The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-01-03
I'm THE SECRET SERVICE OF THE
REPUBLICANS, THE OPEN SER
VICE OF THE CORRUP-
TIONISTS.

For time the Morning Post, organ Of
the Southern Railway in this city (since
it's revival when published as an open Re-
publican under the name of the Raleigh
Tribune9 managed to fool some people into
thinking that it was published as repu-
table newspaper, and not as subsidized
organ of special interests. Two things
of late have convinced every person in
North Carolina that the paper is fit only
to wear the collar of corruptionists.
]. The first was the attempt to make
the Pritchard meeting at Louisburg a
great success by false publications with
reference to it, even going to the extent
Of suppressing the truthful statement of
it's own correspondent. That piece of
which it pretends to be devoted, opened
the eyes of every man in the State, Civ
ing the evidence of the paper itself that
it is in the Secret Service of the Re-
publican party and serves that party
when its Boss thinks it good policy to do
50.
@ The second was it's vicious attack
and Islander of the courts of North Caro-
lima. growing out of a defense of agents
Of the Southern Railway who had been
convicted of trying to bride Juror and
the exposure of PARTY, who had tried
to bribe witness. The attempts al
bribery in both cases were in suits
brought against the Southern Railway.
Instead of speaking out with honest in
dignation at these attempts to corrupt
justice at the fountain, the wretched
railroad organ devotes column to a
vicious and mandacious attack upon the
honor and integrity of the courts OF
North Carolina because THEY HAD PUT
STRIPES ON SOUTHERN RAILWAY
MEN FOR ATTEMPTED BRIBERY
The courts in North Carolina have con-
demned the would-be bribers to impris-
with the Post 1t hates to see it's asso-
ciates in the employ of the Southern
Railway wearing stripes.
The conduct of this organ of monopoly
and corruption has aroused the conscience
of the people, and everywhere they are
talking about the prostitution of journal
ism involved in the shameless defense OF
men convicted of trying to tamper with a
jury. The editor of this paper received
yesterday from one of the most learned
and conservative, as well as one of the
Lonestest lawyers in North Carolina, q
letter that voices the sentiment of the
thoughtful honest men of North Carolina
and shows up the spirit and purpose OF
the organ that grnds out defense of law
breakers and praise of Republicans just
as its Boss. who turns the crank, directs
The letter is SO good, we give it in full
below.
ut is a distressing condition of af-
fairs in our State when it is possible fol-
us to have daily paper, published at the
capital processing TO be Democratic
mouth-piece, and to be detected and ex
posed with the hypocrisy exhibited II
connection With the Pritchard- Henderson
new party business The intelligent PEG
pie of the State have never had salts
factory explanation. They can tolerate {
man who is a Republican, or an indie
pendent, or a Populist and who openl.
practices what he breaches, but they can
not admire follow or believe professet
loyal Democrat who is in the Score
: Service of the Republicans
1T was a great service done the Stat
when you discovered and exposed thl
hypocrisy You have done no greater re
cent public service than this, except tina
to uphold tho purity of the administrator
OF the courts of justice. If it is true tina
the Post is owned by the Southern Rail
way or its officers, then it can be readil.
understood why it sells it's paper at hal
Price to get somebody to read it; why it
editor has a uniform on and writes a
ordered; it may not be blue suit wit
brass buttons like the conductor wear
who runs the Southern's trains-thi
on under cover all the same. Thong
The editors or writer's for this paper ma
ne cleyer,-how humilating to wear
collar, To write things TO mislead al
to .nisrepresent, 1t is said when Gorhar
and Ramsay and Brown were caught
and one of the attorneys also had pee
arrested on the same charge-and Tn
correspondents sent the news to both pa
nors IL Raleigh, and to the Charlotte Ob
server, that the Post suppressed the tele
gram Its editors, no doubt, do not ia
vor corruption or bribery. Why then
this paper continually raising an outer
against the courts, when the courts pun
ish corruptionists? Judge Brown founc
from the facts, that these men corrupte
Juror AMI attempted TO corrupt tn
other. The Supreme Court affirms tn
finding, and one, concurring, says the ser
fence OF twenty days in Jail and $50 fin
is light punishment