Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-11-05
TOOK A MEAN ADVANTAGE
PRITCHARD DIDN'T SPEAK
WITH CRAWFORD.
After Getting the Court House
Full Of Republicans PIitChard
Declines to Meet Crawford In
the Farmers warehouse.


Declines to Meet Crawford III
the Farmers Warehouse.
A band wagon was the attraction fol
the Republican crowd on Court Square
this morning. 1t drove up easily and
planting itself in front of the National
bank of Asheville waited to watch the
effect. The wagon was filled with most
marvellous looking drum major who had
high hat and seat with the driver
and dozen other colored voters in more
modest apparel The bootblacks sur
rounded Tie chariot and grew enthu
siastic.
After three quarters of an hour Of this
and similar excitement Major Rollins
came up from his government office in q
four horse carriage driven by Govern
ment Mail Carrier Sam Harmon
This made the widest kind of enthu'
siasm among the bootblacks and horse
holders. The horses wore Pritchard-
Protection badges. Maj. Rollins drew
himself up proudly and drove on down
North Main street behind the band
wagon and followed by five or seven
equestrians, among whom Government
Messenger Harrison Brown rode elo
quently.
Mr.. Pritchard was found several miles
out in the country and put into the car
riage already occupied by the major
alongside with Government Postmaster
Cannon and ex-Government Postmaster
Gudger. Thus arranged Mr.. Pritchard
declared his readiness to be overwhelmed
with enthusiasm.
At the square.
The procession came along into North
Main street and passed up to the square
doing its own yelling. Hardly man o
the hundreds packed on the sidewalk:
moved his lungs, Jim Penland, of course
excepted. The parade was headed by
Chairman Tompkins and the drummajol
around whose hands was festooned a
flag. The band PLAYED piece and Mr.
Pritchard, in carriage right behind it
leaned his ear rather heavily on his hand
and wore a gratifed look. Amidst 81
lencc that could be felt even more than
the north wind and broken only by the
noise of the paraders, the Republican
cavacade wound itself down Patton
avenue down by the Church street grave
yards and over by way OF Willow street
to South Main, and then back to the
square and down to Republican head
quarters where Mr.. Pritchard withdrew
His place in the carriage was immediate
ly taken by colored voter who was
driven trumphantly through the crowd
cd square to Woodbury's stable by Gov
ernment Mail Carrier Harmon. The
men and boys who made up the pioces
sion disbanded and broke for the seat:
on the south side of the court room.
MT CrawfOrd's Friends I'm Line
The Democratic escort for Hon. vii
liam 7. Crawford gathered, both on th'
Square and all along the route. Mayo
Blanton, John Y. Jordan, w. +. Ran
dolph, X. P. " alker and large crowt
on horseback went three miles out tn,
Beaverdam road to meet the popular
young statesman on his way into thu
city from Weavervile and gave him sucl
a reception as he hasn't had since th'
campaign opened. 1t was genuine ex
hibition of Democratic love for an abb,
leader.
The Crawford crowd was full of en-
thusiasm from forehead down, ant
waved flags and banners jubilantly
thinking of the victory that they hav'
in view next Tuesday. At every hous'
along the route Democracy's brillian
young representative was greeted will
cheers.
Mr.. Crawford had the crowd on hi
side. The whole mass of people alon!
the streets on court square had loyal,
been reserving its enthusiasm for hin
and jast as soon as his carriage rollct
around the corner at Patton avenue ant
Haywood street, after traversing tn
latter thorouPhfare, the cheers brok
out in one mighty stream, growing il
volume as the Congressman was drivel
through the denselv crowded streets
Everybody yelled and the object of thei
admiration took off his hat and salute
them all. A long string of horsebac
riders, forming fine body Of voters, 70
lowed Mr.. Crawford's carriage, while
platoon of mounted police rode in front
Mr.. Crawford's friends took hir
through the business streets where TIL
cheering was continued, and at 11:3
brought up at the square, where it al
peared that the whole town had sue
denly gathered. Nothing else would d
but that Democratic handshaking mus
follow, and the crowd surged around tt
carriage, to the music OF hundreds {
Democratic throats and grasped the
leader by the hand Tor fifteen minute
During this time a handsome bunch
chrvsanthemums with the compliment
of Master George Randolph was hande
the Congressman.
Republican Unfairness.
letter Pritchard and his managers di
tinguished themselves by their treatnlei
of Mr.. Crawford today. Recognizin
the fact that the court house was tc
small to hold the crowd that they kne
would be on hand to hear the JOINT di
cussion, the leaders managed to cut Il
Republican parade short so as to G
their side into the court house first. tt
result was that when the Democra
tried to get in they found that the roo
was already pretty well filled with X
publicans, black and white, althoui
there were fewer Republicans in tow
than Democrats. Mr.. Crawford realiz,
the unfairness OF this and he prompt
decided to try to arrange for speakil
at the Farmers warehouse. According
he went to Republican headquarte
with Chairman c. T. Rawls of t
Democratic club, John Y. Jordan and
p. Walker, to see if Pritchard was wi
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