The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-09-27
FRoM WEBSTER.
jackson Superior Court, and Carter
and Ewart's speech, Etc.
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WEBSTER. Sept, "a. 1888. -Cour
met to-day at an early hour, judge
Boykin and most of the lawyer
from abroad having reached her,
on Saturday or the nextday. The
grand jury was charged in the fore
noon, and everything got in order
for the afternoon session. There is
material enough for a busy week
with the criminal docket. Mr.. Al
len Dills is to answer for the slaN !.
ing of one of the Bumgardners and
the wounding of another some. few
months ago. L ID Impossible, d
tell yet whether the case viii be
tried at this term or not. Nc Mahan
who killed John Buchanan near
this place short time since, and
was transported to the Bumeombe
Jail not only for safe keeping bat
to protect him against popular
anger was brought over this morn
ing. 1t is said that an effort will
be made to remove the case to ans
other county on account of obtain
ing an impartial jury. 1t is very
certain that feeling is strongly
against him, heightened by the fact
that the prisoner had once before
been on trial for participation in an
other homicide, and acquitted, it
was openly said; not according to
law and evidence.
Mr.. Ewart and Mr.. e. D. Carter
came over to-day. AS it had been
previously arranged that they
should hold a joint discussion,
Judge Boykin gave them from
half past 1 until 4 p. m. to air their
| principles. The speaking began at
l. Q, Mr.. Ewart having the lead.
This gentleman is a ready, fluent
speaker, and his speech was abso-
lutely free from offensive charges
or allusion; while at the same time
it was full of ingenious perversion of
facts, and statements not borne out
by the record. I did not hear his
argument on the tariff with which
topic he opened. | did hear his
attack on the revenue system which
he assailed with a holy indignation
becoming a representative of an in
suited and oppressed section. He
arraigned his opponent, Mr.. Johns
ton with charges that his pretended
hostility to the system was display
ed merly as buncome, that be
how'd his true inwardness by his
vote for Mr.. Carlisle for speaker
when he knew, as Mr.. Ewaft charga
ed, that Mr.. G. was the attorney of
the monstrous whisky trust. He
said the revenue laws were main
tanned in favor of that trust, that
Mr.. Carlisle was bitterly opposed to
their repeal, and proved his power
as speaker to suppress his proposing
such repeal. He said that the pro-
lection given to the large whisky
operators enabled them to form the
gigantic trust that now existed. Il
escaped Mr.. Ewart that another
form of protection under the war
tariff encouraged and enabled the
promotion of many other kinds of
trusts by which the people were
doubly robbed under the tariff and
under the trust.
Mr.. Ewart had much to say on
the negro question and on the sub
ject of county government. He ar
raigned the democratic party for its
failure to repeal it at the last ses-
sion of the legislature He
appointment of negroes to many
and lucrative offices. His party. he
said would give the negro his rights
and nothing more was due him.
He discussed the Blair bill, and
threw the responsibility of lis fail
ure to pass on the democrats. He
said that it was misunderstood and
misrepresented by the democrats.
He said that the general govern
ment was to give to the states only
the same sum appropriated by the
states. But the fact is that the gov
ernment appropriates for SO many
years asulnamounting to$77 600, 600
and the states to receive the benefit
| of the fund must equal the sum
forced upon them by the govern
ment, an amount very far in excess
| of the present educational fund
making it a curse instead of a bless
ling.
| Mr.. Carter in his reply deniec
very emphatically that Mr.. Carlisle
| had any connection with The whisky
| trust. Mr.. Johnston was reproach
| ed for voting for that gentleman be.
lcause he was oppo4ed to the repea
of the internal revenue laws. HI
voted FIR Carlisle because he was 8
| fare, noble, able man, and becaus'
The was southern man, the frs
from the south invested with tina
high honor since the War 81
fshowed from tho records that thl
alrepublican party, the parent Q
those laws, were invincibly opposee
to their appeal. Mtens they hat
the power in both houses of con-
gress they would do nothing in that
direction. When Mr.. Kelly, Q
Pennsylvania introduced bill init
the republican caucus for the repea
. of the system he could not get
hearing: Not single voice second
ed him, and the bill was contemp
tuously ignored. He, Mr.. Carter
did not think the system would b
repealed for some time to come
Mr.. Harrison in his letter Of accep-
tance had said the same. All tina
: the democrats could do was to softel
! some of its hardest features. MI