The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-13

His face lit up with the eliminating
malice of twenty years, as he received
this endorsement from those whom he
termed "savages," and he turned his eyes
up to the black gallery aud gave them
some more Of the spirit Of SANDER Of his
State that was so conspicuous in his
campaign. His denunciation Of election
frauds, which composed the next sec
ton Of his preface Of venom, was also
! ioyfully received in the gallery. Those
who have studied the election returns
know that Judge Russell was himself
elected by fraud, and importation and
bribery, secured through law Of which
he is the author In this light his air Of
Lam Ore-h0ly-than-thou was in the
light of crying stop thief to prevent
attention to the frauds of his own party.
He had no more applause until he prais-
the judicial system Of 1868 and though
they didn't understand it. his "savares''
again appIauded. on the theory that ev-
erything connected with the 1868 regime
was offensive to Democrats, and there
fore dear to their hearts
The next utterance that got applause.
was his allusion 10 m0bs and lynching.
II stranger had happened in the hall
at this juncture he would not suppose it
to be a fact that lynchings have been
suppressed in North Carolina by reason
OF statute drawn by Hon. Cyrus r.
Watson, when he was in the General
Assembly some years ago. It is the most
stringent law on the statute books Of any
State, and left no warrant for the re-
marks Of Governor Russell in his in
augural Ii was a gratuitous SANDER OF
the people Of the State, who have been
foremost TO prevent lynching, thanks 70
the wisdom Of Judge Russelrs competi-
tor for the C0yernorship. It would have
been a graceful thing for the new Gov
cruor, if he thought it necessary to ring
N the customary Republican talk about
lynchiug, to have said that his competitor
had put statute on the North Carolina
books that prevented il in so far rs lrgis-
lation can do So But that would not
have been playing to the galleries.
There was nothing else startling in the
address until he came to discuss the rail
roads. He started out in line that
seemed to please Jeter Pritchard, Vance
Walser, Jim Boyd and other attorneys Of
the Southern Railway, by speaking of the
great value of the railroads to the people,
ANU tAt% t+Ntit t4ASJ Wv N0 AttN
who built them But these attorneys
were not happy long, for pretty soon the
| new Governor jumped on the lease Of
the North Carolina Railroad with both
feet, and gave unanswerable reasons why
it should be speedily annulIed Warm
ing up to his subject he dropped his man
uscript as the perspiration rolled down
his face, and said:
Let me stop here and speak on the inn
pulse of the moment, hut not without
due deliberation, and a deep sense of it's
import and with all respect to you. II
this foreign corporation is not compelled
t. pay for this property a sum commensu-
rate with their needs and its value TO
them, the fault will be with this General
| Assembly
There was some applause at this extern
poraneous declaration that il the lease
| is not revoked the fault viii be with
this General Assembly" but the afore-
said Republican Southern Railway attor
aCys, and other attorneys and politicians
| who are down here on free passes, didn't
| Join in the applause. They were cold
}ale. silent constrained. They sat look
ing as if they had partakeu Of something
that did not agree with them until Gov
ernor Russell got lack to his craftsmanship
about the solid South is broken" and
other such Republican stock-in-trade
talk, and then these fellows joined the
| 'savages" and made the hall ring with
| their applause Of partisanship when
they were silent over their own
| Governors vigorous attack upon the
| lease. Plenty Of cheers for narrow parti-
sanship; not word for protecting the
| interests Of the State!
| The declaration in favor OF fostering
| the University met with warm applause,
/ led by G. A. Cook, Of Warren, and the
close Of the address, which had much
more OF the offensive spirit that marked
| its beginning, was literally cheered, and
| when he finished the cheering was general
| and continued. For several minutes the
| people gathered about the new Governor,
who held an impromptu reception in the
| hall.