The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-30
RALEIGH HEARS
HON, Ed, v. POU
I n
He Delivered a Magnificent
Address Last Night.
A SPLENDID ORATOR
WWY
His Address Concerned Itself With
Imperialism and Trusts.
HIS Election TO CONGRESS is ASSURED
mo Man Who is Engaged in Legitimate
Business, Need For One Instant Etar
the Success of the Demo-
cratic Party"
cratic Party"

Last night Hon. E. w. Pou, the Demo-
cratic nominee for Congress from this
district, addressed the voters of this
city at Metropolitan Hall. He was
sembled to hear him discuss the National
issues The audience was his from start
to finish. He was introduced by Mr..
Alexander Stronach, member of the Con-
gressional committee from Wake county
When he arose and faced the audi
ence after Mr.. Stronach's graceful
but brief introduction, the applause
was prolonged. Mr.. Pou said: my
friends, you may think that hurts my
feelings, but it doesn't" The cheering
commenced again and lasted quite
while.
Mr.. Pou's speech was conservative
and fair statement of the issues and a
dignified and statesmanlike discussion of
them His voice was good, though he
has been engaged in the campaign almost
continuously since he recovered from a
severe illness, soon after his nomination.
and he was in fine form. He is admitted
He is so thoroughly earnest in his man
ner as to convince his hearers of his own
belief in the truth of what he says, and
he is so practical and plain in his state
ments that no one of his hearers can
misunderstood what he means.
Mr. Pou said in part:
Fellow Citizens:-I avail myself of this
opportunity to thank you for the nomina
NH; oI, nv hn
great convention which met in this hall
on the 9Th day of September. This was
not personal nomination, for there were
greater men whose names were present
ed to that convention, who are better
equipped to represent you in Congress
than / am. l rather think you conferred
the honor upon my county, which has not
had Democratic representative in Con-
gress for more than century. During
the dark hours through which our State
has passed that county remained true to
the Democratic faith. Time and again
we have given your candidates for Con-
gress their largest majorities and re-
Numbering this / presume you thought
it fair at the close of the century to
confer the honor upon the people of that
great old county.
In their name l thank you and prom
Use you that if l am elected | shall try
and wear the mantle of my distinguished
predecessors without blame.
The Democratic party is conservative
party. Anarchy is abhorrent to us.
Property rights are most carefully guard
cd unded Democratic rule. 1t despises
that principle, which under the form of
laws, would rob one man to enrich an
other. You call that deluded man who
makes an indiscriminate attack upon all
wealth an anarchist. 1 agree with you.
He is a dangerous citizen. The injustice
of the Republican party has driven hun
dreds of men to embrace this vicious
doctrine. They are living without hope.
They see no opportunity under Republic
can rule and they become enemies of
society.
But my friends there is yet another
kind of communism or anarchy. That
man who is willing to perpetrate an I'M
just lava law which gives special priv
ileges to the few at the expense of the
balance of society-a law which robs la
Dor of it's just earnings, a law which con-
fers upon one man or corporation the
power to fix prices regardless of the law
of supply and demand is as much. aye,
even more, an enemy to society than the
man who breaches socialism and commun-
ism upon the street corner
The one proposes to rob the rich the
other proposes to rob the poor. The great
Democratic party to which we belong toll
crates the robbery OF neither class. 1t