The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-28
DBooY DUCKS BLOCKING HERE.
Two Gold Bug Orators Here Yesterday
And a Third One Expected

Raleigh had two distinguished bolto-
cratic speakers in it at once YESTERDAY,
and it wasn't a good day Tor yeiio"
hammers either. e
IA third one, Mr.. Burton harrison -
New York, was booked for last night
hut he failed to turn up, CREAMY 70 bhe
Observation-Disclosures of the Repuolicans
Who are counting on such aid to help
them carry the State for Mckinney ana
Russell. -,
The +yo real, live boltocratic spell
binders here yesterday were Col. =.
pant Afford. the yellow metal candi-
date for Congress in this district, anu
AR Lindley Vinton. Of New York, who
comes down to instruct the South ON
finance.
Col. C.. BENT is more digmified and
less communicative than he used TO be-
Evidently he fully appreciates '5he re-
sponsibility of the,honors that are not
coming thick and fast upon him. But
aside from this the Colonel would ma
tarrally be more reticent with news
naner men than he has been hereto
fore. He has already signified MS m
tention of sounding his 'bazoo IN uhe
court house next Saturday night IN
concert with that Of Maj G. Sam BRAD
shaw and nobody can blame the Col-
onel for not iwaubing to Let Hhe p1oiic
into his confidence before THAT mo
noentorls occasion arrives The dear
people will appreciate it more Wneh
the long wlsiou-for- hour comes be
sides. Mai. G. Sam might happen 10
read the paper and see what points the
Colonel Intended to make, and, II he
happened to gat the first speech, make
these aforesaid points himself and roo
the Colonel of the laurels that justly
belong to him. -
oh. no. the Colonel is too old rat
in politics for such tricks as that. lie
doesn't propose ITO '1be done by one OF
his yellow hammer colleagues any
more than he proposes to let a simon
pure Jeffersonian Democrat get the
better of him in a debate on the money
o1lestion. That is COL G. Bent.
Now. Mr.. Vln5on is of a different
Stripe. He wears a sporty coat with
blpckeyes for button and large plalts
nm and down the back and front. lie
s,roles at YOU through his gold-rimmed
eve glasses. smiles cynically- and tpro-
noarnces his As as broad as barn
door. That is Vinton, the dude pro-
lessor of finance from the North. VINO
has come down to instruct the mood
luans of the South.
OF the two give us Col. g. Bent. he
NAV not be so vain and pompous but
he is more solid and he is thoroughly
honest. There is not a drop OF Re
publican blood in Col. Bent: he IS
simply on the wrong track with a bug
head of steamL and he finds 1T hard
to put on the breaks. But Nlnton--
he acknowledges he is working for
Mckinley, says he was making speech
es against Bryan before Palmer and
Buckner were nominated; that even
now he seldom advises his hearers
whenever he happens to have any to
vote for the third ticket, but contents
himself with telling them to vote ana
work against Bryan and for gold lie
acknowledges that the third ticket IS
intended to help defeat Bryan and
elect Mckinley. Col. Pat DOMAINS choice
denunciations of President Cleveland
and his bond deals pale into moon
LIGHT ghost-dance beside Mr.. Nlnton' S
language when he speaks OF Bryan
and the advocates of free silver lie
classes the Democratic candidate along
with TiIlman and Altgeld and Herr
Most and thinks that the advocates OF
silver are fanatics and hayseeders who
would hardly know piece of money
if they saw it, so ignorant are they
of finance.
1t will be remembered that Mr.. Vim
ton wanted to speak here during the
Fair. He was anxious to speak, and
an appointment was accordingly made
for him and his coming was heralded
some two weeks ahead. Well, he came,
and his audience was composed of
five persons including Chairman Ash
ley, a newspaper reporter and the
court house janitor. So he didn't
speak. He went to Selma. Not a man
was there to hear him. He went on to
Fayetteville. Congressman Shaw
there agreed to divide time with him
and he was allowed to get that won
derful speech off on a small audience.
Last night he left here for Wilson,
where he is billed to speak to-day. To-
morrow he goes to Tarboro, next day
to Rocky Mount, and then back to
Washington City. What kind of a
reception he will get in Wilson may be
easily imagined when you remember
that there rs only one white gold bug
in the town. And it is doubtful If
there are as many as that in Rocky
Mount and Tarboro.
Verify the way of the yellow ham
mer orator in the South, like that
of other transgressors, is a hard one.
A FIGHT AT THE MARLBOROUGH.
There was a little scrapping match
in the back yard of the Marlborough