The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-14

the condition OF AFFAIRS that c0nffOntS us
to-day. When they went with you into
a cooperation with the Republican party
they never intended that you should
land them body and soul into the Re
publican party. Ii You don't intend 90
do this. what means your back-room
conferences with A. Il. IIolton and the
other leading Radicals in North Caro-
lina?"
''In 1894 YOU began to hunger for office
and the burden of your cry was reduce
public expenditures and salaries to A
basis of Decent cotton Have you done
il? Have you? Your three years of fu-
sion government has cost the people cf
North Carolina S32G,000 more than the
preceding three years Of Democratic
government. according TO the report of
your own Auditor, Hal Aver"
You. Dr. Thompson, occupy an office
with salary attached of more than
$4,000 year. Did YOU go TO the Leg
'Slature. as YOU promised the people you
would do, and ask that your six thousand
dollar salary be reduced to II basis Of
scent eottou2 Did you?"
Tell these people when you get up
here how much five-cent cotton it will
take to pay your six thousand dollar
salary. ! fear you will forget it, so
will tell them. Ii takes three hundred
bales Of that five-ccnt cotton weighing
four hundred pounds each. to pay that
six thousanddollar salry. 1t takes n
bale every working day in the year, al
lowing a few days for you to make flu
sion speeches. to pay that six thousand
dollar salary"
You said turn the Democrats out and
turn us in and we will show you how to
legislate and reduce expenses. Tell
these people when you get up here how
You kept that promise. Don't fly off
TO talking about propositions to fuse and
Democratic insincerty. Point out to
them some of the relief you have given
them
THE Democratic party built insfitu-
tons for the insane and the blind and
the dumb: for those whose reason God
in his inscrutible wisdom had de-
throned, and for those poor, unfortunate
children who can never see the blush of
dew-kissed roses; for those who, in
childhood, can never hear the sweet
lullaby from the lips of a loving mother.
and who can not lisp in that loving car
the sweetest name on earth--the name
of Mother The Democrats built these
institutions and decreed that they should
belong to no party, no pie-hungry clique.
but that they should forever belong TO
the mothers and fathers of these poor,
unfortunates."
In you mad haste for office YOU
sought. by repeating charters to turn
the heads of the Insane Asy-
lumS out, and@only the Supreme court
could save these poor unfortunate people
from your incompetent fusion manage
ment
And your fusion Governor, whom
YOU delight to honor and defend, put
Jim Young, an impudent negro poll
tician. who had been prosecuted by Rus
sell himself for perjury. on the Board of
Trustees of the white Blind Institute of
Raleigh, and he inspected the depart
ments of this department of this inst-
tuition. You said at Clinton. | believe,
that Jim Young had nothing to do with
the management of this institution; that
it was all a lie; that he was not even a
member of the Board of Trustees
Here Mr.. Aycock produced Jim
Young's official report.
Are you acquainted with that sigma
ture." he asked DIR. Thompson pointing
to Jim Young's name''
Il am not" replied the Doctor"
Well" said Mr.. Aycock, you are
such close political friends / thought
you might know it," Great cheers.)
You say the race question is not an
issue, and you say it was raised in
1876. Who raised it in 1876? The
man You claim, and / claim was the
greatest North Carolinian living or dead,
Zebulon b. Vance. tremendous cheers
He said in &c that the race question
was an issue and a live question, and
thank God he redeemed the State and
for twenty years we had no negro rule.
lGreat applause.)
you wrote a joint letter with A. E.
Holton to the Populists and Republicans
of Halifax county, asking them to fuse,
and they fused, and have you heard who
they nominated to represent your white
Populist friends in Halifax in the Legis-
lature? (Dr. Thompson think not
III tell you, that they nominated two ne
gro Republicans. When you get up here
please tell these white men of Cabarrus
county if these two Halifax negroes are
your candidates. Don't dodge the ques-
ton. Tell them now if you dare that
these two negroes with whom you adj
yised fusion are your candidates.
Roars of applause.)
DO you have negro jurors in Cabar-
rus county?' he asked.
YES, years ago." answered one or
two Populists. You have" well, did
you like them?" Zone Populist bowed
affirmatively.)
The scene that followed was indie
scribable. 1t was electrical, thrilling.
Aycock raised his arms, and in thunder
ing tones, exclaimed: 'Well, / would
not think it," Here where you white
men of Cabarrus don't even wait for
the law when one of your helpless, in
nocent women has been dishonored by
negroes"
A sensation followed. 1t seem
ed that the entire six hundred men
became frantic. They waved and yell
ed and cheered. The sharp edge of the
handsome young gladiator had stung the
few who had attempted to deride him.
They sat still, dazed, still rs statues,
while the house trembled under the
roar of cheers, and then he said:
Down yonder in the east we have ne
gro jurors to sit and interpose between
the melting out of justice, and the
vicious of their race" and looking
again toward the few deriders, he said: