The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-27
AT ACADEMY OF MUSIC
Messrs Overman, Mclean, Beckwith,
Fire the Opening Gun.
GOV. AYC0eK UNABLE TO Be PRESENT
Every Mention Of Bryan's Name Was Enthusas-
iicaIIy Cheered, as Was Every Men,
ton Of White Supremacy,
by the People.

Wake county last night. Messrs. Lee
S. Overman, ID. H. Mclean, electors-at-
Nrge, and Mr.. B. G.. Beckwith, elector
for this district, addressed the Raj
eigh Democratic club at the Academy
of Music. They were greeted by a
large audience which gave them rapt
attention and seemed enthusiastic to
high degree.
The speeches were OF high order
.campaign work, and set the pace
the State. Every mention of
ryan's name was vociferously APP
Slauded, as well as was any mention
peJf the recent Democratic victory in
this State.
The meeting was called to order by
Mr.. f. d. Winston, who introduced
Mr.. W. b. Snow, the president of the
Raleigh club. The orators were in
troduced by Mr.. Alex j. Field. Mr..
Overman on being introduced, said:
This is a Democratic year, shout
the glad Hosannah and ring out the
glad tidings; Aycocl< is our Governor
and freedom from negro domination
is accomplished"
He then said the present situation
reminded him of the old coupet:
''Have you heerd from Maine? It's
gone hell-bent for Governor Kent and
Tippacanoes and Tyler too"
That the gain for the Democrats in
the last election in Maine, if contin-
sued throughout the Union, would give
= Bryan an immense majority. st is
an omen OF success, and under the
leadership of that great, good man,
who is to the United States what
Vance was to North Carolina, we will
go to a glorious victory in November
He took up the question of imperial
ism. 1--WE started in to free Cuba.
How much better off is she now than
she was before we freed her? She
had better be under the most grind
despotism than under the government
of such a set of lcoters as Nicely and
Rathbone and that gang of carpet bag
gers sent there by Hanna and the rad
ical Congress.
1--WE are Democrats. We are proud
of our party's past history and its tra-
ditions. 1t stands for the Declaration
of Independence, and the Constitution,
sacred, and cemented by the blood of
patriots at Alamance and Kings Noun
tain, Bunker Hill and Valley Forge.
I'VE believe in peace and an honest
friendship with all nations and en-
tangling alliances with none. We want
small army fer defense and no army
at all for conquest. Weare against
colonial policy. We want no people
half citizen and half subject. We are
for the supremacy of the law against
military usurpation. We are for good
order, a tariff for revenue, and the
money of the constitution.
"The Republican party opposes
this. 1t is for Imperialism, and a large
standing army and strong central gov
eminent. This party has denounced
us as towards and traitors. IT is a
party born in a spirit of spite and
hatred to the South. 1t established
the Fifteenth amendment by the most.
stupendous fraud ever established
upon any nation. gand then tried to
pass its Civil Rights bill and Force
bill"
He them went on to show the fall
lacy of the Republican claim TO the
authorship of prosperity, and said
that in Mckinley was responsible for
the prosperity he must also be respon-
sible for the famine in India, the dis
covery of gold in Alaska, and the rain
and sun that had combined to produce
good crops. He was fiery and eloquent
in his denunciation of Republican
hypocricy. his speech should be cir
culated i'm pamphlet form as CAM
paign document
He was followed by Mr.. Mclean,
the silver-tongued son of the East He
said that he had long desired to adj
dress the people of Raleigh, to whom
he was deeply indebted for many fav-
ors bestowed His speech was AN elo-
quent and effective effort.
Mr.. Mclean said:
I'VE have met tonight to inaugurate
the most memorable compaign of this
country. The Democracy of this State
has just emerged from the smoke of !,
the most important political battle ever
fought-for its issue was White Suprem-
acy. So with the prayer of thanksgiving
still on our lips, we enter upon this cam
paign to redeem this country from i'm
perialism just as Wet redeemed North
Carolina from negro domination. We
have made the issues ourselves. There |
are two issues pending in the campaign |
that overshadow all others, whether this |
republic shall stand as founded by our
fathers, or go down under tide of i'm |
perialism, or whether the money power |
shall assume control of the government |
Who can hesitate as to how they |
shall vote when these issues are submit |
ted to them We read our constitution |
as the great bulwark of liberty, and |
wherever our flag goes, there goes the |
constitution, so says the DemocraticI
party, but our Republican friends say |
no.
He then spoke briefly though forcibly |
on the trust, showing they arbitrarily de-
creased wages and the price of raw ma
terial. and increased the price Of manu-
featured articles.
1T is pleasant duty to tell you that |
the political skies are clearing every
day | am proud to tell you the days of /
the imperialistic party are numbered, and }