The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-10-01
As Much Value in That
Way as a Sentinel.
WHAT DlSGUSTED HIM
The Special Correspondent and News
paper Method of Labelling Faith
full observation-disclosures OF
the Work IF the News
and Observer.

During the past few days many let
tiers and messages have come 10 the
editor OF The News and Observer from
all parts OF the State expressing graft
tiCation at the complete vindication OF
The News and Observer in its fight
against the political elevation of John
g Drewry and it's exposure OF subsi-
died newspapers and subsidized leg
i~slators and lawyers. Many % these
have come from citizens Of Wake who
voted for Drewry in the primary.
If all these letters were printed it
would fiji a whole newspaper. Space
is made for one that is a review OF
the fight that led up to the recent eX-
posures because it shows a thorough
knowledge Of the recent struggles for
the right of the people to rule ia
North Carolina. uninflucnced by sub
Sidized newspapers, public officials in
receipt of money or favors by public
service corporations, and the use OF
money in primaries and elections. The
letter is as follows:
Mr.. Josephus Daniels. Editor of the
News and Observer, Raleigh, \. &.
My Dear Sir: AS a citizen. a tax
payer, q considerable patron of rail
roads for both freight and passenger
service, not less h a $4,000 per an
mum. and as high private in the rear
ranks Of the North Carolina good gov
eminent Democratic army, | wish To
express to YOU personally and to your
newspaper periodically my indiVidu-
al thank for your service to the State
and consequently to the great Demo
cratic organization for your past and
your present efforts and achievements,
hoping that this manifestation of the
regard of even n humble citizen may
give encouragement for similar good
work in the future.
/ am frank to tell you that twice
in the past l got mad with The News
and Observer and stopped the paper.
The first time was when you We're SO
heavy in charging that the other Raj
eigh morning paper, recently de-
ceased, whose editor was a particular
warm personal friend of mine, was
financed by the Southern Railway.
Stopping yOur paper and reading that,
! naturally became estranged, but
when you took up the question of
public education, and it's twin moral
issue, the radiance of the country
communities from the demoralizing
still houses and SrOg-shOps by law. l
yeered back to The News and Observer
and tool it steadily until the Legisla-
ture was in session last winter when
| thought YOU too hard on my Senator,
and in respect for him and at his re-
quest, l stopped the paper, taking
instead a Charlotte morning paper
and the Raleigh afternoon paper
I got completely Disguised towards
the last of the session with my Sena-
tor, and my two newspapers. because
in the bill to reduce freight rates |
found all making the same opposition
they had been making to the passenger
rate bill. and when that was up | WAS
following them, honestly supposing
that freight rates were the real OBJ
jects of reform.
SO, not stopping these two papers.
| again began reading Tho News and
Observer and have stuck to it ever
since, satisfied, even before the direct
proof of the past week, that it's charges
for these many years of undue rail
Dad influence in the financial man
agement and editorial shaping Of the
two Raleigh papers We're based on
strong natural evidence. Another
thing that particularly disguised me
last winter in the conduct of many
papers I read. was their attitude gea-
orally, through special correspondents