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An an Advertising Medium Til K SVA K I A R I,1 cads I h e x procession, and each re-ui-dIuk day finds it grow ing In the favor of wide wake and judicious men business. Try an Ad. ena tnpi'rilynr V i io a rrlend, bnt pay for If. If Is snpfHtsed to f'urtii? a livelf bood for an am and peaceable family of one. I' lease do nothing t dispel te w(;et illu' Vol V. No 68. CONCORD, BT. C. FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1892. Whole No. 680. THE DAM OTP, A THBGREAT PIVOTAL! MEETING OF THE ALLI ANCE YESTERD AY. Public Spealclnsby Two Yonngfilen and Rev. Joliu Anderson OCicers for the Jiest Year Elected The MaH Meeting Kudorses 'Weaver Wltb Great En i, , tbusiasm -A Demo- erat Kewojaer Man Called and En do nei Cleveland. Thursday was the great Alliance day for the county. The meetrbg was held in Rocky Ri dge church, three miles from town. There .was a 1 arge crowd .of men women and children there, though it was admitted on all eidea that it . was not a representative gathering of the county,if intellect, wealth &c were taken into consideration. The programme waa changed considerably from what was origi nally intended, which prevented some from hearing all the public speaking. Instead of the speaking .being iri the evening it was in the morning, and ' consequently those who went for the speaking only missed it J R Bradford. No. 3, was called to the chair, and J B White, pre3i dent of the county Alliance, ex plained that the object of that part of the meeting was to hear two speeches f rom two voung men cf the county, Messrs. Chas. P. Sapp, and G. Ed. Ke3tl$r,"of Concord. Mr. Sapn then took the platform and made a beautiful, straightfor ward, honest speech on reforms needed. . lie did not dwell on any particular method of securing the reforms needed, iiis speech was universally com mended,' and every one who heard him. was ready to ad mit that Mr. Sapp possessed won- derf ul oratorical powers. G. Ed. Keistler wa3 next intro duced and took the platform, llis speech was straight -along ' the Omaha platform, argueing the sub treasury, land, .finance, and trans portation. He urged them to stand together and secure the success of the Omaha ticket f lie waa repeat edly cheerad. Mr. Keistler inform ed the reporter that his speech, to gether with Mr. Sapp'e, was en dorsed, by the Alliance afterward, and that they would, in all proba bility, be called to any part of the county at any time to make Alliance speeches. .After these young mea made their speeches, Rev. Jno. G Ancferson wa3 called for and responded, of course. But t!he Alliance ha3 learned how to take hjm, and don'jl let him up unless they are sure that the peo ple will decide they are going to perish to death or the sun wili set some timein le3S than a week. So he spoke until it" was 'announced that dinner waa ready, and 4hen hd up for the attention that the crowd waited to give to the table. The dinner was saia to be a verj line one, and a plenty ot it. . After dinner the Alliance wenjt into secr session, and one thing done wa3 the election of oSieers for the ensueingyear. They are: President, J B White; vice-president, J M W Alexander; secretary and business agent, Jno. A Kims; treasurer, Geo. E Ritchie; lecturer, C McDonald; chaplain, II C Dunn; dooorkecper, J C Jcnhston; asiistaiiE .1 1 - ITT. T I i. at-arms, Jno. W McAnulty; execa tive committee, S A Grier, J A Fink and A F Hileman. The newly elected officers will be installed on July 30th , in this city. When the secre: session was through with it business the" Alli ance resolved itself into a mass meeting and invited all outsiders ia to hear what wa3 aid and done. The chuch waa immediately filled witli people, a few ladies, but a large majority of men. John 14 Bradford, of" No. 3, was madekair mfn, and W. W. Kobin3on, jf Pop lar Tent, secretary. The object of the meeting was oxplained, which was to get the political views of any who desiaed to talk. Capt. Chas. McDonald arose amidst cheers, and said, : "The nuestion is. how are vou going to vote? Now, 1 would like fr al who intend to vote the Omaha nom ineea to stand up.'' (The entire crowd with possibly the exception of half a dozen men stood up. Great cheers.) lie said then that they had everything to gain by , electing Peoples Party men as president and to Congress. He waa in favor of the State Democratic ticket; felt duty bound to support it, and thought it decidedlv preferable to any that could be named. He said he in tended to vote forWeaer, but want ed them to go into the Democratic Drimariea 'as thev did . before, and nominate People's party men for county officers and for Congress and elect, them. He waa in favor of cal ling a mass meeting and getting the sentiments of the people on the sub iect: but wanted to call this meet- I 7 il. - 1 1 not the Alliance. He again urged inrr in ti e name oi me ieopie auu them to stand by the Democrat norns inees in the State. Wji. Junker v next took the floor ana announced that he was "in the new party un- equivocably. The thing is a national issue with us. I have always been Democrat, but am not now. (Cheers.) We had as well get into the brier patch now as any time. It scratches some but we had as well do it. And we want utfity in tne new party n? halving the thing." J. M. W. Alexander took possession of the floor next, and proceeded to bemean the Demos cratic press in every way he could. lie said he would rather not be called upon, but voices of "out with it,? la the audience started his flutter,- . . mill to running. Then he said: "1 have been a Democrat Eince the war; w have accomplished' nothing. have been taught to believe that the Republican papers did all the lying, and the Republican party wa3 ,o blame for all of our trouble. 