Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-10-28
GUDGER AND DEMENS.
THEY SPEAK AT THE COURT
HOUSE.
a Good Crowd in nAttentiance-Mr.
Gudger Makes a strong and l:lO-
quent Speech-Maj. Rollins Not
Present.


was filled for the most part with negroes.
Mr.. Gudger, who had the right of first
appointment, spoke first. He made an
excellent talk and was enthusiastically
and repeatedly chccred.
VICTORY FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
Mr.. Gudecr began by saying that he
had recently been i'll a large number of
the counties of the state and that he had
never seen the democratic party in better
trim than it now is. He predicted that
this, the Ninth congressional district,
resented, would be carried by majority
of 9 900 if not $500 democratic votes,
and that the people would no longer
have any caus for shame in alluding to
their representation in congress.
Mr.. Gudgcr referred to the broken
promises OF the republican party and said
it had broken every pledge made since its
conception. 1.-TWO years ago." he said,
| "Pritchard aud Ewart depicted the bene-
| fits OF the Blair bill and promised that il
| the republican party were to succeed II
would pass and school houses would be
erected on every hill and schools he taught
in the whole country. Yet, they had the
presidency, the senate and the house OF
representatives., absolute control, and
have tailed To carry out the promise. This
is only one of many failures"
Mr.. Gudgcr also spoke of the internal
revenue law, which he SAID Mr. Ewart |
had promised, il elected and the republi |
cans had a majority, 10 repeal. This he |
said had not been done. There is but |
oac promise which they have redeemed"
continued the speaker. That is the |
one To reduce the surplus. They found
millions and millions OF money in the
treasury and cannot show where il has
gone"
BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION.
As To the state politics, Mr.. Gudger |
spoke OF the only time in which the repub- |
Iicaus have had control of the state, |
lS6s and 1869. and said that in those |
DAYS fraud was rampant and that bri- |
berry and corruption were a part and /
parcel ol the government. lie spoke /
Of the taxes gathered III those /
days for the purpose of cstab'
fishing schools and said that the |
republican legislators had put thciI \
hands into the treasury and stole the |
money. lie then spoke of the difference |
in the record OF the democratic party. |
This party, when IT came into power, he |
said, found the walls OF penitentiary |
lust started aud the democratic legisla. |
turc took II i'll hands and II is now on
such a footing that ii costs the state no
Hl..... l..a..
cost SlUo,uuu per year.
TnE FORCE NIL.
Mr.. Gudgcr said the republicans had |
two purposes III passing the force bill.
Onc j. TO carry the country republican
aud the other to humiiatc the south. |
As his reason Tor saying that II was to |
carry thccuuutry republican, Mr.. Gudgcr |
said that Judge Bond. who is hated in
the state, had the power to appoint |
some dcSpiscd revenue officers To super |
wise the elections III the state. lie called |
on the people To rcbukc such party.
The speaker said hc Was IN favor OF the |
present county government because II |
was the plan instituted bv the iorciath-
crs.
lie spoke of the enormous amount oi
money paid out by the republican party |
Tor PENSIONS lie said he was not op.
posed To all wounded soldiers having
pensions but that he was against so
many who did not need the money hav-
my them.
REASONS FOR nEING DEMOCRAT.
As one oi his reasons for being demo- |
crat MIR. Gudgcr said that the democratic |
party pays 500 in taxes where the repub- |
ican party pays 81 in the state OF North |
Carolina. The democratic parity" he |
said, has magnanimity enough to help
educate the children OF the colorcd race, |
even though the republican party did not |
want to do it. We educate them of OF
our own money, Tor We have Only taxed
the republican, patty one dollar in fifty.
Another reason iur being a democrat is
that have seen 10000 colorcd voters
20 To the polls every state election and
yut, tn, republican ticket and then have
seen the democrats build institutions
aud go out aud bring III the colorcd deaf, |
dumb aud blmd and feed aud clothc them
at the cXptusc ui the party. The demo.
Gratis built an insane asylum for them
also. ! have hundreds OF other reasons
ior being Democrat
MIR. Gudgcr said that next to the
church the democratic party is the great
est organization III the world.
When liz spoke ui Grover Cleveland as
tie next pr, sidcnt. the hall was filed
with long aud loud cheers. In closing
Mr.. Gudgcr predicted majority in Ashe-
vile ol 900 II democrats do their duty.
MR. pEMgNs TALK.
Mr.. Demons spoke next. lie said he
had listened with great attention to Mr..
Gudgcr's remarks and spoke OF them rs
very tluwcry but actually declared there
were mo facts or arguments IN them"
lie said that uo great country like Amer
lea can he governed without two pUliti.
cal parties aud the question is which il
the b,st''
Mr.. p,mcns cndcavorcd 10 show that
! the democratic parry was not as good rs
the republican party because the former
had "iailgd to find any thing wrong with
| the books Of the nation when IN power"
| lie declared that the democratic platform
was "as empty aud iowcry rs Mr..
/ Gudpers speech" In closing Mr.. Dcmcns
ycuturtd the assertion that there were
more facts and arguments in his speech,
which was short, than IN Mr.. Gudger's.
Mai. Rollins was not present and his
place was was not filled.
After Mr.. Dcmcns concluded Mr.. G.. S.
Ferguson, OF Wayncsyille, was called on.
lie gave glowing reports Of the condition
oi democracy IN the west. Mr.. ]. NJ.
., Gudgcr was also called on and In short
talk urged democrats to work from now
till November 4.