The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-07-26

magnificent bouquet of cut flower
was presented the speaker at tn
close OF his remarks, and his ac
acknowledgement of thanks was as fol
lows.
ION Monday before the Stat
democratic convention met in Rail
eigh, I was seated in my Office in
that city, when Daniel G. Fowle, jr,
aged seven years, entered, and lay
ing his hand upon my knee, looked
up into my face, and said: Father
are you a candidate for Governor p
II looked at the brightseyed LITTLE
fellow for a moment, and replied
"Yes, son. "The little fellow eyes
dropped to the floor, and aftel
thinking for several minutes, ht
slapped me on the breast with his
tiny hand, and said, swell, / am
I am for youI' And SO it is with
me, my kind friends, Daniel G.
Fowle is for you.n Tremendous
cheers and applause.
MAJ. Fingers SPEECH,
Capt. Carter arose and introduced
Hon. Sidney NJ. Finger, of Catawha,
democratic nominee for suaerin-
tendent Of public instruction, who
said:
Ladies and Gentlemen:-You have
my sympathies and my congratula-
tions. Ny congratulations at the
magnificent speech you have Just
heard, and my sympathy for you
in your uncomfortable condition.
will make a contract with you. If
you will give me your attention, l
will be brief in my remarks. We are
in the midst of a great democratic
campaign. AS is the custom, we
are here to renew the principles and
pledges of our great + lrty, and
work for their maintenance. The
principles of our party are the true
principles of the constitution. They
are the principles of the people.
Sift them, boil them, analyze them;
you will find them always true"
The speaker referred to Allen G..
Thurman, the noblest Roman of
them all, amidst applause and
cheers. He said that this was a
year in which the candidates of
both parties would be weighed in
the scales-the democrats would not
be found wanting. His review
of the surplus, its removal,
ETC., was at length, and he ac-
cused the republicans with fraud
to their country and fraud to their
constituency. He also discussed
the law of taxation, fully and freely.
The democrats had called for re-
duction; the republicans had refused
to aid in the alleviation OF the peo-
pie. The vaults at Washington are
being enlarged in order to accom-
modate the accumulation of a sur>
plus that is of no earthly use. All
this was caused by unnecessary
taxation; it is unjust. It is extrav-
agance It is a republican meas~
ure. 1 will pledge my word that
every lady and gentleman who pur-
chases articles pays unnecessary tax
upon those articles. The democratic
party has not been in power since
the war, and the person who says it
has tells lie out of the whole cloth.
They have offered the republicans
a chance to repeal the obnoxious
war tax. They offered them the
Morrison bill; the republicans re-
fused to accept it because, as they
said, it made a horizontal cut.
They didn't want any horizontal
cut, by any means. Next the dem-
ocrats offered them the Mills bill,
and they promptly jumped up and
said, Eve don't like the Mills bill.
No Mills bill for US. We1l vote
against it," And they will vote
against any other bill thai the dem.
ocrats may offer regarding the abo-
lition of unnecessary taxation. As
long as they draw the color line
l am going to draw the color
line, and advise you to draw it.
l am much obliged to you for the
good will you have manifested to-
wards me since have been in Of
fee, and 1 will ever do the best I
can to advance the cause of deln>
ocracy throughout the State"
Maj. Finger took his seat, and
Capt. Carter presented Hon. Theo.
F. Davidson who said:
MR.. DAvIDsoN's REMARKS.
My Friends Il shall not make
any speech to ssyou today. l have
been speaking to you for the last
twenty years, and 1 don't know that
1 could tell you anything that you
have not already heard. shall
give way to my friend, Mr.. Sander
lin, who will address you. I am
to see so many of my
friends here to-day, to do honor 10
Judge Fowle and his colleagues. /
thank you for this most most mag
nificent demonstration-the largest
yet held in the'State, and I am de-
lighted. am more than delighted
to see the democracy of Buncombe
again united, You know we had
an election here two years ago in
which somebody got hurt. Well,
1 was in Raleigh at that time, and
as soon as the news reached the city.
a friend of mine came around, and
said: "See here, Davidson, what sthe
matter with the democrats in Bun.
combe. They seem to be fighting
each other?" "Oh," said /, "You
don't understand our people up
there. They are fighting democrats,
and this year they had nobody to
fight but themselves. So 1
fought each other for the sake
fight" 1 understand that there
will be little meeting to,night at
which time vou-will hear from me.
REV, GEO. W. .sANDERLN,
OF Wayne, candidate for State
Auditor, was next introduced by
chairman Carter. Mr.. SAnderlin, ac>
howledged the cheers and applause
which greeted his appearance by say