Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-10-26
ELECTORAL CANDIDATES
CRAIG, WELLS AND H0GGS AT
THE COURT HOUSE
Mr. CrnIG Keeps the Democrats
Cheering and Questions BOGgs
wells Makes Clean Repub.
licam Speech,

wells Makes "a Clean Repub:
Iicam Speech,
Messrs. Locke Craig, Lon Wells and
Geo. f. Boggs, candidates for elector in
the Ninth district on the Democratic,
Republican aud Third party tickets,
spoke in the court house last evening
At $50 O'Clock n. A. REYNOLDS called
the meeting to order, and introduced
Boggs as the first speaker, The ?, +.
apostle led off with what sounded suS-
piciously akiu@to his speech here early
in the campaign. He went back to
George Washinpton's time, wandered
about through history and hualy get.
ting down to the present time, read from
what purported to be a reprint of
speech of Governor Northcn Of Georgia,
and said it was no wonder after read.
ing such a speech that such outrageS as
the rotteu-egging OF Weaver could oc-
cur. Boggs also argued that the gov
ernmeut should own and control the
| railroads of the country. The time had
come when he said. the railroads would
own the people or the people would own
the railroads, He thought it would be
easy enough for the government to buy
| aud operate the roads, and was confident
that it tnis were done, the vast number
of railroad cmplo yes wond lie taken out
of politics bv a rigid system of civil ser
vice examinations, He favored an in
come tax, and diScountcnanccd the force
| bill. although he did not think there was
as much to be feared from the bill as tkt
Democrats believe BpggS' speech was
an hour and hre minutes long. He said
his speech and sat down and there was
not a ripple OF enthusiasm.
locke Craig speaks.
/ Locke Craig was next introduced by Mr..
REYNOLDS When ne took the stand and
began speaking he was interrupted sev.
eral times bv cries of "Rah for Harrison
from MiIt Ledford, who had been inter
rupting BogGs with questions, despite
the protests Of Democrats present. Mr.,
Craig told Lcdfrd that he wanted no
interruption while speakiug-and wOulG
have none. cdtnrd replied that he rerk
uued he would ask questions il he wanted
to. The crowd then took the matter NJ
and LediOrd did not have much more TO
saw.
Mr.. Craig told the Democrats he had
lust come in rom the district canvass
and was the bearer OF good news. The
Democrats are at work aud su, cess is
sure in November. He discussed the
tariff briefly and vet very torcibv. Fl,
gave the force bill some hard knocks
"1hcrc were" he said. in the Miuncar-
oils convention white Republicans from
the Western district OF North Carolina
yet there was not one with manhood
enough to stand up in the convention
and rcfu,c the charges made against
he South in the platform"
Mr. Craig asked BoggS if he was going
to vote for the men on the State ticket u
he People party, to which BpEgs re-
piled that he W as not advocating thes,
men He admitted that he had told Mr.
Craig, when asked a few DAYS age
whether he would vote for Col Long
| NV ''i Hldll 10 VA ii'N IIANNb' tlH
wouldn't vote for him it he was on" Tc
use a common expression, Mr.. Craig
ripped Boggs up the back. !"
Mr. Craig's speech was good one
and kept the crowd cheering enthu,ias
tically. 1t was of the kind that make.
every man proud to say that he is q
Democrat Frequent references to Mr.
Cleveland caused the crowd to cheer us
tily cverytlme.
Wells speech.
Mr.. Wells was then introduced ant
made the usual Republican speech, witt
this to his credit: 1t was on the whole {
clearer and more decent speech than any
made by Republican in the coury housC
this campargn He made one or two rc
marks that MIR. Cra'g thought too per
sonal, but as soon as MIR. Craig caIIeC
his attention to them, he disclamcd an,
intention to make them personal Mr.
Wells has way of talhi0g that is ycr,
much like that of Crautil, the PhoN,b
ton candidate Tor Vlce-Prcsidcnt.
When Wells concluded Boggs bad
fifteen minutes rJoinder. He cXpilluc
that he was cauvassng not Tor The Stat
ii krt, but tor Weaver aud Field an
said that if only one man voted for thcs
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