The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-16

Strowd: sYes, Democrat will
promise anything" Uaughter)
Mr.. Pou quoted from a speech by
| Mr.. Strowd at the convention at which
| ex-Congressman Bum was nominated
| in which he said he was"a Democrat OF
| Democrats and a Hebrew OF the lie
brews." Didn't you say that's asked
Mr.. Pou.
Strowd: Substantially So"
"And in two years, before the Demo
Gratis had n chance to break any
pledges he left the party. That looks
very much like leaving a party Tor
| office. And he has not fulfilled single
promise he made. Pou referred to
letter which Strowd had written dur
ino his last canvass to Mr.. Tom Dew
ereux. of Raleigh, in which he said
that under certain conditions he would
vote for. Tom Reed for speaker. Then
no said that in Asheboro the other
dav. Strowd had said that he (Strowd)
bad written a letter to Millikin saying
that under certain conditions he would
| in case the election were thrown into
the House. vote for Republican.
don't know said Pou, what the con-
ditions were"
Mr.. Pou continued thus to show up
the double-role Strowd was trying 10
play until his time was out ana ne
had to give way to Uncle Strowd, VINO
now came forward to anwser' Mean
while Mr.. Pou went over and occupied
the chair his opponent had vacated
Gentlemen and fellow-citlzens'
said Mr.. Strowd, Il am the nominee OF
the Peoples party for Congress from
the Fourth Congressional district
will take up the gentleman,s remarks
in reverse order, and first about those
Letters complied to the letter with
the conditions in the letter | wrote
to Tom Devereux. | voted for Bell,
Of Colorado, for Speaker. Then 10
Poul: How did you get so intimate
with Devereux as to get the letter.
Pou: "I'll tell you, ii you want 10
know" :,
strowd: 'sNow as to the Millillin
letter. will between Palmer and Nc
Kinley vote for Mckinley"
Pou: ''Will you vote for Bryan?
Strowd: 81 am anxious to go and
hear my own candidate Bryan, ana
he won't let me get off long enough
to 60 and meet him, though am on the
committee. [ don't believe the Demo-
Gratis want to elect Bryan" He gave
as proof, which was SO obscure that
the reporter could not catch the drift
at which he was striving, the alleged
fact that Allen, of Nebraska, refused
at ST. Louis to read Bryan's telegram
(nobody seemed to see what he was
driving att 'sThe Bland-Allison act"
he continued, twas passed over Mr..
Hayes's veto by two-thirds vote, ana
/ asked why didn't they then give us
free silver, if they wanted it; they
have never performed any of their
promises when they have had the
chance to do it,"
Mr.. Strowd explained that when he
said he was a Democrat of the Demo-
Gratis, it was in 1890, and he was sup
porting Mr.. Bum, and the Democrats
swore that they would put themselves
on record in favor of free silver. They
were returned to Congress by 148 MAJ
iority with 90 Populists to help them,
and the Senate passed free silver
bill and when it was found out that
Harrison would sign the bill that 148
refused to pass it. 1t was for that
reason that I left the Democratic
party. This Democratic party in 1892
came before the people. and said give
us another chance, and it we don't
give YOU the free coinage of silver,
then we ought to be damned and they
got both houses of Congress and the
President and they had large
Populist help" He here extolled Mr..
Cleveland as a consistent Democrat.
Mr.. Fab. H. Busbee had as Elector
said in 1892 that Cleveland was gold
man. Glenn and Jarvis and Aycock
had said the same thing. Cleveland
called Congress togeter in the Dog
DAYS. and it went then and wiped the
last vestige of free silver from the
Statute Books, and Ransom defended
Cleveland, and the Democratic party
was beaten in upholding Ransom. Il
defv them to tell when the Democrats
have made promise that they didn't
break. The Democrats could have for
90 years prevented the Republicans
from passing those very measures they
were against"
Pou: "And you kept on voting the
Democratic ticket" (Laughter.)
Strowd: 1.-THE difference between me
and you is that stopped when / saw
/ was going to hell, and you kept on
until you got there" Much laughter)
Strowd here took up the Pritchard
matter saying that Pritchard in the
Senate had voted for silver.
Pou: Didn't you say the other day
that Pritchard was gold bug?'
Strowd: "No / didn't"
Pou: "You did, and you know you
did: you said it in the presence of fifty
gentlemen"
Referring now to Pou, Mr.. Strowd
said: ''This young man had attached no
Importance to silver and Pritchard had
attached no Importance to silver" Mr..
Strowd had failed thus far to make
any reference whatever to Pou's ques-
ton as to whether he would vote for
Pritchard, though he promised to ex-
plain when he got on the stand his
position on that matter. "Here is man
behind me (referring to Pou who had
come upon the platform) who was
for silver in 1892 and supported gold
administration in 1894 and now he is
Topping to silver again-and yet he
accuses me of inconsistency. | had