The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-10-01

that the railroad owned 10 stock an
that the books we're open for inspec
tion Was any deception ever NOR
deeply Laid - now made bare ey sAr
Drevry.s confession
Mr. Drewy then proceeds 20 ~
that in April and again in August
0t was in April that ne began hl'
campaign for the senate aud in Angus;
d few weeks after ne had secured the
nominauon1-Col Andrews gave hii-'
vouchers for $4,000 each from the
Southern Hallway which were turned
over to George e Crater. Business
Manager. Contrast his With Mr..
Crater's statement, If Mr. Drewry's
statement as 10 this $4,000 is correct.
1t is that the paper was Subsidized,
but that he didn't sell himself as
Senator That let's him out OF any
charge OF bribery as Senator. IL his
statement is accepted. but was noi
that paying q rather high price foc
fair n impartial" treatment, and
was it not significant that the Times
agreed also, in addition 10 advertising
10 insert such matter as Colonel An
dreWs might Indicate. outside Of ac-
tual editorial writing? And vas this
not a sale OF the papers Influence to
Andrews? And vas not a sale 10 An
drews a sale TO the Southern Railway
Again, Mr.. Drewry says that not a
cent was contributed to his personal
campaign through these vouchers
Yet he had the vouchers-or his paper
had them-and he reiterated OF the
campaign that he had no connection
with the Southern Railway and he in
sisted that the only pay his paper re-
ceived for advertising was through
transportation. although he woul
greatly prefer the cash, During
the primary election fight. with the
knowledge that he. as president of the
Evening Times, had received two
thousand dollars in cash from the
Southern Railway for advertising"
and special notices. Mr.. Drewry, an
swering a charge hat he had passes
from railroads. said:
The transportation is issued in
payment for publishing the railroad
schedules in The Times. The paper
would greatly prefer to receive the
cash for this advertising. but as every
man tilV u OotS
only pay in transportation
The above statement by Mr.. Drewry
appeared in his own paper and was
signed by Mr.. Willis G.. Briggs, then
City Editor of the Times. and now
Postmaster. 1t was made at Panther
Branch. He declares in his caro- that
not one cent was contributed to his
campaign by any railroad company.
If that is SO, the $4,000 he had receiv-
ed in April had gone as cash into the
treasury of the Times to pay for "ad-
vertis1ng' in that paper, and yet with
that knowledge he deliberately deceiv-
ed the people by telling them that
1.-The paper would greatly prefer to re-
ceive the cash for this advertising, but
as every newspaper man knows tho
railroads only pay in transportation
At the time he spoke these words he
had received two thousand dollars IN
CASH for "advertising' and special
notices and knew he was going 70
get another $4,000 in cash the next
month for "advertising'-at least HI
the Southern Railway ook would pu.
the expense down to tadvertising''-
and which Mr.. Drewry must claim was
solely for advertising unless he ad-
mits that it was received as a bride,
and this he denies.
AS to the $4,000 voucher paid him
In the latter part of January" which
was deposited in the bank. Mr..
Drewry says that he returned it. WHY
did he return it? Listen: However.
after thinking over the matter. a few
hours afterWard | realized that as
Senate from Wake l might be crlti-
cized." Didn't return it because it
was wrong. but because he might be
criticized! 1t will be remembered that
public notice was given that the Pub
lie Service Corporations Committee
would examine railroad officials and
others, and they would be required II
state what sums had been paid to
newspapers, lobbyists and for other
improper expenses. That caused a
rafting among the dry bones. Can it
be possible that the publication OF
such investigation had the effect of
.arOusing The long dormant conscience
of the Senator from Wake and that Re
Immediately returned the MONEY"
1
Andrews was in Washington. but
the tainted money burned in his
pocket and he couldn't wait until he
returned before paying back the rail-
road If his paper had honestly
earned the money for advertising, does
anybody suppose he would have re-
turned it? Was it lot because Vice
President Andrews gave the several
thousand dollars'' of Southern Railway
money for an improper or e~xtravagant
or unauthorized that the
from Wake suddenly go in a
hurry to return the money? The
Times had as much right to that So
900 of tainted money" as il had to
the previous $4,000 of tainted money
1t can be truly Called by no other
name. 1t was taken from the treas
ury Of the Southern Railway tC ray
for advertising. Five hundred dn1Ilrs
be a good price for all the adj
vertising the Times did for the South
ern and yet it got vouchers for $4,000.
I~i3,n- ~.