The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-30
THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, AUGUST

made upon him that Cleveland was a
silver man He took up the bond is
sues. and the word coin" in the re-
demption of Treasury notes, and said
anybody who knew bull-yearltng
from an 0x-caI~t ought to know that
coin meant silver and gold.
He was a party man, but when my
party leaves me, | say Go it boots,
you'll get there after awhile | am
a silver man, and | shall advocate the
election of Bryan and Watson, cry it
over the world if you want tot / care
nothing about the gold-bugs; it's the
aboring people ! care about"
I He told how be0had worked in Raj
eigh to secure in caucus the co~opera-
ton between the Republican and Pop
uIist parties, and how he had taken
the stump for it because eve had to
have change in the election laws and
county government"
lie referred to Russell as that bogus
Governor" who had said then that
fusion was a failure, and how he came
to run for the first Office he could get.
He had denounced YOU as thieves and
your mothers before you, and had
written to men in the north trying to
iisfranchse you. The speaker said that
he had never scratched a colored man
on ticket in his life, and the first man
Major Guthrie had ever voted for was
a negro. He spoke of how Democrats
had kept the negro out Of his vote, and
excited considerable murmur among
the negroes. He continued i'm this
! )loody-shirt strain for some little time
and said the fight had then to be made
| .gainst this by alliance with the Popu-
lists. I'VE whipped them and we want
to whip them again. j want you to
elect Maj. Guthrie; | don't care wheth-
er you elect me or not. ] am on two
tickets. l was simply put on that Re
publican ticket-simply as a safety
valve, to keep the old ship from sink
ing. They may put me on that ticket
if they like, but it will be late in the
day before I'll accept it. / want to
travel with friends when / travel.
want to travel with gentlemen" He
referred to Russell's nomination again
as a swindle and to his State speeches
as falling still-born all over the State
All during the remarks the negroes
had been going more and more en-
thusiastic with all kinds Of ejacula-
tons, and they would now break out
nto laughter at the slightest emphasis,
saying almost in moaning voices,
/
rom different parts Of the crowd The
speaker did not like the word "fuse,"
which, he said, meant meeting: he
liked the word cooperation" You
all want more money, and we must
cooperate to get it. / am a silver Re
publican. and / win canvass the State
on that basis. I'd be pretty man to
to be free silver man and advocate
Mckinley When tine country gets in
better condition, | may go back to
the Republican party; / don't say
will or | wont, but / may. / stand on
three points: county government, fair
elections and as a silver Republican.
Let the whites and colored stand to-
gether-let ms all he polite. ("Dat's
right! dat's right!") The welfare of
everything demands that we stand to-
gether now for silver. Pritchard was
setting the woods on fire for silver.
Now, what is he? For silver until the
4th of March; after that for gold.
What's what? That's pie. Pritchard
was at the convention two years ago.
Russell was lodging as he is now"
(Whar was he?"l
I II rekcon he was down there writ
ing to the savages." If Russell would
find out that he had more brains in his
belly than he had i'm his head. He eX-
tended TO all an invitation to
come up to the polls in
November and vote right, and took
his seat amid cheers and laughter, and
all kinds of signs of approval, having
spoken for little over an hour
Col Dockery will remain over night
here, returning to his farm tomorrow.
Maj. Guthrie and Chairman Aver re-
turned tonight to Raleigh.
w. Z. CHRISTIAN.