Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-07-08

better employ Mr.. Martin ant
the lady stenog raphsr to gaide tn
ship of atate.
Mr.. Martin stated that durin,
his experience Of Is years. botl
on the House side as we'll as. tn,
Senate side with Congressmen, thu
Custom of giving a constituent
who happened to come into th'
office sheet Of paper TO write {
letter on had been 81 universall,
INDUCED in by all the 'Senatorl
and Congressmen with whom be
had come in contact that he dio
not give the mstter thought
when Mr.. Newman came into
Senator Overman's Office aud ask.
ed Miss Moore TO meke hi n copy
of letter wIltteu Senator Chill
/ ton by J. G. Williams, the mis.irg
expert. In fact, he said he did
not think there was anybody LII
Washington little en- ough to pick
up a little trivial thing as the Civ
ing Of a sheet of paper to friend
or nstituent and try to make a
scandal cut Of it.
! Doesn't chat sound innocent7
Very But how about 3 stock
gambler who does not happen to
be constituents making a busi-
ness of dropping iu and using Of
hciai stationery to boost lot Of
" orthless stock? And when did
Mr.. Williams become mining
expert? Where are his credentials
and with whatassocistion, outside
Of the Newman and similar
schemss, is he connected? And
you thought you were safe in
handing ous Senate tasionery for
such dlsreputabls purposes OF
oours9 none bu5 very little and
exceedingly mean person would
object TO giving any one sheet
of paper so a friend, but did nos
this paper have something print
cd on it that made it more than q
mere shees of paper? Isn't it
wrong TO attempt 80 make it ap
psar that this was only sheet of
paper that was being givan away?
Suppose officials in the Treasury
Department. would take this sim
pie view of $50 bills and hand
them out to friends who occasion.
6 II p sssetsffsss seiA ~Esa's it plain
shat the printing on paper alters
it's value and makes it more than a
trivial sheet of paper? Forum
ately, Mr.. Martin is not in a more
responsible position. Isn't this
attempts to ridlcule righteous in.
dlgnation sudiciens evidence that
some one knew that he was doing
wrong aud did it deliberately?
Mr.. Martin said he had $4,000
of the Gold Hill stock, aud would
keep it until it went beyond 81.
Miss Moore stsnographer in
Senator Overman's office, stated
that Mr.. Newman came into the
office during Senator Overman's
absence and asked her to make q
copy of a letter from J. @. VII
liams TO Senator Overman with
the knowledge of Senator Over
mans clerk, and she Undertaking.
ly complied with Mr.. Newman's
request and made him three or
four copies of the letter: that she
did it open and abovebosrd,
thinking that there was nothing
improper in it; that to her know
ledge Mr.. Newman did not specify
any particular KIND Of paper upon
which he desired her to make a
copy of the lettse which he gave
her aid che copied the lette
on the Rules Committee paper
which was the most convenient
at hand.
So Mr. Martin edmits he has
$4,000 Of Gold Hill stock. We
wonder how he got it7 II be paid
for it, he is going to lose some
thing, unless he can fnd sucker
to unload on. Bus why should
he pay for such stuff while it is
being handed out to others mere.
ly for the use Ct their name and
infuence? Aud this promoter, of
wild cat stock, this fellow who
can t sell gold dollars at 30 cents
each Oh his own statement, was
waited on Hitho ut hesltatlen, this
gentleman who is not a resident
of North Carolina, is received
with open arms, while thousands
{ good. honorable citizens Of
North Carolina would have likely
not been allowed to see inside of
| the Cammibtea.room, or if they
we're and wanted lstters written,
they would have been informed
that q pnblic stenographer could
be found in the Statuary Hall