The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-09
WHITE FOLKS AROUSED
THEY ARE TIRED OF THE COURT
HOUSE RING AND SCANDALS.
SHERIFF PAGE HELPED BY ISLANDER
The Middle Of the Road PopulisIs and the Dem
ocrats Arrange Joint Caucus. Il is
Democratic Year.
a Democratic Year.


day. 1t was one of the biggest days IN
the history of that great stamping
ground Of advocates of the White Man
and the White Metal.
Il never saw such an suspicious open
ing of a campaign" said gentleman
yesterday. THE people are thoroughly
aroused. This is particularly true of
the very old men. They were out in
full force and in their enthusiasm were
as young and as enthusiastic as the
young men who will east their first vote
in November. The old men and the
boys are with us, and all the women
are talking for the Democratic ticket
They were not at the speaking, but they
are talking in their homes and are max
ing votes. New Lights white vote viii
be almost solid for the Democratic
ticket
Registration opened yesterday and the
white people registered up very strong.
Dan Young had ordered new registra-
ton in New Light and thought it would
hurt the White Mans party, but it has
aroused the people of that section to
fever heat and they are determined to
carry the township by the largest ma
jority known.
The speaking was opened by
Captain B. r. Williamson, who
spoke briefly. Mr.. w. H.
Hood followed. and then Mr.. Gas
ton Powell. candidate for the Legisla-
t,lre. made a speech which was so ex-
cellent as to make many friends. Mr.
]. ID. Boushall. candidate for the House
followed with a vigorous and able
sneech upon the live issues. Mr.. Fab
Whitaker, candidate for the Semitic
spoke twenty-five minutes. He has
never been known as a speaker, but he
launched out into a discussion of such
clearness and strength as to show that
the convention made no mistake when 1t
named him for the Senate. w. G.
Brewer made strong speech, and
Mayor Russ woke Nh the crowd by fine
anecdotes that hit the bulls eye every
time. He made a fine impression on
the whole crowd.
IT was grand day for Democracy.
and every Democrat present was en-
Unused. and there was full confidence ex-
pressed by all that this is a Democratic
year in Wake county.
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TOMORROW Ar AUBURN.
The candidates speak tomorrow at
Auburn and tomorrow night at Gar
iler. They are assured of big crowds
at both places. and they will preach
Democracy of the pure type. The tide
is all towards Democracy. The big
crowd at New Light yesterday will be
followed by big crowds everywhere. At
t.4e first Democratic meeting, more peo-
pie turned out to hear the Democrats
than the Fusionists could get during
whole week On Tuesday the candi-
dates speak at Hoods Store in Marks
Greek township: on Wednesday at
Wakefield; on Thursday at Mitchell's
Mill on friday at Milbrook; and on
Saturday at Wilder's Grove.
JOINT CANVASS WITH POPU-
LISTS.
The Middle-of-theRoad candidates on
the Populist ticket and the Democrats
have agreed upon a joint canvass, and
will speak together at all the appoint
ments beginning at Auburn tomorrow.
IT WAS Al BOOMERANG
Three things made the Fusionists sick
yesterday:
i. The boomerang in their attempt
plete fizzle and made votes for Sheriff
Page. You can't get up any indigna-
ton against sheriff for employing q
negro detective TO run down a bad wo-
man, supposed by everybody to be II
negro babies and lived all the time with
negroes. The statement of Sheriff
Page was accepted everywhere as com
MI f1IJ icfn
lists and Republicans joined in saying
that the lool who caused the unbound
ed attack had done them more harm
than anything that had happened dur
ing the entire campaign. The Demo
Gratis said: I'VE have made White SUI
premacy the chief issue Up to this
get up some other issue. Now they
have come to our issue, and done ex-
actly what we have been praying for
all the time. 1t settles the fight. All
is over now but the shouting"
2. Dan Young and his special friends
were very sick because there was much
criticism of him for permitting the orig
inal files in his office to be in the pock-
cts of any and everybody when they
ought to have been in his office. Such
ling official papers will be the occasion
for much criticism-and deserved criti-
cism-during the campaign. The rec
ords of the office ought to be in the
Clerks hands and not in those of poll
ticians
3. They were sick when they heard
from the great Democratic rally at New
Light. All the week they had been
speaking to very small crowds in spite
of their big efforts to get people out TO
hear them. When they found out that
Mt their first speaking the Democrats
had bigger crowd than they have
been able to drum up for whole week.
it made them sick. They see the hand
writing on the wall. ''They have been
weighed in the balance and found
wanting" The people want good gov
eminent. They are tired of the court
house ring, scandals. and high taxes.
and cent cotton. They will vote this
year ito turn the rascals out and take
n look at the books"