Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-10-11
BUTLER BEARDED

He Is Met By Simmons at .Jordan's
Store and Pealed to the Quick
and Held up Naked to the Odium
of all Fair-Minded Men:-Popu-
lists Ashamed of their Supercil-
ious Leader.
The meeting at Jordan's store
Thursday between Hon. F. NJ.
Simmons and Mr. Marion Butler
was a Waterloo to the arrogant
Third party leader, and he can
begin now to date his decline to
the fearful castigation he there
received from that great cham
pion of Democracy Hon. F. NJ.
Simmons. This meeting at Jor
don's store had been heralded for
weeks in advance as the great
est gathering of Populists this
whole esection---including Samp
son, Johnston, Wayne and part
of Duplin counties s-had known
since the party was organized,
and the Pops had made so much
giration over it, and they make
SO much fuss anyway. like those
bull frogs that Bob. Glenn told
US about, that we really had ex-
pected hundreds upon hundreds
| to be present on this gala day
of the Pops to greet their great
bearded chieftain MARY Ann. .
But, bless your soul, after they
had come and come and come,
and they were all sized up we
found that the Mountain had
labored and brought forth"
about 200 Pops: these with some
thing over 100 Democrats formed
the audience to greet the bearded
chieftain aforesaid at Jordan S
store.
Butler and DR.. J. E. Person
came together and found Hon. f.
NJ. Simmons duly on hand to re-
ply, as he thought t-and as all
thought, the Populists included
to Mr.. Butler. But the latter, true
to his nefarious practices and un
fair mode of procedure. refused
to make the first speech. and de-
mandcd that Mr.. Simmons speak
first. Mr.. Simmons, although thus
unfairly dealt with in the outset,
did not act ugly, but readily took
the lead, after making known to
Mr.. Butler his protest at being
thus taken advantage of at a
speaking where the Democrats
had been challenged to meet the
chief of the Pops. Butler in his
speech following Mr.. Simmons,
tried to deny that the Pops had
challenged the Democrats; but
Mr.. w. G. Munroe, who was on
the scene "called him down on
this point and had the following
official notice, which was posted
in the neighborbood read;
NOTICE.
Mario1 Butlor and Dr. J. E. Per
son will speak at Jordon's Store on
Thursday Oct. 4th 1894 at II O'Clock NJ
If the Democrates will bring out {
Speaker an equal division of time vii
be given them.
BY order of Elk. Com. p. p,
Then calling Con leading Pop
ulist IN the audience Mr.. Munroe
said, How about it, Mr.. God
win; isn't that a challenge to the
Dernocracy?" and Mr.. Goodwin
admitted that it was.
In his opening speech Mr.
Simmons made a splendid pres
entation of the grandure of the
Democratic party;'of its achieve
ments for the masses and o1
its clearly demarked purposes t.
accomplish even greater things
for their relief. He made fin'
impression on our people. [
was good speech, with no mud
,, singing He wounded no man.
l feelings, and held the absolute
: attention of the entire audience
Buffers reply to Mr.. Simmon
was unworthy of any gentleman
much less a man posing as an
seeking to be great leader Q
of the people. It was simpl,
: mud singing at the Democratic
party and brow beating, withou
a single aspersion upon the Re
!, publican party, from beginnin:
to end. It is impossible to Civ
7 even an impression of his speech
; for it was an hour and a half o
) as near nothing as [ ever heard
I" and his windy assertions withOu
facts to sustain them, aud hi
/ clownish faces and repulsive dis
2 tortions of his mouth were s.
q thoroughly disgusting that som
Q of his followers were actuall
F ashamed of him and left tn
e stand The fact of the matter
J. Simmons made such a ringin
n speech and his argument an
u facts were so uncontrovertibl
\ that Butler was thorough
routed to begin with; so muc
so that when he took the stan
e he looked more like a man bt
4 reft of reason than great leade
y of men which he is not. I
y fact, if Mains circus was onl
lie coming on the 10th of Novembe
IF instead of October, he might sc
a position as clown, for the ele,
k tion would then be over and h
3 present occupation will be gon
70 In his twenty minutes rejoil
Y der Mr.. Simmons literally faye
r, Butler and held him up naked
NC the contumely of the audienc
id 1t was fearful castigation-tf
>r more fearful because it was tru
He showed up Buffers polite
: record: how he had put Co
Carr at the masthead of his p
nt o9 per two years ago with roost'
1T at the top-how in two sho
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