The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-10-17

was operating that road. Say 1897
TO 1903 inclusive. Ii not too much
trouble to get up / am sure that
quite . number OF your readers
would like 10 shave 9 look ~ the
books" have been told, too, that
anything that was worth doing .,
all was worth doing well, aud, IL You
do not mind, ii would be well to let |
the statement be complete, showing
dates, amounts and voucher numbers
seriaiiy, together with q copy Of
the bills against the road paid by
each. Another thing I happened TO
think of: If read your editorial
columns With Discrimination you
hold TO the opinion that 9 railroad
pass has q certain pecuniary value
to the hclder. This being true,
please include In this exhibit list
Of all passes issued on account of the
News and Observer by the Seaboard
Air Line, and also all mileage books
issued on the same account for the
period covered by the statement.
8. There Is another matter | would
like to ask about just for informa-
ito. / understand that one Of the
most serious problems publishers
have to contend with is the sccu-
mutation of over printed copies. l
have been told by some of my
newspaper friends that the shop
finally gets full Of old issues of the
pa per, and it is hard to decide what
to do with them. Would you think
1t good morals to sell these old pa
pers to an enterprising General Su-
perintendent for use in padding the
mail weights of his road during the
period Of thirty days that the Post
Office Department weighs all rail-
road mail, in order to arrive at ba-
sis of payment for carrying the mail
for the next four years To be sure
you have the right to sell that which
is your own to any person, and you
would not hesitate to sell in this
way provided it was even thinkable
that the patrons of the "Old Re
liable' were dense enough to allow
a single copy to remain unsoId, but
would 1t be exactly the right thing
for the newspaper force to bundle
up these old papers and mail them
from its own Office to addresses
along the line of the aforementioned
General Superintendent road And
would you mind saying whether or
not this sort of thing has been done
by any person in the service Of the
News and Observer since you have
been president of the company and
editor of the paper? If SO, it would
be interesting to learn when and for
whom it was done, and at what rate
the old papers were sold.
4. It seems that the time Of gen.
eral hOuse-cleaning has arrived, and
I note with interest your Washing
ton correspondent thinks that Mr..
Pou has Deen paid more money by
the Southern Railway than he could
properly earn as an attorney, and
the suggestion is made that this
excess must have been earned in the
capacity of Lobbyist. 1 believe that
your editorials columns have rather
supported this view of the matter.
Is it fair to Mr.. Pou to confine the
investigation of Southern Railway
legal expenses to his employment
only? Why not let him have COM
pany? After the Last Democratic
State Convention 1 heard Major
Stedman So y that the Southern Rail
way had brought a train load of
Glenn delegates to Greensboro free,
and had packed the convention for
Glenn. If true, this would seem to
argue that our present Governor was
once a favorite of the Southern Rail-
way, and I believe it is we'll known
that he was employed as attorney
for that "Octopus." Some people
are asking why the road should have
preferred him for Governor, and
others are suggesting that it would
be interesting tC know what money
value Col. Andrews placed On his
legal services. Is there any way to
"get look at the books" that would
throw light on the subject
5. In addition to being ''The Old
Reliable" I believe you boast of the
cognomen of "The Democratic BIZ
ble." Now it appears to me that the
editor of ''rhe Democratic Bible''
ought to be sble to get look at the
books of the Democratic Campaign
Committee. You say in Tuesdays
paper, "It has been said that the
railroads contributed to the Demo-
cratic Campaign Fund in 1898 and
to the Republicans and Populists in
1900" and you suggest that the
whole thing ought to be exposed.
You have fought for full investi-
ton, and now shat it has begun no
one doubts that it ought to be thor
!, ough. The amount paid to the
Democratic Campaign Fund in 1898
is certainly known to you; the 20.
sition you occupied in the party dur
ing that campaign would certainly
have brought to you information of
this matter. You know surely how
much money Col. Andrews or the
Southern Railway contributed to
the success of White Supremacy