The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03
Republican Effort to Ex-
plain News Leaks.
Still Cussing About That Extra Ses.
sion Of Federal Court. Young Mich
olson Explains His Almost
Fatal Accident.

ter is not helped in point of concern
in some quarters by the announcement
that no cases will be tried but that
the entire time will be devoted to de-
liberations and examination of evil
dence by the grand jury on indict-
ments presented by the district attor
ney. The first fiutteration was over
the alleged purpose of the court to
hurry up the trials of several impor-
tant cases now pending ana which
had been continued on the part of
the defendants for one cause or an
other Now that it is announced that
these cases will not be called for
trial, the same mal-contents are show
ms anxiety as to whose turn it will
be next on the criminal docket. There
is vague, yet expressed fear in some
quarters, that men not heretofore SuS-
piciOned of active conniVance with
revenue violations will be Inundated
by having their names banded about
in the grand jury room as common
accomplices with common moonshine
bloc6aders, even unto the degree of
legal advisers A ribald Wag said last
night that when Holton, or the De-
partment of Justice got through with
the September grand jury, 1t would
be found that as lawyers were priv
ileged characters, none of them would
men named high up in party councils
who would say amen to the Philadel-
phia alderman'S reply from behind
the bars, where he had been placed
for grating" Some one said to him
-"Jones, if you had your life to go
over again now that You are impris-
oned and disgraced, and your money
does you no good, what would you"
Dol" he exclaimed, I'D get a license
to practice law. and call it q profess
sionai fee, that's what I'd do" And
the ribald wag said the kind prison
missionary went off and wept bitterly.
The Bobbing Up of Mary Ann.
It's curious how Butler, Mary Ann,
hobs UP on all occasions. Republicans
hereabouts seem to have ButlerphObia.
One of them in discussing how the re-
port of the detective story leaked
from Washington, gave this eXplana-
ton, and he is q close counsellor with
Butler on the Industrial News direc-
torate too: 'I'll tell you how it hap
pened. Butler has been coming here
frequently of late, and of course in
conferences with We fellows, includ-
ing District Attorney Holton about
starting the News he hears great
many things that we all here know
will not do to be printed or given
away. He gets to Washington, and
loving to show off his superior knowl-
edge of inside conditions, as recon-
mendation to him in official circles
there, just as he makes us believe here
that he stands close to the President
and all the big guns at Washington,
he gets to telling things around some
gentlemen like Mcneil Mcneil lis
q Sorter of newspaper go-betWeen,
and before he knows IT newspaper cor
respondents get 1t out of him, and by
George the devil is to pay"
Poor Mary Ann, if half the sins
he is accused of by friends and enc
mics exist. it will take more than a
million years in purgatory for him to
qualify for the Heavenly land rumi-
mated q devout Catholic friend Of his
whose name is-nevermore.
Still another unkind cut at lawyers
with big Federal court practice, was
given by the remark by a Republican
who owes much to HIS lawyers. He
said: Il cannot for the life of me
see why certain attorneys rare so
over prospective indictments of well
established clients, when they know it
means extra big fees and reputation
for their professional services in the
Defense and the last men in this world
to kick are Rollins and Adams" After
all that has been said and can be
said and will be said the fact stands
out in bold relief. that the conclusion
of the matter will not be known until
the matter is concluded. This brings
up an incident at the court house this
morning: Said Chief Justice, J. p.
d. H. Collins, TO Clerk of the Superior
Court Nelson, "John | see that the
next term of Guilford court is to be
held the second Monday after the
third Monday in August, does that
mean the first Monday in September? z"
NO" replied Judge Nelson, cit means
the second Monday after the third
Monday in August"
Fully Explained.