The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-29
FARMERS ARE WITH HIM
They Love Him Because the
Trust Hates Him.
PoPuLlsTs OPPOSE SETTLE
The Baby Congressman viii Probably
Have a Hard Time Buying Silver
Votes For a Goldbug
Candidate.


was met at the depot by a committee
representing the Democratic CLUB OF
Durham. and escorted to the Hotel
Carolina He was greeted by num-
Der of the leading citizens of the town,
including such staunch friends of the
town, of the country, of himself, as Col.
Julian S. Carr, Dr. A. G. Carr, Mr.. a.
Y. Stokes, Hon. James S. Manning, and
dozens of others. There was feeling
of anxiety in the minds of Durham
folks.
s'Win CIV. Watson tackle the to-
bacco trust here?" was asked me by
half dozen men.
.'Wait until you hear him. | replied.
IF he don't the Durham county to-
bacco farmers will be disappointed
said one prominent gentleman from
the country.
Yes. and lots of people in the town
OF Durham will be disappointed, Also"
remarked a we'll known Durhamite.
How many Democratic voters will
Watson lose on account of his fight
against the trusts" | inquired of a
half dozen gentlemen standing to-
gether.
HE won't lose half Dozen" replied
one gentleman. He may probably
lose twenty1five," remarked another
gentleman. well. | will guarantee
said well known and influential far
mer, that for every one Watson loses
in town he will gain two in the coun-
try
gentleman, ''our people love Cy Wat
son because some other people don't
love him.
You love him for the enemies he
has made remarked young attorney.
That's right" remarked the farmer,
land the worse these enemies hate him
the more we country people love him,
and the harder we will work for his
election
This is about the feeling in Durham
county, and it is deep-rooted. A promi-
nent Populist told me that Settle could
not get two dozen Populist votes in
the county.
I'VE know who his friends are re-
marked this man, ssand we know whose
friend he is. He is not our friend. He
is not the friend of silver. He is not
the workingmans nor the farmers
friend, and he can't get our votes"
Won't Settle be reelected" | i'm
quired.
Not unless money out counts bal
LOTS he replied. And they are going
TO have a tough time buying silver
votes for goldbug candidate. No, sir,
YOU may put Durham county down
for the silver man every time, and we
are going to vote for silver till Emo
river and New Hope creek freeze over.
The Democrats here tell me that
Durham is getting in good lighting
trim, and that there will be good news
to send from here to the Democrats
everywhere on November the 3rd.
few more such speeches as Watson
made to-day, with the work that IS
being mapped out by the local leadres,
will win the fight.
If there happens to be anybody VINO
has been dreaming that Cy. Watson
was going to fall behind in the county
of Durham, and that the knife of the
enemy was going to operate effectively
in this town and county, he may just
as well wake up to a knowledge of the
fact that he has only been dreaming.
If he could have heard the tremendous
cheer that almost tore the roof from
the court house here to-day when,
raising his eyes, clinching his flsts,
and lifting both arms high over his
head. he Numbered with mighty
burst of eloquence and earnestness.
that in the depths of his heart and
soul he despised any combination or
trust that made gain by the oppres-
sion of the masses, and That ne Would
fight it regardless of consequences 10
him individually-if any imagined
that Durham is not for Cy. Watson had
heard the cheering that broke OUT
and swelled into a mighty volume
of applause. lasting for minutes, he
would have concluded that he had only
been dreaming.
Mr.. Watson's reception at Durham
was as great or greater than at any
place he has visited during the cam
paign. At 2:30 o'clock he was escorted
to the court house to the strains OF
music and followed by procession OF
two hundred or more. The court
house was packed with people, every
inch of sitting or standing room was
occupied, the biggest crowd, several
said. that had attended a political
speaking in Durham for years. There
were business men and mechanics,
manufacturers, workingmen. and
large number of farmers and they
cheered to the echo every sentence of
the gifted speaker. Mr.. watson was
entirely himself. He had rested for
to-day and in voice and vim was ready
for the fray. He discussed the money
question at length to eager. and IN the
main friendly ears, and with telling
effect tore the veil from trusts. COM
bInes and monopolies and showed them
up in all their goulish gilded hideous-
ness. He alluded to Mark Hanna and
Whitney and Rockefeller, all trust
magnates, conspiring to defeat that
champion of the people VIM. j. Bryan.
He scored the American Tobacco Com
pany and declared that leaf dealers
and tobacco raisers all over the State
had declared to him that the price of
the tobacco this company bought went
down from 90 TO 40 per cent within six
months after it's organization. He
poured volley after volley into the
Marx Observation-Disclosures combine and