The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-02
Senator He Got Money for
Practice Before Departments
HE WAS IGNORANT OF THE LAW
Any Defense Made by Mr.. Gudger Will
be Replied to by MFR. Patterson.
Case Should Stand on its Merits-No
End Yet to Contention Over the
Greensboro and Goldsboro Offices.
by ". A. Hilderbrand in Charlotte
Observer

Washington, February 26.-The
statement has been published here and
in evera Of the state papers that First
Attorney General Robb has been tele-
graphed for and would 60 to Ashe-
vile to take personal charge of the
Blackburn case.The writer, upon in
quiry at the department of justice, was
Informed that the First Assistant Gen
eral would not take a hand in the
cases now OF later On unless there was
a material change in conditions.
This is taken to that, in the alb
sence Of unlocked for developments,
Mr.. Holton will prosecute his political
enemy single handed and alone.
JUDGE PRITCHARD DOES NOT
DENY CHARGES.
A development Of particular interest
to North Carolinians here in the act
Of several AsheviIle democrats in ask
ing Congressman Gudger to come TO
thed defense Of Judge Pritchard, should
he be criticised on the floor of the
house by Blackburn Or others. 1t is
pointed out that neither Mr.. Blackburn
nor his friends, in setting up the claim
that the congressman had been dis
eliminated against by the district at
torney, could do more than contend
that Judge Pritchard hal also accepted
fees for practice before the depart
ments. Judge Pritchard does not deny
this, but says he was ignorant of the
V- on1 - &c, ,1rInrcfN@1 INC r,hot
Mr.. Gudger would be expected to do
about it, and how he could, with pro-
priety, rush to the rescue. Anyway,
the fact that he has been requested to
d oso does not set well on some mem
bers of the delegation who have felt
all along that democrats would do we'll
to keep out Of this republican row.
Any such activity as that planned for
Mr.. Gudger would certainly meet with
a counter move and it would come
from North Carolina members. IN
short, this Asheville movement did not
set well on some members of the dele
CATION.
CASE Should STAND ON MERITS.
Representative Patterson made this
formal statement: I'm event that
SpCcCu Is IAduC OI IuO uOOl VI juC
house at the request of citizens of
North Carolina, in defense Of Judge
Pritchard, l shall have something to
say with reference to the speech that
he delivered on the floor Of the SEN
ate after the Wilmington riots, IN
which he denounced the people Of my
section. / recall that, at that time,
North Carolina was represented in
senate by Senators Pritchard and But
Ter, and that a senator from another
state felt called upon to speak in BE-
half Of the people of North Carolina,
who were abused by the states repre-
sentatives. If Judge Pritchard prac-
ticed before the departments, and &C.
knoWledges the fact, as / understand
he does, he should stand before the
laws of the country as other citizens
are required to do. The cases in which
these charges are preferred against
him should stand on their merits, and
appeals to congress one way or anoth-
er should have nothing to do with their
final determination, whether in federal
court or elsewhere."
MIR. GUDGER READY.
However, Mr.. Gudger is ready to
bear his breast to any attack that
may be made on the judge. He says
he has received several kilograms and
letters from prominent men, chiefly
democrats, from different sections Of
the state, approving the course of the
Asheville democrats.
MUD-SLINGING CONTINUES.
After all there is to be no cessation
in mud-slinging over the Greensboro
and Goldsboro appointments, although
the president, after thorough investi-
alton, satisfied himself that he had
done right in nominating Messrs, Fra
zier and Grant. Another letter Of pro-
test has been received from Judge
Douglas, while Butler telephOned SEN
ator Simmons that a delegation OF
Goldsboro people want to be heard in
protest against the appointment of
Grant.
1t was stated today that District
Attorney Holton had replied to the
charges made against him by Con-
gresham Blackburn and others.