The Caucasian., 1897-09-09
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FROM CABARRUS.
TIE SPEECH ANDIrs EFFECT

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TIE SPEECH ANDIrs EFFECT
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To She Editor Of Tas Csrc..i.x
Tue tour Of S~uater Batter On th.
West vas . triamphAnt procs ssioa
which gathered courage and ensha
siAsm ~ every stop. Tho crowd that
greeted HIN at Concord came not
from Cabarrus alone. bot from s1r
rounding eountics. anl never 6.tor.
IN this eoanty. did 80 nany Demo
crats coos 10 hear . fopelisf speech.
Apd some vho "eame TO mo~A 20
named TO pray" The paflor OF th.
Morris House vAs hllsd ~ith f-pr.
sentative Populists from ever, ..e
ton within . radius OF i.epiy aveor
thirty nilcs. As the writer ssI.d
upon that Hronp about Marion hat
ler and xau such ehamp,ors of r.-
form - Torrance. CAlson, Ray. Rob.
inson and White OF iredsil. .aeh
var-horsss of Populism As Beard.
Mclean. Phillips and EsrnhArdt of
Rowan; such sons OF Sianly. of Meek.
lepburg and Of CAbArrus as eonsii-
tuts the bone and kipsv - veil as
the aower and chivAlry Of this sec
ton. all Of them from the Catauba
TO the Yadkin, the descendants of
such patriots aad heroes ~ tie
''Blaek Boys OF cabarrus' Who de-
streyed the Kings powder. and many
Of them lineal descendants of the
signers Of the Mseklenburg i,eclara
ton Of Independence as Ga Esd up
on that scene. Ny mind reverted to
Napoleon and his mArshAls. As they
listened 20 the message OF their faith
ful leader. ! Kaw IN their faces eour-
age that will cary the cause of the
masses against the classes, and de-
termination that means political
death to the enemies of reform an
North Carolina.
For txo hours and . half Senator
Butlcr enchAiped his Aauienee with
has invictivs. his wit, and his elo-
quence. Cicero's dsnunciatiop Of
CatAlins's conspiracy against the lib
critics OF Rome VAS not more fearless
or forcible than Vas Mr.. Buffers ar
raigument Of the sgeDiA all hare
lings Of trusts. With vigorous aud
impassioned eloquence he protested
against the policy OF permitting the
trusts TO dictate the teaching 10 our
colleges and universities. With .
master hand he painted the nypoe-
risy Of the Charlotte Observer aud OF
@. Ed kcstler IN the last campaign
in endeAvoring TO prevent the use Of
the electora; ticket containing both
Populist and Democratic electors.
He declared boldly that they we're
both helping Mark Hanna TO elect
Mckinley. This charge has not bee n
denied, but both, the Observer and
its partieeps crimenis kesfler have
abused Butler since quite severely.
Instead Of reprinting Senator But
ler Q speech At Concord, the Observer
! published . pseudo philippe styled
I an interview OF Kestler, wherein be
! modestly declared that he bad no
: apologies 70 give for aiding in over
throwing Butler nationally.
The next day the Observer pub
lished an abusive editorial which
VAS merely Al echo OF kestler. but
NO attempt TO palliate or deny the
grave charges OF political hypocrs~y.
: such silence 10 calculated TO strength
. en- the conviction that the Observer
is favoring not only gcld-bugism in
all its hideous forms, but 10 now
guilty OF trying to divert the public
!. mind from the real issues in North
. Carolina, and for the benefit Of the
Southern Railway Company and 9th
;, ers are epdeavoring TO get mp mig
o gar scare" and revive the tariff
h The Charlotte Observer declared
]. that ''possibly as many ~ too hun
h dred were present to hear Senator
], Butler 1t Concord, and the News and
Observer pathetically asks: Can il
be that the Senator il discoursgsd d
by the cool reception he received IL
q his lone campaign in the Westf'
|. Now, the Concord Times, . Demo
= cratic nevspaper admits that the
: court house WAS crowded With Pop
q sl,sts, Republicans and Democrats.
A large court house crowded by the
;. presence Of Republicans and Demo
!, Gratis 10 hesr PopuIist speech Ct
teen months before an election
Does that look like . 'cool recep
Il ton 2" or . "lone campaign 10 tb.
: West r. This "lone campaign In th.
81 Wsssn vas undertaken for the ex
4 press purpose Of exposing and de
: festipg . nice little sehems laid bj
tCoI. AndreVs. which the twin Ob
Iservess Esrs IN the act Of hat~hin;
out when Batler scared them tf tn,
nest. be nee all 'his eaeklang On tn
part Of the two Observer.
oI Doubtless the editor Of the Nev
= and Observer, when he penned tina
patnetic inquiry did feel somsvha
"coor' over the news from tia
''loos campaign in the West " for \
the lsne knight that vent forth Q
do battle With the Galrsth Of the %
. htieal Philistinss, With three ittl
speeehes at Wadssboro, Newton an
Concord has eaused the hosts o
!. Populism 70 shout sith victory, an
. has made the Philisfinss 10 stan
= dumb With dlsmsy.
II MoRrlsox CALpwEiI..
Al Concord, n. c., fng. 20, lS97.
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