The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-11
HE GOT THE CROWD.


As soon as he was introduced everybody
began to smile. and it was only few
minutes before he was making the whole
thing as jolly as first class comedy.
THE trash must keep ahead of the
broom" were the words he used to ex-
plain why the Fusion party went ahead
Of the Democrats in their speaking. Its
so rotten a concern" he added, that its
candidates are made towards and they
| hide their faces from the view of hon
| est men"
His brief discussion of the soicitude
of the gang to prevent the disfranchise-
ment of the negro was worth walking
all the way to Auburn to hear. He ridi-
culed it in such an inimitabe way that
even the few negroes present saw thai
| it was the veriest sham and pretense.
Referring to his opponent, Mr.. ID. II.
Young, he made him a laughing stock by
telling about his conversation with
negro preacher, and said that ID. III. III
his name stood for observation-disclosures
| Hollerer" 1t seems that the negro
preacher had declared that he intended
to vote for Russ, when Young ran up
to him and said, IF you do he will dis
franchise you" The preacher quoted the
law and the constitution Of the State,
and said. You may fool some poor igno-
rant fellow by such fairy tales, but |
know better"
The crowd fairly roared when Russ
described how it was the gang could
go around saying there Is no negro on
the ticket" and illustrated the fact
that the negro was there even if he
couldn't be seen with the naked eye.
by happy and side-splitting anecdote. He
told how he had been served with IA
paper by a negro officer named Jones
and had to prove his witness ticket be-
fore Rogers, the negro deputy clerk of
the court IF they don't put a negro
on the ticket, they have him in their
offices and in other places. and then
go about and hypocrircally say that
they have no negro on the ticket, while
in addition to those in the clerks and in
the sheriff's office, two have been nomi-
mated for magistrates in Neuse River
township"
SHERIFF PAGE ALL RIGHT.
Sheriff Page was not present. His
wife is critically i'll and he cannot leave
her bedside. The people at Auburn APP
preciate his great distress of mind, and
send him greetings and declare that their
confidence in him is mistaken. Mayor
Russ read the affidavits, replying to the
infamous charge made against Page, in
Buffers speech in Raleigh, and the peo-
pie were not only satisfied at the COM
plete explanation. but were indignant
at the base attack made by designing
men," While Russ was reading the aft
davit. saying that the woman arrested
by the negro was a woman of bad char
acter, lived only with negroes, was the
mother of negro babies, and had been
found guilty of the charge OF f. and a.
with a negro a man in the crowd cried
OUT 1--WE know all about it, and the
crowd was solid for Page, except a few
Republicans present The contemplate
SANDER brought out to injure Page has
already reacted, is helping Page and is
hurting Ham Jones and Dan Young.
Russ was very severe on Dan Young
for giving the official papers TO Joe
Rogers to use them on discriminating
expedition, and held Rogers and Young
up in their true light.
SOLICITOR POU SPEAKS.
Solicitor Pou followed with strong
speech that told with his audience. He
said there had been too much abuse by
Democrats and by Populists and that the
time had come for the white people, in
the presence of n common danger, to for
get their differences, and unite for their
mutual protection. He told how they
were doing this in various sections of the
State and how in Johnston county there
was one White Supremacy Club to
which nobody was admitted except eX
Republicans.
Mr.. Pou said that crime had greatly
increased under Republican rule and
gave court statistics to prove it. Crimi-
nal expenses increase when Republicans
controlled. Since fusion rule was ush-
cred in there have been twenty rapes or
attempts to commit rape in the State,
and not one in a county IN which the
Democrats are in control. Base negroes
think that having their political friends
in office, they will escape conviction.
Speaking of his opponent, o. II. Dock
cry, Jr., he said that he had hoped to
meet him in joint canvass but that
Dockery refused to discuss the issues
with him. AS for the office-holding
and offce-seeking Dockery family, Mr..
Pou said they had never done anything
but lower the tone of morals and fight
decent government. The o. H., in the
name of father and son stands for OFFICE
Hunter
Mr.. Pou will be with the candidates
to-day at Hoods Store and at all their
appointments this week.
IT WAS A Sumner.
Mr.. Armistead Jones, chairman Of the
county executive committee next took
the stand and discussed county finances
in brief and plain way, exposing by the
statements of County Treasurer Knight
the false assertions MADE by Register of
Deeds Joe Rogers. For the year from
December, 1896 TO 1897, Rogers had GER
titled that the new board of commission
ers had expended only SGT 900, in round
numbers, whereas Mr.. Knights figures
show that they expended $40 ,99773. Mr..
Jones gave such an exposition of county
finances as made the people all favor
turning out the present gang so tax
payers can take a look at the books.
MIR. COHOON'S ELOQUENCE.
Mr. Cohoon, Of Wake Forest, who
made quite a hit in the county conven-