The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-26

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Rai-igh - Sic onshiners Numerous ant
Bold Popuiist Political Gossip TIL
Southern's Short Lilac
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, y. c., October 90.
Governor Russell has this in Senator
Buffers paper:
Yes, it is true hat / have been rid
ing on free passes. After my election
as governor all the railroads in the
state, and many Of them out Of it,
sent me free passes. 1 declared that
would not takes passes from any of
them. In two months' time / yielded
to their pressure and not only took
their passes, but took a train of cars,
of the best finish and excellence fur
nished free, to bring up a.party Of in
vited friends to my Inauguration. They
urged that / should accept what they
called their "courtesies." They said
that / should do as all other governors
had done, and that they were not ex-
tending these 'cOurtesies' with any pur-
pose of influencing my official action
and all the state knows they have not
influenced me. indeed, they put me
where not TO receive passes would seem
~discourteOus, if not insulting, to them.
So l took them and have got a pocket
full of them now. If they, or any OF
them, want to revoke their 'politeness'
they have only to intimate as much
and they will get it returned on quick
time, and any road that does so init
will be treated by me just as fair
ly as if l had it's passes for a lifetime,
signed, sealed and delivered.
But / have concluded that just as
Ion as they send around their passes
to officials and favOrites, / will take
them, when they offer them. AS long
as they offer them and as long as they
offer me their passes, along with those
federal judges who stand in with the,
monopoly crowd, just so long will /
take them. 1 will refuse my passes if
Judge SimOnton will refuse his passes
and palace car. If he will putt, 1 will
quit; but if he keeps on, / will keep on.
Perhaps he will keep on the longer; at
n rate his superior claim is not de-
Med"
Here is VIA Ohio Wilson says today
about the senatorial fight:
EARLY in the senatorial fight, Rus
sell saw and admitted that his support
of senator Pritchard would cause the
loss Of the fight On the lease bill, n
while admitting it, he gave that sup
port, because he owed a personal debt
politically to Senator Pritchard which
chose to pay at the expense of what
he claims is the most important of all
things, and yet when he had the oppor-
tunity to do SO much for the state, he
threw away what he knew to be the
main chance. This so enraged Butler, !
also owed Senator Pritchard a |
debt that he wanted to pay or not to |
pay) that nothing that he could say Of
was mean enough to satisfy |
ms ire against Russell, and he went so
Far as to advise the defeat of every /!
measure that would tend to make Rus !
sells administration a success. He
vent so far as to advise against the |
of good men (men, who ac- |
to his own testimony were |
honest and %capable) and put on the
state men that he said would be a dis
to the administration. He was !.
rying to damn Russell then, because /;
russell would not be used by him.
These things so enraged Russell hat
he name of Butler in his presence was
he signal for such cOntumacy, hate
- that it would not do to re-
'eat. Now they are in league to fool
he oh fool people," What has
ONE over the dreams of these two?
sees himself safely re-insconced in
he senate and the other sees himself
he running mate Of hat prince Ct men
Vm. j. Bryan. You think you are
mart, but Butler will fool YOU out of
our eye-teeth. Nothing but your con-
ummate egOtism would ever allow you
D fall into this trap. Well, you both
M have to hustle and keep your coun-
better or your game will get spoiled
I the SHE'LL"
George bilt took seventy prizes
t the state fair besides the 500 special
Or the best agricultural display
Rain fell in sheets today and literally
roke up the fair. Nothing could be
one. 1t was the last day and the at
,ndance would AVE been very large.
Inc general comment on the fair is
TAT in the point Of exhibits it is one
the best ever held in the state. {
The selection Of Colonel John S. Cum :
lngham Of Person county as presi-
ant is an admirable one. {
'Ihe chief of the fire department says ]
lat but for the rain Wednesday night I
us city would almost certainly have l
Id one of the worst fires it has ever '
lQwn.
Raleigh township has ordered 500 .
II loads of granite from the Greystone L
near Henderson, for use on ! =.
This city a placed orders for ; !
ante for curbing sidewalks with :
in Rowan. Much will be pre- 7
red here at the quarry. Property T
Vners will be made to pave a great .
any miles of sidewalks. y
Moonshlners are exceptionally num- ?
Gus n bold. 1t is said it is because !,
ey think the new administration will
IT modest them. They are giving the {
'ople of Walk Forrest college much C
ouble as stills are in operation quite
ar there. Homemade copper still Fl
e now flute common. A still was fl
.ptured today eight miles from here. I
sam smith, a son of the superinten- t
mt OF the p~enitentiay, has been drop F
al from the pay roll. All families of T
nltentlary officials are ordered to be -
o this month from the building. l.
congressman Harry Skinner, who !.
as the presiding genius at the con- %
renee of minority populists which was
10 mere last night, was specially in e
rVleWed this morning. He said: d.
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