Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-09-30
DEMOCRATS ALL ALIVE.
HOW LARGE WILL. CRAS
EOI<a'S MAJORITY BE?
rhat Depends On How Thor
OughIS the Sinth District IL DIR.
ganized for the work-Progrcss

MARION, Mcdowell COUNTY, Sept. %.
After giving Mr.. l&wart hlS phySic at
Spruce Pine Yesterday, Mr.. Crawford
and your correspondent at once started
across the mountain The great altl-
tudc ot Mitchell county ismost distinctly
shown as You approach the summit OF
the Blue Ridge Instead OF the sharp as
cent So characteristic oi nearly all Wcs-
tern North Carolina mountains, without
being aware oi II, you suddenly find
yourself looking INTO the valley OF the
Catawba from Turkey Cove gap att,r
passing over perfectly level and appa-
rcntly bottom land. One can almost
truthiully say that II Is down NIL both
up aud down the mountain. And when
YOU begin the descent, and continue To
go down, down, down Tor over tuur
mics, YOU tccl hat truly you have been
amongst the clouds.
Night closed upon us as we reached the
foot ui the mountain, ana as ten and u
huli miles lav between us and Marion,
wC stopped at the house ui II. Grcrnlrc,
l.>u,, where wc had a genuine North Car
DINA reception. MIR. Grccmlcc is Il
wealthy farmer, and a gentleman OF the
old Schoui-mghlv intelligent aud Scnu
mrIy husptablv. His cslimablc wife is u
sister ut /. ). Morrison, oi AShcvlllc, and
we soon ivll al home III the large parlor,
talking OF hc AShcvilc ot our bOvhUUd.
We reached Marion at | O'Clock, ana
found our friends, the enemy, the rcpub'
liCaual holding their convention To nomi'
nate county officers. We were not able
to ind SuihCicut reason Tor their action,
as we SAW no one who had any idea that
they would he elected, but suppuSclt was
done slmply as matter ui form.
WHAT'S rIIL MATTER WITH EwART:
This convention postponed the hour ol
speaking until nearly O'Clock, The
court house was iuli, aud Mr.. Ewart be-
gan with perhaps httic more vim than
usual, occasiuucd, no doubt, by the
thought that all the republicans OF the
county were i'll town, and that his ac'
count oi his stewardship would br taken
according tu his own statement. lie
smoke Tor an hour aud quarter, ana
lLburcd hard To get the pitch not but
mad" almost an utter failure. I'm old
gray haired gentleman lnamc unknown
sitting by yNourcurrcSpumdcnt, whispered, |
II led the republicans III tins county tuT
twenty ycms, but cannot stand the |
record ut that party during the present |
congress.
Crawford was in fine trim, apparently |
not the least latiguvd by hiS two weeks
aud long drive. lie had
not spukpu ten minutes before, to all ap-
pgaranccs. lie had the whole audience |
with lIIn, and as nc would take up item |
after item in MIR. Ewart'S speech and |
throw the white light ui truth upon II,
The crowd became Wild with applause, |
and, your correspondent lcit To eaten I'll, |
west bound tram lar A>hrvlilc, tile last |
rounds heard were shouts oi applause |
and The trembling ul the old court house |
rs the people ch,crcd him III hls work oi
setting the republican nominee right be-
iulc the good people ~ Mcdowell.
Talking with prominent men from va
riuuS portions ui the county before the |
speaking began gave evidence that the |
democracy ui Mcdowell was fully awake, |
and that a ull vote aud u handsome ma. |
ioritv awaits Crawford and the demo |
cratic nominees generally III November.
Every additional discussion seems Ia add
to hv enthusiasm which has greeted
Craw 'urd since the day of hls numlna.
tion. lie is literally "hring the woods.
OE Monday We go To Old Fort, aud then
the move will hc .madc on tu Ruthcr. |
ford, Poll, aud Henderson. Some Oi Ew- |
arts friends, we understand, III the |
western counties advised him To with |
draw after the discussion ut Webster. |