The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-10-06

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1oters of Wayne county to elect you
o anything.
l see by the slandering machine
that you have started
aew raid upon Governor Russell. OF
course Governor Russell does not |
need me for his d License, he is abund-
autly able to d.. fsnd himself, but
then, the Governor is my friend, and
I have concluded to show you up to
the people of Wayne county since
your recent and vile attack upon the
Governor furnishes me suitable oc-
casion. While l am at it, l will
take IN your conf rates in in
iquity; Simmons. OF the Demo
crat machine, Of Secret Circu-
uIar infamJ; one Joe Daniels the
chameleon editor of the News and
Observer, and his brother the other
Daniels, that you have put up for the
Senate from the counties of Wayne,
Duplin anu Pender. not only owe
you this exposure in defense of the
Governor and in the interest of de-
cency. but l owe your associate and
leader, Simmons, an evening up of
an old score. When was sheriff of
Bladeu, Simmons tried to pull me
Tor his own pocket. He brought
suits against me in the name Of 9TH
ers upon charges that were wholly
false. 1t is true he busted on that
job, and did not realize anything
from it. l have been informed that
the people whose names he used as
plaintiffs to bring the suits had no
interest whatever in the matters and
knew nothing about the bringing of
the suits. If he had succeeded in
robbing me, he would have gotten
the plumber for his own pocket. I
think it we'll, therefore, to class you
and Simmons, and the Daniels to-
gether in what shall have to say.
Your last attack upon the Cover
nor is about pardon granted to q
negro by the maze of Freeman Davis
in Duplin county. l will leave that
aside for q moment and take it up q
little later.
You have many counts in your ar
ticles Of impeachment against the
Governor. The first one is based
upon your failure to loot the Treas
ury of the State in leasing the Allan
tic & North Carolina Railroad to "a
combine of which you were the at
torney. So soon as the election of
1896 was over and you and your
crowd knew that you had lost con-
troll of the State, you set about the
work of putting up q job to lease the
Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad
for less than its value; for less than
it was earning at the time; for less
than it has paid to the stockholders
and for very much less than was af-
forwards offered by the Southern
Railroad; and for very much les!
than it would bring today. TIT
Governor broke in upon your llttl,
arrangement: you could not get YOU
job through, and so lost a fee of ont
thousand dollars, that you conf
IDENTIFY expected to make while as
sisting q lot of sharks to rob the PEG
pie of the State. This is the frs
count in your articles of impea nh
ment against tho Governor. 70,
can never bring yourself to tn
magnanimity of forgiving q man VIII
has stood between you and the PEG
pie, when you were planning TO
public plumber. The Governor ha
done this, and now he is to be i'm
peached. In this little scheme t
lease the Atlantic & North Carolin
Railroad, you would have robbed tn
J State of hundreds Of thousands o
dollars, and all the tax payers i
!, Wayne would have been cOmpells
to help to pay for it. Now 20
think that the intelligent, enlight
ened and viruous voters Of Wayn
county will send You to the Legisla
ture, in order that you may have a
opportunity to successfully schem
against the Taxpayers in that body
The next count in your articles Q
: impeachment against the Governo
( is based upon your aggregious fai
ures to realize upon your Oyste
Fraud Claims.
These claims have been fully in
} vestigated by w. C. Douglas an
} --+Mc1ver, both of them DEM
cratic lawyers. These men have cert
, fed that, latter q thorough examins
! ton Of the matter, they find them t
be fraudulent. The claims against tn
State in this Oyster Fraud amounts
, to S. 600. I am informed and
verify believe, that you and Sin
mons were to got halt or more tina
half Of the Doodle when it should b
drawn from the State Treasury. 70
will remember that you went to til
Governor, claiming to be his frien,
> and begged him to advise the Treas
. urer to pay these claims at once
, You will also remember that th
Governor absolutely refused to Civ
any such advice. Seeing that 70
could not work the Governor in q
effort to loot the State Treasury
. you began the course of intens
8 malignancy against him which ha
J Characterization every utteranc
. against him since he baked you
; your purpose in that interview abou
! the Oyster Frauds.
i lam aware that this is plain tall
! but it IL the truth nevertheless, IN
4 you know it. Do you think the vo
ers Of the county Of Wayne will 81,
slvate you to the Legislature whe
I they come to know these facts abou
! your eareeri Do ron think SO! W
! ahall zee!
81 Your confederate in the Oyst<
Fraud business, Fl. II. Simmon
. Chairna4 - tia State Democrat
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