The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-10-18
DAVIE DEMOCRACY.
Messrs. Watson and Glenn MAX
Ringing Speech es.

Ringing Speech es.
Large and attentive audiences
greeted The most excellent speeches Of
Hons. w. B. Glenn and .sCy" Wat
son Monday and Wednesday of Dayie
court. As they always do, they got
there. Both speeches we've fine expo
sitions of Democratic doctrine, and
each sowed seed, in good ground and
stony places, which will bring
forth a speedy and abundant harvest.
November 9th. Both poured an en-
filade of hot shot, which carried dis:
may in its wake, into the Radical
camp. The Republicans, who always
wear holier- than thou air, fairly
boiled over with righteous Indignation
as they squirmed and almost bit them
selves from sheer madness in their i'm
potent rage as unpalatable truths were
thrown squarely between their teeth
and rammed down up to the elbows.
Glenn on Saturday afternoon re
peated the dose with redoubIed fleet
at Harrington,
Pennington Township is the county
battle-ground in this campaign, and
of this fact the Republicans are fully
aware. Scarcely day passes but
candidate, while leaves are still on the
trees, is seen passing, without dog or
gun, on a still hunt to bring to earth
political game. We do not think we
voice the sentiments of an enthusiast
Or an ultra sanguine Democrat when
we assert emphatically that Farming
ton Township is solid, and can be re
lied upon to roll up decent majority
for our ticket. Our opponents are
bending every sinew to the task of
beating us, and are moving heaven
and earth to accomplish their ends,
but that's only working in the field to
pull corn already safely housed in the
Democratic crib
Tuesday of court, after Solicitor
Settle had made a neat Ii tie speech,
Judge Ellis, who is suffering severe
ly with chronic case of acute cerebro
elephantiasis, rose to put in his oar,
but, as if by magic, the crowd instant
ly melted away and our bonnie Jean
outraged to almost empty benches
for fifteen minutes, when the reopen
ing of court put quietus on bis not
over-brilliant remarks. The Judge"
don't mind trying to speak not a par
ticle It will be the coolest kind of
cold day when our bonnie Jean gets
left to the tune of 1000 majority, but
he'll have quite large minority sheet
to wrap around himself, and we trust
he will survive the well earned defeat
he has labored so hard and persistent
ly to bring about After November
9th, the world will wag on just the
same, and the many weary audiences
who know him now will know him no.
more. Good bye, Jean. Go out into
the old goat pasture back of the barn
and kick yourself an hour by the clock
for INDUCING in such GORGEOUS folly
as to run against JOIN Henderson fer.
Cangress.
Some colored gentlemen who have
the preface Rev. before their names
have been using Harrison and Morton
bait to fish in the Republican mill
pvnd for political black perch. They
may have lot of fun and high-jinks
organizing clubs "mungst de brother
ing but it seems to us clear case Of
cloves labor lost" for whatever ga
gen'man of cuIiah, subj" does do or
doesn't do, he never forgets to gu to. the
polls aud vote the straight Republican
ticket. Democrats who, Achilles
like, sulk in their tents and forget to.
vote, would do well to note this
J. A. Hendrix, Republican nominee
for representative in the next Generals
Assembly, with his meiodious leather.
lunged voice wakes the echoes of Tar
heelia's hills when he Justify launches
out on his favorite hymn, Protection
O the joyful sound r
s When John draws his tuning fork,
which is. protected to d tune called Is
per cent, On a crowd and pitches it to
t, St. Martins up in b fiat there's
music in the air. To hear him speak,
you'd think he wants to go to Raleigh
to introduce an act annulling the Mills
Bill And that we'd all be ssruiit" If.
he daeso't get there. He wants few
more rails piled on The protection fence
to make it "horse high, pig tight end
bull strong calls incidental atten
ton to county and state matters, but
brings all The burden and stress of bis ]
10 bear on his protection
theories. In the sententious words Of
the late A Ward, Esq, Things is
workin Z (the 0. her way and John
sill live to sup sorrow that even his
! .Hg pole is not longItudinous enough
- down the legislative persimmon.
Oct. 16, ,88. TAM O'SHANTER.