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Vol. Xjl-. No. 2709
CON COU1), N. C. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 13 1898
Whole No 11793
m
id Great West
touched moat pathetically on the 'the negro. In '96 ,the party did
affltoationa of the deaf, dumb and
blind and declared that these inatis
tntionB were sacredly the property
Mr. C B Aycock Confronts of the fathers and mothers of these
the Wiley Dr. Cyrus children Yet in the deaf, dumb
Thompson, and blind asylum was a negro, Jim
xoung, as a member of the board.
jib. aycock openk toe DEBATE This board inspects the departments.
It has been denied that Jim Young
WITH VIGOR AND ELOQUENCE.
- had made an inspection and a re-
Thompson Comes Forward With Sar- w"
rnm and innnendoes ns if to Sweep port. Tho speaker read the report
the Field Bat Tames Under Ay coeU's and g tfae do(jtor jf thftt not
joinder and 'Neutralizes II ts
stronsest points. J im's signature. The answer was
At 12.20 p m. Mr. A B Young, that he did not know. The speaker
Chairman of the Democratic thought that as thick as he was
Ex-ecutbe Committee, and Mr. W M with Jim he would be apt to know.
Weddington, Chairman of the Popu- Populists claim Vance as their
list Executive Committee, announoed counter part. -Vance ran the cam
tbat they had pledged the respect- paign in '76 on white supremacy and
f al hearing of their respective par- good "government, just what' the
ties on the occasion which they each Democrats are doing now, yet we
could do on the highest assurance, are charged with the cry of negro,
Mr. Young then introduced Mr. negro.
Chas. B Aycock. Thompson and Holton had got tos
The speaker said he did not seek getber on "mutaally agreeable conn
this discussion but responded to the clitions" and now stand-in the ca-
cill of "his party as he was eyer parity of dictating what' shall and
ready to do. shall not be done.
In ',92 he said there were those If fusion with the Democrats had
who were led by an honest desire to been effected Dr. Thompson would
better their conditions and left the now be dictating to Populists to
Democratic party. In a few months vote for Democrats. As it is he di
the Populist party developed a rect them to vote for Republicans,
strength of 47.000. The evils com- including two negroes from Wake
plained of were said to be national to the legislature,
and not local. The Populists then The speaker here told of negro
claimed that neither of the old par- domination in the eastern cities and
ties was worthy and it stood and own8 '
called for all men too good for them He said D L Russell voted for
to rally around .the Populist stands ?ndhed Put 'hem in ?c ln
j . v New -Hanover and appointed Jim
srd. But in 94 they no longer - ,A. . ,
. , . . . Young to positions to pay political
stood thus oat crept into a co-opers u
suits the Republicans to
htion compact with the Republican haY8 Populi8t8 6na Democrats mad
party. They then charged the at each other.
Democratic party with being ex- ia 96 there were 145,000 Demon
travagant and contended that salar- crats and 32,000 FopuliBts. They
ies should be reduced to the stands offered to fuse with any party with
ard of 5 cent cotton and 40 cent proper safeguards, but, said he,
wheat. His opponent was conspicu- they make demands of Demo
cua for the claim. The fusionists crats as to measures but make no
claimed that if thv ffot into office requirements of the Republicans.
w mnA Bi,nm J When we would not fuse they des
" . I nrtrirnari no mnaf hifforltr Aft hum
ment could and shouldibe run. They . , . Jm.
. A1 cntes and as monopoly-ridden. The
came into power m 94 and the re- dootor himsel had 8aid in nia ciin
salt was an increase in expenditures. lQn Bpeeohj ft wonder Uod let8
The Democrats in '92, '93 and '94 them liTe
Bpent $3,573,102.95. This included The Populists said the- speaker,
but one legislature. The Populists cry free silver then vote for Z9b
in the following three years spent$3,- Vance Walser who was a pronounced
959,950 21, an excees of $386,748.26. McKinley gold bug, as in many
After making all due allowance for other instances,
two legislatures instead of one the f u- The speaker termed the white
Bion regime spent about $100,000 per womanboo of the 8tate as our
year more than the Democrats had Qeen, and appealed to loyalty to
White men nav 98 per cent, of
Ur. Thompson gets $6,000 per , "
1 6 . the property taxes and 75 per cent.
rana aia not nave n reauoeu a f the DOil8. 7et thev nav the colored
bit, though it cost the people a 400 child dollar for dollar with the whit8
pouna bale ot cotton per aay ror olliid for education. The white
Mr. Thompson. people should rule white schools tut
The Democratic party in power the Populists' dared not put this in
bad built the Morganton asylum, the their platform lest the negro would
GoldaWn airir.m tha A And M not yote for them.
Colleges,the Experiment Station, the
.Governor's mansion and other instU
tations.
When Vance became Governor
and Demooracy came into, power
they did not remove Republicans
from the -asylums but when the
Populists came into power they pro-
ded to put their men into every
itution.
cry free silver, at all other times it
was negro. ;
He was profuse in .his charge of
hypocrisy, and bewailed the results
of slayery that was forever to follow
us with the negro Campaign cry .
They would co-operate again, said
he, to the damnation ; of the Demo
cratic party. The Democratic party,
said be, has never been time to anys
thing, not even to the negro.
He recited Mr. Butler's proposis
tions toCbairmanManly to fuse in '94
Now
go
and in tones and looks cf sarcasm, CJ " T"i 4- 4-
of which Dr. Thompson is our hero, DtraiffJit to
V i : i. i i ; i
uo uuaue ib ioo& use-. a crime ana
conclusive evidence of hypocrisy
that the Democrats did not fuse. 31111011 & FctZGr
He was equally severe On the Demo
crats for not fusing in '98. Thought 0011103,11 V
ib uwiui tuut xremocraiB wumu not
m tJ- , t , x 3 - and examine that big let of
fuse with the Populists (the great
hypocrites that are not true to anys Colored Shirts just received
thing, remember) . r which thev are selling at 45
Ha tun tali 7Pd Dpmnlfrfltift p.nn I
tehtions as. "stuffy." He said ther"""0'
Democratic convention did not reps finest bargains Jpn haye seen.
re8ent the rank and file, but was H tQ take-yon get your
wanted to fuse with it) . He oharged money back if not satisfied
Democratic papers with not pub
lishing Bryan's letter.
(Continued tomorrow).
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.
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SWBErP
The 8upreme; court
nested the movements as un
ticnal. The .speaker here
He showed that the election law
was made to make it difficult to
challenge a vote and to keep out
fraudulent votes. He believed there
were 5,000 illegal votes in the last
campaign.
In he city of Greenville the fus
sionists made the conditions such
that a negro's vote practically
amounts to two white votes.
At 155 Mr. Weddmgton intros
duced Dr. Cy Thompson . He said
the Democrats had no politics but
Miss Ella Barnhardt, of Pioneer
Mills, was in bur city today.
Civil Engineer Ludlow, of
Winston, arrived here this morn
ing.
Bill Jones, who lives boyond
the sea, came in rather unexpected
ly last night.
Mr. Herbert Barrier returned
home this morning, after spending
several days with his parents here. ( (
Mrs. Chas. Stone, of Charlotte,
came over yesterday evening to
visit home folks.
Mr. R M White, of Charlotte,
came over this morning to visit at
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