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

Does any man here, interrupted
Pou, understand that he has answered
tNne question whether he would sup
port Pritchard? If so, let him raise his
hand" (not a hand raised and laugh
ter)
IF we do elect him, we'll have bet
ter man then RANSOM" said StroWd.
81 say that Senator Pritchard Is a sill
yer man: he told me so the last time
| saw him. AS a choice between Pritch-
ard and some of your men in the past,
I'd say Pritchard. ] don't care to sat
isfv you, want to satisfy the people"
Derisive laughter.)
Pou: "But you amt satisfying the
people"
Then Strowd went into the history Of
the contraction of the currency and
said the country never did get to
gold basis until they got a Democratic
Congress and Democratic President.
"And they talk about us being incon-
sstent. And If they could swallow us
up, / honestly believe they would go
back to the same old tricks again.
Here give me that speech Qaughter)
il you had read more Of it you would
have made q better speech than you
did," (Laughter.)
have been better too" daughter
Strowd: ooh, that's a trick you learn
ed from Old Blow-Y our-Horn Billy
Smith and Sion III. Rogers" Laugh
ter.)
Pou: "He was a mighty smart man."
Strowd: And his head was full of
tricks and you have learned some of
them" Oaughter.)
4 hs aoaiN
which Pou had handed him, where he
arraigned Carlisle for inconsistency
and said if YOU can't trust him whom
can YOU trust? Then he rambled off
about Pugh of Alabama and Oates, and
began to talk about England and her
serfs anything but the answer to
question about Pritchard) Charles
Dickens when he was here wrote back
to England that there was not beggar
in America. Then we had free silver.
1t was there then what it is here now.
Strowd kept on quoting the statistics
of England at that ime in connection
with her peasantry.
''It is time now for us all to get
together" he finally said somewhat
disconnectedly, ''but we will never get
any relief from either of the old par
ties. Now gentlemen 1 think l have
shown you that it will not do for you
to vote for a Democratic Congressman.
They doubled your revenue. Instead
of taking from your burdens, they
have added to them. Their last defeat
was the greatest surprise they ever
had"
Mr.. Pou started off in his rejoiner,
saying: HE charges me with ineon-
sistency on the silver question. have
never made a speech in six years that
| did not advise all the silver men to
get together in this issue-and / sent |
the other day telegram to the Char |
lotte Observer offering to resign if it |
was necessary to elect a silver man. /
ask you again-will you support any
man who will vote for Pritchard for |
the Senator"
Strowd: IF Senator Pritchard is
for silver, I'll support him.
Pou: "You know he won't vote for |
silver"
Strowd: ''He has done it."
Pou: "You admitted the other day |
in Asheboro that he was a gold-bug." |
mo, / didn't"
"Why, fifty men heard you say it."
A voice: "Ain't he for Mckinley" |
Strowd: Eyes, he is for Mckinley" |
Pou: major Guthrie has said he |
was a gold-bug and Pritchard has |
said it. All those who want to know |
where Strowd stands raise their
hans" about half present raised their |
hands)
Now Ito Strowd), will you sup
port man who will support Senator
Pritchard?"
81 will explain in my speech"
4 L. -
up here last time, but you didn't do
it."
Pou here nailed Strowd for not in
PRODUCING a bill to repeal the internal
revenue, which he had berated in his
speech. "He talks about an extrava-
CANT Congress-; | ask you Ito Strowd)
wasn't the last Congress the most ex-
pensiYe the country ever saw"
Strowd: 81 believe it was, but
couldn't help It. What could do?'
Pou: "You could have protested.
And here is a man who went to Con-
gTess by an unholy alliance who
promised Millikin and Devereux to vote
for Republican speaker. You killed
the free silver bill that went from
the Senate"
81 didn't do it,"
But you sat there and didn't open
your mouth"
AS to Cleveland in 1894, Pou said
that he had said he was a man of con-
victions, but he (Pou) differed from
him on the financial question and
would never support him again. But
his (Strowd's) platform--you know
What it is. 1t is office! Laughter.)
1t is time when you have repudiated
all your enemies for you to support the
no 4z NH
come together. If necessary [ will
retire, but I am going to be elected:
the moon was exactly right when ]
was nominated. Iaughter.l And I
don't believe you are going to elect
man who can't tell where he stands.
He talks about the farmer: these
hands (h)ldiay out mis- own have done
all the sarni-wCIi1 that his han1s Lave
ever done, an.; ty tho economy Of n.y.