The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-14

Hale thought Governor Vance had not
given his paper the recognition that
It's services and their old-time relations
entitled him to. and, besides, he was
greatly attached to Colonel Fuller,
Senator Merrimon's law partner and
manager and for whom he felt deep
and reciprocated affection dating from
boyhood. and construed the policy of
the Governors following as to instruc-
tons by county conventions to legls-
lators in the election of Senators as
outside of party authority and unfair,
and resented it. Colonel Saunders did
not concur in this view, but it occa-
stoned no breach of any sort be-
tween them. 1t did lead, however, TO
the printing of some very able articles
on both sides. When / tell you that
Mr.. Richard Battle, Captain Ashe,
General Clingman Armistead Jones,
and men of that mettle wrote them
YOU can know a battle royal was on.
No one was denied hearing If he had
not scandalous matter, but good deal
of i'll feeling might have died a
bornin il real names had been at
tached instead of fictitious ones. Up
to now, some how or other, Bill Black
will say more insulting things over
the Latin name of Erebus than over
his good, honest English one.
Much the same internal political war
was fragrant in the Shotwell- -Schenck
controversy, when the whole Ku-Klux
business was threshed over and much
that was written had to be refused,
and much that was printed really was
lacking in proper respect for the SUI
preme Court which was then being
tried for it's decision in the Driver
case But the people took a hand in
the matter and decided it in the long
run in favor of both Chief Justice
Smith and Judge Schenck, who were
made to serve as unwilling leaders
around whom grouped enthusiastic
followers in this strictly family jar.
The mud cut boom aroused Mr.. Hale
9nd Colonel Saunders profoundly. 1t
struck first straight at a policy Of the
paper that ii considered vital, to the
States best interests, because it was
calculated to retard at least the COM
pietion of the road and to disappoint
the hopes of the mountains? 1T is
drawing too fine point to say that its
authors intended creating discomfort
that would force the State to sell the
road to those who would build it; that
would be to discredit the motives they
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aVowed But that was the result of it,
or it at least contributed TO it, and
the editors lived to see that great
Captain of Internal Improvements, COL
onel Andrews, build it and make it
part not only of great East and West
line. but of a great North and South
system as well.
AS Printer to the state he dignified
the office by standing for its deserts.
He looked upon his commission as
memorial that he was to repay by
Watchfulness over the public interest,
attention, good taste and the expert
ence he had gained i'm the publication
of many standard books. He distinct
ly elevated the art Of printing in the
State and the public estimate of those
who live by it.
Upon this and the development of
Western North Carolina, imperishable
results physically and morally must
rest his growing recognition. There
was SO much about the man that ap
pcaled to ones heart, his gentleness
and diffidence Of manner ii warns one
tc desist. 1t may be said of him and
Colonel Saunders that while neither
practiced the follies of false piety, they
were born, bred and died Christians,
and in a most intimate intercourse
With them / never heard an unclean
word fall from their lips. They were
gentlemen to the manner born.
If 1 were called upon to say who
was the hardest worker / ever knew,
would say Mr.. Peter Hale. After
seeing If he couldn't do somebody
else's work. he would buckle down to
his own and he could do more of it
and of a higher quality than anybody
But why refuse to face the end of ali
this? The Legislature elected i'm 1875
was what is sometimes called a Reform
Legislature. Demagogues delight in
Lraising a certain rigorous kind of
pairing of necessary expenses which is
anything but economy. Under malign
irfluence it passed a printing law
which hurt only the printer. The OBJ
server had relied on a renewal of the
law as ii stood.
The profits OF the printing were to
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