1 am tor tne umana piauyjrm uu nominees andVill vote for noman, county or not, who doeiyiot stand on that .platform. I wjfl vo7e tiie State Democratic ticket." Geo. E. Ritchie. of Mr. Ritchie had the attention the crowd and said : "I suppose most of you saw my. camgliiE uwriitt-pcr, urn. uuutter; aergeaut - STANDARastating that I had enough to vote for the man pledged to re to do in the Democratic party. I fcrm. The Democrats and Repub- Imlim va need no Third party in ah W . A the county or State ; therefor?, the aecessity of that card, i did not m:ike up my mind any way until thi nominaticni vere nude. A great many of us Alliancemen, you knoTT, resolved tint we would neither ; vote ior uieveiaud or iJU! it nomi nated. The nomfnatious have been made, and we nave maue up our t minds o vote for the Omaha nomi If A 1 1 i nces. ve win nave to yote our Peoples party candidate, but I do not think tiiere is need for a Third party ticket in the county or State, J. Mike Scott waa next hetird from and said. " can't see the philojophy of voting a pht ticket. Ain't you splitting things a little? .Why not take the whole hog ? We. wn't more money and less tax." Joun A Sims was called for and responded a3 fol lows;. Several months ago I "en dorsed the St. Louis platform. I suppose you know where I stand. J I have never voted anything but Democratic ticket,and never scratch ed Que in my life. I expect to yote the straight Democratic ticket? so far as the State ia concerned. Posi tively, I am for the ticket nomina ted' by the last Democratic State Convention. For President, I am a Peoples party man. Weaver is not known to me, bat if, after becoming acqnainted with his record, I un dergo a change in regard to him, I will let you know. So far as I now know I will vote for Weaver for President. For the State I am solid. You know what we have had here under Republican rule. The selection and election of Congressmen is an important matter 1 m . (. to ua. bo tar as this district is concerned we ought to have but two tickets Democratic and Republic can because a three-cornered figKt is decidedly dangerous. S L Kluttz. was called for, and rising, said : "I want to Know now we can get our choice by sticking to the Demo crats. Don't you know that if we attempt to p,o into the Democratic primaries we will be ruled out ?" When Mr. Kluttz took his seat calls were made for J F Newell, the only press reporter present. He eat very quiet and paid no attention to the calling of his name. Watt Barring er. As the above named gentleman took the floor all attention was rivited upon him. He said : "I be., heve Pro. Cook, of the Standard, has called me thp daddy of the Third party in the county. I feel and think that the Third party -will succeed. For want of a better name I caM the meeting that parted the Third party in this county the 'Im nfortal Eight' I dont mean to re solve anything. I am like the man in the war who carried the colors ahead of the man, and when the cap tain yelled, 'Bring the colors to the men !' answered, 'Bring the men to tb colors.' I am going to set up our colors ana bring the men to them " Alj Mr. Barringer took his seat the calls for J F Newell were repeated. Bat he eat a3 quiet as ever, and. J. II. Earnhardt ook the floor. He said, "I am a Jeffersonian DemScrat; I am going to vote Democratic . principle but not Derno&aticjparty. I am going licana are just like men dividing a corn jheap and then trying to see who can beat. I mean to help turn the rascals out, (Gieat cheers.) As Mr. Earnhardt took hi3 seat the calla for J F Newell were re vived with more earnestness. It I i. r . ni t -rv . 1 i ,m seemed that nothing would do but he must speak. To sit still and re fuse longer was deserting his colots; it fou hading lown before the enemy. And to attempt to speal and mention Grover Cleveland s name, except in contempt and deri sion, meant to be hoVled down. But arising and addressing the chairman said: "Mr. President, .and fellow citi zens: I &ni aware that your calling for me ia not meant as a compli ment to me as fully aware of that fact as any man who has called for me. However, yon seem determine to'know my political views, aud you shall have them. There arereform? the farmer needs just reforms which 1 hope he will get, yet I could not convince you of my sincerity in this inaVer were I to talk to you till doom's day. But I see not how you can hope to accomplish these reforms by the course you