The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-15
A Terrible Arrangement 81 the
Populists,
DAN RUSSELL At HIS olo TICK
The Would Be- Republicans usion Gov
ernor Abuses His Own State
and Besnairches Her
Fair Name.
News and Observer Bureau,
Metropolitan Hotel,

half of contestee Lockhart. Judge r.
T. Bennett, counsel, sat down in com
mas, semicolons, colons and periods.
He kept telling the committee that he
could speak better sitting, but he would
no sooner sit than he would rise, SO
that his standing moments were only
punctuated by his sitting moments. A
strange man-this Judge Bennett
strangely brilliant man, with enough
of vanity and shrewdness coupled with
enough of self-forgetfulness and ma
tive forcefulness and earnestness to
make him a study--and an interesting
study-and such ne was yesterday be-
fore Elections committee, No. ?. The
arguments in the Lockhart case were
all briefed. and it were but dreary de-
tail to rehearse them here. Around
the personality of Bennett was group
ed what might be called the newspaper
interest of the day.
Mr. Platt ID. Walker, of Charlotte,
made the argument that was expected
of hima plain, brainy lawyers argu-
ment.
Dan Russell sat at Walkers right,
with his chin-sBin inflated like pneu-
matte tire. And by Russell sat Blocks
of-Fiye Dudley.
On the left Of Walker sat Judge
Bennett, and behind these lawyers sat
the following listeners: Contestee
Lockhart, Congressman Linney. Con-
testant Martin, Judge Buxton, of Fay
etteville; Contestant Cyrus Thompson,
Col. Rose, of Fayetteville; Col Thomas
Sutton, Congressman Woodland and
others.
Against the wall. on the right stood
Capt. John B. Hussey and executes
tant Cheatham. Then there were
Shaw and private secretary to Lock-
hart, Hardiston, and others.
In front sat the committee, what
there were of them: Long, of Kansas
(Republican); Taylor, Ohio (Republi-
CAM; Prince, Illinois, presiding RE
publican); Miller, West Virginia Re
lican), and Bailey, Texas (Democrat.)
johnson (Rep.). of Indiana, chair
-aa,, of the committee, was sick:
strowd tIi0a,) was absent and i is
likely that Long will be absent after
a few days: so that, this beng - :" =
r. doubtful il there will be a decision
In the Iocl1hart case for some time,
as. these three Republicans being abb
sent. there will be no quorum, unless
the Democrats are present to make a
quorum, which they are not likely
to be.
As I said, Judge Bennett sat down,
speaking all the while in his usual tone.
bat he would stay down only for one
instant or so. He could not help rising.
His blue eyes were shifting and raven
Gus after his opponents. lie was evil
IDENTITY not forgetful Of the fact that
some Of the Republicans on the com
mittee had beaten Populists, and,
therefore, had no particular love for
them. This theme he used dexterously
to color his argument with.
His onslaughts against Populists and
PopuIfsm We're rich, and set Bailey
and Taylor, at least, to laughing.
For instance. he was approaching the
rotten egg stage Of the case wherein
it had been asserted by Blocks-of- Five
Dudley that these miscarriages Of the
barnyard had been Illegally used
against sweet, pure, noDle-hearted Re-
DflDijcan voters.
aRotten Eggs. exclaimed the cril-
liant Judge.
You forget the noxious chemicals
interrupted Blocks-of-Five.
"IlI ret to them presently" Tetorted
the Judge IF Y0u want anything
worse than rotten egg, III let you
90 to your fusion crowd
The Judge referred To the Populists
as "those gentlemen with modern
ideas Of government who regard prop
erty as robbery"
And. further on, he denounced them,
as political pariabs at war with or
ganized conceptions Of government"
"And what an unnatural fpro-
nouncing unnatural, un-ate-ural) feast!
Great God Almighty! Join Tigers to
the Chariot and milk he-goatsl (Iiere
he quoted the Latin line.)
Then again Those tempestuous
spirits that recognize the forces Of
disorder as superior to the forces Of
order-the sons of disorder"
The Judges arraignment had been
cutting to the core OF Russell, who felt
called upon. Of course, to cover this
point in some fasion.
And Danny, when he got to this
point in his speech, said he and his lot
had coupled up with the Populists in
order to get "liberty;" that he had
had no more liberty under the past
regime than a negro on his rice planta-
ton: that but for the success of the
Populists, the Republicans would have
been as helpless as were the slaves
before the coming of the Grand Army
who were their deliverers.
The whole topic is disgusting wher
dealing with bred and born NORTH
Carolinians, as Judge Bennett said
'Afen that you were raised with, liyef
with and prayed with, their voice 4
as one crying in the wilderness, thel
won't listen"
The lines Of Iombaine viii keeI
coming up to me 50 many times:
who loves father, mother, wife,
child his native land
r his own lands sake
Loves all well. and Well Of All !
loved