The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-23

| Ster, nor Lincoln could vote. He kept
| dwelling on alleged election frauds by
| Democrats; told all kinds of awful
| stories about Democrats counting 500
| Democratic votes and throwing out
| 1900 Republican votes.
| The people were very tired and not
| one blaze of enthusiasm has marked
| the whole day. This is literally fact;
not one burst of enthusiasm. | have
noted every applause that has been
| given. There was some applause and
| laughter here when the speaker blam-
| ed alleged election frauds on the Dem
| ocratic committee who, he said, made
| the legislature and the Legislature
made the squires. And he said sheer
| ingly, ut was to save you, they said,
from negro rule For the first time
| the stars look down upon free men.
| Thank God for the fusion Legislature"
; He went into 'Why am a Republi
cam" This was too ad captandum to
| take up space, and got applause only
| from few in the platform, the must
| clan hitting the bass drum once or
| twice-not one sign of applause in the
| crowd. In conclusion he sneered at
| Democratic speakers and Democratic
| papers and sneered at Bryan as "The
| prairie orator who got his nomination
| by making en- eXtempore speech that
| he has been toting over the prairie for
| the last two years. He stands for all
| that is dangerous in American poll
| tics"
He predicted Mckinley (applause on
| the platform, Pearson making some
| kind of a hooting noise with his mouth
| also)-would give a welcome to South
| ern Republicans. The Republicans of
| the South were band of heroes. He
| eulogized them, and got sprlnkling
| of applause in the audience which the
! platform tried to wave up.
| [ have never heard as dredry, point
! less a speech SO untima(y and insult
| ed to the desire of the crowd in all my
| experience. At the close the crowd
| was absolutely listless. rs it had been
| from the start. Several prominent
| Republicans remarked to me that the
| speech was a dead failure, but begged
| that their names be not given.
MARSH MOTIFS SPEECH.
After music by the band. Marshall
| Mott was introduced by Editor Hay
wood. His manner was very spirited
and brought forth considerable APP
plause. He stated that the election Of
Russell meant political liberty, the
election of Watson meant political
serfdom The speech, however, was
| pointless, simply dealing in praise of
| Russell and abuse Of Democrats. He
pledged himself to Pritchard and grew
quite humorous as he proceeded, and
got laughter and applause, the first
sign of human life that had been dis
| played during the day.
| He made several happy hits at the
expense Of the Democrats, but, his
speech was only a piece of humor at
best. He defended the new county
| government and election laws and re-
| ferred to his father 'He secs fit" he
said, Ito advocate the election of the
| Democratic candidate, but never will I
follow him out of The Republican
party" Great applause.) lie spoke
of the telegram he sent to his father,
| begging him not to endorse the Demo-
cratic candidate. (Applausel
After Motifs Speech and dinner in
the woods the crowd re-assembled.
! Enough more had come to run it up
| TO about $500.
There were many silver badges in
| the crowd, the great bulk of which,
however, were Republicans.
WALSER, PEARSON AND GUDGER.
The additional speeches were by Wal
| ser, w. T. Bailey, Grand Army inn
portation from Illinois; Pearson, Gud-
ger and Major Rollins
Walser quoted the Charlotte Obser-
yer'' as saying: There is no enthusi-
| assn among the Democrats of North
| Carolina
A whooping-up telegram was read
from Jim Boyd.
Pearson said he was opposed to
single gold standard, and 20 a still
worse single silver standard; was in
favor Of every dollar being as good as
every other dollar, whatever that
means. He denounced the Democra tic
platform saying: Part of it was writ
ten by a Secessionist, and part of it
by an Anarchist" and predicted an
other attempt to disrupt the Union,
and pledged himself to the Union.
Gudger was introduced as the paul
Revere, the man who saw the danger
and warned the people"
Jim Moody was taken sick and had
to leave during Russelrs speech.
The people did not conceal their dis
appointment at coming miles to hear
the issue of money discussed and Of
seeing it lodged by every man who
did not declare himself out openly a
gold bug"
w. +. CHRISTIAN