Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-09-08
POLITICS AT MT. OLIVE,

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Between 1900 and 1900 people
attended the political gathering al
Mt. Olive Friday, which had beer
called by Marion Butler as purely 6
Third party rally, but to which he
was indiscreet enough to invite DEM
ocratS and Democratic speakers
and these came, too. From early
morning the crowd began to gather,
and by II o'clock the main thor
oughfare was crowded with a surg
ing mass of humanity more or less
engaged in discussing politics, il
groups, while awaiting the arrival
Of Marion Butler, who came in or
the noon train from the South.
This gathering, as we have already
said, was intended to be purely a
Third party muster, and to this
end, az TIE darkeys say, 'sthe
word was sent out" for all the
Third p~artyites to be on hand that
could "get there; consequently
about the entire following of Third
partyism fer rs miles around were
there, and vet in that vast concourse
of some 1000 people the ssunterrifed
Democracy" outnumbered the Third
partyites fully three to one. This
was made most manifest and strik-
ing when the train arrived On which
came Butler: ali his Third party
followers crowded to the depot to
give him an OVATION But alas
how fiat it fell An occasional
cheer from some exulerant admirer
and some hasty hand shaking was all
there was in it: and the crowd that
didn't throng to greet him was GER
tainly twice as large as the scufflipg
throng that gathered round him at
the cars. And yet this was dis
tinctly a Third party day, and all
Thirdpartyites from three sur
rounding counties-Wayne, Dup
lin, Sampson-and from John
son and Lenoir, were there, and
still they could not begin to out
number the Democrats who had
come in from just around the neigh
borhood of Mt. Olive to see what was
going on.
The speaking came off in the grove
on the suburbs, and was led off by
Mr.. @. B. Aycock, who, together
with Mr.. E. G. Beddingield, was on
baud, and was followed By MI. But
Ter.
The editor of The ARGUS went
down on the early train, just to see
how the crowd would size up, but
was compelled by business engage
ments in the city to return on the
noon train. He left a reporter on
the scene, however, who will be
heard from in to-morroW's issue.
Mt. Olive Items.
The Caucasian has as its motto,
"Pure Democracy and white Su-
premacy". This is as paradoxical
as the Progressaue Farmer; both are
after an ideal they honor in senti-
ment, but dare not approach in prac-
tice. Both are the organs of Weaver
ism, aud practice and preach social
equality, increased pensions, dishonor
to Southern manhood, common own
ership Of all property, and every
other ism or scism that the minds of
~self-seeking demagogues can con-
ceive. What a harvest for the Fool
Killer?
Scratch Il Sd party nan and a
Radical will itch.
Mr.. Butler should haye grand
reasons for thinking himself a "big-
ger man than Grant, he has had
the distinguished honor Of aiding in
the nomination of three Governors
for North Carolina since June LIST.
ooh what a tail our cat has got".
Caesar feeds on a diet rare,
Macintosh and Pompadour hair;
Carries himself with kingly air,
But this weather-cock can't get there,
This season.
Don Quixote straddles his ass,
And marshalS his army mixed
The silver bill he's sure to pass,
And then he will have them fixed:
To his notion.
1t is reported that the Sd party
candidate for Governor is physically
unable to make a canvas Of the State.
Are his other faculties equal to the
emergency?
The crops are suffering for rain.
though not as bad as in your locality,
The health of our town is excel.
lent.
The Misses Howell, Of Goldsboro
have been visiting Miss Julia
MCGEE.
Did @ ever see Earl Arrogance,
Who wields such potent party lance,
That makes his friends sing and dance
When his majesty essays to prance +!
Did you ever?
How many of the Third party
State ticket are practical farmers?
The banner Of Cleveland and Carr
floats proudly to the breeze, and We
have a large membership Of the
"blue hens chickens" When the
returns are in look out for Brogden