The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1896-10-16
c. B. AYCOCK SPEAKS.

A Large Crowd oreets Him and HEIRS His
Great Speech.
Last Tuesday night, Hon. c. B.
Aycock, the End District attorney,
spoke in the courthouse here to
crowd which filled the room. The
crowd was composed Of Democrats,
Populists and Republicans, and votes
were added to the Democratic party.
Mr.. Aycock was introduced by Mr..
Atlas Finch, a rising young lawyer OF
this city, who spoke feelingly of the
Democratic cause in introducing this
Democratic leader.
Mr.. Aycock said in part
"FELLow CITIzENs:-I believe that
there are three places in North Caro-
lima in which am embarrassed while
speaking. These three places are
Goldsboro, Wilson and Fremont,
| daughter) because in these places |
have more friends, and therefore am
more anxious to truly represent my
party" He spoke Of the appellation
"fellow citizens" saying there was a
sound lesson in it, because in politics
every one is on a level, every one has
lust one vote to cast, and therefore 1t is
"fellow citizens"
He then impressed upon his audience
the importance of this contest: "Ihere
is but one issue, one question, and the
whole country is divided over that one.
Until recently it was thought that there
was no division, yet the past few
months has proven ditferently'' He
showed that the policy of Republican
ism was gold one, and thatthe Demo-
Gratis favor the reconciliation of silver
(which is right?' The speaker de-
clared with great earnestness that it was
mans duty to vote, and to vote for that
which he conscientiously thought to be
right, that he should not be influenced
by prejudice or venom:
Mr.. Aycock then made one of the
ablest discussions of the currency ever
delivered. His arguments for silver
were declared to be convincing.
He said that the great objection urged
against the cause of silver was that OF
over production. IA man may tell
lie SO often that he will himself believe
it, and the gold advocates have told
this so often that they now believe it to
be the truth" He then read a piece
clipped from the Sunday World, in
which it said that the production OF
silver and gold from 1878 to 1895 was in
the proportion of II to l. He produced
statistics of all the intervening years
and proved the assertion of the World
and then showed statistics proving thai
the price Of silver was decreasing our
ing those years.
He then proved that the silver in the
world was adequate for the combined
needs of the arts and for free coinage al
a ratio of II to /.
Just here he entered intoan elaborate
discussion of the law of supply anC
demand, ard its relation to the free
and unlimited coinage of silver. Ht
also reviewed the prosperous times 0
, the wears of '65 to '73 and showed tha
such prosperity was stimulating in 1T
effect upon the energies ofthe creator o
wealth. Open the mints now and yo'
will have the same result. "NoW d'
VIC want dollar which costs lnore ant
more each year, or do we want dolla
which neither increases or decreases II
value.u ~ am on the side of the peo
ple who have the Drawn with which tt
buy the dollar" "If you have not tn
; dollars and are having to buy then
WITH your property or your Drawn
, then it lis your duty to vote with tn
Democrats in the coming election
lust here Mr.. Aycock delivered on
of the finest eulogies on Bryan eve
heard here, and when he ended hi
peroration with the name OF Bryan
! the enthusiasm was unbounded. Dul
: ing this applause a dog which was Il
y the court room. barked and Mr.. Aycocl
: said, "Even the dogs are on his SIDE.
y (Great laugh,er)] "There is nothing
c ike the consciousness of feeling tina
o you are right. 1t makes cause pow
erful. In this we find the reason wh
the Republicans won't hold joint dis
;. cussions, why they run away-the
t are bound to flee from the truth. Thel
record speaks against them. All
their speakers. not excepting Mckinle
!. b;npsolf have ut some time in thel