The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-24

ing in court in a suit for his salary uu.,
.ng the unexpired term-from now uhli
september. ,.oa
The text of the resolution mtrouuceu
by DIR. Person removing HahcocA ii"i"
office was as follows: -,
Whereas, the Board OF Internal
improvements did, on the ltuh uay
of February, 1898, at meenng ht4u
in Raleigh, n. O., remove iNo"Vlt
Hancock from his otnce as H'Ievto'
of the Atlantic and Nofth SaIof'i"
Railroad, therefore.
Resolved, That the said honeft
Hancock IS hereby removed from
tho office of president of the AT
lontic and North Carolina Railroad,
removal to take effect at once.
THE Following resolution put General
Superintendent Dill in charge as acting
president of the road
Resolved That :. l.. Dill, general
superintendent of the Atlantic and
North Carolina Railroad, is hereby
directed TO perform the duties of
president of the said Atlantic and
North Carolina Railroad until pres
ddent of said road is elected
1t is a fact worthy of note and one
which | have not seen stated anywhere,
that the very amendment to the charter
under which the Board of Internal I'm
provements turned Hancock out. was
drawn by him when he was a member OF
the Legislature and it was through his
appeals and influence that it was pass
ed. Hancock's avowed purpose in it
was to turn Mr.. Chadwick. who was
then president, out of office. He sue
ceeded; and little then did he dream
he himself was soon to fall unto the
pit he had digged for another.
$50 they hanged Hannah on the gal
lows that he had prepared for Morde-
cal"
Even Hancock's best friends admit
that he is n ruined man. His life has
been blasted by the misdeeds with
which he stands charged. His face, his
bearing show it. Tlhough he has -
great deal of Dutch courage and still
keeps up a brave front, one can see that
he has broken greatly within the last
few months. The iron-grey of his head
is rapidly turning to white, the lines in
his thin face are deepening. In his hunt
ed. nervous glance. one can read of ruin
ed lives and broken fortunes. misused
influence and misapplied power.
Politically, though, it is to be doubted
whether he is much injured by the scan
dial. OF course it is too early yet to
say what effect last nights action by
the directors will have, but up to that
time the negroes-and they practically
constitute the Republican party in this
corrnty--were standing by him almost
to a man. Already he is candidate for
clerk of court and it is pretty certain.
unless last nights dismissal causes the
negroes to desert, THAT he can be elected.
4. - l..
mong them and they have seldom failed
to do his bidding. 1t was the contest for
supremacy among this class that caused
the feud between Hancock and Dick
Williams, who has espoused Miss Alb
bott's cause.
There was sometime ago talk of run
ming Hancock for Congress. but he had
the good Judgment to switch his boom
OH to the clerk of court track, know
ing that he could never be elected to
Congress in this district.
In going down Hancock is determined
that the man who is alike responsible
TOR his appointment and removal shall
not escape. While quaffng the dregs
Of failure and disappointed ambition he
is determined that Russells lips also
shall now and then taste the bitter cup
NIlOS& IIIGS IHIl IldN0 dIEcdlA
ii so often within the past year. Hay-
ing been himself hanged on his own
official gallows, he is determined that
the governor also shall suffer a like fate.
Surely there is retrihntion in politics.
Hancock's successor will probably be
elected by the directors at their meet
mg on March Sth It is also pretty GER
tain that Gov. Russell viii by that time
fill the two vacancies on the board.
Who these directors will be nobody can
now even guess As to the presidency
there is likewise no certainty, but n
great deal of speculation. There are
plenty of candidates; but which one of
them, if either, will be taken, is hard to
say.
They are as follows, and their chances
are considered here, so far as l c0uid
learn, about in the order named:
Dan II. Patrick, Greene county.
John i. Mewborne, Lenoir county.
II. d. Hewitt, Carteret county.
w. J. Pope, Lenoir county.
w. III. Chadbourn, Jr. Craven county.
w. III. Sawyer, Pamlico county.
Patrick and Chadbourn already hold
Offices. Patrick is treasurer of Greene
county, and Chadbourn has practically
lifetime position in the government
survey service. They are prohibited by