Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-12-05
JUDGE RUSSELL SPEAKS.

tan Hall Last Night.

The Republican Blew.Out at Metropol
tan Hall Last Night.
The Russellites. the Logite
and otherites had a meeting las
night.
It was cloudy gathering.
The darkies had the from
seats, the middle seats and nearl,
all the rear seats, and abou
every other seat was occupied.
After some preliminaries tn
chairman introduced Judge Rus
sell.
The Gubernatorial aspiran
seemed to feel that as rea
I genuine Russellite Rally, thu
meeting was sort of a fiasco
but made up his mind to make
the most of it. He touched alone
at first what he doubtless though
was a humorous vein, talking
about funerals. But the darkies
didn't catch the humor and doz
ems of them proceeded to drop
off to sleep.
He touched another cord and
those that had remained awake
proceeded to yell, which for a
Moment woke up the sleepers
This cord was what the
speaker termed election frauds.
The more he talked on this line
the louder the dusky crowd
followed and when he referred
to the Democratic Drunken Bull
Pen Scoundrels, there was not
a sleeping negro left in the
hall, but many of them soon
dozed off again and woke up
only when the speaker declared
that if all the Democratic ballot
stealers were put in the peni-
tentiary their legs would be
hanging over at the windows.
1.-The fusion of 1884," he de-
clared ''had saved the State, and
as result northern men and
money are coming into the
State.
They would not go to South
Carolina. A man that would go to
South Carolina with himself or
money would oe fool enough to
rent a yard in hell for a summer
resort"
The man who tells you that it
is Populists who are disfran-
chisiDg the negro in South Car
Olina is liar.
They are Democrats, and the
man who opposes fusion in North
Carolina, you may put him down
as hired consistent Democrat.
"Thank God for fusion, ,"(great
yells.)
A drummer said at the hotel
in Raleigh that he was a Repub>
lican, and I thunk, and I thunk
and I thunk."
That drummer few years ago
would no more have said in Raj
eigh that he was a Republican
than be would have stuck his
head in a fire."
''Thank God for fusion, Ignore
yells.)
JEFF Davis died and woman
IN Washington draped, her house
an mourning.
1 like that woman. If she
wanted to make a fool of herself |
she had a right to do it. For
freedom gives the right to make
a fool of yourself if you want |
to-"
''I worshipped jeff Davis once
and went into the army to fight
against my country. then I made
a fool of myself"
But still we are proud of the
State that sent more soldiers, ac-
cording to it's population, than
any other State in the Union.
I'VE fusionists built that mon
ument to their memory.
But I don't care what you
cesesh Democrats say about me,
[ am glad we got whipped.
Il have got to say something
to get the Democratic papers to
abusing me. We fusionists
havn't got any daily papers, and
Judging from the election res
turns we don't need any. But I
tell you I am not happy unless
the Democratic papers are abus-l
ing me-"
The speaker then went into
the foreign policy of the Cleve-
land administration, and declared
that Cleveland sent little Bay
ard from that little Peach or<
chard, Delaware, who goes up to
that little she thing. over there
they call queen, and tells her
that he regrets that America has
had Protective policy
''Our victory means that Bay
ard ard such as him shall get
out.
Suppose we had a few more
years of Cleveland?
"Why I see that Chatham
county is caring fer more luna~
les than ever before in it's his
tory, who wonders at it when
Cleveland is President?
After Judge Russell concluded
Pat Stewart, j. J. Rogers and
other Rad-Pops ranted for an
hour or so and the meeting broke
up.-Raleigh News & Observer.
Louisburg Times: If you fail
to advertise, busy public is
liable to forget you, and if you