The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-27
Speaking by the Democratic
County Candidates.
IN RALEIGH LAST NIGHT
A Crowd of 4 bouE Two Hono-
red Heard Them.
eRoueHroN AND OLIVE SPOKE
Candidates Mial and Page Announced
Themselves, the Other Cam
didates Were Not
Present.

The Democratic candidates in Wake
county spoke last night near Peace
Institute. There were some 200 peo-
pie out to hear them, the audience
consisting almost entirely OF men who
work in the cotton mills and in the
railroad shops. Indeed it was for TINS
purpose that this particular place was
selected for the speaking. The can
didates were listened to most
attentively and their utterances were
generously applauded, especially the
happy hits and apt illustrations IN
Mr.. Broughton's discussion OF the
financial question.
The first speaker was Mr.. il. Z. Ollve,
the candidate for the Senate. HIS
speech was devoted to a discussion
of the money question-the great is
sue of the campaign. He spoke most
encouragingly of the campaign ana
the interest that was being taken IN
it by the people generally. lie sad
never in his life had he known so
many old men to attend the speak
ings.
At the close of Mr.. Olives speech
Mr.. Willard Mial, candidate for regis
ter of deeds, announced his candidacy
in pleasant little speech.
When Sheriff Page came forward he
was most enthusiastically received
more enthusiastically than any of the
other candidates except Mr.. Brough-
ton. When Chairman Holding intro
duced him as the best sheriff the coun-
ty had ever had negro in the crowd
exclaimed: That's the truth shore.
The continued applause of the crowd
as Mr.. Broughton stepped upon the
platform must have been very graft
flying to that gentleman. He began
by saying that he came before the
people in new attitude-that of
candidate. He spoke most encourag-
ingly of the progress of the campaign
and referred feelingly to the support
rendered him by the labor organiza-
tions of the city. Whether elected or
defeated he said the qualification at
their action would ever remain with
him as tender memory.
In discussing the great issue of the
campaign Mr.. Broughton said, among
other things:
ssWe are in the midst of great strug-
que. l. WOu10 uOU now NC III UhC nS
had ] not considered it a great strug-
gle fraught with momentous conse-
quences to my people.
81 don't want to array the masses
against the classes. The truth is the
classes have long ago arrayed them
selves against the masses. There is no
alternative left us but to fight for our
rights.
according to the statisticians there
are $4,000 people in this country who
have AM income of SIS per minute.
There are 5000 others who have an in
come OF only 1924 cents per day. How
can man with a family live on that?
Is it any wonder that the masses are
fighting for THEN. rights? The man
with SIS a minute unjustly calls the
man who gets only 321a cents day an
anarchist. The only wonder to me is
that he is not an anarchist. 4 man
cannot live on 5s1s cents day. He
couldn't do 1t If he fried his meat
for breakfast, sopped the gravy for
dinner and dreamed of a feast for sup
per.
"There are men who will tell you
that you get just as high wages now
as you ever did and that a dollar will
member you have first got to get the
dollar. Remember also that where yolI
used to work six. days you now work
only four days, perhaps three. These
cotton mills are not running on full
time, and though you get the same
per hour you did one, two or three
years ago; you work fewer hours.
During last year $4,000 men were dis
charged from railroads because there
was no work to do. Thousands of cot
ton mill operatives were idle during
the whole summer.
'sThe mills were stocked with goods,
but the people had no money to buy
them. Until they could sell what they
had the mill men didn't want to make
any more. The operatives couldn't
work till the mills wanted more goods.
So you see the only way to start the
mills-to get general prosperity-is to
have more money in circulation.
II sometimes hear man say he
doesn't know any thing of the money
question. Well, / don't profess to
know all about it, but we can oil under
stand this: The man who has two legs
can get along better than the man
with one, the man with two arms can
do more than the man with one; he
that has two eyes can see better than
a one-eyed man; and so two metals
will give us more money with which
to do the business of this country than
we now have with one"
Mr.. Broughton closed his speech by
showing how the little Populist leaders,
for the sake of county Office, were
trying to turn the people away from
silver.
The other candidates were not pres
ent and after Mr. Brouglton's speech
the crowd dispersed.
SUPREME COURT.