The news & observer., 1895-08-25
Mr.. HENRY WALKS OUT
THE MAN OF VANCE WILL VOICE
HIS VIEWS IN SEVEN COL
UMNS THIS WEEK.
POURED OUT HIS SOUL.


Cleveland and RANSOM III Olds Down
his Stomach With Dumb-BeIls~-He
Wants ''Short Cut to FTee-Silver''-'
He Will Stump the State, if the State
Lasts Through it--HIs Hair Removed
toGive his ideas a Chance to Crow
The TObaccO-TOpped Tumbier OF
Vance.
Mr.. Walter r. Henry stands six feet
six in his socks with his hair cut.
When his hair is well headed up, il
is different.
His hair is of terra GOTTA shade,
and the shearing of it is worth % cents
of any barber's money. But this aside.
Mr.. Henry weighs 240 pounds, and holds
out so pounds in each hand, 81, the last
time, so he said last night. He once, in
a Washington gymnasium, put up 80
pounds, seven times, beating the record
by -four times, and all the gymnasts
looked at him, and were surprised.
But this, also, aside.
Mr.. Henry holds out so pounds dumb
bells every day straight armed, so he
said last night--for his stomach's sake
then takes a cold bath. Mr.. Henry exc
planned that he did not do this for the
purpose of keeping his muscles up, but
for the purpose of keeping his stomach
down. But like Banquo's ghost, his
stomach will not down. Mr.. Henry has
had two years training in boxing and is
a hard hitter. His face is no less strik
ing than his arm. He wears his face
clean shaven, with forceful mouth and
teeth. His eyes are nearly the color
of General Ransom's and seem to be
closeted with one another almost close
enough together for fusion. The nose
inclines more to Grecian than Roman, but
holds its end up. Mr.. Henry has shape
" head-he has views, also, and ex-
presses them, that is, he expresses
them. Mr.. Henry has picturesque fig
ure, weather boarded by Prince Albert
coat below the knee, just why, the re
porter did not ask.
But about Mr. Henry's views. He
received the reporter of the NEWS
AND OBSERVER very courteously last
night, and was asked as to his coming
address to the people in which he was re-
ported to set forth his reasons for his late
detection from the Democratic ranks.
Mr.. Henry said it would be seven col
umns in lergth, four columns of which
had already been set up, and that the
whole paper would appear In the Cau
casian of this week.
Mr. Henry was asked as to a rumor
that he had promised the late Governor
Holden on his death bed to use his ener-
gies against the Democratic party.
''An internal lie, exclaimed Mr.
Henry, Everybody knows that Governor
Holden renouneed both of the old par
ties before he died, and, moreover, /
spoke in the campaigns Of '92 and '94
and Governor Holden died before '92
] poured my whole soul out for the
party, left my home, and made more
speeches than anybody except Ransom.
| spoke until the sweat run off me so
that you could wiring water out Of my
shoes; but now, | have lost all
faith in and hope and charity for
the Democratic party. / cannot quote
Maj. Hale, of Fayetteville, but his posi-
ton would 10 doubt be that he, too, has
lost all hope in the Democratic party,
but that he wanted to purge it of what
was bad; IhaVe given up hope of purging
it of what is bad in it,"
When did you decide to go over to
the Populists ?"
81 have been thinking over the matter
for nearly three months, and concluded
not long ago to take the step"
''On what grounds, Mr.. Henry2"
''All that will be stated in nay paper
but the main points were laid down by
Mr.. Henry, which, however, fail even TO
give proper idea of Mr.. Henry's paper
in its fullness.
The points were three:
First, | ask the Democratic party "a
questions, which | ask it to answer"
Second, | assail Grover Cleveland
because of his tendency toward centrali
zation, because of his interference with
Congress, because of his association with
Wall street bankers in the matter of the
Sherman repeal"
Third, assail Ransom and Ransom
ism"
Mr.. Henry was asked did he consider
the Democratic party of North Carolina
in sympathy with Cleveland.
''Just there" said he ''yes | know
that, but the record of the Democratic
party is made up, and it must stand
by it,"
''Do you think the record can be called
made up before 1862"
Mr.. Henry thought that the record
was sufficiently made up to identify the
party now with Mr.. Cleveland and that
was his main reason, to which however,
was added this: 81 take the Populist
party because | consider it the shortest
cut to free silver"
This, in substance, is Mr.. Henry's
grievance: he knows, he says, that he
will be aesailed as disgruntled Office
seeker, but that will cut no figure. As
to the plans of the Populists, Mr.. Henry
says that the Populists, he would think,
he was not posted, were practically say
ing, ''if you Democrats don't come to
us, we win do anything to beat you,
even fuse.
Panoplied with such convictions
and with his Prince Albert girdled
about his loins, Mr.. Henry will
go forth. He will speak from
West to East, with the wind, and the
report of his utterance will not be heard
for several minutes after it strikes the
outer edge of the great crowds that will
hear him. He used to speak three hours,
but he will start in early SO as not to be
limited. Mr.. Henry will speak with nc
uncertain sound. The woods will be full
of his opinions from Hanging Dog to New
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