Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-11-03
AT FOREST CITY.


Makes an Evc-Opcning Speech.
FOREST CITY, n. c., Nov. l-The
prandest, the noblest and the most
patriotic set of men ever saw, met
Crawford at the Carolina depot this
morning midway between Rutherford
ton and Forest City. Every 10" nshlp
in the county was well represented and
there were from 500 to 1000 horse'nen
besides quite number OF carriages and
wagons. Two of the prettiest and
sweetest girls in North Carolina, Misses
Blanton and Da0gctt Of Forest City
rode in front of the procession and car
ried the banner, with the late Senator
Vance's dying words inscribed on it:
democracy is Immortal"
And YOU would have thought so, bad
YOU been here and witnessed what !
have today. The KuthertordtCn and
Henrietta brass bands made the Pear
sonites wish they never had been poIti-
cally born as they filled the air with the
sweet strains OF Dixie and other appro-
pirate music. E.,
Pearson has Harrison Brown with
him, now, but the colorcd brother, as
the Duke calls him, is like al! other dar'
kics: he followed the band wagon OH
and at late hour this aitcrnDon Pear
son was looking for his hired man. |
supposc Pearson brought Harrisoa
along to organize the negroes, but the
"colored gentleman from Ashevllle' Will
not be able to do much with the COTTON
pickers" OF Rutherford. The negroes
over here are Republicans alter he Jno.
b. Evans fashion. and it will take hard
work and lots of Doodle to induce them
to vote for Pearson.
The Duke knows he is defeated or he
would not have Dropped his white help
I(Barnes, Shook and Davies and taken
up negro to look after bis campaign.
| cannot see why he wants to employ
even culorcd help when he knows here
is no possible chance OF i,ing elected.
supposc he had already paid Harrison
f,r goods to be delivered and he
thought it we'll enough to let him put ii
his time running after the band wagon
This was Crawtord's dav to open, aut
before he concluded his speech, the cye'
of several of the Populists aud RepnbIi
cans we're opened, and many homes
men who have been led astray by th
false coorings of the political situation
nv Richmond Pearson and Marion But
Ter. saw they see through the who'll
scheme of these political frauds and vii
now unite themselves with the Demo
cratic party, the poor mans friend, an
call on the good Lord to open the eve
of their stray brethren, so thcv may st
the true situation and turn aud be wit
the only party that has ever done any
thing for Mort, Carolina.
Crawford showed the pconlc in c!ca
lorical manner what the SO Congrcs
mad done to relieve them by the repeal
the Mckinley law and many 9th,
things the poor laboring men oi tn
country are directly interested IN,
When Crawford concluded Pearso
took the stand, but the "statcsm III iro
Crabtrce" had convinced every honc'
man present that the Duke did not stan
y for any party and he failed completely
After the speaking the crowd wei
wild with enthusiasm and picked GRAY
ford no and carried him to the hot
amid tremendous outbursts OF app'aus
have never seen anything like it in n
lite. 1t was the biggest demonstrntl'
Crawford has ever had anywhere. The
J, was from 2,3O0 to $500 people prese
and the best Judges of tie crowd put 1t
to for Crawford.
Hon. John b. Eaves remarked to sc
eral gentleman that Pearson made t
~. poorest speech he ever heard. have
from good authority that the Eaves Il
ton will not support him, and tn
means several more votes for Crawio
and the Democratic ticket III Ruthe'to
county.
This has been great dav for Cra
D ford ard Democracy and mkt Tnesd
will find old Rutherford where she |
= beeu for several years in the Democra
column by an increased majority.
. The Republicans and Populists f
~ nothing in common with Richmc
Pearson and they are burs,ed up on Il
county and senatorial tickets. All
democrats have to do now is to st;
by thei, guns until the polls close
~ next lueSuay nlSut anu N'""'"'"
- be our next Congressman,
This is the last report | Will make
the Crawford,Pcarsou campaign an
want to assure the readers of THE {
ZEN in my farewell address that the d
ocrats OF the Ninth Congressional
trict arc on top and still climbing,
we must not cease work until c,
vote has been deposited IA the ba
box. Crawford has made n brill
campaign and the Democratic bai
|eT. that was so unanimously placed in
" hands last summer by the conven
that nominated him has not been
lowed to trail in the dust, although
has had the panic, Pearson's .po
money and all the dissatisfied elem
n, to contend with.
" Go to church Sunday, says your ?
crs Monday night, and rise early I
day morning and put in one tai
day's work for the principles you
&. w.