5 AROUND ~
An INTERESTING AND ~tGNItICA>I
tOSNERsATIoS
That Took Place la the I"bbs al tLe Met
r"poiitan Hotel sf.s SiGat- ~iU"e---Ihv
HangsrS aud tn. ReNeEue GaaE here
Discussed KansoIrI's Plans.
Special cor. The CAUCASTAN.}
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Discussed RansoIn'- Plans.
Special cor. The CAUCASTAN}
" ASHINGToN. ID. C.,
August 9TH, 1894
There Is much talk here among
the North Carolina office holding
contingent who swarm nightly
round a certain hotel 10 this city
Ike fire flies. They discuss and
from the Tar heel" State. Tie hotel
register i scanned daily and II
there il name from the old State.
II j. ri once reported 10y Ransom :
chief OF staff To headquarters. The
individual whose name Il thus found
l. discussed; first. Nv hat does he
want" Second. "lS he Tor Ransom
for the Senate" 1t So. he l. taken
up by the Senators "tlustN" who
taught his Young sou here to spec
nlatr IN sugar stocks. and allowed
ldmIttaucc into the camp ot the
faithful. The latest sensation a
mong these nightly watchers i he
appointment OF a Methodist preach
CT TO { haplalncy III the army.
"Oh my SAID one Of them. 1--WE
have one big preacher here III office
and that ought to be sufficient. W e
boys who put up the jobs. and fix
the voters ought 10 lave the
Spoll>."
Another said. Il guess the old
man wants TO set the church. people,
all right on that vote he cast III the
Senate to encourage gambling in
the District Of Columbia. which
Senator Allen OF Nebraska, de
teated.'
"Now, look here" replied another
of the TRUSTEES. ''that thing about
the old man. vote on the gambling
bill must not be talked outside. II
these internal PopuliStS get hold OF
that they will show it up OF the old
Senator and we boys must stand
square by him and captain Barnes
on this question"
81 don't believe Ransom PLAYS
cards or bets on races said the old
man from the gallberry country.
"becanSe captain Tom Evans from
Milton, told me that way back in
the seventies when Ransom was
first elected to the Senate that Ran
som promised Bush Cunningham.
Henry &. Williams and others, that
if they " anld elect him to the Sen
ate he would never again play cards
or bet on horse races. SO they took
him on his promise and elected him.
So you see if he did vote for that
gambling bill Captain Barnes must
have spoke to him on that subject
for | don't believe from W hat learn
that any other living man could get
Senator Ransom to break his word
but Captain Barnes. They say the
Captain is mighty close winner
whenever he puts up dime. "But
| do think" said old galIberry,
THAT it was nightly out of place
for Captain Barnes to take the Sen
atOr'S youngest and best son and
learn him how to gamble on matters
that the boys father had to vote
on. | must say the captain did
very wrong to do such a thing with
out first going to the Senator and
asking him if he was willing for his
son George to learn how to specu-
late and gamble in sugar and other
stocks which was likely to be affect
by Senatorial legislation. Now, it
is known all over the State, that
Captain Arthur Barnes, formerly OF
Wilson county, is Senator Ransom's
closest and most trusted political
friend; he has given up his former
trustyS, such as Henry g. Williams,
Bob Furman and little Joe Daniels
Daniels, and fallen entirely upon
the Captains wisdom and Judgment
to pull him through"
Another said, "BarneS names all
those who are worthy and well quail
fed to hold office and reports the
same to the Senator. Hope Elias
ought to know how it is: it Is said
he gave the Captain fine suit OF
clothes last year; we all know kopiaS
is cheerful glver, although he
kept hid from the North Carolina
contingent several weeks in 1893.
when he was here hunting an office
for friends. They said their de
mands were too heavy for him; he
only went with captain Barnes and
the Senator's son. At night he
would hunt Ransom and take a
walk with him i'll some portion of
the city where none of US would see
them together"
"Did YOU see." said another,
"that Ransom had bought tele-
graph line and given it to the State
of North Carolina?'
ooh my, no." said the man from
the Western part of the State, Il
did not know the Western Union
was selling out its lines in that way:
| thought that corporation sold or
gave away stocks: | had not learned
that that Company was asking Con
gress for anything Captain Barnes
surely must have had his eyes wide
open when he got the Senator to
buy telegraph line"
''Tll bet he got it at the lowest
market price," said the Catawba
man, "if Barnes made the trade.n
Another said "you spoke of Ran
SONS shrewdness IN buying the
telegraph line to try to stop the
fight against him in Wilmington
and in giving preacher a place to
try to fix the churches, but one of
the shrewdest things he has done
was to get Ii. a. Gudger, the friend
and relative of the late Senator
Vance to accept an office at his
hands. If this dodge shuts Gud-
gers mouth and buys up Vance's