The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-08-23
YORK STEPS DOWN
nREFUSES TOSPEAK BECAUSE
~ 4 SLIGHT INTERRUP PTION.
r. scales is Received with Marked
"Tntbusiasm and makes the very best
Snrcch of the Campaign.

IlfkORY. Aug. 1O.-Saturday morning
o'clock Gen. Scales, accompanied by
number Of gentlemen from Hickory and
I..vl,ere. boarded the Chester Il Lenoir
tr,in bound for LenOr. At 9:30 the train
or.rt into a pretty little town and a
c,ya!c;tde OF about sixty horsemen told
With three rousing cheers that the people
of caldwell extended a hearty welcome
Ia the Gallant Democratic standard bear
ar Under this enthusiastic escort Gen
scales and those who accompanied him
| lr,y. to the Jones house, where as Dr.
y.r, SAWS, ''thc doors Of the church were
o,rlpal The hotel was immediately
fIcd with the Staunch old Democratic
,,.Iustllry of Caldwell and th&. adjoining
counties Colonel COwles, the next Con
FRESHMAN from this district, and the live
,nd energetic little editor Of the wee
Youie, w. W. Scott, assisted the General
in his reception. After two hours of
friendly greeting, hand shaking and con-
pratulating the court house bell rang and
the crowd, nearly 500 strong. assembled
in shady grove to hear the discussion.
Dr. York had arrived in town the night
before, had carefully reviewed the crowd,
canyasscd the sentiment, witnessed the
enthusiasm for Scales, and had no doubt
already concluded that it Was going to be
!, cold day for York.
NIcn. NCtltS dIOSc dIlllNlSU SIcdU
and with marked degree of composure
and perfect ease, made possibly the best
speech that has been made in the State
since the campaign opened-plaln and
practical, his keen voice rising and falling
easily and eloquently while his arms travel
ed about in graceful emphasis. AT times he
talked to the people as if in ordinary con-
versation, then again catching inspiration
from the beaming sympathy descernible
in nearly every face in the vast audience,
his voice would yibrate over the surround
ing hills in ringing elOquence, and the
vast crowd would cheer him to the echo
His arraignment Of York and his political
record was dignitied and gentlemanly, yet
as forcible and scathing as could be- He
would read the records, ask York If they
were correct and insist on an answer, but
no answer would come. His allusion to
Iorks political position was cutting and
effective.
THE OLD HOLLOw-LOG JOKE.
Tell these people what you are" he
would say. But no answer came. ''Tell
them if you are Il Liberal, a Democrat, or
a Republican, But no answer. Tell
them if you are in favor of civil rights.
Tell these colored people if you didn't
vote against their testifying in courts of
Justice Tell these people if you didn't
Schools and against the Morganton Insane
Asylum-that home Of Gods unfortunate
people No fellow w-citiZens, the only
only thing that you can get him to say is
that he is old York Yes, and he is old
York, with political sins enough to bury
him SO deep that he can never be resurect-
cd Why, his political position reminds
me of an old joke | used to tell twenty
years ago. \ man had an old SOW that
continued to get into his corn field. He
never could ascertain how she managed to
yet ill., until one day he watched her and
saw that she came through a crooked hOl-
low log that had fallen across the fence.
She would 90 into the hollow log outside
the field. 90 through it and come out in
the field. 50. he says, never mind Old
lady, III fool you He turns the log
around. putting the crooked part inside
the field and both ends outside. The old
SOW gets hungry, comes up to her log,
goes through, looks around and finds that
she is still out of the field. She goes
through again with the same result The
log has been turned on York. He goes
through to find that instead of being in
side the party he is outside, and on the
4th Of November he won't know that he
has ever been in the field at all"
Gen. Scales grew more and more elO-
qucnt as he proceeded with his speech,
and made an earnest and impressive ap-
peal for the preservation of the admins
tration that had done so much to build up
our grand old commonwealth and her peo
pie, and closed amid great cheering.
DIR. YORK BEGINS.
DR.. York arose with an air of boldness
and independents and commenced his
speech 1t soon appeared that he was at
sea Scales's effective speech and the en-
thJlsiasm for him had cowed York, and
' ten al the wind out of his sails. That
aH.f bold Independence left him and he
fol.id himself hacked, discouraged and
too much on the defensive to cause re-
action of sentiment in his favor
am lahe, he said ''at the instance
q, ssines Ial-Democratic and the Repub-
Aau III. les Of North Carolina as their
/candidS'NNfo. the high office Of Governor.
am here as the candidate of every man
III North Car)lina who wishes to restore
10 the people their rights and who wishes
70 break down Bourbon rule. | am here
nothing but a mountain plowbOy against
The great lion and political giant of the
Democratic patty" land Scales was never
more 1ruthfuIly characterised in his life).
lie soon got off on his pet issne-the
Iartf- and said that on that issue j. G.
Blaine would cary every Northern State
ne would also carry West Virginia,
Louisiana, and he would also carry
North Carolina.
lo the surprise of everybody who had
heard him bcfore, he almost Immediately
LETT the tariff and announced that he would
proceed to answe Gen. Scales's argument.
Abiding to public schools, he said at
Newton he had asked Supt. Scarboro a
question in regard to an improper invest
lnent of portion Of the school fund, and |
Ien. Scales cIOSs6 his mouth and wouldn't |
let him answer
HOW THE CONFUSION AROSE.
Here Gen. Scales said; CDR. York, |
Mr.. Scarboro did answer your question
sold you positively that such was not a
fact :
He didn't answer me-" said York.
gou clocaJ he 1;,.