The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-11-18

reply: Yes, | must go, mg brother,
Great laughter aud applause And /
siXty-three remained: not darned little |
foois, but sixty three. Laug lter And
now let ne see no this sacred remnant
was brought to nominate Mr.. Calhoun. |
Let Us see the fraud that vas practced. |
committee had been appointed 70 wait
on the candida as and ascertain Their |
views. Oh, how particular are these Al |
lIancemen about 2 mans views It was
reported TO the caucus that Mr. Nat |
hammond said 10 the committee that he !
vas opposed to a railroad commission.
This brilliant jarist received after this
one lonely vote, though he was consid- |
cred prominent candidate At breakfast. |
Indeed, our caucus favored Hammond |
at breakfast. Hines at dinner Norwood |
at supper. and Calhoun jast before go
ing to bed, Great Laughter
Mr. Hammond informed ne to-day
that the committee asked him il he IA
yored State and national ownership Of
railroads according to their st. Louis
| platform and lie sal! he did not. This
was the first fraud Bat for this Ham
mond might have been nominated That
| Is Il other less theoretical Influences
| than his opinions did not interpose.
Laughter and applause Another
brother advocating Calhoun SAID Mr..
| Calhoun has over twenty Gordon men
promised to him. | diligently inquired
to-day who those twenty or more were
But they dwindled as | pushed my in
quiry- Laughter | got the figure
down to ten, whose names ought to be
kept quiet Laughter and applause.
| think they ought. Modesty is becom-
ing il ali persons. You remember when
the Lord threatened Sodom, Abra
ham got the Lord to consent to
spare the city if he could fur
nish the names Of fifty righteous
citizens But Abraham was playing
bluff game. Great laughter He could
| not furnish even ten, and Sodom was de-
str0yed The Calhoun workers failed to
furnish even tep. Perhaps this candi-
dase viii "ninety" under. Laughter
an applause And after the nomina.
ton CT Mr. Calhoun, | discovered that
Mr Livingston and DR.. Macune were
behind all this. They we're the men who
eXerted the most Influence Oh the breth-
piause 1t seems they must have placed
|
most gOod. | know little about Mr..
Livingston. | believe be is, by profess
sion, a farmer, Laughter. Dr.. Ma
cune heals the sick; sometimes he is
: said to heel the well. Laughter and
applause. I must say he has never pre-
scribed for me- laughter but I think
t some Of M Alliance brethren have
taken his prescription, and they are
! improving rapidly under his treat
9 ment. To tell you the truth [ tried to
: accept Calhoun even after the frauds
: | practiced in our caucus. But even my
q efforts to swallow the entire Alliance
\ platform, boards and sphnters, did no
T enlarge my throat enough for Macune
It Great laughter and applause I be
:; lleve in these essential objects OF reform
4 advocated by true Alliancemen, but Ma
cune is not part of my creed. The
L tell ne his presence here is easily &C
le counted for. He is a cosmopolite. II
: lives in all the states in turn | have
friend in Georgia who is here becaus
no other state is open to him. But Dr.
Macune, it seems, is here because all tn
= states are open to him. He might eve
- live in Texas now, the statute Of limita
40 tions having expired. Great laughte
- and applause. He just happened her
10 at this time.
- And Sd do you think now any membe
of the caucus is bound to respect th
| conclusion of that wise, patriotic, incoi
3 ruptible body? Oh, no; a thousan
ne times no. Applause
- GLOW is it that the members suddel
ha ly changed front ? When Mahom
;s wanted an inspiration he went into
10 cave. Some Of our brethren sought il
- spiration in cave like that Ali Bal
= used to visit. You remember what ha
- pened to Ali Baba's honest companion
On Laughter. They were forty in nun
,s ov ber-not forty-two. Laughter. The
,cst were boiled down to d lily in ars |
air the faithful Georgiana. On, my cou
~ n trymen, how sorry [ feel for my po
Alliance brethren who gave up Norwot
:, and Hines and others for Calhoun.
- need not condemn them. We will nev
20 see them again in Atlanta. Gre
100 100 laughter The places that knew the
IIo I9o will know them no more.
nd don't oppose Nc. Calhoun becau
III he is native Of South Carolina and
IN resident Of New York-but what coun
20 asked for Calhoun? What interest {
nd manded his election? The Rchmo
! is Terminal, and that only applause
leir road bonded and stocked tor $l60, 90
be- O00. There is resolution in the leg
ice. lature to fix the pay Of legislators
sey $l60 for the session. | am tempted
n calculate how much 219, the number
not our present Legislature, will go il
no. $16O, coo, 600. Perhaps tley will go
~. to it as often as they can. Laugh
and applase. do not doubt Mr.. G
bv houn's integrity, but [ say the quest
~ is now, ''ohall the state control the r
,o-l4 or roads, or shall the railroads control
'tn tba state?" Legislators, destroy with
-, Promethean the disgrace that mena
11P r., our commonwealth, as our ancest
: seo seo did the Yazoo act, passed by a corr
so Pc general assembly Alliance and n
We, We Alliance members, abide by your pril
~. ~. pies Let no Circe, with all her enchf
~ 20 ments, swerve you from your path
nsa duty, nor drive you into the ignom
Mi. that may await you.
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