Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-09-30

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the telling speeches .oday of Campbell
and Davis, the Democratic Senatorial
candidates of the 32d district. For the
past three days our Jack and Joe Davis
have been campaigning in joint discus
sion with Shook and Ferguson the rad
ical candidates, and the work has been
so effective that Uncle Tommy" Fcrgu.
son jumped his appointment here today
and took to the woods. The Big Two
are in the fight with the persistence of
deerhounds and are pushing their dis
couraGed and discounted opponents to
staring, certain defeat.
At II O'Clock MIR. Campbell announced
the departure of Mr.. Ferguson and in
troduced ]. S. Davis us the next Senator
from Haywood.
Mr.. Davis presented the issues OF the
campaignclearly Y and lorciblv and pledged
himself, if elected, to the faithful and
honest care OF the welfare of the ~on-
stituency. He contrasted the known
reckless extravaganza of the Republicans
when in control of the State affairs with
the wise economy of the Democratic ad-
ministratiOn; he claimed for the election
laws the utmost impartiality aId free
dom, and exposed the fallaceS OF his op-
ponents on their ShalOWrcSs and nSin-
cerity.
Mi. Davis said he would not go into
an exhaustive argument on the tariff
but gave some figures showing the hard
ships put upon the people by a protect
i've tariff. The administrations OF Grover
Cleveland and benjamin Harrison were
so strongly contrasted as to leave no
doubt as to which was the better tor The
people of the wholescountrv.
The speaker exposed an argument
made yesterday by Shook, holding the
Democrats responsible for the Buncombe
county road law. "Sprinkle, your Sena-
tor" he said, "wasin the last legislature,
and he did not oppose that road law; so
If you hold the Democrats responsible
for this law. you must also hold respon-
siblc the Republicans"
Shocks Song.
Henry Clay Shook was introduced by
Mr.. Campbell, as an orator who would
espouse the Republican cause Shook
"csl onscd." He declared first of all that
he was not the kind of man who would
ridicule man because that man would
NOT vote with the party to which he
Shook belonged. Shocks speech was
a song straight through. He had the
thing "by heart" and reeed it of me.
chanically. stopping only to read Hcr1b,
lican figures from Titled red book
called THE Pocket Cyclopaedia of Pro.
lection" issued by the New York Press.
Shook and his book denied that the
American manufacturer was scoundrcl
and rogue, as asserted (so Shook and
his book, and no one else said by the
Democrats.
The Mckinley law, sang Shook, was
all right. The effect of that BILL" he
said, was to raise the wages of the la
borers. And the price of pork has gone
up, so that the bill puts into the pockets
of the farmer the money that the have
been heretofore defrauded out Of"
Shook ATTACHED the North Carolina
Payne election law, and the county gov.
ernmcnt system. I'VE claim" he said,
that this law should be abolished and
the people allowed to elect their own
magistrates"
The Buncombe road law was attacked
next Shook said he was not citizen OF
Buncombc, but he had heard lots OF
complaint in this county about this law.
"lf" he said, Il am chosen as your rep
iesentativc, pledge myself to work for
the repeal of the county government
system and the road law"
Jack" CaInpbeIl's Hot Shots.
There was some applause when Shook
concluded, but it was as a molehll beside
a mountain compared to the cheering
that went up when Mr. Campbell arose
Jack proceeded to go for the Republi.
can party and Shook and Ferguson
"bald.headed. "Why. Shook" he said
"thcy don't expect to elect you, and you
know it, You are running for the Senate
and getting salary for it, and Uncle
Tommy Ferguson is on the ticket be-
cause he has the money to put into the
campaign"
| Mr.. Campbell put question to Shook
irquiring if the paper OF which he was
associate editor, the Clyde Register, is
not advocating the election of Demo
cratic Judge and il he (Shook) would not
vote the Third party ticket in Haywood
Shook replied in the affirmative, and
looked considerably uncomfortable.
r. L. Lcatherwood, colored, rose in the
audience and fired this question at Mr.
Campbell: "lf the colored lren should
not vote for Mr.. Shook and Mr.. Fcrpu.
son, who should they vote for 7" Mr.
Campbell instantly and good naturedly
fired this response; NV Why, vote for me
YOU goose" And the laugh was or
| Leatherwood.
The speaker talked on State politics
and the treatment the Republican party
gives the colored man. He said the party
was glad enough to get their votes, but
when they asked for even as small ar
office as that of letter carrier they ar,
refused.
Mr.. Campbcll's speech was rattlin,
one al! through, and he kept Shook OF