The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-08

will give the ideas of Populists as helt
Inv its members, and not to send out tht
ideas of it's editor to correspondents t'
he sent in for publication as the IDEAS OF
correspondents. We despise bossism
whether it be Ransomism, Russellisn
or Butlerism."
at has, unlike some of its party con
temporaries, no subsidy from the State
printing, public offices and corporations
State or foreign. On this line, the hay
seeder will give the public some lnforma
ton that to a part at least will be IN
teresting.
st has no political deals by which il
hopes to run party for personal ends
those ends being self-aggrandizemenl
and satisfying personal ambitions; in this
respect differing widely from part OF
its party contemporaries"
As to his being turned out of the office
of Railroad Commissioner, about the only
thing the Gideon says of any interest Is
that the faction of Governor Russell is
inspired by Marion Butler" In this
connection Butler is called "self-consti-
tuted overseer of politics in North Caro-
lina," and referring to Buffers editorial
in which he declared that it was "a most
painful duty" to criticise Wilson, but
that it is done in the discharge OF a
duty TO truth and the people" the Hay
seeder says:
let the Fox, Hog and Postum COM
bination shed no tears over anything we
do, and we wish to assure the same he
never was panied at anything unless II
was his failure to accomplish his own
ends. First duty to truth and the peo-
ple,' yes the 'd--n fool people, as You and
Russell characterize those who pay
freights. When did the people ever
know you to tell the truth unless il serv-
ed your ends? We will let the people
answer. Don't let the Hayseeder in
timidate you in the discharge of your
duty, and we ask to be excused further
from any of your sympathy or tender
care"
GIDEON AS A WRITER.
Notwithstanding its dullness the Hay
seeder's contradictions cannot fail TO be
sonorous and powerful. The Gideon is
a thinker of much productivity, and in
the matter of coming eloquence and
epithet few men can exceed him. And
though in this instance he has failed to
come up to that brilliant standard that
has heretofore brought happiness to all
his readers, venture the prediction that
be will yet make nations quake-if not
Butler and Russell-and literature will
make imperishable gain.
Besides this, political economists will
acquire some new and remarkable ideas
about the science of government and poll
ticians will learn how to polite" Sure
" these things will be some small recon-
pense for the loss of Butler and Russell
to public life.
1t is a popularity of the Gideons lit
erary method that he lends gayety and
righteousness to every event that he
touches, and every generous admirer of
his will regret that in this initial number
he has CHANGED TO fall below general ex-
pectation in raciness of style, vividness
of language and extent of exposure of
inside secrets which he has been claiming
to have concealed about his person.
But then, even the Gideon, as well as
Homer, will sometimes nod; and this is
not the last issue of the Hayseeder,
Let US hope the next will be hotter
The Gideon is an accomplished maker
of politics, but we love him best when
he writes it. There are plenty of voices
less eloquent than his to tell of the beau
ties of the initiative and referendum. to
picture Populist Utopia as she ought to
be, but there is no other hand than his
that can scatter so much drivel over
twenty columns and have so little in it.