The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-30

1t was bright moonlight, and he was
accompanied by the late Major Duncan
j. DeVane, a very courageous man.
The major told with amusement after
wards of the almost pitiable fright of
Russell on that night-trip. At one
point on the road a hog came out of
the bushes, and Russell shook with
terror: Great Godl" he exclaimed, II
thought that was one of those fellows"
How such a man has this long put up
this bluff in the face of brave men is
the wonder How they have tolerated
such a windy nuisance is the wonder.
1t is only a few months ago when
he drew a pistol on Rice in his Of
flee. The Legislature had put it in the
bands of certain men to collect back
taxes in Wilmington. OF course, Rus
sell was one. He was not hanging az
bout Raleigh for fun. Fred Rice as one
Of the city officers thought it was
his prerogative to keep the book CON
tanning the names, and refused to
give it up to Russell. But the book
finally landed somehow" in RusselIs
Office. Rice went there to get it, and
the pistol was drawn as above stated
and Rice was ordered out of the of
fee. Russell was taken into custody,
DuN SuDItUbjtNt anu w ttS tCb Oll DN y uAGG
StarbuclS with costs. He would then
have made very proper padding for
cell.
And here is the candidate for Gov
ernor, such a man would better be
put in the mad-house than in the Ex-
ecutiye Mansion. He has snorted a.
round the State, lacking the manhood
to meet Cy. Watson in the open field.
Afraid of fuss, forsooth? Does his
record look like one that avoids
fuses?
WHERE WAS CY WATSON?
Where was Cy. Watson when Rus
sell was striking Swami in the back
with a stick? Let his six wounds an
swer. Where has Cy Watson been
since his wounds healed? He has been
healing the wounds of war How
much is Cy Watson loved by his peo-
pie young and old, black and white?
As much as Dan Russell is hated by
those who know him best Were not
such loving favor rather TO be chosen
than silver and gold2
Referring to that portion of Russelfs
letter in which he described himself
as geographical misplaced" |
asked witty newspaper ed
itor in Wilmington why had
he not geographically placed him
self by getting out of this country and
into country where his national
sentiments" would have room to move
around. The newspaper men sparlzingly
man replied: "He takes so much pleas
IRE in pain that he just stays here as
punishment to u.s." That sums him
up quite neatly.
HOW HE WAS NOMINATED.
In his letter to friend, written last
June and referred TO above, he said:
Il am receiving a large number of let
ters from patriotic men who were sup
porters of other candidates for the
nCmination--men who are rot in poll
tics from venal motives and who do
not try to break up their party when
they fail to get their choice In nOmina
tons"
This, as will be readily seen, was
"a swipe" at Dockery. Would he dare
meet Doclery on the stump and an
swer the charge openly made by Dock
cry that he bought his own nomina-
ton and swindled Dockery out Of it.
VIII he dare deny it TO Docl1ery?
But enough of this nauseous subject:
the good people of Wilmington stand
50 much in dread of the possibility of
having Russell as Governor, that they
hailed as the breath of morning the
glad tidings of the rapid change of
sentiment that but recently had come
from all parts of the State through
the News and Observer. They read,
too, with words that Maj. Guthrie
would like to have heard his patriotic
message to the people.
And well may such words bring JOY
to this noble folk who put honor first
and who love that peace in which live
smiling homes and heroic men.
Now and then they can catch harsh
echoes of day that they thought was
dead
They can hear above the crackle of
the hearthstone and the laughter of
children, and the home-greetings of the
wives of their hearts, some hyena howl
Of Russellism creeping across the night
close to the door and close to the
nursery, when he characterizes our
school histories as "bhe apotheosis of
treason"
They can feel the tongue of the fiend
close on the brow of home licking
like red flame of hell when
editorial eftterances such as these from
the Raleigh Standard of 1868 come like
picket-line threatenings of a new
danger: ''Bnt wherever else you work,
don't forget to work among the wo-
men. Go after the women
then. = And don't hesitate to
throw your arms around their necks
now and THEN WHEN THEIR Illus
BANDS ARE NOT AROUND, AND
GIVE THEM IA GOOD . They all
like it. x = = OUR EXPERIENCE
WITH FEMALE REBS is THAT
WITH ALL THEIR SINS THEY HAVE
A VAST AMOUNT OF HUMAN MA
TUBE, and only wait to have it appre-
ciaited to be the most loving creatures
imaginable. ScalIawags and carpet
baggers, don't fail, therefore, ON your
canvass through the State to look af-