Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-01-28
"DAMON'' BUTLER AND ssPY-
THIAS" GRANT HAVE
PARTED.

In the speech making that pre-
vailed in the State Senate. Cham
ber Tuesday, when nominations
for .. S. Senator were IN vogue,
Maj. FL. l.. Grant, Senator from
this district, opened the vials of
his long pent~up wrath and hatred
against the reputable white people
of the State, and vomited his
spleen and slander upon them,
which he would like to have done
thirty years ago, when he first
came among us at the head of his
negro regiment, but dared not.
Our people were not'in the temper
for it then. But he has been bid
ing his time for all these years,
and creeping in and out among US,
receiving generous patronage from
our people, making his home here,
and "rearing up children in the
midst of this fraud,' until he has
at length, by the help of Marion
Rutler and Populism, been ad
vanced to seat in the State Sen
ate, and there he stands and, in
the face of the State and the
world, gives utterance in hate to
the vilest SANDER that has yet
been voiced against our
people, and at the same time
shows up the mid night
scheming for personal Office that
prompted him and Marion But
ler and Pritchard to concoct,
form and force fusion two years
ago in this State. But let's hear
his speech. just as it fell from
MS lips.
Mr.. Grant came TO the front to
close the speaking for Pritchard.
He said:
Il belieye that those who made
history know the truth of it.
I'm 1894. Pritchard was the
first man in North Carolina that
l penned a letter to to join in q
cooperative movement in North
Carolina. From him I received
the first favorable response. He
gave the best and strongest rea>
sons for it's existence. An hum
BILE instrument in his hands, and
through my instrumentality, the
first meeting was held to organ
ize this great movement. The
Democratic party was raising a
generation of thieves. I was
rearing up children in the midst
of this fraud. Mr.. Butler was the
man to whom [ went. Night after
night with him, we made plans,
and it was based upon the under
standing that Butler should sues
ceed Ransom, and Pritchard
should succeed Vance. If there
was ever an understanding, it
was made between US. Western
Republicans demanded the long
term. Mr.. Butler and myself had
stood shoulder to shoulder. If
there ever was a confidence es-
tablished between two men,
those men were Marion Butler
and myself.
"We came up here and a COM
bination was made. It was at the
solicitation of Senator Butler,
who appealed to our Republican
friends to give him the long
term on his solemn pledge that
he would be for Pr1tchard lin
1896 and 1897.
elf there is a God in heaven,
what l state about that is the
truth. ] live in the East. I was
the friend Of silver-am as much
so to-dav. / had no ambition to
go the National convention, but
did want to go to represent my
people. I voted with other North
Carolinlans (14t yotes) for the
Teller amendment. We kept
faith.
"The judgment of that conyen-
ton was that we were wrong.
Were we to bolta Where were
we to goa Into the Democratic
party-to get only a Democratic
promiseG Senator Pritchard and
his friends decided to remain in
the party and to fight for interna-
tional agFeement-if the party
proves faithlsss, we will take il
independent.
"Senator Pritchard has had oc.
casion because of the foul Sian
ders against him, to make many
statements. Take his record; i
is true to silver.
81 would rather North Carolins
should 60 anti>Democratic by CO.
operation than by a straight tick
ct. Living in the East, and know
ling what it meant to be Repub
lican FIVE years ago and now,