The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-18
The Democrats Will Sweep
the Ninth District.
PEOPLE ARE DISGUISED
WILL REBUkE STATE AND FED
ERAL ADMINISTRATION.
HON. W. T. CRAWFoRD'S VIEWS
He Favors an EARLY Campaign and Declares
That Except the Pock Ribbed Republi-
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Sweep the West.

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Sweep the West.
eve will carry every county in the
Ninth Congressional district except
Mitchell, Madison and Polk, and pos
sibly Cherokee, and elect every State
Senator from our mountain section,
said Hon. w. Il. Crawford, Of Hay
wood, who returned to his home yester-
day afternoon after a weeks stay in
Raleigh in attendance on the Supreme
court.
"The people of the mountains are
restless for an opportunity to rebuke
the party in power and restore the
State and Federal governments to the
party that gives clean and honest gov
eminent without blow or buster.
"The era of universal prosperity that
the McIlinleyites promised has not ar
rived. There has been a failure to
carry out the pledges made to the peo-
pie, and McKinley's administration mas
been serious disappointment to many
of his supporters, who are incensed at
his record on the tariff, money, civil
service and foreign relations There
is disappointment all along the line, but
in the Ninth district the failure to
give the Republican politicians the Of
fees promised them has accentuated the
disappointment.
.s,rhe principles of the Chicago plat
form are firmly embedded in the hearts
of the people, and they are praying for
a chance to elect Congress and a Presi-
dent to write the principles in that plat
form into law. Mr.. Bryan is stronger
than ever in the hearts of the people,
and there are some Republicans who are
now very sorry they voted against the
interests of their section when they
supported Mckinley.
1.-THE resentment of the masses OF the
people against the disgraceful conduct
of the last Legislature and the general
mismana cement of State affairs amounts
almost to revolution, Very few can be
found to defend the acts, and those who
seek to excuse it can make no Roadway.
The details of the acts of the Legisla-
ture have reached the people in the
farthest end of the State, and the
scandals and disgraces that have fol-
lowed have added TO their feeling Of
regret and shame that the State is in
such unworthy hands.
"There is no doubt whatever about
the result in the Ninth district next
year. We will wipe out Parsons
eleven hundred majority, and elect
a free silver Democrat by a large ma
jority. The Buncombe-H Haywood Madi-
son district will elect two Democratic
Senators. The county in which i've
Haywood-will give tremendous DEM
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prised to see it reach 100, and Bum
combe will come back into the Demo-
cratic ranks We will lose those strong
Republican counties-Madison Mitchell
and Haywood-by smaller majorities
than heretofore, and with the possible
exception of Cherokee we will carry
every other county in the Ninth district.
The senatorial district of which Mitchell,
Yancey and Mcdowell of the Ninth
district, and Burke and Caldwell of the
Eighth district, form a part, will elect
two Democrats, and every other Senator
west of Burke will be a Democrat.
II liked the address of the Demo
cratic State Executive committee. The
people of the west hailed it as a call
to battle. They were never in better
fighting trim, never had more argu-
ments to appeal to the reason and
patriotism of the people, and never had
greater faith that the people would
throw off the present yoke. Our people
are sick OF bad government, scandals.
legislative brawls, office swapping, trad
ing in office and the other evils that
have come upon them. They are ready
to join the patriotic men of all parts
of the State in a campaign to redeem
the State.
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mountains. The brave men of that day
did rot rally more gladly around Vance
to redeem the State than they are COM
ing together now to restore to the State
the same kind of government they en-
joyed under Vance. They want a Legs
lature to undo the bad legislation and
to once again make virtue and intelli-
gence the powers in control Of North
iCarolina."
In reply to question as to his opin-
ion about the length Of the campaign,
Mr.. Crawford said: 81 believe we should
hold our conventions early and give our
candidates plenty of time to go out
among the people and discuss the situa-
ton. Our position is so strong that II
we can only get to the voters, we are
certain to make them feel that Demo-
cratic success is essential to good gov
eminent. We want time for school
house speaking. in every township
in the entire State. We want night
meetings, too, where the people can
hear the issues discussed after the days
work is done. The argument is all with
us; all that is needed is to nominate
strong, unmuzzled candidates; go to the
people and tell them the truth; and they
will put an end to the confusion that
now reigns."
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