The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-04-02
HECTOR MCLEAN AND JONATHAN
PEIILE.
Polly PiicunrS" PccIc. OF scotland.
Made accord Not Approved H.,
Hector Mclean and Platform
DcmOcratS-Says this
Paper Sees Only One
Side.

G~.aurinburg or Charlotte obsercyr.)
Representative Jonathan Peele, ii,
particular, is the talk. What did
they really think Of him in !taleish?"
is the question on the lips OF citizens
Did they think We sen him az there
as 4 joke. 81 was he influential"
Mr.. Pcelc is in evidence about I'll,
street. our correspondent had q
conversation with him in his Office this
morning.
II am told that YOU ana Hector Nc.
Lean have been having high talk about
your record. Polly Phemus" said
the Reporter. You and he, they tell
me. are pretty hot"
rN-n-no indeed said Mr.. Peele.
I'VE arc lust rs ku-ku--close together
IS we ever we're. But he 4 Y ':Nno
ficht-. aud has Fought. the battle OF
Democracy" Daniels. You see ht
reads Daniels paper. Uh-uh-I tel
YOU. II" state is pretty much diyided
according to the paper each man
reads. ] tell him that Daniels hasn't
fought he battles Of Democracy: he
is sort of an ATTORNEY. lie doesn't
want the people to he broadmindeQ or
to know thc Facts. If make Il
speech to suit him, his paper viii say.
Mr.. pceIc said 50 and 81. telling
what said: then, if Hector Mclean
makes 4 sDeech against him. he SAYS
in his paper. Mr.. Mclean ook the
ctlcI NIts. or MI, NtlLtdl SOt oil
L TRADE against Mr. Poel"'s able" ariri-
mcut.' The people who read his pap
or viii have to CUES ~ what NcLean
said. | don'f believe that IS ligating the
battles Of Democracy: ii is special
pleading. If Democrats differ one from
another, any Democrats ~p"Der-anN
ACKNOWLEDGMENT to show the facts,
\ ood editor ought to say to his sub
scribers. In the news columns YOU will
lind exactly that happened and in my
editorial columns I VIII say what |
think about il. | Will give YOU the Data
thcn | Viii try to Influence you to my
view. ieut Daniels won't do that.
AS to one-~idcd reports Of the Leg"
islaturc." said MIR. Pccie. With his
heels high upon the table, both those
!saIciSll panHrS, on ccoum OF the,r
rivalry. indrlGed in them. Yes, sir. If
u doctor had aiken out my Il drunls
and let me so in there Just with my
eyes. | could have old when Il man
was making 4 speech TO suit Daniels
or to suit the Times. If he was lot
speaking - suit Daniels. that reporter
dropped his pencil AND lollcd. wish
ing to goodness the fellow would get
through. Otherwise he was more
than active. SO Of the Times man"
Mr.. Peele lighted his pipe and re-
placed his legs on the table.
but don't YOU hin what | say
comes Of d personal grievance. Both
uaners treated me white" said he.
"I1h-u3l-I toascd those boys. the re-
porterS. and they teascd and carried
on with me. oh. W. We're friends to-
gethrr. they arc q good lot. What |
am driving at is expressed in the Scrip
tGre: You shall know the truth. and
the truth shall make YOU free The
people &C this State have got sense
enough To render sound Judgment. if
they can hear the evidence. and they
are entitled to hear ii. It's the only
thing can make 'em free
Lots Of people inquired about the
sources of Polly Phemus' fame, re-
ioicing exceedingly in the stories
which yoar correspondent was able to
ten them Of his in~offensive familiar
ity With severely disnified men. They
believed that he would have put his
arms around George Washington. il
George had been alive and in Raleigh:
would have slapped him IN the back
an said. George. old devil. | believe
the radicals are about to ruin us"
1t is not Intended to onNey that
there is a severance of MI. Hector
Mclean from Mr. Peele's converse