Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-10-10
SENATOR NJ. W. RANSOM.
HE SPEAKS AT THE COURT
HOUSE.
A Large Crowd I'm Attelsslamce--A
Good speech from a Good Dem.
Ocrat-Reed and Elis Rulings
shown Up.

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Senator NJ. W. Ransom spoke at thu
court house in this city to-day. tn,
crowd in attendance was large and tn,
court house was comfortably filled
Senator Ransom was introduced by Gen
7. l.. Clingman and spoke for some time
on the political issues OF the campaign.
The speaker began by stating that ht
had been sick for some time and was
really unable to be on the canvass, bu,
felt it his duty. He said that all the inn
pro vcmcnts that had taken place in Ashe'
vile in eighteen years had been brought
about by the democratic party. "lf the
bad government of the republi'
can party had been kept up
he continued, this condition OF
improvements would never have been
brought about. The administration OF
Justice was corrupt when the republican
party was in power. From 1865 to 1875
there was not q white man in the state
with family who, when he went tn bed
at night did not trcmblc at what might
be the possible fate OF his family before
the next morning. Now he sleeps in
pleasant happiness. This is n monument
to the democratic party. 1t seems strange
that u sensible white man can DC any
thing else than a democrat.
THE ONLY FREE GOVERNMENT.
"As to the national government, we
have the best government in the world
it is the only free government that
ever existed. To he happy. good and
virtuous a man must he able tn say, i
am free man This gover nmcnt has
been handed down by our fore fathers
and we should try to preserve 1t. The
soul Oi this free government Is that the
people are the law makers. They elect
their representatives tocohgress and they
voice the sentiment of the people. Reed
was elected speaker OF The house and has
suppressed this voice of the people. The
most important bills ever suhmi, ted tn
congress have been hurried through the
house by Reeds rulings. Less tyranni.
cal acts than these of Speaker Reed cost
King Charles his head.
"This state of affairs is to certain cx-
tent The fault OF the democrats of the
Ninth district. When the last congress met
there was but three majority for the re-
publicans in the house Of representatives.
II Brewer, from the Fifth district and Ew-
art from the Ninth district had not been
there, the democrats would have had a
majority and Reed would not have been
on the people. ask you not to
this error again. II the demo-
Gratis of the Fifth and Ninth districts had
done their duty at the polls we would
not have a dcspotism: we would not
have force bill and tariff.
THE FORCE BILL.
"The force bill provides that congres.
sional elections in the southern states
shall be overlooked and supervised by n
federal officer appointed not by the peo.
pie but by federal judge and this super.
visor will have to give his certificate as
to who is elected and who is not. That
force bill is on the table of the senate.
That body now has REPUBLICAN majori-
~ of ten. but il the people elect demo.
the people are opposed to 1t
aud will halt.
The reason for the poverty of the south.
crn country is the bad laws of the rcpub.
ican party. The tariff law of the war,
aud which was in force until Oct. was
the highest ever passed aud the average
tax was - per cent. The new tariff bill
puts an average tax Of 60 per cent. ON
Ilutiablc articles"
Senator Ransom referred to the Blair
bill and its failure to pass. He alluded
to the difference between Mr.. Clcvcland's
and Mr.. Harrison's. in
that Cleveland appointed numerous
southerncrs to position and Harrison
but few.
Whenever Clcvcland's name was men.
toned. the crowd gave hearty applause.
Senator Ransom said he had voted for
Z. B. Vance for governor in 1862 ana
that he wanted everybody to support
him for United States senator ms the best
friend the farmer ever had.