The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-09-29
The Thompson
Aycock Debate.
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ahead of the Democratic party.
Then We will say to them As they
said to US in 1896: will you make
him your candidate, or will You Law
aside all that you professed in 1896"
DR.. Thompson then declared that
when they failed to nominate Mr..
Bryan that the honest rank aud file
If the Democratic party would see
the hypocrisy of the leadership of
hat party in their campaign of
1896 and would flock to the standard
Of the Peoples Party, the true
friends of Bryan and the principles
he represents.
Referring to the negro issue upon
which the Democrats sre maxine
their smpaign, he said to Mr.Aycoek:
afraid of the negro, are youi
We offered to take the negro Of OF
.our hands and We offered a pro-
position to cooperate along the line
GU protested TO believe. You ART
not afraid of the negro. l charg'
that the Democratic party is raising
the cry of negro not because the.
le afraid of the negro but becaus'
they are afraid to 60 before the peo-
pie of North Carolina and declar'
What they are, goldbugs and mono
oolists, suppliant tools of the grea'
controlling element OF the railrOa d,
of the South"
m vThomDaon fhoo taoL = tho ruos.
ton of increase in the expenses d urlne
the three years the Democrats havs
been out of power to which Mr.. Ay
cock had referred. He showed thai
from the amount Of increase shou Id b.
deducted the cost of one legislafu
because there had been two legisla
lures in the latter three years 9th.
three anti-DemOcratic years. while
there had been only one during tn,
previous three years under Democrat
ic rule. This he said Mr.. AycOck haG
been forced himself to admit. He heI
showed that the amount which bat
been received from the United Sta te
government as appropriations to tn
A s. NJ. College and the North Carol ]
, ma Experiment station and paid out I,
those institutions should also be de
!. Quoted from this increase in compar.
ing the increase with the increased eX
pc lses under Democratic rule for tn,
, easOn that not until 1895 had thu
amount ever been audited or any Off
. cial record made of its receipts and ex
penditures. The amount he said which
should thus be credited is $l03 10000
J This would leave he said about tw,
hundred thousand dollars increase. Ii
= explanation of this he eaid it WAS tn
Tendency of the government to be NOR
expensive, and that this increase wa
not as mnch as the consecutive annua
increase had been under Democrat
administrations, and proved it later Of
by figures.
Referring in this connection TO tn
. expenditures Of this administration b
i said:
"rhere is net an institution IN tn
State of North Carolina for which d
; appropriation was made for 1895 an
1 1897 that is not controlled now -
d was in 1895 by Democrat. The Dem
0 ocratic heads of these institution
e asked for these appropriations. Wer
= they necessary or unnecessary? D.
t Miller asked for his appropriation fO
4 the asylum here; DR.. Kirby At Raleigh
9 DR.. Murphy at MorgantOD, and Cd
o people Of North Carolina they style
e fusiOnists would not wreck and iDjuT
the charitable and educational institu
lions Of the State. They went f0Twsr
and gave the money that was necesss
Try"
Continuing DIR. Thompson said:
"What Is there that was apprOpr
ated that the Democratic members
the legislature did not vote for, Not
g thing. Not thing. The appropri,
II tons were just and wise and shoul
d have been made. challenged Mr.. A!
Il cock At Concord to tell wherein an!
q thing had been misspent, and 1 said
3, him that II is not . question OF VII,
d was spent but of what was misspent.
..l Referring to Mr.. Aycock's charge
e an increase Of about five Thousand do
: lars in the cost o. the Legislature, d
=. Thompson said: "Why, / have save
,s enough in my office alone to pay tn,
Il five times over. have found . shor
10 age in my office which he cannot u
q sweF further than to cartoon me -
e hyena on the graves of dead men tn
e. will amount to as much - that" I'll
l. record of the amount Of money saw
Ii to the people Of North Carolina In Il
n Secretary Of States Office under d
It ThompsOn's management IL set for
r. in bis Clinton speech which WAS r
It ported in full in THs CAUCASIAN, b
ginning August 25th-)
Referring to what he had said abo
increase OF expenses under Democrat
management being more than increa
,e for the last three years under ami
st Democratic management, he pulled q
Is record on Mr.. Ayc0ck and gave a.
ID ures ~ follows:
re In 1898 you spent 1852 900 more th'
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