The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-16

son Urges Ali to Unite.
Wadesboro, n. c., Oct. 15.-( -(Special)
At 1850 to-day the courthouse here
MAS filed to hear speeches from Elee-
Large Locke Craig and R. B.
Davis. respectively OF the Populist and
Democratic parties. The left side Of
the courthouse was filed with negroes
while on the right sat the whites.
Capt. Il. B. Davis was first intro
duced appropriately by Mr.. W. Z. Lit
tie.
The Captain said he was here to adj
yocate the election of Bryan and Wat
son.
The Captain is tall, well-set man,
with kindly but firm blue eyes, white
close-cropped hair, and gray moust-
ache.
Locke Craig is a raven-haired, clean
faced man, of much reflectiveness OF
visage, with STRONG angularity and
line.
Captain Davis is about 60; Craig is
about 80. Capt. Davis is Populist;
Craig, Democrat.
Capt. Davis, in opening, paid COM
pliment to Cy. Watson, who had been
laid low ON the field of battle. This
sentiment was received with cheers
ana applause. The Captain then went
on TO congratulate the country on hav-
ing the South and West united in the
selection of Bryan and Tom Watson.
His manner was happy and graceful;
his language fluent and delivery earn
est
In the outset he demanded the aboli-
tion of National Banks and the reha-
Utilization of silver No question had
been so much darkened and perverted
by sophistry as this question of free
silver. The question was simple
enough in 1873, when silver was insidu-
ously put out of the way. The Captain
then gave the history of the crime of
1879, which he said was signed by
General Grant in profound ignorance
of its import. The speaker went into
the history of silver and gold as
metals, and said the burden of proof
was upon the opponents OF silver. de
discussed the contention of the gold
bug, but if he pointe him to the con-
dition of the farmers, he never failed
to say that there were too many farm
ers. and when he took him to the city,
he gSxllI bH1TG WERE LOO uldIly III blIEtll
there, so that there were too many of
us altogether. So that if we can't get
rid of them all, perhaps it would be
better to get rid of him. daughter
He said that the fixed charges of liv-
ing did not come down with the prices
of products. The labor was much bet
ter off where labor was highest. Gold
alone did not furnish the only standard
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the question of supply and demand
had to be taken into considerations
the supply of gold with which to
furnish a medium of exchange. He
did not claim that gold and silver all
ways circulate at an exact parity, but
they would circulate like the going up
and down of two buckets in well.
When one was out. the other would
be on hand to fill the lack He took
up the gold-bug argument of silver
now being at the ratio of 32 to /. If
this were so, it is by the guilt ~of the
gold-bug. but why then does he not
name some ratio at which silver could
have free coinage? The Captain made
his strongest point here and drove it
home. ''He can't name a ratio" 'NAs
to the Democratic platform of 1892,
YOU RtIE bEOi1iSStI 1ICe tOildSC Oi
some terms: you got 1T on none" Here
he scored Grover Cleveland, and was
heartily Japplauded. He answered the
argument that if we had free coinage
silver would be poured into our treas
ury by saying that silver of other ma
tions was needed in those nations,
not to speak of the fact that that silver
was now coined at a ratio of 15Ha to /,
which would entail a loss. Of course,
he said. manufactured articles would
not be offered at a great loss.
Ais TO the joint electoral ticket it
stood for financial and industrial re-
lief. and he expected all to support 1T,
saving that names stood for little in
the face of great common principle.
All he would say was that he was as
good a Democrat as Thomas r. Watson
and as good a Populist as VIM. j. Bry-
an, and as good a Democrat and Popu-
list as were both of them. (Applause
and laughter)
He had, as a member of the Demo-
cratic Executive committee. urged
such cooperation as this He now
called free silver Democrats. Latter
Day Populists, and cited the great
historical downfalls that might have
been avoided by concessions of the
Pope in the 10th century, or by con
cessions Of the British TO the American
colonists. (Applause) lie had been
against the abuse of the Populists by
the Democrats. They haIl thrown
Joseph into the pit, but they had not
had the heart to kill him. and now
the Democrats had come to the Popu-
lists begging for deliyeranee. Great
applause.) Referring to the campaign
of Bryan, whose name was received
with unbounded applause, he said the