Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-08-25

any kindred or friends there, and,
therefore, would not say anything
about him. He would, however,
tell of a man who lived in Wake
county, who was a hunter and liked
to tell about bis exploits. This MINI
rod, he said, told once that he shot
a turkey in the third valley, that is,
there were two hills between him
and the turkey, and that he shot
nine wing feathers out of the tur-
keys tail and put three buckshot in
his right t e. Nov, fellow citizens,
said he, that man unfortunately is
dead, or there is no doubt but that
the Third party would have nomi-
mated him for Lieutenant Governor
by reclamation.
1t is needless to say that the crowd
saw the point and sent up such a
roar of laughter as had not been
heard around Seven Springs in a
long time before.
In answer to an inquisitive Third
party man, he said that the Pro
gressive Farmer had pasted an en-
dorsement of his and Gov. Carr's in
dorsing a "tariff reform" resolution
to an "ownershipof railroads" resolu-
ton and published it as genuine. He
said he had charged the managers
with this %falsehood, and their only
excuse vas that other papers lied.
Mr.. F. A. Woodland, candidate for
Congress, spoke next, and his speech
was manly, vigorous, lucid, conyinc-
ing.
He began by saying that his and
the peoples interests were one; that
this was his home and it was their
home; that all lived under the same
sunny skies-in the same genial
cline; that his woe was their woe,
his veal their veal, and their woe
his woe, and their veal his veal. That
every impulse of his heart must
needs prompt him to study their in
~terests, promote their welfare and
avert their dangers. That while he
did not pose as a practical farmer,
that he was, in fact, a farmer, fol
all that he had been able to accum.
ulate since arriving at mans estate
had been invested in the farm. HI
knew too we'll the story of theil
hardships, and he felt that witt
common aims and common griev
ances, with State government ane
Democratic representatives in Con
gress in sympathy with their every
want.apd responsive to their every de
mand, there was no cause for division
among the white men of the State
and every incentive for them to stick
together: And pledged himself, il
case he should be elected, of which
he had no doubt if the white mel
of the district would act together
to do everything in his power, a
within the range Of legislation pos
sibly, to right the wrongs unde
which We all in general suffer.
He was strong on the inequalitie
and injustice of the tarif-the I'M
quities of the Force Bill; and trace,
in rapid review, the grand out line
and magnificent proportions of tn
character of Grover Cleveland. HoV
J he had stood as a solid wall agains
the encroachments Of the enemies 0
- our institutions, and especially o
Is those of the South, and had lahore
. with Sampsonian strength tc Spul
- down the strongholds Of the hri.
Barons. On the silver quest1o
he only insisted that in the coinin
: of the metals a North Carolinian'
:, dollars WORTH Of gold, shall be equs
to the Nevada mine-owner's dollar
worth of silver: And that unit
III this could be accomplished that th
I Ie selgporage from the coinage of silve
shall go to the governmental
whole people-and not to a few mi
lionaire mine-owners of the Yves
That Cleveland, the son of a mini
u ter, horn and reared in the rural di
tr1cts, away from the centralizing il
y influences of the city had not an in
pulse or emotion that vas inimic'
ne to the country people from who
he had sprung.
He alluded to the scarcity of MOI
ey; said that before the wal Mort
ro Carolina had $44, 200 1000 bankir
le- capital and now had only $4,000
nj 900; that the Democrats favored Il
ns repeal of the ten per cent tax {
ri banks of issue, when we could retul
W to our old system, and issue mon
loe Just as the needs of business requi
ed, and that we could thus have
~ flexible currency. so loudly demand
ed.
Messrs. I. F. Dortch and W.
Munroe being called for made she
.eo speeches, rather excuses for n
ro- speaking, at SO late an hour.