The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-04
POLITICS Is WARMING UP.
SPEECHES OF THE TWO CANDI-
DATES FOR SOLICITOR
Denies Making Bitter Speeches
in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Denies Making Bitter Speeches
in Winston-Discussfon
Messrs. W. w. Barber and M. L
Mott, Democratic and Republican
candidates for Solicitor, Of this dis
trict, were greeted with large audi
ence at the Opera House Saturday
night.
The Republican candidate opened
the debate with an hours speech. He
was followed by Mr.. Barber whose adj
dress was the same length of time.
Mr.. Mott had rejoinder of twenty
minutes and Mr.. Barber ten minutes.
When MIR. Mott arose be was re
ceived with enthusiastic cheers by the
colored people in the gallery. He
opened his speech by telling who he
was and the name of the office he was
running for. He also paid a compli-
! ment to his competitor and said that
they were dealing in the issues of the
day and not personalities; that they
| left all mud and dirt-throwing be-
hind them. He also claimed to have
been misrepresented in the speech he
| made in Winston two or three years
| ago, and also the one made in the
courthouse last Thursday. He said
that he was a Republican and admit
| ted that when "times got hot" he
might have said things he would not
have said sin cooler moments"
| He told about his nomination by the
Republicans and POpuliSts and fol-
lowed with story about the three
| boys who wanted the coon. He told
| the same thing in the courthouse
| Thursday. The darkies were loud in
| their applause of the jokes but the
speaker asked them not to applaud
much of his time. He read ex-
| tracts from the Charlotte Observer
| and Raleigh News 81 Observing criti-
| cising the Senate tariff bill before it
was passed by Congress. He called
| Cleveland the "God of his party"
When he mentioned the Presidents
name the applause that went up from
the Democrats was almost deafening.
Mr.. Mott here called for "time." He
sat down on the table and said he
would speak his hour no matter how
| long the cheering was kept up.
When Mr.. Mott Launched OFF, on
! tariff protection he proceeded to make
a beautiful quotation from speech
| made by the late Henry Grady-but
| the Republican speaker failed to give
| Mr.. Grady any credit. The hours de-
bate was concluded with reference to
| the Silver question. During his re-
| marks On this line he lauded the late
| Senator Vance to the skies.
MR.. BARRIERS SPEECH.
Mr.. Barber was greeted with a well
come by the Democrats when he arose
to reply to Mott. In his opening re-
marks he said that he knew no man
in the discharge of his duty; that he
left his ipolitics behind him when he
entered the courthouse as a prosecut-
ing Solicitor. He told about how
Mott was nominated and his endorse
ment by the Populists. HE was
nominated by the Republicans at the
same time Mr.. II. r. Starbuck, of this
city, was nominated for judge" said
Barber, "but am sorry to say that /
have not been able to get my oppo
nent to endorse Mr.. Starbuck. His
excuse for not endorsing him is that
he must get permission from the Pop
ulist Executive Committee" He said
| that Mott had been riding Starbuck
one day and Mr.. Wilbur, the Popu-
list candidate for the same office, the
next, with the hope of getting Office.
II shall vote for Mr.. Mebane, the
Democratic candidate for judge"
said Mr.. Barber, land / think my op-
ponent does Mr.. Starbuck great injuS
tice by not saying who he will sup
port
In his discussion of the tariff bill
| passed by the last Congress, Mr.. Bar
| Der stated that a number of Populists
voted for it. He also spoke of the in
come tax in the bill and proved that
it only affected the wealthy-those
able to hear it.
In his reply to Mott on the silver
que tion he said that Thomas Settle,
the Republican representative from
the Fifth North Carolina district,
voted for the repeal of the silver bill;
that North Carolina Republicans
voted for the Seigniorage bill. He
yer was given by the Republican par
| ty in 1873.
Mr.. Barber touched his opponent up
| lively when ne said: eff you cannot
give the living credit for what they
do, why don't you give poor Henry
Grady credit for his speech you made
tonight p"
MI. Barber also asked Mr.. Mott why
he did not praise the late Senator
Vance in Republican crowds like he
did that night before Democrats. eff
Vance could speak he would say:
Beat Motif if living, his voice would
ever be lifted in behalf of Democratic
supremacy"
The speaker read extracts from SEN
atOr Sherman'S sreech in the Senate,
| saying that no one was responsible
| for the recent panic and that nobody
could tell the cause of it. He then
| asked his Republican opponent il
| Sherman (who is one of the leaders of
| Motifs partly lied when he said that
no one was responsible for the panic.
| = Mr.. Barber said that he noticed in
| the papers where the Secretary of the
Republican National Executive Com
mittee stated that the revival of bust
ness throughout the country would
play havoc with their campaign docu-
| ment.
| Mr.. Barber spoke of the removal
from the statute books, by the Demo-
Gratis, of the infamous Federal election
law-just what the Democrats prom
ised to do. He said that he regretted
to learn that his opponent made such
bitter speech in Winston on Tues
day-one calculated to stir up bad
blood; that if what was told was true,
IL was a dangerous speech for a
judicial officer to make. He then
quoted Mott as saying 10 his speech
at Sparta that s'all elections West of
Raleigh were fair" He then read a
quotation given him from a speech
Mott made in Winston two or three
years ago, saying that 1.-The people of
Caswell county were cut-thrOats, ETC.,
and that the tobacco manufacturers
of Winston were robbing the colored
men, etc"
Mr.. Barber closed his hours speech
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