The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-13
Settle Holding Up DR.. Freeman
Nomination.
FOR THE PosTMAsTERsHIP
By Preferring a Lot of Trumped-
Up Charges.
ALL our or PERSONAL SPITE
Because the Doctor Broke Up Meet
ing of Settles by Threatening to
Throw Him Out of the
Window.

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He has been nominated for the post
mastership at Burlington. His nomina-
ton has been .shung up" since Janu-
arv. When the News and Observer
first exploited the matter of the
North Carolina Presidential postmas-
tiers and forced through the confirma-
ton of them, I purposely omitted in
the mention of the Burlington postmas-
ter to state why the nomination Of DR..
Freeman had been held back. ] after
ward stated in North Carolina to Mr..
p. B. Ruffin, of Burlington, that It was
alleged that some Democrats OF Bur-
linpfon had preferred charges against
DIR. Freeman Mr.. Ruffin appeared to
think well of DR.. Freeman. / did not
state the charges, because / was not at
liberty to do so; but to-day / can do so.
First, it is charged that DR.. Freeman
broke IN a meeting at Burlington in
which Tom Settle was ION deck and
threatened TO throw Tom Settle out Of
the window.
Second, he is charged with idleness
Third, with general incompetency.
Fourth, with a desire to move the
present postoffice to his oWnlittle drug
store.
FIIII. With ElI1Nll2 " llidb1E III >
Hancock, now in the Soldiers Home at
Raleigh, TO make certain charges
against Tie present postmaster.
Sixth, for refusing to register voters.
There might be other fshed up
chages Or. Freeman says they all
may be traced to an old spite of GER
tain citizen of his town. Ia the mean
time. he has petition signed by the
leading men Of Burlington, endorsing
him, and no doubt the charges will
evaporate in thin air. To-day Mr.. A. ,.
Gates. of Burlington, was doubtless in
Raleigh taking an affidavit from Mr..
Hancock, refuting the charge concern
ing him, and as to the rest of the char
ges, | venture to suggest to DR.. Free
man that all might have been averted
If he had actually thrown Tom Settle
out of the window, instead Of simply
threatening to do so.
/ heard the famous reply of Mr..
Settle at Oxford to Mr.. Gus Graham,
and if ever a man deserved to be thrown
out of the window, 1T was then. Tt
was on question of Settles being non
respondent to roll-calls, and by some
Swiss twist of the tongue he eluded that
less alert perception of Graham, per-
i3alJ1 I91 AA0blE ~ 10bf WIN iifJIty d1l1
the crowd thought when he had gotten
through that he had been sitting up in
Congress doing Republican arithmetic
every minute Of the time III Settle has
gall enough to run for Congress the
next time, he will no doubt apply the
same methods. And in this connection.
it may be worth while for me to say
that the other day some gentlemen ask
sxf4
secretary. These gentlemen were w.
Cary Dowd. editor OF the Charlotte
News, Mr.. Walter H. Neal, member Of
the Democratic executive committee.
am. i. ell, of North Carolina, now
living here. / told them my answer
would be the committee room. and /
conducted them thither. They saw the
negro Corbett and went away salts
fled. Either one of these gentlemen
would 3e fit antagonists to Mr. Settle,
should he attempt next time his Ok
ford tactics Of last time.
Mr. Henry G. Dockery. Of Rocking
hanf who returned home last night,
said that the Republican committee to
meet on the 18th Of April would prob
ably settle on the 10th of May or there
dbDni1s III Tit 3i1IGAagfG III A1A- E-AdtR
convention. He said he was not In
favor of angbodg's being bound at that
time for anybody for United states
Senator; that nobody could tell what
United States Senator might do be-
tween that time and the time for his
next election. Yet Mr.. Doakery said
that Senator Pritchard had told him
that he would ask that the question be
ea+
as he was concerned. In this Mr. Dock
cry thought Mr.. Pritchard was wrong
But the purport of all this has previous
" been sent exclusively to the News
and Observer.
DAN Russell is about. He rolled III
Tuesday night. He is understood 10 be
here IN the interest of contestant Mar
tin: but / will send in the real details
about him later. His wattIes are look
ing crimson with hope. and there is no
reason to doubt that he will be Gov
ernor, If one judges by the royal purple
that nantes his cheeks that chal-
lenges the cherubic.
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/ was talking with Thomas Nelson
Page last night He is the same Tom
Page. Some people say he Is stuck
up since he is rich. He is not. He
is the same sincere poet and artist by
the bye, he il queer artist. Some
artists achieve their most delightful
effects by few strokes that are at
once spontaneous. This is the case with
the Monsieur Forain, the famous Pari-
sian carieatuI.ist or even with Gibson
Forain struck of a Newport belle. even
one Of the 400, in 0 strokes, and left the
touch of genius. Page does not work
that way. | believe ii was "Meh Lady"
that ! saw in its first stages Of con-
strnction. The man Was rs careful az
i drudge He il not satisfied unless
he has worked out what he ii after In
each word Or turn of d word. Ills art
is consammate workmanship, as con-
sunsmake as Turner With waye And
so II il that when he il simply talking,
ne talks ike the humanity everyday
man that he il. How gratefully he
seoke Of Harry stillwell Edwards who
has just taken the $4,000 prize story
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