The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-10-01
POU AND sTROwD AT RALEIGH.

discussion last Thursday at MetrOpol-
itan Hall, in Raleigh. A large crowd
turned out to hear these two nominees
for Congress from the 4th district.
Mr.. Strowd opened the discussion. He
commenced by giving a clear but brief
account of the monetary affairs of this
country from 1864 up to the present
time. He stated facts which could not
be refuted. He showed when and
where the Democratic party had failed
to give the promised reforms and wipe
out the bad laws enacted by the Re-
publican party. He told of his faith
in the Democratic party, but finally,
when convinced that that party was
no better than the Republican party
he severed his connection with it and
joined the Peoples Party. In 1894 he
was the Peoples Party candidate for
Congress. He was elected by hand
some majority, for which he thanked
the people. His record in Congress
spoke for itself-at all times he advo-
Gated and voted for the reforms he had
pledged to his constituents. He was
now again a candidate and advocating
the issues of the Peoples Party plat
form.
Very soon after Mr.. Strowd COM
menced his speech it was evidenced
that the audience was, for the most
part, Democrats and not in sympathy
with the speaker.
After an hours speech Mr.. StrOwd
gave way to Mr.. Pou. When that gen.
tleman stepped forward he received a
flatterlng ovation from his fellow
Democrats.
Mr.. Pou led of with very fine
metaphor of "a child being nursed and
reared by loving mother for many
years and then late in life the child
renOuncing the mother and holding
her up to public scorn. This is what
Mr.. StrOWd has done. Born in the
bosom of Democracy-reared in her
lap, and nurtured under its tender
care for many years he (Mr. Strowd)
comes before you tonight and boasts
that he has left the Democratic party,
and not content with this he would
hold it up to scorn."
Mr.. POu should have said that the
Democratic party had left it's Democ-
racy and Jeffersonian principles. Mr..
Strowd still clings to Jeffersonian
principles, and the party, not he, had
left him.
Mr.. Pou continued in this strain.
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ness of his party but skilfully avoided
He mentioned nothing specifically but
in a rambling fashion-and these good
acts of the party that he spoke of all
dated back of and during the time that
Mr.. Strowd was connected with the
Democratic party, and before it yield.
ed to the grasping influences of mo.
nOpOly and greed. During the entire
speech Mr.. Pou not once referred tt
the history of the 53rd Congress which
had Democratic majority of AS
with a Democratic President and the
power to enact good laws. He CLOSED
over its bad record with the remark
that the Democratic party was bit hui
man, and it was but human to err.
But he reached the climax of hi
speech when saying that his party hat
always and all times been with tn,
people, and that the free and unlimit
ed coinage of silver had never been al
issue before the people and when tn
people demanded it the Democratic
party took il up and incorporated it il
its platform.
If silver has never been an issu
before the people, what, we ask, wer
Messrs. Aycock, Glenn, Simmons an
Q other Democratic speakers stumpin
the State for during the last Presiden
, tial campaign talking silver and tell
9 party would give them free coinage q
: silver if they, the people, would Sgiv
them a chance!" At the same tim
Mr.. Glenn was telling the people tha
s he had letter from Mr.. CLEVELAND
n who wrote him that he was for fire
silver. The Democratic speakers don
heaps Of talking on what, accordin
= to Mr.. POu, was not an issue.
In this connection we desire to ca
attention to the fact that Mr.. WooC
ard, Democratic Congressional nom
nee from the End district, made
d speech at Warrenton recently, an
>, We quote his utterances of the silve
u question and his view of the platforl
adopted by the Democratic party j
q 1892. Mr.. Woodland says:
= "The Democratic platform of IS!
was an undisputed, clean cut, plat
is free silver platform but Grover Clev'
"a land and Co. had never stood on
since election"
The silver agitation has been goin
n on for years and the Peoples Part
,r incorporated it in its platform an
n has been educating the people on tt
money question ever since its o.
ganization. Now the people are clan
1e Oring for it 50 strongly that IL
90 . Democratic party had to adopt
Il in its platfOr N at Chicago or 20 befol
s. the American people without an issu
al The Democratic party split on tn
OF question and the party is not to-day
MS unit for free silver, and if the Peopl
Party was not in existence the Der
Of Ocrats to-day would still be harpir
r. on old party issues.
mi In the entire discussion Mr.. Pou d
= not answer the charges but adopted
~ sort of quizzing tactics that delight,
~ his partisan friends and evoked the
. applause.
20 On the whole, Mr.. Pou brought in
~ play all his resources as lawyer, eI
b. deavGring to make the best of a b.
Ill case; while Mr.. Strowd sustained b
!, position and smoke with FORE. a,