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

now written to you in confidence thai
you will not reveal it's contents.
Yours truly,
D. L. RUSSELL.
In this letter Governor Russell ~re-iter-
ates tnn statement made in his first let
ter above, tina my letters to him had
never gone out of his hands, except tie
counsel in the impeachment trial, to be
used in defense Of the judges, if deemed
necessary, (Which was not done), and he
saws to Mr.. Busbee: Tho letters were
committed to you in the confidence that
they would be kept private and secret
and not used unless it became, in the
opinion of counsel, absolutely essential
for the defense of The impeached judges
If that statement is correct. information
which Mr.. Busbee acquired in the con-
fdential relation of attorney and client
has since been male public without the
consent of his client and in violation OF
the professional confidence reposed in
him. Whether this has been done to
crafty personal malice or because it
would be profitable to him to crafty the
Southern Railroad by striking at a judge
whose decisions that road could not con-
troll, 1 am not informed. Certain it is.
that twelve months after the acquittal
of the judges X was not necessary IT
their defense to show tllcm 20 lawyers
visiting the capital, and to print in rail
road organs insinuationS and mlsrepre-
| sensations as to the purport OF :he let
tiers. Whether this has been done by
Mr.. Busbee directly, or by parties who
got their ~ormati from him, in either
event. the responsibility is on him. if the
statement in the letter to him from his
friend Gov. Russell is correct, and that
matter they must settle between them.
The Russell Clark Correspondence.
On receiving the last named letter, my
friend, the Hon. Mr.. Lacy, called on MI.
Busbee who gave him copies OF the cor
r~espondence, but could not give an IN
s~pection of the originals as the attorney
of the R. R. system, Capt. w. IL. Day,
had carried them off in his pocket. On
his return yesterday, the originals were
inspected and compared with the copies
and the following certificates to the FOL
lowing correspondence given:
'"This contains all the letters I have
ever had or seen written by Clark to
Russell. "W. H. DAY
"At your request 0acy's) I glance over
the letters which Mr.. Day delivers and
they are all the letters and papers of
which 1 nave ever seen or of which I
have any knowledge
Fl. H. BUSBEE."
Having thus the certificate of both
these great railway systems. through
their eminent and distinguished counsel,
the letters will now be printed. They con-
sist of six letters, notes or memoranda,
besides two which are wholly ~typeWrlt-
ten, unsigned, undated, and with moth
ing in any way to connect me with
them and which I do not reEepher to
have seen before, and a. draft form in
tvpewriter Of Governor Russel1s orr
ginal draft Of his or no.
tice to show cause, to the wilson's with
some half dozen verbal or grammatical
changes made therein by me. Th1s sum-
mons was not used, a different one haV-
ing been in fact issued to them by GOV
ernor Russell. 1t is hardly credible, but
if is true. that these half dozen verbal
changes. in an unused is the
sole basis for the charge that | prepared
the papers for the Wilson trial before
Governor Russell.
The following are the six letters or
memoranda which constitute that much
talked-of
GUARDIANSHIP CORRESPONDENCE.
LETTER NO. /.
My Dear Governor:
enclose Ed. stating on Mr.. Pages au-
thority that his road cost $500 0 and
beginning"
On D. 9 r. r. Com. Report, 1895, you
will see that this road costing $3.50, 000
and paying well is rated for taxation at
$1I3 900 only. On p. 1913 of same you VIII
find that the general officers" are Page
and his three sons, hut they att-'d to
saw mill, ETC., so that in fact Henry Page
is practically sole officer. On next page
1920 the debt is put at $50, 600. On page
326 gross earnings $51,059 which is nearly
so per cent on tax valuation. This is re-
! 1uoo1 Won will see on n 327 by charging
IN new cars, buildings, ETC., to operating
expenses and salaries general officers
SIS, 500" (p. 329), on a 40 miles Road and
an unexplained addl. item general ex-
penses'' SIS, S37. On age 800, you will see
that cost of general officers" (the faml-
ly) is one-third total salaries. You will
see on same page low rates paid his men
i. G. engineers $3.50, etc.
In News and Oh. July IS you will sec
H.. A. Pages speech that his tax value
was high. enough and in two other mum
bers are letters of his attacking you and
me for meddling with tax valuation ano
rates.
These Nos. are in st. Library. but
can give you reference to dates, if yot
wish to re-read them.
1 enclose you letter showing j. II. Pear
son is willing. l also am III receipt o.
letters from leading Democrats endors-
ing the suspension ol tWo hdllioau
missioners. Return me Pearson's letter
Yours.
W. C..
Governor Russell had then recently il
some proceeding before Railroad Com
missioners complained that the railroad
6 were not paying their fair share o
taxes, thus throwing the burdens of
n heavier taxation on other taxpayers
t Mr.. Page had replied in newspaper ar
ficles assaiIinp the Gnvernnr,s nnsitini