The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-24
IT'S A MARCH TO VICTORY
Asheville Gazette, Seeing the Hand on
the Wall, Grows Hysteric.
REPUBLICANS DON WHITE RULE BADGES
Singing Of "The Old North State" in the
Opera House at Asheville Stirring
and Beautiful Incident. J.
Wiley Loses Heart.
Especial to News and Observer)

Asheville, n. c., April %
The western trip has been a great
one, as none know better than those of us
who have followed it and felt the pulse
of the people and gagged their enthusias-
iasm. Ones intelligence must have been
bedded in some rock of insensation not to
have felt the jar and whir and vibra-
tion of it all Great crowds have heard
them and heard them gladly; and that
many votes are being made is proved
by nothing so clearly as by the hysteria
of the "Asheville Gazette, an imprint
whose politics are of the ebon Republican
sort In reporting these meetings truth
cuts no fashion of figure with the Ga
zette Were there $500 people present
the Gazette blithely whacks the number
down to 800 or 400. Then adds, by way
of mixing a little of the true with the
false "In this assemblage were many
Republicans" Exactly. And, 1T might
have been added with equal fidelity to
truth, many of them went away declar-
| ing their intention to vote for Aycock
| and the Amendment"
And that is why the Gazette, in gloomy
| envy, sat in its office tunking its negro
| tem-tom and gnawing its nails in envy.
| 1t is all very foolish and funny and dis
| gusting and wearisome, but it does not
! daunt in the least the brave and gener-
| Gus men of this section who are fighting
| for Good Government and White Supre-
| macy.
! | have neglected to mention heretofore
| that at the Asheville speaking Thurs
| day at noon there was a White Supremacy
| flag raising-a beautiful incident at which
nearly 1000 White Supremacy buttons
were distributed. Not a few Republicans
donned this emblem of Good Government
and Victory.
"Of what avail" said one such. an old
| ex- Confederate soldier who of late years
| has been consorting with the black-and-
tan gang-''of what avail to beat against
wind and tide, of what profit to kick
| against the goads? The Democrats will
win this year and | may help while
cannot hurt that victory. They are my
| people anyway-for I'm still white
man
| He is right Mark you this: Aycock
will be the next Governor of North Car
olna and all the Buffers and Pritchards
and Thompsons and Linneys and point
ing of warning fingers to Kentucky can
not serve to halt Fate, or hamstring
Destiny in that political behalf.
| = x
| novel feature of the night speaking
| in the opera house was the singing of
| "The Old North State" by the audience
| that filled the house to overfowing, just
| before the speaking began 1t was
! stirring scene-one that must have
thrilled the bosom of every native of the
| State present.
Carolina. Carolina. Heavens blessings
attend her.
While we live we will cherish aud love
and defend her.
| came the words on the wings of song,
filling and thrilling the hall with its re-
verberations. From such scene one
could but go away with deeper love for
his State, more jealous of her fair name.
Mr.. j. ID. Murphy was right when, in in
PRODUCING the speakers. he said that these
words would be the shibboleth of the cam
| paign of 1900.
Some of the apt things said at Asheville
and applauded to the echo follow:
"The history of the past thirty years
| has writ a new commandment in poll
| tics: Negro, thou shalt have justice be-
! fore the law but thou shalt not rule. =
J. Bryan Grimes.
"a boy is a good thing and pistol
| is a good thing U lived once in Texas),
| but they are a bad combination. The bal
! lot is a mighty good thing and the negro
| is not bad thing in his place, but they
are an awful bad combination. B. r.
! Lacy
From the earliest dawn of civilization
to this good hour the great white race
| has given to the world its history, its
philosophy. it's laws, it's government and
| it's Christianity, and it will continue to do
| so.'-Chas. B. Aycock
X X
| There were only two negroes present at
! the speaking in the opera house. They
| sat in the second gallery and seemed
much interested in what was being said.
| That they did not understand it at ALL
! however, nor realize the consequences of
! the campaign to them was shown later
as they came out of the building and
| walked off up the street engaged in an
| whether or not a mud "turke'' has feet.
Could there be any stronger proof of
| the fact that the negro does not under
/ stand public questions and is not fit to
| rule or even assist in the selection OF