The sun., 1896-10-31
4 WORTH RoLIxA CANDIDATE.
The Popuiist Preacher Runnine for Con-
Eress In the shoestring District.

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tor. while Lipnev and bis b,,, oor,I,na 20 o.lior
up and down tho Eighth. rrnnino s,r a soot In
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brushes" as his ndmirer, chi, hin, ha. things
his own wny he ia mona tho ,e.. Int.r.stInc IN
tho stump he breaches tho en,cncv NJ ,,,vnr. and
in privnte snys that tbonuh to,t,n, frse co,n.
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ato' no -, y, m's iriehus VII, tn'nK h''n
damned tooi enough TO believe In It.
But while the campaign has taken this turn in
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mas won NOT ono "hit less important or inter-
osting, or less deserving the place In history
which THE sun Justly accorded the struuq,o of
,h. ,nornt.in d,st.,., MI. 49,. A.. s
as tho shoestring distriot," because the coun-
ties composing Il lie on tho South Carolina line
one Alter snothar near,v in a s,,.iaht lin. A.
tho extreme end are Charlotte and wilmington,
tho two largest towns Of the state. The dis.
triot In 1894 elected James A. Lookhart. Dem
ocrat, TO the lowor House Of Congress. but the
a. ssas wa, paan, eon.vs.ea sna won oy the Nov d.
ta"''n' : OpusS "no XIV INV Oontross ohiy Ia
time TO DO at the final adjournment As thin
gentleman was not able 20 occupy tho space in
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.he oo,s' o'''o's Hooo'o "n'eh no ieit 10 10
the denomination.
Tho Renublican.. altar frat nutt,nc nm and
taking down two candidates. of their own. fuRed
with tho Populists. with the chance Of eieotine
wh,tever man thew nominatsd tho po,nli.ts 70
mako the nomination. The Rev. Charles Henry
Martin was from his varied career and his
talking ABILITY, Gear 70 the fopuhst heart and
everything pointed toward his denomination.
eut suddenly an enemy came IAN = across MS pain.
anu Gu. great s"etnh IN MS popuiarty enonR
tho wiia.eysa men IN OF ms oonst.uency. ana the
This new champion; Walter kedbone Henry.
was 9 out h ne s did not Msik over the
dsrfdl expeSleness now stood him in great stead:
makSe.np, were well well matched Henry was by by
Democratic party, and at last got up a wonder;
full string Of recommendations. WHICH he had
dent Cleveland. The President, overcome with
the multitude Of the laudatory epistles, threw
His friends, knowing that Mr.. Henry very often
took npon himself the characteristics OF the
Balaam rode through the streets of Jerusalem,
tried to keep him out of the Presidents sight.
But Mr.. Cleveland finally saw him and ref refused y
Henry became Populist, and more diligently
than ever sought an Office He weighs 275
pounds. is red headed, wears a white hat as large
as an umbrella aud Prince Albert coat. which
fiops below his knees. Thus attired he is GER
tanly figure to win admiration from the eye
q N Carolina pODuiist
The Rev. Charles Henry Martin, the man who
opposed this red. headed giant, is a wtry little I'll
He has the reputation Of having wheels in his
time He does not claim to be q child Of des-
tiny, but does lay some slight claim to divine
to speak from the Lord. He was educated to
teach school. but had not been engaged In that
summons for him 10 60 @ and preach the &C, Gospsl
he saw, as If written in letters OF living fire
sreSeS Se dd for msny yesrs travelling
gaining local reputation But in 1894,
according to his ow statement, the Lord again
messenger. messenger u Elijah Fake. = dumpy little Popu- :
list with long hair and blond, bow legs and sal
low skin, was commanded in a dream to go to
nation that tho Lord wished him to tenn porarily
suspend preaching operations and run on tho
The parson prayed the matter over, decid ed
that 1l.e message had come straight. ana ac-
cepteG the nomination, rendered without oppo-
sition. He did no: entirely give UP his minis
terial function. but went about the district
preaching on sunday and making campaign
speeches during the week When the campaign
was over Lockhart was declared elected but
Martin contested and won as above stated.
such were the men opposing each o her for
the Populist nomination in this district They
possessed in common all the Populstio traits.
Each could talk BY tho day anu quote statistics