The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-12
Guthrie Says He is in the Fight
to the Finish.
FIRST OF ALL FOR BRYAN
Advises Populists Not to Vote
For Goldbugs.
A STRONG SPEECH BY WATSON
"CycIone Cy" and the Major Yesterday
Re ,umed Their Joint Discussions
by Meeting at Sails


Salisbury, n. c., Sept 11.-(Speciall
Watson and Guthrie met here to-day
and about 500 people heard them. The
crowd was nearly equally divided and
never have two speakers had more in
terested hearers.
Everybody was wondering how Maj.
Guthrie was going to treat the new fu-
sion movement, and when he said he
was not in Raleigh and had nothing
to do wish it, and. declared that he had
been intrusted with the banner of the
Popul;st party. rendered TO him by
thousand assembled delegates of that
party. and that he was in the fight 10
the finish. regardless of the action of
comm ttees- or combinations, there
came storm of applause from the
Popnlists in the audience.
He again appealed to the .Popuhsts
to vote for no man for Congress who
was d gold-l1ug.
The debate was, opened by Mr.. Wat
son. who was introduced in a graceful
little speech by Hon. Theo. f. Kluttz.
Mr. Watson began by announcing that
MAJ. Guthrie and himself agreed on all
the main issues of the campaign, and
that they were fully agreed upon the
defeat Of Mckinley and Russell. we
agree.'' said Mr.. Watson, "that North
Carolina should send a solid silver del
egation 70 the next Congress. We
agree that the next legislature should
elect nobody but a free silver man 10
she United States Senate
Mr. Watson declared that ne believed
that one hundred thousand majority
OF North Carolina were i'm favor Of the
principles represented by W. j. Bryan,
and that If the Republicans voted their
convictions. one-half OF them would
vote for these principles. He then, in
an able and most powerful and elo-
Quent manner. discussed for more than
an hour the issues, dwelling upon the
financial question, the trusts and the
other planks in rhe Chicago platform
He spoke with great earnestness and
with his wonted power and eloquence.
He closed with a pleasant allusion to
Maj. Guthrie, saying that he had been
with him for several days, and that un-
less he had misjudged him, he would
do nothing that would lead to further
depression of his people. He was, he
believed, earnestly and honestly fight
ing for reforms that would benefit the
masses of the people.
MAJOR GUTHRIE'S SPEECH.
Maj. Guthrie was introduced by Cap
tain j. Beard, who spoke of him as a
true and loyal friend of the Peoples
party and an eloquent expounder of its
principles. Maj. Guthrie alluded pleas
antly to the remarks of Mr.. Watson
He then discussed for a short while
State matters, and declared that the
Democratic party had reopened the
question of election laws, which was
mainly the cause of the
unholy alliances that Mr.. Watson had
spoken about. He was rejoiced that
the time had come when men could
come before the people and discuss
great issues without resorting to
blackguardism and demagoguery.
He spoke of William j. Bryan as the
only man who had ever received the
nomination for President from three
great political parties. He declared
that in his opinion Bryan was the
grandest and greatest of all great men
of America.
He discussed at length the silver
question, declaring that it was the one
great issue in the campaign, and, as he
has done at every point, he declared
that no man who was really a Popu-
list could afford to vote or act in such
manner as would aid in the election
of gold bug to Congress or to the
United States Senate. He declared that
there was not a gold bug in the Pop
ulist party, and, if there was one, he
had no business there.
He told the Republicans that Senator
Pritchard and other Republican
speakers would be around telling them
that the protective tariff would give
them relief when they knew that the
United States Senate, as it now stands
ana will stand for four years, pre-
sents solid silver wall against any
change in tariff legislation without
free silver. He said that any man who
desired the present conditions
70 conflue- ought to vote for Mckinley
ana that the gold Democrats ought to |
90 along and declare themselves for |
mckinney and thereby relieve the free /
SILVER Democrats Of embarrassment. !
lie scored the Republican parfv. as /
controlled by the Sherman influence
and the Democratic party, as controlled /
by Cieyelands for leading these two
great peoples organizations into tbe t
camp Of The gold gamblers and stock /
jobbers.
THRUST AND PARRY.
He finally got down to what he terms |
the rubbing OF his competitor Watson,