The news & observer., 1897-01-20

All eyes are Turned upon as. Tie capital
u North Carolina has become tic battle.
sroand toe turning poiHt iu history.
We e.e cugaEtl iu d srat fight A fight
Jt of sword btF0et or iaftlo-axe,
sGt fight With the sacred ballot The
principles at stake mike II simple ap-
peal to every Senator for loyalty ia prin-
ciple, home and country No one need
be mistaken. The lines are too clearly
drawn. On the one side Is Wall street
and the agents OF monopoly and oppres-
sion. On the other the principles Of
human freedom and the interest OF the
great common people. We are the pee
pies representatives They have ne
hired agents here. We are here 10 defens
them and protect them against the eoa-
bined powers OF monopoly and It's beaTt
sending tyranny
Every ballot cast is 70 he a protest o.
practically an endorsement. An honest
manly protest against the powers tkst
oppress the people, or an endorsement Of
all the iniquitous legislation that kss
transformed this fair land practically
into a land Of Industrial slaves hurdeK-
ed it with debt and peopled it with psu-
pers; an endorsement OF the powers that
now threatens our country and people.
Napoleon had taken and given away
the thrones OF Europe as a child dis
poses Of its playthings but at last he
met on that fateful day England's war
rior.
"All day, on either side the battle
ragged. Napoleon held his own. Bat
with the setting sun Butcher came. Ma
poieOn was conquered, Wellington was
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battle are we fighting than Waterloo, a
tyrant more powerful than NapOleoH.
Your patriotism must decide the contest.
Who shall gain the victory, the people or
monopoly? The battle is on. will yoH
stand or viii you surrender? How appIi-
cable TO the situation are the lines of
Lowell, when he says:
He who stands and sees the mighty We
hicle Of State,
Pass through the land to some .gnoble
fate,
And makes not such bold protest against
As he can, is no American
There is more honor in a patriots de-
feat, than traitors victory.
Our nominee has been tried and found
true From the beginning Of the fight In
North Carolina he has championed tia
peoples rights. He is the friend OF tina
people. The common people have heard
him gladly and learned to love him. he
is dear to the people No son Of the Ols
North State has been more loyal to the
principles of the Peoples party than he
He is doubted by none. II elected 20 the
United States Senate it will not be ace
essary for his constituents to take O
al abn1 in uIf -
find cut each morning how be then stands
upon the great issues on which elected.
The election OF Cyrus Thompson wsf
carry joy to many q heart now pincAs&
and crushed by poverty and oppression.
The poor mans home will be gladden.
ed by the news, because his interests are
to be looked after. His home is to I've pre-
teeted.
II may add that his defeat would glad
den some hearts. But that joy will be-
akin TO that which thrills the heart OF tke
blood thirsty beast when he fsstens his
demon grasp upon some human prey, and
cools his burning rage with the warR
blood gushing from throbbing hu&sR
heart.
(which shall be represented?
Which shall be delighted?
Cyrus Thompson ia a man Of the pesPls
and for the people. He 10 man smsRg
men, man above men,"
MR., PARKERS SECOND.
Capt. Parker, OF Alamance, said:
''Mr. President: 1t is a pleasure 10
second the nomination of Rufus A.
Doughton, Of Allegheny; man whose
life is as pure as the triekling waters
and health giving breezes OF his ewn
mountain home; whose political priAsi-
pies and opinions are well known and
as fixed and stable as the rock founded
hills when he first saw the Light. ME
stands for right and justice; a friend Of
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