The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-09-29
WEAVER IN GREENSBORO.
THE PULASKI RECORD STARES
HMM THE FACE.
Great Cheers For Cleveland-Brother
Exum Mad and Mad Withouta
Cause-GOOd Hearing.

Sause-GOOd Hearing.
Specia! to the State Chronicle
GREENSBORO, N. c., Sept. 2S.-If the
next President of the United States is
within the borders of North Carolina to
night the people of this city are content
with indifference. The presence of Gen.
Weaver here creates no enthusiasm and
the casual observer would detect no differ
ence in Greensboro to night, and Greens
boro without anything to mark special
occasion or event. AS matter of fact
few third party people were here to-day,
perhaps fifty altogether-but with the
exception of dozen or more ring leaders
they were distinctively ''to themselves. y
and developed no special union or CON
certed opinion. The speaking began at
10 m. In the court house. General
Weaver, in the presence of three hundred
males and two females, Mrs Weaver and
Mrs. Lease, was introduced as 1.-The next
President of the United States" by
Prof. Woody, of Guilford College. one
o: the three candidates at that institu
ton for Superintendent of Public In
struction. He spoke calmly and i'm
psssionately for an hour, at times show
ing evidence of nervousness, all the
while declaring brotherly love among
the masses of this country and raising a
calamity howl" about the Oppressed,
the down-trOdden Southern farmer" He
made no reference to the press. to his
Georgia experience or to his Pulaski
| rQnnrd Tho loffor hafnr. hin, hx-
the-way, at every turn-it stares him il
the face. Even while he spoke mum
Der of the audience were quietly reading
the affidavits of his Tennessee crusade
and it would not have taken an extra OBJ
servation for him to have discovered
at any time his own picture with either
turkeys under his arm or in command
ants array dealing oppression to limo
cent victims. At the conclusion of hi
remarks, some enthusiastic Cleveland ad
vocate suggested cheer for ClevelanC
and the house yelled to the echo. Mrs
Lease was introduced by DR.. Exum
/ 'Hear ye her." said he, and for an hou
and twenty minutes she was heard wit
most respectful attention. At times sh
was applauded and when her orator
would get the better of her argument
cheers went up from others as we'll as tn
third partyites present. She has
wonderful voice ard is unquestionabl
easier before North Carolina audienc
than General Weaver. She made no al
gument- "a declamatory appeal, indeed, t
). the farmers to provide for "Sally and tt
i babies''-urging the opinion that the Ii
) borers of this section would be begga
:. if they didn't support the SO called ''r
:: form movement" The speech fell fat
81 as political argument it was a G
It gantic failure, and she saw
'e At the conclusion there we
r. loud calls for Horton" of a
II lanta, who holds the affidavits as
1T his Pulaski record, but General Weav
le and party made hasty exit at tt
10 point, leaving the announcement to
p made necessarily in his absence. L
r. crowd wild with confusion, remained a
&c he announced it in spite of the efforts
st Woody, Parker and others to drown
q voice and "Pull him down" The
10 was rent with yells for Cleveland. I
lie efforts of Professor Woody to hold /
at audience longer proved futile-his wol
were not heard beyond his own shad,
'n in the deafening applause at the menti
g. of Cleveland. The audience was larg
" democratic.
e. 1t developes on the street this aft
s. noon that Exum intended to speak.
+. claims that the democrats" would
o. allow it-that he was not given he
OF ing. He even stated to your corresp'
n" dent that an Organization" was tn
TX determined that he should not spe
es, This is q mistake. 1t was not kno
m that he contemplated speaking, and wi
an the loud cheering began for Cleveland
'At was after the meeting had apparen
adjourned, and was done simply a
counter cheer-a right accorded, {
tainly, to people of democratic or
other party proclivities. Both of
W. speeches, General Weaver's and N
os- Leases were listened to with good or
9s, and even interest. A more respec,
el; hearing could not be given. The {
al zens of Greensboro, young and cd, h
at treated them with the most profo,
ne. courtesy.
I'll: The Weaver party leave to night
es, II 80 for Raleigh.
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