The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-07-29
He Was There, However, but His
Still, Small, Melon -Cholic Voice
Was slIenced.
DELEGATES APPOINTED, AND
PARSON PENLAND'S SER
MON AGAINST MASS
MEETINGS.
Lon Wells Told How he Hated the
County Government system, and
Major Malone swears by the
Beard ofthe Prophet" that
He is no Republican.

At the tolling of the court house
bell at twelve o'clock yesterday the
republican cortege of Buncombe
county, and elsewhere; marched in
solemn procession to that building
and filed the benches up. There
were no loose mottoes upon the
walls hearing such legends as "Burn
this Letter." or "God Save our
Country" or God Bless our Home;;"
or "Graudpa's Pants Won't Fit
Bennie;;" or "The Internal Reven ue
Law Must Co." or Thine and Tide
Waits for no Man." or any other
biblical or patriotic indications Of
the oft-avowed, and as oft-broken
declarations of the "truly loyal" to
subserve the best interests of the
whole people.
But Lon Wells was there, and SO
was Parson Penland, from Reems
Creek; and Col. Lusk, and Coroner
Harris, and deputy sheriff Patter-
son, and sheriff WorleY, and Mai.
H.C. Hunt, and Johnson Ashworth,
the 'king.bee," of Fairview; and
Charlie Nichols, and Hardy West,
and Major Malone, and J. A. Coz
nant. and editor Fox, of the "A-H;"
and Mayor Harkins, and Squire
Norman, and Rube Deaver, and
lawyer Hardwicke, and John Sum-
ner, and Professor Harrison Brown,
and John Sharp, and Rev. H. S.
Duffy, and Daniel Walker and
Parker johnson, and w. N. Cham>
bers, Henry Roberts, W. 81. Hem
derson, J. R. White, j. l.. Randall.
"Santa Claus Deake, T. J. Loftein,
Chas. Lane, Judge Reed, Rufus
Ledbetter, Tom Gambler, Stanley
Forney, w. G. Gambler, John Good
rum, w. E. Wolfe, Burton Brown,
Lazarus Clayton, Professor Wins
gate and about two hundred other
radicals, of all conditions ard cir
cumstances.
The meeting was opened by
chairman George Washington Can
non, who stated in soft republican
tones, that the first business to be
transacted, would be the appoint
mens of committee on credentials,
to look into the certificates of the
"visiting statesmen" and determine
upon taeir eligibility to have voice
and vote in the pow~wow. The com>
mittee was appointed, and after a
few minutes retirement, returned
and made their report which was
accepted.
While the committee was out,
editor Fcx, of the "A. H" suggested
that it would be the proper caper to
have an address from State Senator
| Wells, and State Senator Wells, be-
ing on hand, "the faithful" said that
he might take his text, which he
did. Mr.. Wells mounted the plat
form, and preached from "County
Government and Democratic Wick
edness." His remarks, commune
Gated the intelligence, that Hhe was
glad to get up beforea representa-
| tive body of the people of Bun
combe, and he was glad to return
thanks for the past favors bestowed
upon him, in a senatorial way. The
cause was a good one, he assured
the people. He also announced
| that he was republican-an un'
| doubted republican, and he was with
his party. He stated that there
were some things dearer to hin
than party alone, however. He be
lieved in the elective power, he did
and he wanted the magistrates to b,
elected by the people, the dear, Ions
suffering, ill-abused people. III,
would show them the power behint
the democratic throne, and he pro
fessed to be able to show many
things that no sane man ever Nat
tempted before to do. He said tha
democracy deprived him and th'
! people of the pleasure of electing hi
and their school-marms for the dea
little children-the little niger ;skid'
and the little white "kil. NThis wa
most grievous. offence, in the eye
of the philanthropic, benevolen
Senator from the State ct Bun
combe. He then fell into the mud
hole of protection, and came yer.
near being drowned in its sluggisl
. waters, but he fustered around, an,
yelled .sdemocraey' until his protee
tive fingers got stuck into free trad
. soil, and thus was he delivered from