The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-26
The Festive Doctor Inye'lfs Z
New SONG
,rs i sons of SILVER
wa.l IL SUNG ovee ree srAre
Reported That the Sheatham@ Woedaed
Contest Election Case VIII Come
10 About March IL for
HeariDn.


Washington. reh. as, Especially
nr Mott, al chairman Of tho executive
eommitta 81 the American Silver party,
has rooms Nos. ST, -. ~, 81 and IS on
the It'll flour az the Coreoron building
here, All the rooms but two seem TO
he rather bare just now. These two are
occupied respectively by Or. Motifs
secretary and typewriter and by Dr.
Mott himself. Dir, Mott keeps very
busy all day and has II great many
callers. When he gets the rest of his
rooms fixed up he will have more
callers and more work to do, but he
may be able to do ii more easily with
the machinery of new departments
and new "help." The Doctor, there
fore. gets little time to do any writing
in the daytime. He gets to bed none
too early, but very often gets up at
3 o'clock in the morning to do his
writing lie told me it was at this hour
that he could get the best out OF hlm-
self. The Doctor is a remarkably
shrewd man, and no doubt, were he IN
pritchard's seat at this time, Senator
Chandler might have somewhat harder
shedding in coaching him than he does
in fascinating the comparatively
Young man from Marshall. The Doctor
is by no means in the best OF humor
in being read out of the &. @. i. by
the so-called stalwarts in North Caro-
lima, and it may be that some OF these
mornings he may put something to-
gethCr about o'clock that may get
under their skins. Indeed, it seems
very likely from my present informa-
ton. 1t is safe to say that the Doctor
has some grievances which may recall
to the Republicans some incidents that
occurred about the time Of the cleo
ton of Governor Carr, and since then.
L was talking with the Doctor yes
terday something over two hours, and
he is pleasant tallSer. / should like
to be able to tell what he said, but that
must, by his request, not be told now.
But there was one side of his nature
exposed during my interview which
the world should not wait for. The
world, probably, does not know DIR.
Mott as musician and as a humorist:
he is both.
He told us how it was that he was a
few days ago coming from New York
and the sound of the car-wheels pro-
duced thoughts in his mind just SIS
these wheels did in the mind of Mark
Twain, when under such inspiration,
they gave forth the words:
Punch brother, punch with care,
Punch in the presence of the passen-
jare."
The Doctor heard song Of silver
which will eventually possibly rival
that song by Falc Arendell's ending:
.For the silver dollars coming bye
and byel"
The Doctor sang part Of the song to
me yesterday. The refrain or rather
chorus was given voice by the car
wheels. TT ran as follows:
Sign Sign--Sign the Pledge,
Silver moneys coming back
Il man named Sykes, who was sitting
opposite, heard the Doctor hulnming
these words and approached. Sykes y
d musician who lives in New York ana
writes music. He asked the Doctor
what he had to back up tbs chorus
~rifh. The Doctor replied The
wasn't backed mp with anything tfli-
he nas started at the tail-end, but
would be glad Of any suggestions from ,l..
Sykes as to- the front part. 20 ~ hF'
vent to work, and reported ~ due
time at the Doctors headquarters.
Sykes sang his front part, and the
Doctor sang his chorus, but
somehow they didn't 'gee.' The
Doctor ii busy now making Q fusion
az the two, and says when he gets the
whole song finished he is going to send
Sykes down to North Carolina 70 sing
it all over the State. Sykes brought
IN another song, too. II was lone
some sounding thing with q refrain
thus.
NO money!"
The Doctor didn't like it. IL sounded
TOO much like the hymn with the re-
frain;
Dying Sinner:
Too Late!"
So the Doctor nipped this IN the bud
and returned To his chorus as being
both practical and poetical. For the
Doctor said that all candidates would
have to sign the silver pledge" before
the next election.
When the song is once freed from the
Doctors voice and starts out on its
own legs with Sykes as Jockey, then
4 X
Referring to my interview yesterday
with CHAPMAN j. J. Mott, ! have to-
night gotten his permission to use that
part which follows. ! read carefully
the interview over to the Doctor, and
ii was confirmed by him in toto.
s"rhere is an attempt being made,
said the Doctor, ITO impress the public
mind with the belief that my position
on the silver question was taken 70
defeat Senator pritchard's reelection
to the Senate. This Is very fir FROM
the truth, and | will give sufficient
reasons to show it, In the first place,
Mr. Pritchard and myself were friends
and agreed on all party policies, IN
Guiding the free coinage Of silver /
assisted in his election to the Senate.
lie would have been glad 70 exert as
Senator any influence upon the Nation
al Republican party in my favor /
was In full accord with the great
,.,a fp,-i4y ~ the Marty i'm the State