The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-09-16
"A nASTERLY
SPEECH.
Senator Butler Spsaks al clin,sa
'aaVssi Ceaeourss c. FeSpl.
es His Native SSil.
THE POLITICAL SITUATION

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The largest gath~ung ns.-mba~a ~
Cnnion IN many yrar. "a. o. Cllnton
on last Thursday ta hear th~ .v-~eh sf
senator Marion Halter. Ts.. e.n-
from every seotiOn oi or oouniy. ana
many from al jed aing cssnsir. It~a.
big day fOr ssmpsaa srs tes r~o-
pies Parry Hsn Joha D. Is.i.r.
Conxr-ssmsn from thi. di.trirg. tntrs.
dueed the >enaisr. CSngr.s. Ts.-
Ter spoke .. foiio~ss
FHlIov tIriTrs. .-Nh~n Hs con
.ii~r the caus~ ,f your uir~Gtog a.. day.
u ts no vond.r TO as tiAt so tnaut of
you have irn tum~. yogr wurk sss
ridden through tn. duet ani the hat
IL be pr-sent on shi. occasion. Dn~ af
yoar patriotic and di.;ingui.h~a rfsi.
tens I. in sp~.k ana au L.s- GENE 20
hear him.
II 10 y-ri~ctiy nsiurai that ,un
should feel proud aud that yoa .touia
b- snNiou. To 80 hiuE ana I~sr him
tklk. livery .-ction ha. t.krn lively
interest ia it, dis'inxui.hsd ritiE-a
and why should no, yoss whil. tl-
whole country revere. snd honars aud
worship- the name and character apd
deeds of George Washington. Ut the
Nirginian feels especially pruai thar
he Was born snd reared on virginia
coil. We al admire aud r.ssrrnc-
the name of Tboma. Jefferson. NJ
love him A. an American. but the viz
ginian loves him Ne Nirgini.n. . ns-
tive of NirEin,as soil. We. .. Arnsri-
cans. rrjoic~ toclaim Andrew Iark-
son. Ne Ap American, bu; the Tee mo-.
scans heart bound. with rrid- when
hc RENE n ber. that he can claim Jark-
son not only as American. hut q. q
T~nnessesan. lie may not To- 40 much
admired in the south. yet . great ma
jority of the American people cheer
,sb the memory of Abe Lincoln a. an
American but the people cf iiitboi.
cherish his deed. Ani memory not ~
much because he Was an American
but because Illinois claimed him as
her own son.
We, As North Carolinians, never can
forget Yea, We do not wish 10 forget
The spotless character. ..rho matches.
imperishabl- deeds Of the Immortal
Zeb Vance, but the people of Buncomb-
county wershipped him more .sp-
cially because he was born and reared
on Buncombe soil, go while the people
Of this whole State and nation r~sps q
and honor the mace pf Aartcn Batter
yet 's@ Ne a-kxmpsonians should be par
doEed IL .. feel especially proas o,
him, n he WAS born Ano resrsd oH
sampson sell. II vs, Amoog as that
he sp. : HE boyh days tne mad
his first venture la life.
III must not tell you that he !. prou'
Of you. I would disown him IL be dil
not feel grateful TO you good peopi'
who took hold Of him when he WAS
mere boy and gave him an opportani.
ty To show to the world his great at
tainments ard wonderful native gifts
Now, my countrym@n, let "a. see ~ b.
has proven worthy o. you and you
support.
Yov sent him To the STATE senst.
and he proved the father Of Ions
needed *. X. Commissien bill. aud
quote from Governor Carr fne..Ag.
10 the Legislature oI l-1s. whsr
\ I say IL saved To tb- peopl.
OF this state s5.G, ,0yD in a y.ar's time. ~
.iso secured many other needed rrfor sD'
in State matters. In ls35, Jour stat
| Legislature elected HIM To "a. 4 mites
| states senate ani before h- had beet
there thirty cays, he had introduced
| and MAS lighting To the front his 70
nous Anti Bond bill which. tn 10. na
ture, was intended 90 thwari tb'
schemes of Messrs. Cleveland and Car
II Isl sAa. IN Aaf. .,
the RoiLschiIds without the consent 60
Congress and. had the bill passed, on.
man's 20 xer would have been broken is
this country. Then cam. his Po.th
Car bill, which briefly stated - this
your government rents SiO cars tina
will last upon an average, - years. q
costs but 81 10000 10 build thrs- cars
yet your government after manBins
them itself pays these Railroad Com
panies tsocOvoO n year r.rt for then
Thiak Ct it. your government psyini
81. .OD0, ,OoO year rent for cars that .
costs on. aud q half million dollars q
ouiid. senator Buffers biil wks Go sio,
this fraud upon the people aud To pa
these greedy Railroad Companies j
per cent. annually ON the cost Of build
ing for the use Of these cars.
Then came his steel Armor Plat
amendment which be introduced to iis
Dingiey Tariff Bill. This ore amend
ment saved TO the people Of this coun
try, on three government vessel. AIons
one and one half million dollars: bs
sides, the law still stands and will saE
to the people Of this country sJcO.0i
on every government weasel that sll
be fitted out in the future. don
ask you To TAX. ms word Tor whs
he has dsne for TIA. American p~n
pie but TO 20 an1 rxsmin~ 'be record
aud learn for yoEr-elves. 1ou know
senator, that We of ib- Uous. and q
the Capitol, undes the doini nation Z
Mr.. Reed. were not very busy ls,
spring, so ! was in the senate ~nf .
the Capitol while the Armos Plat
amendment was psncIn2 an9 kno
that with the exception of Tonr ow
. forces and the silver Bepubiican yo
started this Gxb, with no unquslifie
= help. Iii. rue that Bacon, of G-oi
gia, and fex Others stood with 30
but they stood fret for compromis-
,Ia..ert it to-day that IL il had N,
been for Marion Bu'lsr the amens
> ment would not have passed
Nor is this all. lie has more tii
now pending in the United Stat
: senate for the relief of the peop
y than any Other senator. You ha'
never heard Of these thing, the p
> pers fer some resson has not TO
. them. But there is one paper in IN
q country that dares not omit them
. tells what your Representatives
!. and what they do not do. I refer y
J. TO the Congressional Record.
III Nov, mT Countrymen, kns
, that you feel proud of such . ms
J. You have q right 10 feel proud Of bi
he has proven your friend and prov
worthy Of Jour support. He 10 70
county-man, reared among you.
I, Was your friend in his boy hood da
l. and he has come 20 talk with you
- the issues Of the day. I hope you "
e hear him. I Dow have honor to
II troduce 60 you Hon. Marion Butl
lV Sem koG