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


You Sad signal service IN ihA&
case Brewry. continued Ma blow
hard. and So when they ~htEz old
organ. The Morning Boass kieked
the bucket you got the whole of is
subscription list as pay for your ser
vice
Thank you. Major. 4aid Hon
Erewry. 1 am always ready 10 SeFN"
you and II YOU think | ought 70 MAKE
the race for the Senate / vfii do -
You know. Major. continued BreSrS
Il tried To get the nomination Tor the
House two years ago here IN 'nts
county and WAS beaten THINK N"
true temperance men. those VINO favor
temperance policy II the befnocFai3C
party defeated me then You must
pose a. = temperance man, Bre"fE.
said the Major. although / know you
are really for the liquor Interests A.
YOUR votes show when you were N
the legislature. still You can sct N"
endorsement OF some temperance 50
vocates who think as Bishop Potter
Of our church does. that the best Nay
10 promote temperance IL TO open the
bar rooms. There will be no trouble
continued the railway boss. in getting
the vote OF the liquor men. for they.
as we'll as the railroads. know VINO
their real friends are You see DICK
Debog. Brewry. and fix matters with
him and you need not bother any
more about the liquor men. II YOU
can only fool enough OF the voters who
stand for railroad rate legislation. in
surance regulation and temperance
YOU can count on the support or the
railroads. insurance men ard other
corporate influences and get the nom
nation" You are a politician beyond
me Major said BrewrY with beam
ing face. and | viii my
campaign at once BY writing personal
letters TO every Democrat in the
county. asking him 10 call at my Of
flee as l want 10 have a 'hesrt-to-
heart talk with him. That viii be
expensive. but / will make the sac
rifice. viii have To employ several
typewriters to do the work Never
mind the expense, said Major. the
interest you serve will see 70 that
Thank YOU. Major SAID the Honor
able Brewry.
Now Rrewry." said the Major. re-
member. if Dan Josephas opposes YOU,
You must charge him with malice in
trying to injure the Evening Blast
You must denounce the News and Dis
turber as a lying dirty sheet. You are
to pose as a temperance man (and
you are after the Bishop Potter va
riety) and at the same time YOU are
to FIX the liquor men: you must pose
as a farmer, (Which you are by
proxy and if they force YOU to de-
clare yourself on railroad and tnsur-
ance matters you can say that too, but
be CAREFUL and do not pledge your
self to any specific legislation. but do
so in general terms. so that when the
time comes for you to vote on these
matters YOU can Go as you did on the
d~ispensary question in Rawley, declare
that the measures are not strong
enough for YOU and either vote against
it or not vote at all.
49, p-a-r,- - .oil ~ Agoiar stha
sure you do~ not pledge yourself to
give more power to corporations,
a distinguished friend of mine
has APPLY called the vermiform APP
pendix on the body polite in North
Carolina
Thank YOU, colonel, | will follow
Instructions
a few days later Brewry bobbed
UP in the Railway boss Office.
Major" said he, the Copex Jour
nal has begun an agitation to place
all county officers on a salary. II
says the officers are getting too
pay by the fee system and that
it ought to be abolished; what posi-
ton do you think best for me to take
on that question: For my part | got
more pay than any of them, and
like theirs it comes from the people:
and still more like them nobody knows
how much. and | am inclined to be
like the miller. when he tolied the
wheat of his customers twice vas ask
ed by a b~ystander why he did it. re-
Piled, well, one of them is rich and
able to stand it an the other is poor
and durn him, I'll keep him poor
That miller had the right SOW by
he ear" said the Major. I'VE all get
our pay from the people and go slow
in the matter of reducing salaries,
Brewry.' And Brewry, be sure to send
n q = iopj11ar +n NO - rasl 4IA sar
Such talent as he has deserves rec
ignition. He has the true corporation
idea Charge all the rate, no
matter now much. that the tariff will
bear. That miller would make a
great railroad man. Too many of
employers have no such intelli-
sence," said the Boss. How do the
voters seem to be lining up, Brewry?"
asked the Major. We'll, Major, /
have the liquor interests solid, all the
are working for me:
many of the Mckinley Democrats,
hose who nave large inter
and most of the agents of foreign
insurance companies. the loose con-
temperance men, and have
,ucceeded in fooling some Of the vot-
RS in my "heart-to-heart talks to
he people, but the great majority of
he voters h are for William ]
Datto) Bryan n are against.me and
ire for Percival Oliver for the Senate"
must play bluff. BreWrv, have
your friends here in Rawley and
Elsewhere to boost continually that YOU
ct three votes to divers one. That
viii influence the ones
who want to be on the band wagon
nd get their votes said the Boss.
We must control the senate Brewry;
have just received notice from
street. the owners of my road that
hey have issued another large block
f Watered stock and they expect me
0 earn increased dividends on il all
lext year, n I can not do it if rates
re reduced. If | am given q free
l can make it out of the shippers
" slightly increasing rates. so YOU
ee how important your success is to
ne And then Major, if there is To
.e an insurance investigation as was
n New York, YOU see how important
is for me to be in the Senate"
aid Brewry. II may be able to pre-
ent any disclosures of ~rottenness az
shown in the New York inyesti-
,atiors. ! viii make a last personal
ppeal by letter this week. for the
rimary is held on Saturday"
VIII Brewry go TO the Senate form !,
Walker county?