Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-11-03

X. A. DOUGHTON.
house last night. At the very outset he
showed his audience, which by the way
filled the seats and crowded the aislcs,
that he intended to make himself thor
oughly at home with them as well as
with his subject. He proved this easily
as time went on.
The candidate on the Democratic side
for the Lieutenant Governors chair is
yet young man and one of impressive
appearance. His manner on the platform
is easy and even graceful and his way Of
speaking clear and distinctive. Unlike
many other speakers, he avoids dry fig
urcs and uninteresting statistics, and
plungcs farliliarly into his argument
with an entertaining style that first at
tracts and then convuc S his hcarcr.
Mr.. Doughton was introduced by Hon.
II. A. Gudger, whose guest he was over
night. Mr.. Gudger placed the Demo
cratic majority in Buncombc at 500 and
in the State at 10000, and when he said
that the greatest Of all American states
men [meaning Mr.. Cleveland will be
elected president" the Democratic yclls
were deafening.
In the very beginning of his speech Mr..
Doughton agreed with Mr.. Gudger i'll the
prediction of big majorities and the
crowd yelled triumphantly. He showed
that the Democratic party's record was
such as to entitle it to enthusiastic sup
port end the crowd endorsed it proudly.
The record of the Republican party was
held up to the light and made to show its
own weakness and the Democratic minds
were greatly strengthened thereby.
Its record condemns it," said Mr..
Doughton, referring to Republcanism.
"The few years it had control of the
Southern States after the war were
enough to turn people against it.
In FIVE years, from '65 to 10, it raised
the indebtedness of the South from
$15O,OOO, 900 to $3.50, 900, an in
crease of over 5000, 100000, while after
20 years under Democracy the debt has
been decreased $242, 100000"
Following this Mr.. Doughton declared
that the Republican party is and always
has been in the minority, but hopes to
pull through this year because of internal
dissensions of Democracy and the free
use of Doodle. He pointed out very
plainly how the Republican party pro-
tects American capital and at the same
time allows the free and unrestricted
competition of European pauper labor
with the workingmcn of this country.
"Prior to Mr.. Clcveand's election as
president" said Mr.. Doughton, coming
down to the splendid record of the
Democratic statesman, "the South was
the nation, but rather as a conquered
section. Mr.. Clcvcland's first act was to
give generous recognition OF the South
by putting southern men in his cabinet
and sending others all over the world tc
represent the Government. On the other
hand" he added to afford a contrast
"you find that Mr.. Harrison ignored the
South"
Mr.. Clevelands clean record on tn,
pension question, his economical ad
ministration and his bold stand on tarif
reform were all praised and cheercd
Dropping from the contemplation of thi:
rather pleasing subject, Mr.. Doughtor
gave his hearers something of a shocl
by alluding to MIR. John b. Weaver anc
his claims for votes. He showed how
the Third party candidate had vibrateC
from one party to the other, being frs
bitter Republican, then a Democrat
next Greenbacker and finally a Popu
list, all in quick succession, and showed
how bitter the man had been toward
the South eyer since the war. Il hav
more respect for Southern man VIII,
will vote for HARRISON declared MI
Doughton with contemptuous accent
than for him who casts vote 70
Weaver"
After Mr.. Doughton had taken his sea
the crowd yelled for Gudger and MI
Gudger had to make a talk. 1t wa
short, but something of ringer. Hi
first point was that the Democratic part
in North Carolina has built more tha
, 5000 school houses in the State, Will
its distinguished predecessorin in power, tn
Republican party, had not only don
:. nothing in the way Of educating the pee
) pie, but had appropriated the schoc
money for other purposes. "God forbid
said Mr.. Gudger, in that earnest, so,
stirring way of his, that we should pr
y back into power the very people VIII
robbed us in 1868 and 60"
Mr.. Gudger also pointed out the ia,
= that though the negroes always vote
the other way in the elections, the Den
ocratic party of North Carolina ha
gone to work and established asylum
, for the deaf and dumb, the blind and Il
insane of the race and cared for all Il
unfortunates. There has never been an
thing like it in the worlds history, S
cred or profane, he declared. Mr.. Gu
ger strongly endorsed the call of Chai
men Carter and Murphy for a gener
:. closing movement on election day. Du
ing his speech he spoke in terms of Il
warmest praise of the action of Maj. '
H. Malone and E. L. Brown, who had d
serted other parties to become Dem
Gratis. Both gentlemen were in Il
y house at the time and the crowd ga
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