Asheville daily citizen., 1894-09-25
A GALA DAY FOR DEMOCRACY
rEARSON's COUNTY GOVERNMENT
RECORD SHOWN Up.

lie Voted Against the Only Bill In
troduced to Repeal Tint System-
The Duke Could Not Explniu-Tt
Pay Negroes.
HENEERsoNvILLE, N. c., Sept. 25.-
This was the last of the fiye appointments
made by Pearson aad Barres to try
Crawford, and the gallant son Of Hay.
wood has been honorably az quilted by
his countrymen. The posters that you
see on the court house door aud other
public places announcing the speaking
of"Hon. RSshmond Pearson" the plat
formless, prips'r lelcss candidate Of the
Lord only knows what, and Hon. W.
5. Barnes" of coalition fame are an eve
sore to the passersby. Crawford has
met Mr.. Pearson at all of his appoint.
ments and the latter's hired man" has
not shown up. The people are wonder
ing what Pearson will resort to next.
Crawford has been brought before the
bar OF justice and acquitted without the
testimony OF Barnes, Pearson's main
witness; and the Alliance card, the negro
Saxon matter aud the mileage question
are all the issues the Duke has to dis
cuss.
Pearson opened the discussion. and as
usual spent fifty-fve minutes of his hour
and quarter talking about the worn ou..
and stale Alliance demands, the negro
Saxon matter and the mileage question,
all OF which were disposed of in short
order BY Mr.. Crawford 10 his reply, to
the entire satisfaction of the audience
irrespective OF party. 1t was shown to
be huge piece Of demagoguery en- the
part of Pearson with the view of divert
ing the minds of the people from bis own
personal Inconsistencies.
Crawford made Pearson admit that he
(Pearson) would take from the treasury
OF the United States 1900 of the peo- |
pies money and pay it to a clerk to do |
the work which it would be his duty to |
do, it the people should ever send him to |
Congress.
He claims to be conversant with four
or five different languages, but the yer.
dict over here in Henderson is that he
don't seem to know his own mother
tongue verv well. Crawford has to show
from the records almost every day that
Pearson is absolutely ignorant of the
great issues that now confront the
American people.
This was gala dav for Democracy in
henderson county. Leading Democrats
are offering to bet on Crawford s election
and say it IS only question as to the
majority. Henderson Democrats ARE in
line and will give their usual democratic
vote in November. Chas. F. Toms,
chairman of the Democratic Executive
COMMITTEE. is organizing Democratic
clubs In every township in the county
and you need not give yourself any un.
easiness about Hcnd, ,rson county Dem.
ocracy. Judge Pace. clerk of the Supe-
Iior court, said after the speaking today
that Pearson knew less than any man he
ever heard attempt to make political
speech. The leading Republicans OF Hem
1erson are not goiuz to swallow the
Duke unless he is sugar coated little.
Pearson advised the negroes not to {
vote the Democratic ticket unless they
got paid for it, as much as to say: II.
he Democrats don't pay you. l will"
Pearson made an effort to rally Hen i,
1erson county Republicans by boasting ,,
hat he had put through the Legislature 4.
'f North Carolina bill to repeal the
present system of county government
3ut the collapse came when Crawford :
howed from the records that Pearson :.
lad never cast a vote nor introduced a
u to repeal such a law. His little cheap =,
ohm bill simply provided for the election =
u commissioners under heavy bond and :.