The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-23
AGAINST FREE SILVER
Pritchard and Russell Ridicule
10 to /.
THE CROWD DWlNDLED
They Came to Hear the Money
Question Discussed.
THE GOLD STANDARD PRAISED

THE GOLD STANDARD PRAISED
Marshal Mott, Zeb Vance Walser, Pear
son and Other Small Fry Join in the
.Chorus--Mark Hanna's Orders to
Abandon Silver Under the Penalty of
Getting No Money Are Obeyed.
Asheville, n. c., August 22.-(Spe-
ciaD -Pretty day, pretty town, pretty
good crowd, clever people. The town
of Hendersonville had n Democratic
majority of "a in the last mayors cleo
ton, with about 500 votes polled. Rus
sell, with Marshall Mott, was met here
this morning by about 800 people. a
procession was formed, headed by
Editor Haywood, of the Times, who
was followed by an irregular mass OF
negroes and whites. Then came,
kmounted side by side with a negro, the
marshal Then two yellow goldbug
-surreys containing Pearson, Pritchard,
Zeb. Wa1ser, Moody, Then Russell,
Marshall Mott in a yellow Prince
Albert to match the surrey, Judge
Ewart, jim Moody and Major Robbins.
A band preceded the procession play
ing Marching Through Georgia"
which has not vet ceased to be the
dominant note of Republicans, and
Bourke Cochran topards the South.
The same sectional bitterness is kept
alive, either by some such reminder
of the Souths defeat, or by hired
taunts at the shareholders of the
South.
The speaking was mile from town
- l~ ha xxyax
estimated by Wiley Shook and Senator
Pritchard, and / think correctly, at
about 500 women, and men and chill
dren | should say about 1000 men.
At 1880 Editor Haywood very appro-
priatelv introduced Senator Pritchard
SENATOR PRTTCHARD'S SPEECH.
There were great many ladies on
the platform and in the crowd, very
respectable one, surroundedonth the out
side by board tables for the barbecue,
which had been partly the cause of
the coming together of the people. Sen
zator Pritchard said, first of all, he was
a Republican. He started off with the
chestnut of Cleveland asking for mon
-ey, and laying stress on the bond is
sues. 4 Democratic argument. His
objection to the income tax PROPOSE
ton of the Democratic party was that
even if they succeeded they could not
get any revenue from it in ten
years Meantime, he said he would
have to live on wind, saying nothing
about free. silver, evidently drifting to-
ward the tariff. He said income tax
meant taxing our own people and let
ting the foreigners go free, trying TO
persuade the people that the income
tax would have to be paid by them
Qa no orl4- ha
thing about Is to l was that the far
mer was now wearing sixteen patches
where he wore one before. He sheer
ed at free silver, saying that the Demo
Gratis had advocated everything free
except free negroes and free ballots.
lLaughterl. He kept getting nearer to
tariff, and began to drop out on old
statistics about wheat exports, etc,
and then came tobacco statistics: then
rice, then corn, then wheat, putting
the blame OF the decrease in price
upon the Democrats. The people be-
gan to weary, so the Senator said he
would skip the rest of his schedules
and come TO the total, which he did.
Now he went into abuse of Democrats,
saving they would not talk about their
past. but they would only say 1--WE
want something free" which was an
other taunt at free silver. The next
station of the speech was live stock
table, which went back over several
Republican and Democratic admins
trations, claiming to show how the
Democratic party had done little else
but decrease the price of live stock.
AT this point the people on the out
skirts began leaving, the babies began
coughing and the men began talking.
Then came sheep, and to attract the
Of %b.a hot Cd
to leave he said he would rather have
fifty sheep-killing dogs than one Dem
ocratic politician. (Laughter).
The Senator tried to hold them with
another sheep joke. Then came dairy
products. The list was now dreary
with deafness. AS / write ait this mo-
ment one army wagon is being driven
away, and the crowd still thinning
on the edges. They came to hear
about money, but the outlook is
gloomy thus far. Now he is going
into the protection of raw material
which he says is only effective through
the Republican party. Which would
you rather have?' he exclaimed, "free
silver, or a good price for your pro-
ducts? You can't get free silver I'M
less you have got something for it, no
matter if YOU fill the banks with it,
and the man who says you can is
either knave or fool?" CA voice on
the platform: Didn't you say SO two
months ago?'') This question confus-
ed the Senator, and he promptly an
swered, NO. and then he attacked
the Democratic party because they
wanted to put iron on the free list,
and wanted to protect silver mine
owners by free coinage. Is there any
body wants that?'
81 do, do, do" exclaimed three or
four
'SThen," said the Senator, .:you
ought to be in a menagerie, (Laugh-
teri.
Pearson asked, "Ts not that. man a
revenue officer?' thus ridiculously
connecting Federal office holding with
free silver convictions.
PRITCHARD A GOLDBUG.
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