Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-10-07
UNTERRIFIED DEMOCRATS
THEY POUR OUT To HEAR
CRAWFORD.
Only the Office Holders Out for
Jeter E'ritchard, who Is Already
Whipped-sOme Third Party
Men In Rutherford.

III
LoGAN'S STORE, Rutherford county,
Oct. 81 thought the Democrats of Old
Fort were very much aroused, and when
| got to Dysartsville Yesterday, after
spending the night in Marion, was
convinced from what learned that there
would be no step backward in Mellow
ell, unless the deputy collectors and
gaugers actually buy the county and
pay for it, and this will come very high
if undertaken.
But | wish every Democrat in the
Ninth district could have seen the dem.
onstration given Crawford here today.
When we got within about two miles of
the place of speaking there was CLEAN
OF the stars and stripes in the distance,
and tremendous shout went up from
fully two hundred mounted Democrats
of the unterriied stripe as they divided
on either side of the road to allow our
vehicle to pass through to the head OF
the column.
And there was not single animal in
the procession that was not mounted
by a genuine Democratic voter. The
procession was composed of members OF
the Logan's Store, the White Riders and
the Golden Valley Democratic clubs.
Under this magnificent escort we entered
Logans Store, and when the place OF
speaking was reached the two hundred
mounted men formed around Crawford S
carriage, and three cheers were given so
loud and long that the acorns showcred
down from the trees like hail
Pritchard and his assistant Brown,
who had preceded us unheralded. were
sitting among three or four friends TAX
ing in the spectacle and it is a matter
susceptible of proof that Pritchard's lit
tie bodyguard OF gougers and store.
keepers have not been seen to smile since
There were fully four hundred people
present, tour-fiths of whom were Dem
ocrats, and Notwithstanding the unusual
demonstration there was not a drunken
man on the ground. This shows how
the people are working where the negroes
begin to grow i'll numbers. There are
some 600 negro voters in Rutherford.
Crawford was sandwiched between
Brown and Prtchard today, but he more
than satisfied the immense crowd. He
stopped Pritchard's ridiculous charge
that the last Congress fired only five
little popgun wads at the Mckinley bill
instead otrepeallng the whole measure, by
showing that one of the wads was an et
tortto have the high tax taken otfoi cot
ton ties. cotton bagging and the macnn
cry that makes these articles. but were
prevented by the Republicans. lie showed
that the price of cotton has gone down
and down under the Mckinley bill until
the farmers of Rutherford haveno really
money enough to pay their taxes.
Pritchard is beginning to realize that
his little scheme of having his revenue
officers run over the country and scatter
the report that he eats Crawford alive
every day, is PLAYED out. and it is ru-
mored here today that these political
workers, hired with the peoples money,
nav pNSH iuSli uStSu u swap on even
Harrison if vote can thereby be Sc
cured for Pritchard. But this won't
work. Pritchard is whipped, and hip
ped badly today i'll this district, and the
farther it goes the worse it gets.
Pritchard told me today that he was
going to have mounted procession
meet him when he reaches Madison;
but. said he, II am not sure that il
will equal what Crawford had here to-
day.
This should put the Democrats of old
Haywood on their metal. 1t will not
do for Crawford's county to let Prtch-
ards county outdo them. There should
be thousand mounted Democrats in
Waynesville to greet Crawford.
There are more Third party men in
Rutherford than anywhere in the dis
trict have been, but the Democrats will
carry the county by majority equal to
that OF two years ago. There is no
defeat for such enthusiasm as e1ists here.
Rutherford is all right J.P.k.