The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-09-06
THE CAMPAIGN OPENED.
JUDGE FOWLE DOWNS COL.
DOCKERY AT MONROE.

JUDGE FowLE DOWNS COL.
DOCKERY AT MONROE.
He Tells the Story of Radical Rule In
North Carolina to an Immense Au-
dfence. Extracts from His Speech.
On Monday of last week the joint
canvass opened and Fowle and
Dockery spoke to an audience of at
least 5000 people from the counties
of Union, Mecklenburg, Stanley, An
son, Richmond and the border coun
ties of S. G. Judge Fowle was met
at the depot by a grand horse back
parade together with fire-eagines and
bands of music.
Col Dockery spoke first, thus COM
pelling Judge Fowle to answer him
in an inpromptu speech. The SEN
TINEL prints extracts from this speech
for two reasons: 1t is as good Demo
cratic ss can be found, and it proves
that Fowle is not zone speech" man
as his enemies so fondly hoped. He
met Dockery ON his own ground and
took his scalp. The Monroe Enquir-
e. from which we clip the extracts
says Of the two speeches
Democrats certainly have no rea-
son to fear the most careful comparis
on of the two speeches. Fowle main
tanned the great principles of Democ
racy with vigor and boldness, and al
| though his speech was a reply to
that of Dockery. and necessarily an
impromptu one, his points were forei-
BILE and we'll taken. He even exceed
ed the expectations of his friends, and
fully demonstrated his ability to ham
die the Radical War Horse of the
Pee Dee"
THE SENTINEL hasn't room for
Col. Dockery's speech and can
give only portion of Judge Fowle's,
| (omitting all that relates to tariff,
He said:
81 will tell you what the Democrat
ic party has done for North Carolina
and Union county. For four years
the Republicans were in power in
| North Carolina. What became of
all the money they collected for school
purposes They squandered it. What
has the Democratic party done for the
| boys and girls of North Carolina !?
They have spent 100000 in one year
for educational purposes against $780,
600 spent by the Republicans for
school purposes during the whole time
they were in power. Honest John
M. Worth, one of the best men in
North Carolina, says Cape Cod Ashe-
ly, when he went back to New Eng
land, left but one thing in the Office
of State Superintendent of Public In
struction, and that was a badly exc
cuted picture of school house. Now
there are six thousand school houses
| that have been built by the Demo
cratic party in North Carolina, and
hundreds Of teachers are employed to
instruct your children. The Demo
cratic party promised to give you
good schools and it has done it. What
has Democracy done for railroads !?
1t has completed the Western North
Carolina railroad almost to the Ten.
nessee line. 1t has build railroads in
various parts of the State. The Re-
publicans did nothing towards build
ing railroads Besides these railroads
and schools we have built an asylum
for the whites at Morganton, and one
for the colored people at Goldsboro.
Democrats are not hostile to the me-
groes. Ifthe negroes were left to
themselves they would go with the
/ Democratic party.
The Democrats have reduced taxes
in North Carolina Under Republi-
can rule taxes amounted to 80 Genes
on the hundred dollars. 20 cents on
the hundred dollars is what you pay
now uuder Democratic rule. Dock
cry comes before you and asks you to
take the reins Of government from the
Democrats and place them in Repub
liean hands.
But is fhis all Democracy has done
for YOU? No. There was an i'm.
mense debt hanging over the people
of North Carolina. SPECIAL tax
bonds to the amount of $41 ,000, ,000
were fraudulently issued by the Re-
| publicans. The people repudiated
them. A debt Of $13,000,O00 has
been honorably compromised by the
Democrats, and now outside of the
| North Carolina railroad debt, which
I is self sustaining, the debt of North
Carolina only amounts to $3,500,0 ,00C
and yet my opponent asks what We
have done to redeem our pledges!
! The Republicans have had oppor.
tunity to redeem the pledges they
have made in favor of repeating the
internal revenue laws. Tom John
ston, of North Carolina, introduced al
amendment to the Mills bill to repea
the entire internal revenue system
This amendment received 81 votes
Johnston raised his hands and ex
claimed, What has become of the Re
J publican party y" IF you wait fol
the Republicans to repeal these law
: you will wait until time ceases. On
ly through the Democratic part,
will they ever be repealed IF m,
opponent is in favor of their repea
his party Is not. He says there j.
more nigger in the Democlatic WOO,
pile than there is in the Republican
, The Democrats are kind to the color
ed people, The colored people wer
j kind to our wives anG sisters an,
4 daughters during the war when th
white men were in the army. The dill
ference is this: We say they are no
to be custodians of civil liberty w
are willing protect and educate then
but we think it is better for 140,O0l
| whites to rule than il would be to turI
the reigns of our State government OF
er to 105 900 negroes and Is or 90
Il