The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-27
IF FOUND OUT, WE ARE RUINED"

There is no higher duty that de-
wolves upon honest silver men of all
parties than the duty of keeping before
the people the conduct of the nineteen
Populsts elected as silver men who sold
out their constituents and elected gold
bug to the United States Senate.
The names of the nineteen traitors
ought to be remembered along with the
names of the Benedict Arnolds of all
ages. They were actuated, so their
party associates declared, by corrupt
motives Senator Utley, the Populist
Senator from Wake, being sworn as to
Senatorial scandals said:
ION Saturday night after the bolt in
the Populist caucus. while the minority
Populists were holding a meeting in the
Branson House one Of its members said:
There is 200 good positions that we
can fill by voting for Jeter Pritchard and
we will vote for Jeter Pritchard and fill
these positions.
AT this time the minority Populists
were discussing the advantages of voting
for Pritchard for United States Senator
and their opportunity of getting positions.
One of the minority Populists said just
before the breaking up of their meet
ing: IF WHAT WE HAVE DONE
TONIGHT is EVER FOUND OUT
WE ARE RUINED
II was not in the minority caucus, but
occupied an adjoining room to them.
There was only a door between them and
me and their talk was so loud that /
could not help hearing them. At the
time | thought Representative Parker. OF
Perquimans, was prominent in the dis
cuSSon.
Most of the two hundred places, for
which they bartered away their votes,
have been distributed and nearly every
one of the nineteen is now filling posi-
ton, or has had the gift of a place to
some son or relative or henchman. Here
is the Roll of Dishonor, with the offices
distributed direct:
BARKER-Senator from Lincoln.
(He has Federal office.
CANNON-Senator from Brunswick.
Gle was first director of the peniten-
tiary and afterwards got n good paying
position as an employee of the peniten-
tiary).
from BERTHE.
His son has a postoftice).\
CASEEY-Senator from Martin.
Tie is superintendent of penitentiary
farm.)
ODOM-Senator from Arson.
(His wife has n postoffice)
NEWSOM-Senator from. Hartford.
Not heard FROM
PARKER-Senator from Randolph
Us Conductor of Farmers Institutes
at fancy salary.)
WAKEFIELD-Sen from Caldwell
HAS a place in the Revenue office at
Asheville.)
Member from Lincoln.
(Not heard FROM
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS from Pamico.
deputy Revenue collector)
BROWN-Member from Jones.
CLERK i'm u. s. Marshal's office.)
BRYAN Member from Chatham.
GU. S. Commissioner. Father-in-law
postmaster at Lockville. and brother-in-
law postmaster at Youngsville.)
from Martin.
CA place was made for him as clerk
in the railroad commission office.)
Member from Hyde.
deputy oyster commissioner
HODGES-Member from Beaufort.
Edgar will not be empty handed)
Observation-Disclosures from Perquimans.
deputy revenue collector)
ROUNTREE-Mem from Gates.
Not heard FROM
WHITE-Member from Randolph.
lNOt heard frOm)
YARBOROUGH-M Member from Cas-
WELL
(Not heard from)
We may not have all the offices to
which these goldbugs were appointed
and there may be some inaccuracies. We
will thank our friends i'm the counties in
which they live to give us any correc-
rections and additional particulars. for
as these men did not. as Judas did and
as they should have done, go and hang
themselves, the facts that throw light
on the 200 good positions that we can
fill by voting for Jeter Pritchard" ought
to he known to the public
1t is as much a duty to pillory the
crimes of the unworthy as it is to collect
and preserve the virtues of the worthy.
Senator Utley's testimony will damn
these nineteen men while they live and
live to be used as warning to genera
tons yet unborn.