The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-09
Appeal to North Carolina Silver
Men to Stand Together.
Cy. Watson's Eloquent Plea for
Unity of Action.
HIS SPEECH AT LEXINGTON
Mr.. Watson has Gone to His Home in
Winston to Take Rest of two
Days From His Campaign
Work.

Lexington, y. g., September S.
(SpeciaD-It seems that the
whole of Davidson county turn
ed out to-day to hear Cy. Watson
speak. The great champion was near
ing his old home when ne got to Lex
ington; he was getting among his
neighbors again. He had gone up the
gradual steps that stretch from here
to Mcdowell and Rutherford counties.
He bad gone hence among strangers
with the best wishes of thousands of
this county who have known and heard
nim all their life; he had returned to
thee friends covered with the glory
which the plain people everywhere
showered upon an eloquent, powerful,
and sincere champion of their inter-
ests. He had returned, bringing with
him the plamdits of the many thou
sands who had heard him during the
past ten days.
The people of Davidson county knew
Cy. Watson; they have heard his elo-
quent voice on lhe hustings and in the
court house, and they came to Lexing-
ton to-day more than 1900 strong and
stood for two hours in the shadow of
their temple of justice to hear him
plead for justice to the people and
in defense of them, against the grind
ing monopolies and an idle and dam
gerous mOneyed monopoly.
Mr.. Watson began by saying that he
was among his friends and if he
thought that it was necessary for him
to be introduced to a Davidson county
audience, he would quit the campaign.
He spoke of the great power and inhu-
ence and possibility of the United
States as nation, and then referred to
the deplorable fact that this great gov
ernment to-day was dependent upon
syndicate of bankers to sutain its cred
it as nation.
He described then, as he has done
so many times, and with such power
and rorce, the condition of the masses
of America. He showed how, by a
great conspiracy, the holders of the
worlds credits had killed silver as a
basis and redemption money, and
thereby depressed the value of the pro-
ducts of the toilers the world over.
He told how they had increased their
own wealth by destroying the value of
the products of the farm and Facto-
WI anu AOA q ttttA tNl vi q century
had conspired to increase the purchas-
ing power of the gold dollar which they
control and manipulate; how they had,
by the organization of syndicates,
combines and trusts, absorbed the
wealth of the country and were rapid.
ly reducing free American landowners
to a position of peasantry and ten
antry. He scourged with hot burning
eloquence those Eastern and New York
Democrats who left the Chicago con-
ventiOn because they could not longer
control for their own gain and greed
the great party which Thomas Jeffer-
son founded upon the broad principle
of equality to all and special privileges
to none. He pictured them closeted
with Mark Hanna, the arch enemy of
labor, planning to defeat the great
young giant and leader, VIM. j. Bryan.
He referred to the meeting OF Hanna
Gratis at Indianapolis, and declared that
they had met there and put out ticket
to decoy others, while they themselves
supported Mark Hanna's candidate,
VIM Mckinley.
He declared that it was the duty of
every silver man and true reformer in
North Carolina, of whatever party
affiliation, to discard his political pref
udices and unite in a solid phalanx for
the election of VIM. j. Bryan President
of the United States. He appealed to all
to demand that those who were acting
for them should so arrange an electoral
ticket in North Carolina as would Sc
cure the election of silver men in the
State. He declared that however much
he might appreciate the honor that
had come to him unsought. and how
ever much he might APPRECIATE the rat
itication by the people of his nomina-
tion, he would rather be buried be-
meath $4,000 majority than that VIM.
j. Bryan should be defeated by the loss
Of the vote of North Carolina.
His peech here, as at every point he
has visited, has done a power of good
for the Democratic party and for silver
and the Democrats of Davidson feel
to go forth and to battle
with determination to win in Noyem-
ber.
MIR. Watson went to his home in
this afternoon, where he will
take rest of two days. beginning the
campaign again at Salisbury on Fri
day
Il. B. ARFNDFTT,