The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-09-29

you spent in lse2. What mad. you do
its In 1883 you spent s2s2 60 more
than you spent ia Isss. what made
you do IL. In 1856 you spent s&sS 90
made you do itg In ISL you spent /
$l9s 900 more than you did in lsso /
w hat made you do ity" And 90 on
through their entire period Of controi.
If We spent more" said be confin-
uing, I'VE collected more. AID We did
nos collect il out Of the ungallussed |
men, but We collected IL OUT OF the
railroads and corporations OF the State
Of North Carolina. We got IL out Of
the men able TO pay if, and We s"ent u
judiciOusIy without adding any bur
dens to the great masses Of men In
North Carolina"
DIR. Thompson then took up the rec
ord Of the Democratic party on the
negro question and showed that all
these many years it had been placing
negroes in office. He then paid bis
respects to the ugly and indecent car
ICONS which appeared In the News 4
Observer representing Jim Young in
.pecting the private rooms OF the white
lady teachers, and referred TO the print
ed statements OF the teachers them
selves (which appeared in The CAucA-
SIAN OF recent date) saying they hao
lever seen Jim IOuns in the institu-
ton.
I'm 1898" he said The Democrats
md Blind committee. In 1891 Mr.. Holt,
Lieutenant Governor Of North Caro-
ina put the only negro in the Senate
4 N the committee. There were white
Republicans you could have put on IL
| y0u had desired to give them repre-
| .entatiOn."
He recited other instances Of this
<ind and continuing said:
| "And then they come and cry and
howl "nigger" 10 this campaign simply
because they have got nothing else to
say. Its like the man who wore the
linen buster in . snow storm, II WAS
that or nothing"
In the course of his speech in discus
sing the record of the Peoples Party,
he referred to Senator Butler in very
complimentary terms, and asked Nv hat
man is there here to day who had not
rather have Marion Butler in the SEN
ate than Matt Ransom He said il
there Was such Q man in the audience
he wanted him to stand up, whereupon
one Democrat stood up. DIR. Thomp-
son then thanked him for being candid
enough to confess that he had rather
have . man in the Senate who was .
gold standard man and stood by mo.
0opolies than man Who WAS 40 ear
nest free silver and anti-monopoly man.
Mr.. AycOck then arose for his forty
five minutes rtjoinder This speech
could not be sAid to be argumentative
out for fiery OratOry and eloquent
abuse it WAS q masterpiece. DR.
Thompson bad called upon him to show
wherein the leadership Of the Demo
cratic party to day differed from what
it was 70 1892. His only reply was
"In 1892 the Democratic party "a,
} supporting Grover Cleveland that he
} declared To be goidbug; in 1895 IL
nominated william Jennings Bryan
: the great tribune Of the common pe0-
} Ole Of America, and he WAS 90 Gooc
and his platform Was so good that J ot
nominated him 10 your convention d
. st. Louis"
Mr.. Aycock failed to state that ihs'
. was IN 1896 and that this was in 1888
} and that the Democr. tic convention Of
May 26th last repudialed Mr.. Bryai
because it WAS controlled BY guild
bugs and railroad attorneys many Of
, them who voted for the Palmer and
; Buckner ticket and many even fol
Mckinley Besides il VAS to be in
? ferred from this language above quot.
, patriotic thing in the Peoples Party 4
, state why he did not consider 1t ,
: good thing in the last Democratic con
J ventiOn for the Democratic party Il
> accept the proposition fer CO opera
ton made BY the Peoples Party. whel
that proposition WAS based upon tn
i PRINCIPLES advocated by Mr.. Bsyal
1 and which the Democratic prOfesse(
. to believe. and the acceptance o
: which proposition would have mean
d . victory for these principles.
: referring to the reduction Of sal
aries Mr.. AycOck stated that he d.ev
o from his position given him By NJ
{ Cleveland about six t6ousand dollar
but that he WAS willing and anxi0u
4 for it to be reduced to four th0usan,
! dollars and had 90 recommended.
I'll Mr.. AycOck paid . glowing tribut
d to General Matt Ransom. DR.. Th0Op
& fson had referred 70 Ransom - . poi
= ished hypocrite." NJ. Aycock said:
= "Is there any msn who believes Dr.
. Thompson would face General Kan
t som, old - he il and one foot 10 Cd
e grave, and say shat he 10 hypocrite
d He 10 . goldbug, yes; but he 10 bet
e ter man than his sianderers. Max
:. the most of it."
b Tur0ing to DIR. Thompson, he said
= "Time has been, sir, before you "a
to drawing six tb0nsand dollars
year, that you loved Matt Ransom an
It upheld bis honor in North Carolin,
lc If six thousand dollars can buy you
!e tongue it shall not purchase mine {
i abuse, nor vilify any man whether b
le be Democrat or Populist OF RepublI
= can"
seemingly foFgetful Of this state
n ment, M. AycOck then launched int
sirlde Of abuse, . good deal Of whic
was directed toward DR.. Thomps0
personally. He strongly censured D.
Thompson for asking the resignatio
of bis chief clerk because he had gol
ten drunk.
Referring to the. figures from Il
Secretary Of States Office and ID
ThOmpson's request that al who d.
sired 70 might come and examine q
books, he Dramatically declared thu
the Democrats would get control Of q
Legislature and that then they WouI
examine the books, and that { hat Woul
not be all, they would Inpeach lot I
&he high officials Of tn. present admir-
ihsatjon.
Nr. Aycock's rejMndes Gas GO
ous and ol0Quoat. Ii dealt almost es