The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-05-09
Mr.. PRITCHARD
AT BOSTON
He Talks of the New Political
Revolution--And Tells Of the
Greatness Of the State.
doom OF THE SOLID SOUTH
The Matches. Cam paig IN of the Popaiisi.--
And the Great Victory by Corporation
industrial EinaneiI alton And the Ee
ginning Of q New Era

Aud the Great Victory by Corporation |
industrial Ernsnsi, aiien-- And the re |
ginning Of New Era
The Middlessx club, of Boston,
celebrated the anpiv -rsary OF the
birthday of Presiden, L. 5. Grant on
April 18th. Some OF the most pyoml-
nent Republicans in the country
participated in the bauquest.
AT the head table, seated on either
side of ex Governor Bracket, who
presided. were Gen. Horace Porter,
United States Senator Pritehard, OF
North Carolina; Congressman Taylor,
of Ohio; Smith, of Michigan, and
Barrett, of Melrose.
Senator Pritchard was one of the
speakers of the occasion, and in the
speech made by him said:
Owing to peculiar conditions,
growing out OF the late war, III the
south, and especially III North Caro-
lima, prior TO the recent election. II
was impossible 10 secure fair and
Intelligent consideration of the great
economic questions of the day In
stead of dealing with these questions
in patriotic aud statesmaniike man-
> uer, the leaders of the Democratic
; party in that State utterly ignored
that which pertained to our material
and industrial welfare as people
and appealed to passion, sectlona
and race prejudlces.
IS REVOLT AGAINST DEMOCRACY.
The protest of the masses agains
J this vicious policy compelled tn
e Democratic leaders to resort to elec
ton frauds as the one means o
q perpetuating Democratic ascendenc
. in the State. Dishonest election
:. methods were boldly and successful
s employed against Republicans unit
our party organization was threaten
Is ed with complete disintegratlof
D. This was the condition OF thing
s, when the Farmers Alliance was ol
d yapized in the State. 1t was con
at posed of the sturdy manhood of bo'
narties: its membership embrace
n the substantial citizenship OF ii
- State. 1t soon assumed formldab
prop ortions. Its organization e
w tended to almost every county In II
a State. Its existence and growth IL
] periled Democratic domination.
Is taught the people that the war W
over, and that it was the duty of t
North and South to come together
Que common brotherhood, seekll
)m the best methods by which our II
TX terial welfare could be advanced.
he Tole ration and liberty of spec
"a, was counseled. Its teachings re'
rds lutionized public sentiment in t
m. State and made possible that whl
-. afterward followed, to wit: the d
81 ,uption OF the "Solid South" l
membership of this order, compo:
Ioh large'y of Democrats, was abus
aen vilified, slandered and ridiculed'
leli the Democratic press and by Del
nah cratic politicians. This brutal
Idl, tempt to disrupt the organlzat
and drive its membership back 1
fellowship with the Democratic pa
only emphasized the revolt. 1t
sulted in the formation of the PU
The list party. -.
me- The Alliance was not polit
organization and was impoten'
'yeo affect the political revolution
tht yolyed in the conflict against
ar DE- mocratic oligarchy in the st
The leaders realized the situat
the and out of the principle OF
eion preservation grew the Populist p
.u. IN North Carolina. Without org
,inia zatioh' "''nou. .;anoa a.;
'l' abused, misrepresented, ridicule
nome, and doubtless in Boston
,rlke nouuced as socialists, anarcf
OF cranks, vagarists, the Populist'
from Aer the intrepid and able leader
of Marion Butler, made a mate
campaign and won victory II
first months of their party exist
, was that doomed the "Solid South"
ia Gu
money AS an Independent Organizs
GOOD the Populist party. with ITS Do, =
STL gu, 900 voters, was helpless i
hands of Democratic election
green Gals. The election OF 1892 de
loney, strated this fact and led to Il
~ got operation movement. which
ne de the State two years later. Tn
/ year tory last year under the com
: In leadership OF Republicans and
+b.n, lists was won in defiance of ct
q +, democratic election practices.
Democratic party Was overwli
~ by public indignation and I
S,9lo ment The condemnation WI
4,oo9 plete, and. in my opinion, II
D., lSj. s,ble. The immediate result
SS5,- establishment of local selfg
ar the ment in the State, and the ena
none, of an election law Dinimizi
Sl91 possibility of Democratic
au;oJ. thus securing "a free ballot
7 frair count" Great as is this a
l io~e. ment in the interest Of p
IN 1000 morality. the disintegrati
the Democratic party i
5 cents; State means a new era of in,
5000, development and business pro-
ia 70 1t means political and in,
cents a emancipation 10 tne masses.
n Balti-
1, is universally admitted
South has greater resources
development of manufactur
lance IN mining than any other par
adopted, world. We have cotton, tn
, follow facture of which has enriei
England and Great Briiai
firmly by and iron, which Lave Civ
'ghize = ne '4a. enormous wealth to Penn
mr. money and other States; timber. "
nks of the been the basis Of much of tn
M govern of the north west, and added
. financial, natural resources are gre
essIy meet vantages for their utiliza!
he country are possessed by any othe
'eople ppnnnnad sna,i our country. In manu-
bI;shed. capabilities the South has
possibilities than all the 9th
kE 1T HOT in the Union combined. 1t
ALL THIS than one-half of the standil
p POSTED of the country: il has suffic