The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-14
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION AMY NORTH CAROL DAY PAPER
PEARSON MAKES FUN of POPS.
Says They are too True to principla t@
Regard Promises.


The Honorable Richmond Pearson.
better known in Raleigh as Little Rich
ard Person" was here yesterday. He
came to file his account of 81, 5000 Sor
campaign expenses.
Notwithstanding the fact that this Is
over $500 more than any other candidate
spent, according to the accounts fled with
the Secretary of State, Little Richard
was happy. He has been reelected -
Congress from his district by q small ma.
jority, after being scared out of his boots
for some two months by Joe Adams, his
Democratic opponent. Adding greatly 70
his self-congratulation was the fact that
he was saved from defeat by Mitchell
county and il was only during the last
Legislature that he had Mitchell trans-
ferred to his district in order to add 10
its Republican strength. And yes
terday Little Richard was smiling clear
down into his shoes as he thought Of his
lucky political foresight and, like littIa
Jack Horner, exclaiming, What a great
boy am I!'
asked him how he managed 10 spend
so much money.
"Oh, $240 of that 81 800 went for the
innocent purpose OF postage. Outside of
the State chairmen / am sure that there
was nobody in the campaign who spent 80
much in sending out literature and in
correspondence"
None of it for buying votes, / SUP
pose?'
"Oh, that reminds me Of a scurvy trick
the Democrats played on me. The aav
before election they sent out letters with
my name signed TO them to all parts OF
my district telling the person to whom the
my district telling the person
to whom the communication was
addressed that such ard such a
man had some money to be expended for
me in the campaign, and directing him to
call on this person and get his share OF the
Doodle. The letter cautioned him to taxa
no denial Well, as at one or two places
there had been some little evidence OF
money being used the suckers thought
the letter genuine, so they went to eall
on my supposed agent and refused to be
turned down; the result was that some
Of the over-zealous for the almighty dol
lar sat up with the patient all night and
then went home mad as hornets next
morning and lost their votes"
That's what / call q dirty Irish
trick" / said consolingly.
"Yes, but even then they eonIdn't beat
me.''
Ibid the Populists vote for your
"They gave 1000 majority against me.
There are about 1,40O Populists in INV
district, about 200 Of them voted for me
and 1,200 for Adams. They are too hon
est and too loyal to principle to stick to
a promise" he said with sneer.
How about Pritchard, will he be re-
electedT'
''Why Jeter has what is generally de-
nominated cinch. There can be no ser
ious doubt about his being chosen to sue
ceed himself in the United States Sen
ate"
How do you figure that outY'
Easily enough. There are SO Repub-
Legislature Then there are % Populista
solemnly pledged to his support, and by
virtue of that pledge elected as members
Of the General Assembly"
Certainly you do not expect these Pop
ulists to v0Se for himT'
why notF'
you just said they thought too muck
OF principle TO regard their promise"
Yes; but there's nothing like the power
of a triumphant administration, / will
not say the power Of Federal patronage.
upon even such incorruptible patriots as
the Populists."
After this covert boast that the admin
istration would buy up the Populist men,
bers of the Legislature with Federal pat
ronage, Little Richard quietly paid his
respects to those in his district who did
not vote for him and then said that while
he thought Major Guthrie an honest man,
he was failure at politics.
"He was beaten from the hour that lie
attacked me and Pritchard," he said.
mo matter what had happened, he
couldn't have been elected after that
And when he wrote that letter he beat
Watson and elected Russell"
DIR. A. j. Daily, the Populigt decoy
duck from Granville, who tried his best
to defeat Kitchin and elect Settle in the
Fifth district, was also here, fling his
account with the Secretary OF State, and
explaining that if Settle had only come
down and left the field clear he would
have been elected.
When asked how many votes he got.
the Doctor said he really didn't know.
as somehow they wouldn't tell him. And
then when / suggested that this was a
trick OF the beautiful new honest election
law, he began to abuse the Democrats,
and said that two years from now he'd
have clear field, and just literally wipe
the face of the earth up with them