The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-16
Views and Interviews.


il or bust" said a Raleigh man yester-
day, to a reporter; put I'm not gong
TO call names, because I'm afraid you Ii
go OFF and write it up. III just call the
Two gentlemen concerned Smith and Rob
fison, for convenience sake. SO here
goes.
staunch Stedman supporter, bethought
min; that he would have little fun at
the expense OF his friends who were
Glenn men A brilliant scheme had o.
cur1ed to him. lie got a telegraph
blank. addressed it to himself uated it
Wirsuon and signed it j. II. Jones.
Here is about now it, read after he got
through with it: "Stedman is assured now
OF a majority Of the Forsy,.l delegation,
ard feels much gratified at the sentI-
ment for him in Wake
THAI telegram Smith showed to ali
the Glenn men he could meet with results
that you can imagine. But there was
one sharp individual who suspected that
the alleged telegram was fabrication
Out of the whole material, and he set
about straghtway to call the bluff that
Smith was working. That was the man
l will call Robinson. Well, Robinson
got a blank He tried to get received
blank, but could not, so he took q
send blank, and also wrote a message
to himself, thuswise: i know no such
person as J. II. Jones in Forsyth county.
The county solid for Glenn. J. c. Rux-
ten A wet blottcr was carefully
p1 ssed over this until it resembled the
genuine article. Then an envelope was
found Robinson couldn't find one adj
d. essed to himself, SO he took one al,
dressed to another man, Brown, wen
call him
ARMED with tA4s missive Robinson
sailed forth. He hied him to Smith, and
going up to that gentleman said: Look
here, Smith, you know that telegram from
j. II. Jones that you've been showing
around here lately. Well, l wired TO
Buxton this morning about that thing,
ard here's his answer; showing Smith
the telegram. Smith looked at 1t and
his expression fell. Oh Well; SAID he.
Buxton just don't know Jones, that S
ALL But Buxton knows everybody III
Forsyth county,, insisted Robinson.
Well said Smith, Jones don't 1--we
there now. He did live there. 'Ihen'
if he don't live there, he don't know
much about the county. now reioined
Robinson
Anyhow; finally declared Robinson,
I'll tell you what I'm going to do. I'm
going to write this whole thing up tor
the papers, and sign my name to II.
I'll print what l remember OIL your teie'
gram, and I'll print mine. l THINK that
due to Mr.. Glenn
'''Oh shawl. said Smith, Jtu Wouidn
do that, would you? I'd just let th9
whole thing drop, if I were you II
promise not to say anything about II.
NO insisted Robinson, as he started
to leave, I'm going to put 1t IN tne pa,
per on account of my friend Nj. Glchn'
" You are not, really, arc you aS"'
ed Smith, looking very serious.
Eyes, l am, declared Robinson with
determination.
We'll, then, hold on said smith, II
tell you all about it. That tninS was
all joke. l didn't write tllat teiesi @ln
! myself, but another man dld anu gave
lit to me-
":And now that you've told your end
OF it,, said Robinson, III tell niue A1oo =,
here at this message. You see II " 'ei4u
message, and, look at the enVeiope' ~ .
addressed to Brown, and the hessasc !.
| addressed to me. The tact -, l 'us'
wanted to call your little Dull 'N"'
ell
Smith looked just like man "ou-u
look if he had split lot OF moias'e' q ~
then slipped and sat down III IT, W
never saw such a cheap look on a nian .
face in your life. When ne couit a. w
ulate he said: You've surely can" my ~
bluff, that's a fact. Now e' ~ - :,
drop. Don't say anything more 49, 80 ~ ~
7 but Robinson declared he was s1ine -
tell it all around, to countera,Trtt t W..
feet of that first telegram. N"'
a sockdologer, wasn't it!