Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-09-27
RANsoM'S RINGING WORDS.

out Flood of Eloquence to the
Johnston County Democrats.
$4,000 Men and Women
Present to Hear the Ora
tor, Soldier and States
man. Captain Buck
Kitchen Overcome
by the Speakers
PerSu aSiye
Power.
Yesterday in the Court House
at Smithfield, twenty-five hun
dred people came together to
hear our Senior Senator Matthew
W. Ransom.
The house was packed despite
the fact that the day opened
up inclemently.
But at the first utterance Of
the Speaker the clouds broke
away and the blue sky came
through vshe leaden mist as a
benizen upon the golden words
that followed.
The Senator was graceful,
handsome and at his best.
The Senator was handsomely
introduced by Mr.. Narrow i'll a
few minutes speech, and he fol-
lowed in a speech of two hours.
He was then followed by Mr..
| Mclean in a brilliant twenty
minutes talk in which he pro-
nounced an applauded eulogy
upon the old war horse.
| The Senator's speech was upon
big lines. He congratulated the
people of Johnston upon the out
look, and thrillingly went back
for q moment to the time when
he had been in elbow touch with
the men around him; referred in
cidentally to his forty years of
public association with them and
and their brother North Caro-
linian; approached the great
Questions upon which the Demo
cratic party had gone into power
and vindicated it's record, and
concluded with broad contrast
between Democracy Republi-
licanism and Populism in this
country.
| Capt. Ki. chin was tempted
several times to applaud, but
was approached by his more
self f-controlled ally Captain
Creech and apparently hel(l
down by that Populistic poten-
tate. Afterwards Captain Kit
chen said that the passages of
) the Senator's S, eech had almost
brought tears to his eyes. The
little bunch of Popuists present
: all seemed to be effected in the
same way as was their leader
: Captain Kitchin.
, The speaker first took up the
, deliverance that had come to us
} in the repeal of the Federal
Election Law, and dwelt upon
the dark days through whicn he
had been to get to the light. The
: speaker was magnificent in this
l portion of his speech and was
: unanimously applauded.
My countrymen, do not leave
the Democratic party. Do no.
I give up the party of your life.
l We have reduced the taxes 3;
, per cent; we have broken up the
5 trusts; from July 1st, 1893, to
e July 1st, 1894, the Democrats re
: duced the expenses of the gov
4 ernment $28, ,865, 600. This was il
our first year, and I defy any man
to contradict it, saved this to tn,
S American people.
I tell you to stand by the Dem
: ocratic party. By the River ant
! Harbor Bill So, 900, 900 in all.
i Sal, ,OOO,0 saved by Demo
S cratic prudence and honesty, ant
S my fellow -countrymen, you know
n t lat I would not deceive you fo
this arm.
d Then there are the Repeal o
: the Federal Election Law, adop
E ton of the Tariff Law, crushin;
s: out of trusts, cheapening o
S. prices, and reduction of taxes.
l. Do the proper thing and ar
!. prove them.
r. I have been speaking to yo
y forty seven years and no ma
= has ever dared to dispute on
:. word I ever spoke to the people
d My God, my friends. my cour
s. try, how can such delusions a
T. those of the Third party have
. footing in this land.
$. I have walked down the Pate
Y. mac by the tomb of Washingto
es to the Sea. l have looked towar
IL IL the North and it's progress will
IS out envy. Then I have turned te
4 ward the South during it's mo
n, ments of brightness and darl
: ness. What has brought it brigh
8. ness? The Democratic party an
that is why I stand by it. Th
Democratic is and ever will /
he true friend to the Souther
le people. Neither calum nies nc
W Injustice has ever shaken it i
Mt the faith of the South. Lister
ne tell me if I am not right? Com
ID and reason, and revere home an
is wives and the graves of you
S. fathers.
lg But two Southern men wei
in put in the cabinet at WashingtC
r. during twenty years of Republ
n can rule. Think of it ye Populis
a land Republicans! But one Soutl
Ii ern judge was ever put by the
Id upon the Supreme Bench, Juds
IS, jackson, of Tennessee, two Weel
ut before President Harrison wei
/ r L L., L.,