Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-10-17
IHE METHODS On THE Willy VIRGIL
BUNCOMBE's COUNTY CANVASS:
HOW n GOES ALONG.

Col. Lusk Mouths About the Woman
Whipping Case One Day. Eut Is More
Careful the NcNt-A Good Crowd Out
at Leicester.
LEICESTER, N. C., Ott. IL" Heaven
defend me from my friends, is a prayer
that Mr.. Burnham, the Prohibition
Republican candidate fol the L"gisla-
ture, may well put up. and if he hopes
for success in his present handicapped
race, the efficacy OF prayer is about the
only dependence he has.
At Alexander on Monday Col. Lusk
claimed him as his colleague when the
Coloneps purpose was to deprive Major
Westal of the hour of debate it was
agreed upon he should have, that in COM
mon justice the Major might meet his
four opponents; and yet the day after
at Leicester, the Colonel disclaimcd Mr..
Burnham, and having agreed with the
Major for one-hllf hour sought to dis
card Mr.. Bunham and claim the entire
hour for himself. as tie only Simon-pu
Republican ofthe lot. o Temporal o mores
But the Colonel 'rcckoned without his
host" for not only did Major Westall
strongly protest against such a change
of base, but Mr.. Burnham began to ask
'where am | at and to consider
whether or not he was I'm the house OF
his friends even I'm it" at all.
| Col. Lusk' little dodge at Leicester to
again work in his speech after Reed and
Stedman, (as he did at Aexander) and
then adjourn the meeting because he
forgot there was any IT joinder. didn't
wor this time. He was forced to let
Reed follow Burnham, which Reed did in
a clear, torcible statement of the issues OF
the dav, without reference to Burn
ham, because after forcing Burnham into
the Republican ranks, as was done at
Alexander, he can we'll afford to ignore
him thereafter.
Luskvo he would not speak unless
he had everything his own wav, and it
was only by pointing out to him that he
would speak "tor buukum,' Ito empty
benches should he persist that he finally
agreed to alternate with Maj Stedman,
to give and take
There was good crowd here,
some 125, and Lusb's speech was re-
hash of his previous ntterances, whipped
woman aud the county govcrninent) but
he did not dare to repeat his statement
made at Alexander that the woman had
been whipped by order ot the Board OF
Commissioners, becanse Commissioner
Frank Wells was there and could show
the contrary. Stcdman's speech was a
masterpiece. He dealt with all the issues,
State and national aud disposed OF
Messrs. Lusk and Buruham ttho even
he couldn't sort TIE latterl as he passed
by. There were Il few angry looks at
Lusk's assumption of the "ore mans
powe7" and while Major Westal said
lie would give the lie direct il
any iurther intimations were made about
his position in this campaign, everything
passed off fairly well, and the Demo
Gratis at least went home with "tht
reasons of their faith" well expounded
while the Republicans, Populists and
Prohibitionists rode pondtring why
they should support ticket made up OF
one Republican,, converted by eighteen
months of Imprisonment during the
war, and kept steadiast in the faith by
fear OF repetition of short commons-a
defeated candidate on the Blanton ticket
and two disgruntled, repudat,d Demo
Gratis, ard still imagine they were sus
tanning the principles of their party and
not simply trying to defeat Democracy
b.y any means in their power