are per suing. There is one thing one thing highest aud aboye all other things that I hold and shall fight for ever, and that is white supreraa cy in North Carolina and the Souths ern States. I shall cast my vote for Grover Cleveland for President." When Newell took his seat there was a painful quiet. Instead of him acting a fool and. allowing them to have some fun out of him he nipped their scheme in the bud, and after they had time enough to re flect and see how sillv thev had act- ed, they called for 0. A. Puis. who then took the floor aud aaid: "I ttji one cf the 'iininortal Eight.' I have :dway3 ken a Democrat. My conscience does not hurt me because I went into the Tnird partv con A ventiou. I have no axe to grind. If you want your party to gruw, you must carry it into the county and stump every township in the county. The party is your lelief and you mii3t stund by it." S. L. Carroll said, "I am no speaker and it will not take me long to state where I stand. If we are going to be a party of our own, I don't see how we can mix-up. All candidates, except the State ticket, must stand on the Omaha.platform." John Eagle said, "i have always been a Demo crat, and the first time I voted it I got bit. I think when anyone pro- esses to have been converted he ought to quit sinning." John MeANULTY, "It won't do to fool with them any longer. The Democrats will put the wrong pig in the poke cer- tain. J. B. White said, "I wus sent to Raleigh as a to the State Democratic Convention. I went and tried to isten and understand. When Maj. ?obbins, leader of the Democrats, read the platform, I thought we could not have expected such a good one. But when I looked into the ace of Maj. Bobbins, I saw the ex T--r i t m pression, "ve nave no mea or landing to it, but we have got hem.", I. voted to adopt it. I do not try tV think that I am going to yote it. I am not bound by it. Am bound to stand by it?" (Many )ico3, "No!") "While in Raleigh I heard Col. Polk cay that many Wess tern men had csked him, 'Will the South stand by ur' We have got o stand together from county up. I am not afraid of negro rule. My newest neighbor is a negro; we both farm and have a com;noa interest. It doe5 not matter about the eolcr of the skin. My sympathy is with the "Immortal Efght. Bob Biggrs. ,Tm no spjikerf but am in it meaning something. All panied have joined the rettirm movement. It is independent of all particf. Wo can't afford to bef th Demo crats along. 1$ I wt-rc to say fjts help the Republicans von would not go with me well 1 wmldn'c blame you; jou woiiitl he a foul.if vou did. i nave bean voting 15 dependent just along aa I pleased, and now I'm ng" to try another. I want 'it whole. I am not any Third prty State ticket the people went into the conuentions and nominated it, and I think they had better i. Alfl can say further than this in nt to be caught in another such a bo.'. Chas. McDonald then said, "I had nothing to do with tie Third puny convention in Concord on June 11th. I knew noth ing of if, and don't any I wuld have teen in it if I had known it. I hope . the Peoples party-will carry North Caro lina sometime but now is not the time to try it. I don't w ant to jeop ardize tne State Democratic ticket." S S McWiiirter. recomendtd that delegates to the State Third party convention be in structed to vote for the uonwuation of the State Democratic nominees. J. Harvey Dorton. "1 believe in taking the whole hog. No u in any splitting." C. A. Pitts. 'If you won't help us, the 'Im mortal Eight' will organise the Third party iu tho county. It 13 recessary to do something before tbe Salisbury meeting 6a the 2(Jth. I am for the ticket from Weaver down." This closed the "experience meet ing" wi'h th brethren. Chas. Mc Donald, Ceo. E. Ritchie, S. L. Kluttz, Watt Barringer, J. 11. Earn hardt and J. B. White were all delegates to the late State Demo cratic convention. Just at the cloe of the meeting the following resohttiou was in troduced and adopted : Be it resolved, that ve, the citi zens of Cabarrus county, ak-enibW in mas5meeting at Rocky Ridge, July 14th, 1892, do hereby call up., on all sympathisers of tiie reform movement of tbu county, meet with usat Concord on July 30th, for the purpose of ratifying the action of the recent convention in Omaha and endorse it3 platform. J. R. Bradford, W. W. Robinson, Chairman. Secretary. Consre Will Probably Atljoiiru Washington, July 13- The abso lute certainty that the silver bill is a dead issue in this section sim'li fies the problem of the adjournment of Congress, which, it i3 expected, will be reached the latter part cf next week. In the Senate the h'3t appropriation bill his been reported with a few amendments which will be taken up immediately aft:r tho sundry civil bill i3 disposed, of. The appropriation bills, it is expected will not cause much delay, exc?pt the clause in the sundry civil bill, relating to the World's Fair This item when it reaches the House, however, i3 likely to cause scir.e friction, but it i3 expected that t n agreement can be reached uuuer pressure.
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