Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-09-01

the discussion by speech of one
hour. There were over three thous-
and people present. Though Col.
Dockery was just out of bed from
malarial fever, he made one of his
strong, powerful speeches, which
frightened Judge Fowle so he could
hardly speak at all.
Col. Dockery started off by de-
claring himself a farmer, Henry Clay
Wing, and his belief in protective
tariff. He said protective tariff
makes us self-rcliant, self-dependent
and gives employment to the laborer
and protects labor. He criticised
severely the unkept false promises of
the democratic party. He dwelt at
length upon the democratic National
platform and its leaders. He de-
nounced and branded the lie that
charged him with favoring mixed
schools, &C., and showed up by demo-
cratic authority practices of the demo-
cratic party and democratic mixed
Sunday School in Wadesboro. In
referring to hard times, he charged
Mr.. Cleveland with lending money
out of the treasury to Northern and
Western banks without interest while
he refused to issue it as directed by
law. He referred to the democratic
House defeating the Blair educational
bill after it was passed by a republic
can Senate three times; also the
special land tax whereby North Caro-
lima loses about $500, 600.
Mr. Dockery was listened to with
much interest by the farmers, mech-
anics and business men who heard.
The crowd at Monroe was estimated
from 1000 to 5000. There were
acres of people and a much larger
crowd at Wadesboso.> At Wadesboro
Col. Dockery made one of the best
speeches of his life, and gave Judge
Fowle the worst drubbing we ever
heard any man take. The Col. didn't
tell single joke the two days. but
took his full time in giving solid,
wholesome facts.
Judge Fowle came upon the plat
form each day trembling and stammer-
ing worse than school boy before
his first audience. He kept glass
of cider or something colored by him
and took frequent sips. He was
painting for breath all the while and
seemed unable to talk. He told of
his service in the Confederate army,
his capture and release. The charity
of the colored people; their inability
to rule of what the democrats have
done for the colored people in build
ing schools, asylums, &c. He then
made a bitter appeal to the white
men to vote for him, but said he
would be their Governor whether they
voted for him or not.
He spoke of the great danger of
colored superintendent examining
white girl teachers in the Eastern
counties in case the present system
of county government is not sustained
and referred to white woman being
leased to colored man in Jones
county He did not seem to know
that under the old system under re-
publican rule there never was color
ed county examiner or superintendent
nor a majority of colored men on any
county board of commissioners He
failed also to tell of the white woman
in Randolph county hired to a colored
man by board of democratic white
county commissioners, only three
years ago under the present system
Col. Dockery insisted on Judge Fowlc
telling one promise his party had
kept, but the Judge failed to do so.
Judge Fowle cannot hold up at
the present rate and we expect to
hear of his quitting the field very
soon Col. Dockery has an easy time
Of it and is making votes fast
LYNCHING HIGHLY PROBABLE.