The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-06
Especial to the Messenger.)


Lumberton. N. c., November g.
On the arrival Of the train yesterday
evening a committee consisting of
about $50 of Lumbertons citizens, in
Guiding Colonel N. A: Mclean. Colonel
T. F. Topn, Frank Cough and Captain
w. s. Norment were at the depot in
waiting to escort Hon. F. M. Simmons,
to the National hotel. Shouts were
sent up from all directions, handker-
chiefs waved and persimmons floated
in every portion Of available standing
room. He was carried up town in the
midst of great enthusiasm, drawn by
the best of Lumberton livery.
Half past eleven o'clock today was
the hour set for his address Early
this morning crowds of people were
coming in from all parts of Robson.
Exactly at the appointed time the
bell at the court house rang and Sim
mons was escorted from the hotel by a
committee consisting of Colonel N. A.
Mclean, Sheriff George B. Mcleod, and
A. w. Mclean, Esq. Upon his passing
'Hurrah for Simmons were heard on
every hand.
Colonel Mclean introduced the speak
er. in part saying:
II am proud to introduce to you the
chieftain of the mighty hosts of North
Carolina; known by all living North
Carolinians. We love him because Of
the enemies he has made. We love
him because when called upon by his
people he has never failed to respond,
always ready to do the bidding of the
democratic party. He has never rem
| dered the excuse that he had bought
an yoke of oxen or married a wife
| when we needed him. He brings with
him no stains; democracy is free. He
brings no spoils; he is not a spokesman.
North Carolina intends crowning him
with the highest honors within her
gift. ] have the honor of presenting
to you by the grace of God to be the
next senator of North Carolina, Hon.
F. M. Simmons.
awful applause by saying that he did
| not intend to appeal to the emotions or
| passions, but was going to appeal to
| common sense. He offered no apology
| for anything done in North Carolina
| in the last three years, but congratu-
| lated us upon the victory won by our
race troubles. He said revolution ac-
ioIn hxr %1,n Io11 Ivy
| by disturbance. That we intend to de-
| fend the registrars, the red shirts and
all democratic participants in whatso-
ever form they may be attacked. If
| the constitutional amendment is exc
| cuted in the right spirit nothing to be
ashamed of. So far as the negro is
| concerned it is purely a political meas
| ure eliminating him; we have provided
| that he shall not hold office in this
state. The negro is no more fit to hold
| a federal Office than a state office. So
| long as the republican party is in pow
| er we may expect nothing else but ne
gro postmasters and collectors. Upon
| the election OF William Jennings Bryan
| this will be changed for four years at
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administration has bought for us TO-
| 000, 900 Of just such citizens as the negro
| of our own state. They cost us at the
rates Of 81 head with the Philippine
| islands thrown in for good measure.
North Carolina's ratio Of this nefarious
only reason for purchasing these is
lands is to enlarge our domain. We
don't need any foreign territory for
| either factory or field. A given amount
of capital laid down in our dormant
resources here in our own land will be
worth ten times the result Of the same
amount laid down in dormant resourc-
| miles away. The cheapest thing we
now have is land. We need more peo-
| pie to utilize what eve already have,
| but thank God we do not need any
more negroes or Filipinos. 1t means
wars, militarism and a large standing
| army. When Mckinley came into the
| administration we only had $4,000
standing army; now we have one of
| 100000. By next congress it may be
100000; this is republicanism. A re-
public derives it's life from a free, lib
erty loving written constitution. The
| democratic party proposes to stand by
the people in stead Of the dollar. De-
mocracy denounces the system Of law
which recognizes trusts or monopolies.
| The best method to kill trust is to
put the article on the free list.
| He concluded his speech by pleading
for our people to stand by Bryan and
Stevenson. He said that John D. Bel
lamy was equal to any man we could
send from this district to congress and
made a special plea for him.
| This was a mastery effort and every
man that heard it was highly pleased
with the Hon. F. NJ. Simmons.