Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-09-20
THE WORK OF DEMOCRACY.

AS portrayed and recounted by
Senator Ransom at Wilson yes
terday:-A great speech before a
great audience by North Caro-
lina's Great Statesman.
The audience that thronged
the immense tobacco warehouse
in Wilson yesterday to greet
Senator Ransom was one of the
finest and most representative
bodies of men and women we
have ever seen gathered together
on such an occasion.
The Senator was eloquently
introduced by DR.. E. G. Moore,
of Elm City, and after gracefully
acknowledging the compliment
tary remarks of the doctor, the
at once addressed him
self to the task before him.
Il wish" he said, Il could
make you see and feel the issues
to-day. as I see and feel them"
regretted that there was not
apparent a proper appreciation
on the part of the people of the
seriousness of the issues involved
in this fight. Our ancestors had
left England to make their home
on this continent. They had faced
the sea, the night, the wild In
dian, all for liberty, and to wor-
ship God as they pleased. If he
could paint the picture Of these
few hundred people losing all to
gain victory, he would have
shown the people of to-day how
great a boon was liberty. It was
impossible to fully understand
just what these great people did
in thus building up this great
temple of liberty. He had re
minded the people to-day of these
acts of our forefathers to show
them that it was important 70,
the people to remember the price
of liberty.
THE DEAD FORCE BILL.
In December last, the Demo
cratic party, the party the
speaker represented, had passed
as the first act of Mr.. Cleveland:
administration, the repeal of the
Infamous federal election law.
that had disgraced our statut,
books, and Inundated our South
ern people. 1t would be impos
sible in the future to see sucl
men as Shaeffer, a postmaster a
Raleigh, an interloper from
Ohio, Cypress ourpeople through
these Infamous laws. In his mind
eye the speaker could see our re
volutionary ancestors, from thei
home in the world beyond, re
joicing that these unjust law
have been wiped out. He hope
he would never have to see
North Carolinian who was no
proud that these laws were n
more. If the Democratic part,
had done nothing but wipe GU
the federal election laws he woul
be proud that he gave his allegi
ance to that party. North Care
lima had always loved liberty. n
people on earth had loved
more.
THE TARIFF BILL.
Il have told you," added tn
Senator, what the Democrat
party has done for liberty, no
l will tell you what the Demo
cratic party has done in the wa
of business. The present Cor
gress passed a tariff bill, NJ
what all wanted, not all that
wanted, but it was the best tart
law that was ever enacted"
Senator Ransom said this d,
libefately. If he did no believe
was true he would not say S
It was better than the Morrisc
bill, better than the Mills bill;
was, in his judgment, the be
tariff bill ever passed by tt
American Congress. That bi
gave all the people free sal
something we have not had fl
80 years. And that is not al
Who would have thought S
months ago that cotton baggi1
and cotton ties would ever be fir
2 in this country? Yet they a
5 free to-day. Every kind of agl
cultural implement isfree und
r the Democratic tariff bill. VIII
he last spoke to the people
North Carolina he had asked the
how we could ever hope to pro
< per when the manufacturers so
= all these implements to foreig
ers at prices scarcely more tn
half what they charged our o1
people.
;, The speaker spoke of 10
r Wannamaker, one of the fl
largest merchants in the Unit
S States. John Wannamaker wor
not tell tales to advance the
terest of the Democratic part
d Three days after the Democra'
tariff bill was passed Wan1
d maker advertised to the wo7
|, that the Democratic tariff /
had passed, he had just gott
t, from the custom house 600 ba
, of goods of all kinds, which
u could now sell at one half wi
IS they were sold for before
lie tariff bill was passed.
D There are LOO, 900 people
I'd North Carolina. At least 40O,'
rs of these have accounts at stor
lg The average yearly store acco1
SC about S1OO Tolyo off Of oaob