Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-09-20
PBARSON'S CHILDISH CAMPAIGN
HE HAS THREE POINTS AND ALL
ARE SILLY ONES.

A Detailed Account of the Massacr,
ut Rutherf0ritOn-Ba Barnes Was Los
at Marion-The Duke Great DIsap
pOintment to His Friends.
RUTHERFoRDToN. N. c., Sept. 49,
Especial lit would have been sigh
to make the heart of every true Demo
crat sink wit hin him to see W. S. Barnes
cretary and treasurer of the Farmers
Alliance in North Carolina, step aboart
the eastbound train at Round Knoll
Monday, and it would have made th'
same Democrats fall into fits to see thi.
same Barnes. few minutes later, will
his mouth in the ear OF Richmond Peal
son. Capital and labor had met as il
were-the Heavenly Twins" were to-
gether.
Crawford was on the train and saw
all Of this. and still he lives Pearson
and his hired man have embraced aud
parted, ard yet--Dcmocracy has not dc.
ceased.
OfcourSe Barnes vas bound for Ruth.
ertordton to show Crawford up before
the people. The land had been sown
down with posters announcing this aw.
full fact. The water was standing in
frightened puddles all along the road
because Of the coming expose, and the
little streams were running wildly down
the steep places to choke their alarm.
And yet W.. S, Barnes sho wed no signs
Of perturbation.
The train sped on to Marion; we hus-
tied through the rain to the 3 C's road;
we looked again, and Barnes, oh. where
was he' Pearson was asked and this
was what lie said: Gone! Lost him at
Marion To be candid with you, Barnes
may not be on hand tomorrow
And Barnes was not on hand.
Yes, Barnes had jumped clean out OF
the harness and taken 20 the brush, and
Crawford never said hoo" at him.
To sag that this disappearance robbed
today's discussion of many ofits charms
IL putting it mildly. But there was a
great crowd present and what was lost
in Barnes was gained in the way Craw-
ford trimmed up the Duke.
Rutherford county politicians say they
remember when Vance met Settle here
and opened their celebrated campaign OF
1876; they have not forgotten how
Ewart squirmed and kicked and swore
10 taking his medicine four years ago on
the same spot; and the dressing given
Pritchard two years ago is still fresh in
the minds OF all. But for neatness, thor
oughuess and dispatch thev tell me that
Richmond Pcarson's skinning today at
the hands of Crawford surpasses any
thing ever known in these parts in
either ancient or modern times.
Pearson was palpable disappoint-
ment to his friends from start to finish.
He mouthcd over that old Alliance card
matter for two thirds Of his time; then
came the appointment of Saxton, the
negro, to place in Washington, an he.
Pearson, wound up with the mileage
question.
Crawford had admitted at Ashcvillc
that he signed the card. He had also
said that he had appointed the negro to
a position in Washington to scrub floors.
and that he turned him out few weeks
later when he found that he was SCOUT
drel; and there is no dispute about the
mileage having been appropriated
These three things are absolutely all
the points Pearson tries to make. They
are so puerile, so little, so serseless, so
utterly unbecoming man pretending to
be capable Of representing a great dis
trict in Congress. that many of Pear
sons own friends are disgusted at his
barrenness as a speaker. They are dis
appointed in the man. They want him
to discuss the issues il he can and il he
let him hire somebody that can,
to conduct his canvass. They want
him to show that he is grown person
and not school boy.
After Pearson had killed his hour and
a quarter in popping little questions as
a boy shoots his tow wads from his
alder gun, Crawford pulled # his coat
and vest, announcing as he did so that
he was not mad, and putting on light
alpaca sailed in.
1t was an ovation from the start.
There are many Republicans in Ruther-
ford that cannot be induced to vote for
Pearson. If anybody doubts this let
them come and see.
Crawford showed how the Duke had
written his own platform, nominated
himself and then how a few of the bosses
of the Republican party had endorsed
him, after calling a meeting without the
knowledge or consent Of the chairman OF
the0 Congressional committee.
Pearson became 20 confused at this
portrayal Of himself as ring boodler"
that he denied statement made BY
Crawford that NJ. Moody was chair
man Of the Republican Congressional
and Crawford had to prove
by X o. Patterson, who was present,
that Moody was the chairman.
Crawford showed how Pritchard had
refused to run because he had spent time
and money enough in that kind of fool
ishness. How Ewart had done the same
thing for the same reasons. How Moody
bad been showed to one side and Pearson
put out as broken down Democrat"
Just to see what he could do. He de-
clared that Pearson had been a traitor to
every political principle he he'd ever
known; that he had spent one-half of his
time in irving to convince the people
that he Crawford had been guilty Of
telling one political lie 10 Jour years.
when every man present knew that he
Pcarson) had lived hundred political
lies during the past six months. With
reference to, the mileage money Mr..
said that he had voted against
the appropriation, not because he
thought it was dishonest. but because
be thought he could get along without
It. He said the appropriation had been
made, the money hed been placed to his
credit and he had taken 1t, and IL Mr..
Pearson said, or intimated, that he was
guilty Of any dishonesty In taking the
money after it had been regularly ap-
proved by law and approved by every
official Of the government. he stated
what he knew to be a willIul falschood.
Pearson was dumfounded when Craw-
lord announced that Thos. Reed, whom