The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-09-07
RALLY IN DAVIDSON.
WATSON, COKE AND ROBBINS AD-
DRESS LARGE AUDIENCES.


Davidson, Formerly Republican. VIII
he Converted TO Democracy-Re-
pubiicans Indfferent-Dem-
Ocrats Aroused.
Special Cor. State Chronicle.
LEXINGTON, N. c., Sept. G-Chair-
mnn Pinner is making big fight for
Davidson. Naturally it is republican
county. Occasionally democrat slips
in. This is year of great uncertainty.
The third party is worrying the republi-
cans worse than the democrats. Republi-
cans are lukewarm and express unusual
Indifference. Yesterday G. B. Watson,
the Forsythe BOURBON, filled the court
house and filled the people, without re-
gard to party, with orthodox democracy.
To-day the spacious courthouse was
filed, and the elegant, silver -tongued
Coke never appeared to better advantage.
It was the thirty fifth speech
in the last twenty-five days, but was
fresh, vigorous and powerful The
audience was attentive and at times was
aroused by his magic elqouence into
uproarious applause. A sonorous voice
gave dramatic effect to the burning
words that came with resistless power
away down from the bottom of his soul.
Speaking of the late democratic State
convention he said that three fourhs
of that body we're alliance farmers
They were sterling democrats and true
North Carolinians. He felt that the lib
critics of the people were safe in their
hands. Forebodings of evil that filled
the air for months before the convention
met, he felt had disappeared. But not
so. There was democratic division in
North Carolina. There was discomfort
and it was the duty of the people to find
out the cause and who was respon-
farmer he appealed to the
banner in correcting the evil from which
they suffered. He then expressed the
great demands of the people to have
money and less taxes, showing that
neither the third party nor republican
platforms promised any relief from either
source of complaint. He showed that
the democratic party through the State
banks gave the only practical relief or
: the money question; that the republican
party stood by the national banks an6
l the third party gave no hope of relief AZ
they repudiate all banks and banking in
:, situations.
On the question of relief from burden
;: some taxation he said, that the country
i demanded a low tariff, that would fur
nish all the revenue for the expenses O
: the federal government. In response t.
5 that demand the republican party stood
). by and euloQized their prohibitory tariff
% !, The democratic party declared for tari1
Il for revenue only, and the third part
! + who ought to know the peoples need
i declared for no tariff at all. The Oman
10 platform is entirely and purposely silen
on the tariff.
>: g. Speaking of the duty of allianceme
~ in this contest he showed that before
10 citizen became an alliance man he ws
/ assured that his obligations there woul
not interfere with his politics or religion
He read from the Omaha proceedings
show that that convention considere
be that every man who was not an Office
vt had the right to support any party |
W. thought. He declared that if the ord
,s could control members politics,
IN ~ could also control his religion
nj and that majority of catholi
,ra in the order could force the alliance
- join the Roman Catholic church. Eve
~ allianceman has the right to vote as
10Y pleases and every honest alliancem;
no will do it; that no honest alliancems
,os M surrendered any right as a North Car
81 linian and patriotic citizen, and whe
,ra ever assured to the contrary arrogated
ost himself the power of a dictator and bos
NV Speaking of the State ticket, he allud'
to Elias Carr as typical North Caroli
farmer, and revealed the fact that
was one of four or five citizens of Ede
the combe county who borrowed $3.50, 0
j. for the needy farmers of that count
aid (without which they could not ha
lot made their crops) as evidence of
ill, being good man and worthy of the e.
Ger nest support of all the farmers in theSta
ere Speaking of the candidates for Preside
do he said that Harrison represented eve
to policy that the people protested again
red represented scarce money, high tai
taxes aud force bill that would rob I
people of their elective franchise.
Cleveland, he said, represented
State banks, so as to bring money cl
,ss'' to the people; demands the removal
hly the burdens of taxation from the sho
her ders of the people by low tariff, and
has mands that the State shall be protec
rty- in their right to control their electi
f j. without Federal interference.
op- Weaver, he said, represented moth
h is except policy to divide the democr'
strength and thereby aid Harrison to
feat the great will Of the people.
He closed by an eloquent appeal to
d., farmers to stand by the Democratic |
sne ty, the only party that gives them
oay hope of relief from the evils which af
'gnat them. The speech had an excellent
MS feet and the opinion was freely expires
'ress that it would do a great deal of goo'
Tue the county.
ntry To morrow the great campaign de
nour cratic camp meeting orator, w. NJ. F
bins, will close the meeting and call
mourners. 1t is refreshing season
Davidson democracy.
Olice prooress Of Disturbances i'm Tex,
eeks By Telegraph to the State Chronicle.
vic PARIS. Tex, Sept. 6.-As resul
33rd a race war which has been in pros
the for several weeks body of white
, sat- gathered this morning and capt'
1t do three negroes nine miles east of here