Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-05-15
VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS :

AL the talk yesterday in Raleigh was
about the Clark letter.
Ninety-nine men out of every hundred
seen were of the opinion that the an
swer was satisfactory and that, so far as
it affected Judge Clark. the incident was
a closed one.
Surely said a man on the streets of
Raleigh, Who IS not a partisan of Judge
Clark's by any means. To-day tho FAB
Busbce-Bil1 Day-Dan RUSSELL Southern
Railroad Observation-Disclosures against
Judge Clark reminds me of the late John
Ihoenix's ia yorabre Interpretation of adj
verse circumstances In his published
account of his fight with the San Diego
editor he describes the situation some
what as follows:
I'VE got our adversary just where we
wanted him, on top of us. We held him
down with our nose, which was thrust
between his teenth for that purpose. We
occupied his left hand with our hair and
Kept him right busy in pounding our
short ribs
A quiet citizen, not in politics, sent
this note to a friend:
Have you noticed that the Charlotte
Observer says today that Judge Clark'S
letters we're received by wire at the last
moment and they had no time for COM
ment. Would it not be pertinent to ask
If they got the fac SMILES by wire at
the last moment or had had them for
some time waiting a chance to make cap
ltai out OF them?
cit is evidently the railroads behind
the whole matter"
other folks had noticed the same thing
too. If Mr.. Busbee did not show them
tc anybody except the Governor, and cX-
Governor Russell never gave them 20
anybody except Mr.. Busbee, how did the
Charlotte Observer have fac SMILES
made? A gentleman said last night:
''Fhe work could not be done in Char
lotte, and that paper must have been
in poss ession of the photographs or origi-
nails several days. 1t is up to Russell
| and Busbee to explain. One or the other
has slipped a cog in his memory, accord
ing to their separate letters and state
ments. Last week it was .up to Clark"
Now he is as good as nominated for Chief
Justice, and it is now 'up to Russell and
Busbce."
met a lawyer coming out of the court
house. and he said:
Nov tina Wilson, Russell, Day and
Rustee nave made the nomination of
Judge Clark a certainty for Chief JUS
tice, would it not be we'll for such of the
voters as do lot intend that the Supreme
Court shall be packed in favor of any
interest whatever of the State, to give
their earnest attention TO the other two
men who are to be nominated for AsSo-
ciate Justices of the Supreme Court. 1t
is just possible all this tempest in q
teapot concerning Judge Clark was got
ten up to engage the attention of the
voters while the railroads and law
agents are getting ready to pack the State
Convention so as to nominate two candi-
dates who will do the bidding of the
railroads. And il this connection it
should be borne in mind that the later
opinions of Associate Justice Walter
Montgomery, especially that of Olmstcad
VS.. The City of Raleigh, prove that his
opinions nave been very much modified
hv the lapse of time very much in favor
of the railroads., and not by any changed
condition of affairs that would warrant
such modification So that the railroads
would have three friends on the bench
to prevent The people from 'robbing the
railroads if the two nominees for ASSo-
Gate Justices are dictated by the rail-
roads. In this view would it not be well
for each county to endorse two candi-
dates for Associate Justices. Forearmcd
is forearmcd. A word to the people on
his subject ought to be sufficient