The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-26

such political revolution as had never
been heard Of. He said as the Demo
cratic party kept refusing to die, it be-
came painfully irritating to its ene-
mics (applause), and pointed to the
spectacle before him as necessarily
distressing to the enemies of Demo
cracy. The man who had any doubt of
the success of Democracy did not know
the temper of the people. When the
safety of the people was in danger
the Democracy had always risen to
the height of its duty. (applause). The
Colonel about to stop was met with
cries of ''go on! go on" but gracefully
thanked the convention in conclusion.
Iockharti Loclxharti came next,and
Mr.. Lockhart came forward. Cap
palse.) This, said he, is the finest dis
play of Anglo-Saxon manhood before
me I have beheld or that has ever
been assembled in North Carolina. Gap
plause.)
Mr.. Lockhart was very earnest, saying
that the Republican party had thrown
aside it's hypocrisy and had declared
itself for the classes against the
masses, and had asked the people alb
solutely to enslave themselves. zap
plausel The people who had believ-
ed in financial reform will have charge
of the Chicago convention and VIC
tory will come to Democracy as sure
as November comes. Mr.. Lockhart in
sisted that there was no deficiency in
revenue, but an excess OF appropr1a-
tfons, saying that out of S82,0O0,OO0,
in the River and Harbor Bill North
Carolina got only $245,0O0. Turning
round to Oscar Spears he said, we will
turn him against himself to kill his
own party with"
Klutz was called for vociferously,
and Platform, Platform! but Col. Web
ster said that the call for Mr.. klutz
should not be interrupted. Webster
was called for and came to the plat
form, all the time in the midst of diff
ferent calls and cheers.
Col. Webster said that North Caro-
lima had reached the most critical
hour in its history. Referring to Os-
car Spears a Dockery man still sitting
in the rear, Col. Webster said that it
was matter of verify that the noml-
nation was bought from Dockery just
like flock of sheep. (Applause)
The speaker referred to the. honest
and economical records of the Demo
cratic party, and said he could appre-
ciate some of the reasons why the Pop
ulists had left the Democratic party
but now that the Democrats had shown
their sincerity in being for the peo-
ple's money, there could be no excuse
in the Populists staying outside of the
Democratic party. He closed pre-
| dieting victory. (Applause.)
| The house went up in a shout for
| Glenn, Bob Glenn, who came forward
somewhat reluctantly. Mr.. Glenn
said he could not speak unless he had
on no collar, no coat and was as near
naked as possible. "a voice: Pull off
your shirt) (Applause.) No, I'm. not
going to pull off my shirt, but / in
tend to pull off the shirt of some of the
other fellows before the campaign is
over Mr.. Glenn said that there had
J been some talk because he was an
lofffce-holder he would not stand upon
/ the platform, but defining his posi-
| ton said he intended to stand for free
silver at is TO /. Great applause.)
| Col. Glenn says he could be counted
on and referred to his past record as
test of his Democracy. (Applause)
| There were calls for half dozen at
once. Finally Collector +. M.
Simmons came forward. He said he
was a Federal office-holder, but above
that and before that, he was Demo-
crat, North Carolinian and an Anglo
Saxon (applause), and was in favor of
| free silver, 16 to /. (Applause.) Be-
fore London or John Bull had eXis-
tence, God Almighty had placed the
two money metals in the bowels of the
earth in about the proportion of 10 to
IL. He denounced the war against sill
| yer as a war against the masses