The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-08-29
THE JOINT DISCUSSION.
FoWLE AND DooKERY AT MON
ROE.
FowIe Fiery Furnace for Dockery
the Dead Duck.
From the Raleigh Nevs-observer.

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hIoNRoE, N. c., August 27.-The
biggest day ever known in Union
county, Five thousand people
wereshere to hear the discussion be-
tweea Fowlo and Dockery. Judge
Fowle reached here tn Tie l2:41
train from Charlotte. He YVES car
ried tolls hotel in an elegant phe-.
ton diawn by two magnific mt bays,
decked with silver mounted harness
an saming bandannas, and was
folio1sed by 300 mounted men,.
Driving through the principal
streets, he stopped in front of the
hotel. The street in front was com-
pietely blocked with sprging hu--
manitY. At this time a telegram
was circulated for the supposed
purpose of getting Judge Fowle to
make his speech before Dockery ar
rived. a telegram from Wadesboro
says Dockcry is on the train: The
people are wild with enthusiasm.
Dockery arrived on the 2:41 train
and is driven to the hotel in a car
riage drawn by bay and clay
bank, no one attending him except
his brother aud some friends from
Rockingham. At 3 p. M, D. A.
Covington, Esq. announces that
Col, Dockery will open he discus
sion. Col. Dockery looks pale md
worn; says he is sick and will not
be able to do justice to his cause:
He knew he differed with the larg-
est majority present, but that this
was necessary. He said it was no
time for white hats and bandannas.
When he said this it looked like all
the hats and bandannas in North
Carolina went up in the air. Col.
Dockery said: What is the cause
of the hard times? The audiences
completely drowned him with the
cry of High tariff" Col. Dockery
says he is an old Henry Clay |
Whig, and that be drew it from his
mothers breast. He favors a high
tariff because this is indirect and
not direct taxation. Col. Dockery
says the only thing necessary to re-
duce taxation is to abolish the rev.
enue. He says the democrats have
done nothing to reieem their
pledges except to pass the Mills
bill. One hundred men in the au~
dience ask him why his party op-
pose it. Col. Dockery complains
That the democratic platform has
not the wore. revenue in it. He
claims to have voted for the meas
urea that bettered the colored mans
condition, but that any man who
said he wanted white children and
black children tn go to the same
school was an infamous liar. Here he
becomes nervous and asks how
much time he has. He is evidently
at the end of his speech.
DJckery arraigns the democratic
party for the failure of the Blair bill
to pass, but had to acknowledge that
the two Senators from North Caroli-
ma voted for it. Dockery showed
throughout his whole speech that he
was in poor condition and his
speech is with one accord pronunc-
ed a failure.
Judge Fowle. with the exception
of slight hoarsness, is in fine trim.
Certainly man never had more to
inspire him He says Col. Dockery
has to go out of the State to get
record for the republican party. He
sh wed that while the republican
party had prostituted the credit of
the State, ruined lit school system
and stolen the money, the demo-
cratic party had given schools to the
children, irrespective OF color; had
reduced the taxes on the poor man
and had built asylums for the poor
and unfortunate of all classes.
Judge Fowle put in one telling blow
on the Mills bill, and showed the
people that the republican party
had refused to take the only oppora.
tunity of reducing the revenue on
the tariff. Judge Fowle was to the
last degree forcible and simple,
standing on the broad ground that
no law ought to- ask more taxes
than was sufficient to carry on the
expenses OF the government. He
said labor must be free to be profit
able. On county goyernment Judge
Fowle said. We feel no enmity to
the eolored man, but that we did
not think the colored man the fit
custodian Of this coun
Col. DockerY said IN his speech
he thought white men IN the main
ought to hold olfiee.
Judge Fowl asked him if he
(Dockery) did not on one occasion
IN Richmond vote for a negro law
yer against a good citizen of Rock
ingham, and on another accession in
the same count. if he (Dockery)
did not vote for black negro
against a good man, and he too-a
legged soldier.
To both of these indictments Col.
DockerY plead guilty in the pres
ence of this vast ooneourse of pee
PIE.
Judge Fowle's friends and the
democrats of the State may feel
proud of the effect he produced here
to-day.