The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-27
A ROYAL WELCOME
TO THE CANDIDATES
Shelby Greets Them With
Cheers and Banners.
TWO STRONG SPEECHES
Gilmer and Aycock the Principal
Speakers of the Day.
VESTS STRONG SYMPATHY FOR EAST
Democrats There Wish to Settle the Negro
Question Once For All. Many Intel
igent Republicans VIII Aid Them.
Campaign of Education.


Shelby, y. c., April 26.-Aycock and
| the amendment. The man and the
| issue. The next Governor of North
| Carolina and the States declaration
of political independence. Both have
been dramatically prominent in Shell
| by today. and in this prominence Mr.
Aycock's colleagues on the State tick
ct have shared literally. With an en-
| thusiasm born of conviction and bap-
| tised with determination the splendid
| Democracy of Cleveland county has
today welcomed them with music and
| flowers with the smiles of women and
the Haunting of banners, and with the
cheers and applause of listening thou
sands they have pledged TO them their
support.
IL was a scene worth travelling
many miles TO see. The great audi
| torium here seating over 1000 people
/ was almost filed with enthusiastic
| applauding humanity. On the rostrum
| sat the speakers. and behind them
/ choir of $50 men and women. Just
1
| width of the building was a huge
| white banner ON which was painted
! in letters of enormous size white
! Supremacy"
| Bouquets of flowers adorned the
| scene, and just as the speaking was
! about TO begin the choir sang THE
| Old North State the audience stand
! ing and joining in the chorus. With
such feryor and power they sang it
| that the words seemed TO ring
! through the rafters and come echoing
| back from the neighboring hills.
Though all the candidates present
were introduced TO the audience and
made short speeches the principal
| speakers for the day were Mr.. Robt.
! ID. Gilmer and Mr.. Chas. h. Aycock.
| Both were magnificent efforts; strong.
powerful arguments that won the au-
| dience and carried conviction TO their
1 minds. Those who are not convinced
by such are so blinded by PARTISAN
| ship and warped by prejudice that
! they would not he convinced even
though one were sent from the dead.
! Surely they were appeals as eloquent
as they were powerful.
The speaking began at II O'Clock
! and lasted two and half hours dur
| ing this time the closest and most
respectful attention was given 10 The
speakers. and hardly man left the
! hall All the speakers were enthusl-
astically appauded, but 1t remained
| for the introduction of Mr.. Aycock
| bv Mr. NJ. II. Justice for men to shout
! themselves hoarse. 1t was a fine trib-
ute meant for both these great men.
at does not make much difference
| what professions these men belong
| to-" Mr. Justice had said in his nitro
| ductorv speech: they are North Gar
| oinians They are your people ana
YOU are theirs. If a negro insults a
woman i'm Eastern North Carolina you
| feel the insult and resent II. 1T had
| been said that Western North Caro-
lima was the battle ground of the
amendment. so at the State conven-
ton | challenged Butler and Pritch-
| ard and all that gang to come here.
! and / declared that we in the West
were white men and promised that the
result on election day would show IT.
| | ask YOU today to help me keep that
promise. (Applause.) We have seen
recently from the newspapers that
these gentlemen on our State ticket
| have been invited TO come down from
| IHe SIcdi NOlh III NhiNh 'iiNf
now engaged and go around over the
State with Cy Thompson and his
crowd. When / read that | was remind
ed of the prophet Nehemiah, who
| builded the wall of Jerusalem.
Now says the old prophet, IT
came to pass when Sanballat and
! Tobiah and Goshen the Arabian and
! the rest of orr enemies heard that !
had builded the wall thy sent unto
me saving. fome let us meet together
in some one of the plains of Ono. But
they sought to do me mischief. And
| | sent messengers unto them saying.
| | am doing great work so that
cannot come down. Why should the
work cease while ! leave il and come
| down TO YOU | don't know" con
| tinued Mr.. Justice. whether Mr..
| Simmons has ever read this passage
of scripture or not But ] do know
| that in making his answer to Butler
he was inspired by the same motive
as that which prompted the prophet
| Nehemiah tremendous applause
Now I'm going to introduce 10 YOU
| the next Governor of North Carolina.
! (Applause) I don't ask him to stop
! his ears while | have something 10
say about him. He's too old to lose
his head and 100 ugly to be tiattered
daughter and applause.l There is
! no man that loves his State more or